“It wasn’t a choice, that’s how I am. I am a disadvantaged person, a shy person, suffering from imposter syndrome, a person who cannot satisfy himself and who thinks that he will not succeed: I dedicate the victory to those who feel like me.” Eleonora Riso is in complete disbelief to have won the 13th edition of Masterchef, the culinary talent competition where candidates compete in front of the prestigious jury made up of Bruno Barbieri, Antonino Cannavacciuolo and Giorgio Locatelli. Her tasting menu “Ichigo Ichie ” knew how to conquer chefs much more than those of Antonio Mazzola and Michela Morelli. Creative, ingenious, non-conformist, the young woman of 28 immediately stood out for her talent and her spontaneous character. Sometimes clumsy and a little lazy. her head in the clouds, she does not stand out for her self-esteem, as she herself says: this is why she wanted to dedicate the victory to those who feel like her. “Torn to pieces »: this is how she described herself when the judges asked her how she felt. Eleonora Riso worked as a waitress in a restaurant in Florence and landed at MasterChef with the dream of opening a restaurant-hotel in the countryside. In the past, she suffered from eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
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