THOMAS CHISHOLM. Attacked with stabbing this night of Monday, May 16, the cook Thomas Chisholm, former candidate of Top Chef, was seriously injured but his vital prognosis is not engaged. What we know.
[Mis à jour le 16 mai 2022 à 16h37] Monday May 16, the candidate for season 12 of Top Chef Thomas Chisholm was stabbed at the exit of the Grand Palais in the 7th arrondissement of Paris when leaving the culinary festival Taste of Paris in which he participated. The vital prognosis of the young cook is not engaged.
According to a message published on the Instagram account of Thomas Chisholm’s restaurant, the author of the facts is “a person outside the chef’s team” who was arrested a few minutes later passing by Gergovie in the 14th arrondissement of Paris near Gare Montparnasse. This tragedy comes just a few days after the death of the son of Yannick Alléno, the multi-starred French chef who regularly makes appearances in Top Chef.
The tragedy took place at the exit of the ephemeral Grand Palais, near Gate C, this Monday morning at 1:40 a.m., according to The Parisian. Thomas Chisholm had just taken part in the penultimate day of the Taste of Paris festival, a four-day culinary event that brings together some thirty chefs and representatives of the next generation, during which temporary restaurants are set up.
A violent argument would have broken out between Thomas Chisholm and a young man, both presumably alcoholic according to a video tweet from RTL. The fight would then have involved a dozen people. The young cook is stabbed in the back of the thigh. The suspect flees. Supported by the emergency services, Thomas Chisholm was quickly transported to the European Georges-Pompidou hospital because his vital prognosis was engaged. This Monday afternoon, a message published on the Instagram account of his restaurant Chocho announces that his vital prognosis is no longer engaged:
Who is Thomas Chilsholm’s attacker?
At the scene of the attack, the police found a knife and identified the alleged perpetrator thanks to Thomas Chisholm who had time to give the name of his attacker. The police arrested the attacker who had fled, when he was returning home around 2 a.m. from Gergovie in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, holding in his hands a white T-shirt stained with blood. The 19-year-old young man, unknown to the police, is placed in custody at the 15th arrondissement police station. The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation on the count of attempted voluntary homicide.
Who is Thomas Chisholm?
The young Franco-American chef was born in New York but has lived in France since the age of 14, in Perpignan, his mother’s hometown. He discovered a passion for cooking during his ninth grade internship and, passionate about street art, designed his recipes like graphic paintings.
Thomas Chisholm began his cooking career in the restaurant of the 4-star hotel Le Vieux-Castillon in the Gard department, in the Occitanie region. His career then moved to the capital, becoming sous-chef at the Routes restaurant, then officiating at Thierry Marx’s Sur Mesure. His last experience, before opening his own restaurant, was as sous-chef de cuisine at the AT restaurant of Japanese chef Atsushi Tanaka, based in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.
He has cooked all over the world, from Australia to Chile, via Luxembourg. He has become a public figure since his appearance in Top Chef in 2021. This 30-year-old cook amazed the Top Chef jury with his graphic creations.
What is Thomas Chisholm’s restaurant?
In 2021, the 30-year-old chef “made the decision to stay in Paris” with the Covid-19 health crisis and opened his restaurant in November Chocolaterue du Paradis in the 10th arrondissement, with Catalan and American culinary creations.
In which season of Top Chef did Thomas Chisholm appear?
We could see Thomas Chisholm in season 12 of Top Chef on M6 in 2021, integrated into the yellow brigade of Michel Sarran thanks to the realization of a “Pumpkin pie at 3am and its glass of milk” for the test of the first broadcast. He will then join the red brigade of Hélène Darroze. His elimination took place during the 9th episode. Renowned for his artistic dressings, he had preferred “to lose his head held high”, while cooking, “rather than making dishes just to win events” he had confided to the Parisian.