Sandra Itzel leaves 'Masterchef celebrity' while facing personal challenges

Since I was a child, Sandra Itzel She has distinguished herself for being a working woman, whether as a soap opera actress.Wild cat' and 'Rebel angel', and in recent years also as a singer. Now, the Mexican took on a new challenge in the fourth season of 'Masterchef Celebrity' of TV Aztecaa participation that he dedicates to his grandmother.

“I am very happy to be able to honor my grandmother in life with what she taught me, other than a participation in memory of. There were people who attacked me because of my grandmother, participants even made jokes in bad taste, and how sad because at the end of the day where one learns to cook is in the family, with mothers, with grandmothers. What I want to tell the public is that it is okay to feel proud of your roots, it is okay to feel proud of your family,” he says. via telephone.

A personal kitchen

Although the topic of cooking is not indifferent to Sandra Itzel, when he received the proposal to join the program, he had to think about it carefully, since the memories surrounding this activity were not entirely pleasant. “I thought about it a little because cooking didn't bring back good memories for me. I cooked for a long time in my life as a housewife and I saw it more as an obligation. When I learned to cook with my grandmother, I had fond memories, but later as a housewife from home they didn't thank me and I got a little bit of rejection from being in '.Masterchef'It made me remember how much I love cooking and how much I remember spending these beautiful moments with my grandmother.'

The actress says that she learned everything in the kitchen from her grandmother, but also the values ​​of love for family, honor, loyalty and, above all, being proud of her indigenous and pre-Hispanic roots. “For me it was a pleasure to be able to enter this kitchen and show you the pride I feel in being a Hidalgo woman and in the cuisine of my state, and in what I learned throughout my life at home with my grandmother.”

Although the singer's dishes seduced the palates of the chefs throughout the season, in the last episode her proposal for 'El sinaloense' failed to win over. Sandra He did not pass the elimination challenge and had to leave the kitchen. “I love seafood and I have tried several things from Sinaloan cuisine, but I had never had the opportunity to try aguachile and callo de hacha. The moment I get callo de hacha, the first thing I think about is a aguachile, because I know how to make ceviche but I wanted to represent Sinaloa and the state is spicy, so I said 'one of their most important chiles is chiltepin, I'm going to make an aguachile.'”

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Sandra Itzel, who says he has always felt an affinity for Sinaloa for its beaches, its happiness and joy, does not regret the decision to hold an aguachile. “It was the first time I made it in my life and to be honest it was very delicious. I have always tried my dishes and I have been very self-critical. One of my skills before the reality show is that I know how to season very well, I know how to measure the salt and spices and I know to what extent they are good and to what extent they are not. When I tried the final product I loved it.

In your privacy

In a professional manner, Sandra Itzel She says she is very happy after the release of her most recent single 'When you look at me', In collaboration with Digital Charangaand next to his new record label One Life Music. “Digital Charanga They are great exponents of cumbia sonidera and it is the current music of the neighborhoods of my country, it fills me with great pride that it has had a great reception, not only in the Republic but also in other countries,” he points out and announces that more are coming. collaborations and a very important song “that is like a love letter to women.”

On the other hand, personally, the actress has had to face her ex-partner Adrián Di Monte, going through “months of excessive stress and anxiety attacks.” The woman from Hidalgo mentions that he is already in criminal proceedings and although it is tiring and tiring, important decisions are being made.

“I have felt excessively exposed as a woman, as an artist, I have been defamed in every possible way. I cannot believe that a person in order to clean up his image would defame a woman who was his wife for 10 years. I can tell you that this stage of my life is called 'learning', for learning to know people, for realizing many things. I am going to continue fighting for myself, for justice to do its job. It is a rather complicated process that I do not know. “It's about finding a culprit, but about doing justice and bringing the truth to light.”