Ximena Torres

Torres began working professionally in gastronomy in 2000 and in catering in 2003. In 2012 she opened La Dulcería de Xime, a pastry shop and cafeteria located in the Punta Carretas barrio.[8] In subsequent years it expanded to different points in Montevideo and throughout Uruguay.[9]

In 2010 she made her debut on television, as the presenter of the culinary segment of the Teledoce morning show, Día perfecto.[10] The following year, her segment became the daily program La Receta Perfecta, in which Torres cooked different dishes accompanied by guests and two puppet characters making fun of different situations.[11] The show was on the air until 2014, when she decided to step away from television.[12]

In 2015, she published Comer y reír: manual para acercarse a la cocina con alegría, a book she co-authored with the presenter and comedian Manuela da Silveira, and in which they presented different tips and culinary proposals.[13] In 2017 she returned to the media, as co-host of the TV Ciudad cooking show, La vuelta al plato.[14] Broadcast for three seasons until 2019, the program consisted of making dishes from different parts of the world while learning about their history and their relationship with cultures.[15]

In February 2019 Channel 10 cast Torres as a judge of MasterChef Uruguay, as a replacement for Lucía Soria.[16] She was part of the fifth season of the version for amateur chefs and all four seasons of the spin-off featuring celebrities.[17] In July 2021, she joined the Subrayado newscast as a gastronomic journalism columnist.[18] In December 2020, she presented her cookbook, Casero es mejor, which in 2021 was awarded the best Latin American cookbook at the Gourmand Award in Paris.[19]