Everything is ready for the second semifinal, which will be broadcast on Tuesday evening at 9 pm on RTP (replies on the same day at 11.10 pm, on Wednesday at 11 and 16 and Saturday at 9 pm) under the careful directives of Chef Paolo Romeo. Who will reach Liliana Tomasello in the final of October 14? Our challenge comes alive with three other semifinalists and it is time to establish who the promoted and rejected will be. Antonella Lo Castro di Voti is intended to: teacher at the “La Farina” classical high school, is ready to leave the chair and put the stove behind. A millefeuille of buffalo in the first part of the program paved the way for Mario Milano, an entrepreneur in the thermo -hydraulic sector who wants to follow the trail of Roberto Antonuccio and send the working class to Paradise. The third challenger is Claretta Marchese, an accounting employee who abandons the cold numbers in the kitchen and puts verve, passion and a dazzling smile. The topic of the day is the potato, which can hide many pitfalls.
As always, the work of the jury composed of to taste and comment on the proposals, as always, will be decisive, composed of Salvatore De Maria, in the double role of judge and conductor with the journalist Valeria Zingale; Alberto Palella, president of Confesercenti and creator of Messina Street Food Fest. To them will be added the Professor Nico Cicero of Unime (Biomorf Department), Antonella Ruggeri owner of the “Court of the Mari”, Francesco Arena of the homonymous bakery, Rosario Madaudo delle Cella Madaudo and Roberto Antonuccio, winner of the first edition.
“Here we are – underlines Alberto Palella – we enter the decisive phase of Messetvola who will lead the winner to cook in Piazza Cairoli alongside renowned chefs during the Messina Street Food Fest. And for this reason we are now on the eve. The event will be held from 16 to 19 October and we are ready to give the Messina four days of fun in the name of good food. There will be news that we will make official in the next few days, but also this year we are convinced that we have prepared a proposal that will like it so much ».
The previous episode
The first semifinalist of Messetvola is Liliana Tomasello. Surprisingly and against all the predictions of the eve, the housewife was disfigured the competition and convinced the jury with its squid stuffed with the whore sauce. An intense, balanced and decisive character, capable of enhancing the flavor of the sea with an iconic condiment of the Mediterranean tradition. A proof of personality that surprised the jury.
In second place, Salvatore Vadalà, 52 years old, came from Recordman of the first phase (his highest score ever recorded in Messintavola). For him in the race, the calamaro rolls filled with the Messina Ghiotta, a rich and structured dish, appreciated but less incisive than expectations. The third step of the podium went to Elvira Sofia, who presented stuffed calamari roasted on velvety potatoes and leeks, flavored with turmeric, mint, nutmeg and thyme. A refined and well -studied proposal, which however has not managed to overcome the expressive force of the other two preparations.