Selena GomezShe’s making serious moves in the kitchen! The “Lose You to Love Me” songstress stars in a new series for HBO Max called Selena + chefShe learns how to cook through virtual teaming up with a rotating cast culinary professionals.
The show, which was shot in Gomez’s new Los Angeles home amid the coronavirus quarantine, premiered in August 2020. The pilot episode featured the following: Monte CarloStar joined forces with French chef Ludo Lefebvre to cook the “perfect omelet” as well as a cheese soufflé. Each installment ends in the Spring Breakers star making a $10,000 donation to a charity of the chef’s choice.
“People who know me know that I love to cook, except I have no idea what to do or how to do it,” Gomez explained at the top of the show. “I can’t even fix eggs properly. So while I’ve been stuck at home, I thought what better time to improve my skills in the kitchen.”
The “Wolves” singer added: “I’ve asked some of the best chefs to school me. They’re at home, I’m at home, and we’re going to see if we can make a meal together. Apart.”
After setting up her own microphone and mounting a camera above her stove, Gomez retrieved the necessary ingredients (which had been delivered to her door) and called Lefebvre, who is the chef behind Los Angeles’ Trois Mec, LudoBird and Petit Trois, via video chat.
During the course of the show, the Texas native made a few cooking mistakes — like burning a batch of cookies — while also opening up about her own life. Gomez also reflected on her own career when Lefebvre said that he knew he wanted a career as a chef at 14. “When I was 14 I started my TV show [Wizards of Waverly Place] actually. I didn’t know [what I wanted to do] but I did,” she explained.
Gomez became even more candid with her seafood tostada recipe. Antonia Lofaso, who chose for a donation to be made to Beit T’ Shuvah, which is a drug and rehab facility in Los Angeles. “I think that’s incredible. I also have bipolar, so I deal with a lot of mental health issues and some of my family members are also addicts, so, you know, it’s something that I’m extremely passionate about as well,” Gomez said, noting that her own experience with mental illness has led to “shame.”
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