Fernanda Fuentes

Coming Up

Fernanda Fuentes’ training at INACAP in 2007 gave structure to a career that would later move across restaurant kitchens, television, and ownership. Since 2014, the Quilpué-born Chilean chef has been a judge on MasterChef Chile, and that role has kept her in the public eye without pulling her away from the work that defines her standing in the trade. The throughline is a professional life built on repetition, evaluation, and visibility, with her own framing of food as “a wonderful way to change the world—food and love.” Fernanda Fuentes has also built her profile through roles that sit between service and screen. As chef and co-owner of Nub since 2014, she has anchored her work in a restaurant identity that gives shape to the rest of her public-facing roles. She is also a judge of MasterChef Celebrity Chile, a participant on Top Chef VIP Chile since 2024, and a co-owner of Novatore Cucina & Bar since 2024, extending her footprint across Chile, Spain, and the United States.

Where They Are Now

Judging MasterChef Chile remains the central public role in Fernanda Fuentes’ profile. Since 2014, it has placed her in the recurring position of assessing technique, pace, and pressure on television, while keeping her name tied to one of the franchise’s most visible seats. For audiences, that is the role that has defined her presence; for the trade, it reads as a long-running point of continuity.

Signature

NUB is listed among Fernanda Fuentes’ signature dishes, and the name doubles as the identifier for the project that has been central to her career since 2014. In that sense, the signature is less about ornament and more about continuity: a chef’s work marked by the same name that appears on her restaurant.

In Their Words “\“It’s a wonderful way to change the world—food and love.\””