His name is Juan Andr\u00e9s Verde, also known as \u201cGordo,\u201d and he is the parish priest at Stella Maris in Montevideo, Uruguay.<\/p>\n
Fr. Verde just finished participating in MasterChef Celebrity, where he competed against comedians, a boxer, a dancer, actors and musicians.<\/p>\n
He took second place and prepared several dishes that reflected his faith, one of them was Pope John Paul II's favorite dessert.<\/p>\n
FR. JUAN ANDR\u00c9S 'GORDO' VERDE<\/strong> When he is not in the kitchen, Fr. Verde leads the Cireneos youth group, with whom he runs the Santa Eugenia Missionary Program, providing a roof over the heads of low-income families. <\/p>\n FR. JUAN ANDR\u00c9S 'GORDO' VERDE<\/strong> The parish priest was a fan-favorite on the program, and won over the audience with his recipes and sympathy.<\/p>\n Although he didn't win, participating in MasterChef Celebrity was a blessing for Fr. Verde. He says he will now continue working 'in God's kitchen.'<\/p>\n<\/p>\n XSA<\/p>\n TR: JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 4, 2022. During the final competition he prepared Pope John Paul II's favorite dessert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8DlRthTk5Ic","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmasterchefuruguayeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmasterchefuruguayint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n 'For our dear Pope John Paul II, in honor of him I made the dessert: the Papieska Kremowka. It has the colors of the holy father: yellow and white. At the same time I made a cross on it with powdered sugar and I put a candy halo on the plate, which was very difficult to make, and was a little symbol of sainthood.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n 'With the young people we serve different poor neighborhoods, among them the Santa Eugenia neighborhood, which is the neighborhood for which I had the opportunity to participate in MasterChef. There, 236 families live in very difficult situations. With the youth of the parish there we have a missionary program that has school support, adult literacy programs, a children's oratory, and celebration of the word.'<\/em><\/p>\n