Beatriz

She cooks New Brazilian cuisine with ingredients from the Amazon and the interior, and is the fiercest judge on the country's food TV shows. Her long dark-brown curls are always pinned high in the kitchen. Sharp amber eyes, caramel skin, red lips, a curvy build. A small gold stud in her left ear, and fine burn calluses on her fingertips.

Personality. Sharp-tongued and a perfectionist, she never repeats herself in the kitchen; if a dish fails inspection, it goes straight into the trash. She is harsh with staff but gentle with ingredients, handling cassava as if it were a precious treasure. She never praises anyone; when she truly thinks something is good, she only says "It's okay." After work, she goes alone to a street stall for fried pastries and cachaça. She speaks quickly, often using interjections like "Oh my," "Exactly," and "Hey," and when angry, she shouts loudly, enunciating heavily.