The phobia that Tatán Mejia has and that not even his wife Maleja Restrepo knew

With each presented season of 'MasterChef Celebrity Colombia' there are new culinary challenges, but there are also others that could be considered a tradition within the gastronomic reality series: for example, preparing croquembouche or mojojoy worms.

Precisely, in the most recently developed chapter (Wednesday, April 20) in this new installment of the reality television program, there were several protein options to prepare: some had veal, others had goat, there were also guinea pigs and, of course, mojojoy worms. It was Aida Bossa (actress), Chicho Arias (comedian), Tostao (member of ChocQuibTown) and Tatán Mejia (extreme motorcyclist) who had to present a dish with this worm.

Although Bossa and Tostao were also impressed by having to cook the mojojoy, the truth was that Tatán Mejia's annoyance went further, he even had a hard time looking at the worm and touching it. The motorcyclist, who always plans his preparations very well and is seen by his teammates as one of the most skilled cooks, this time felt blocked.

About his fear of these worms, the man from Manizala commented in the interviews they do on the program -confessional mode- that: “I had it for myself, nor did Maleja (wife) know, now everyone knows it”. Later, he also released other phrases such as “I am head-on dealing with a feeling that I had never faced”.

However, despite his revolution of emotions, Tatán Mejía took his dish as he could, but he also commented: “It's hard for me to face something that I've been afraid of all my life and have to put it in my mouth”, but he apparently didn't try the protein.

Needless to say, from his Instagram profile, the extreme motorcyclist realized that, despite everything, his fear was not overcome. “Today on MasterChef Celebrity Colombia I faced one of my biggest fears... and I didn't get over it,” followed by an emoticon wanting to vomit.

Regarding the preparation of the mojojoy, Tatán Mejía wanted to fill them with fish and onions.

Last Tuesday, April 19, the Colombian audience saw the development of a new elimination in the gastronomic reality show. This time, it is Pamela Ospina who now has her name reflected in the list of famous eliminated participants.

To remember, the challenge imposed was to prepare language, a protein that, at the outset, Ospina was quite disgusted by how apparently unpleasant it seemed to him.

Even so, the comedian presented her dish, but her preparation was the least successful of all and the jurors - chefs Jorge Rausch, Nicolás de Zubiría and Chilean Christopher Carpentier - chose to remove it from the reality television program, this because she failed to cook the tongue (it went dry) and radish, the ingredient she wanted add to your plate.

It is worth mentioning that, initially there were 22 celebrities who developed as participants in 'MasterChef Ccelebrity Colombia' (2022), as of today there are thirteen who are still standing.

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