TOP CHEF 2022. A new candidate was eliminated from Top Chef this Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Summary and notes of episode 6.
[Mis à jour le 23 mars 2022 à 23h30] Ten candidates were still in the running in Top Chef, when episode 6 of this Wednesday, March 23, 2022 started on M6. For the occasion, the rules are turned upside down: there are no more brigades, but pairs of candidates who must earn points. The last duo in the ranking at the end of the two events finds themselves facing their pair as a last chance. The teams were as follows: Lilian-Louise, Ambroise-Sébastien, Mickaël-Arnaud, Lucie-Wilfried and Thibault-Pascal.
The first test of episode 6 of Top Chef is now a classic: Who can beat Philippe Etchebest and Paul Pairet. The two chefs must make two mushroom-themed dishes, while the pairs of candidates have only one recipe to make. The pairs who do better than the dishes of the chefs accumulate points. Without knowing, Glenn Viel is the only one to taste the preparations and establish the classification. No pair manages to do better than the dish prepared by Philippe Etchebest, but Lilian-Louise and Mickaël-Arnaud do better than Paul Pairet. They therefore have two points at the end of this test.
During the second test of Top Chef episode 6, the candidates must make a honey dessert. The test proved to be particularly complicated for Thibault and Pascal, who were unable to unmold part of their dish. After the failure of the first test, the orange and blue candidates are defeated for a while. They nevertheless manage to pull themselves together and imagine a fun way to present their recipe, with a beehive. Louise and Lilian arrive in first position in this event. Finally, the ranking is as follows: Lilian-Louise first, Wilfried-Lucie second, Thibaut-Pascal and Mickaël-Arnaud tied third. Ambroise and Sébastien must then compete as a last chance on the subject of salmon. Sébastien manages to qualify and bursts into tears when he discovers the verdict. Ambroise is eliminated, with disappointment: “it’s already a good course, but there is this taste of too little…”. The composition of the brigades is now as follows:
- Brigade of Philippe Etchebest : Pascal, Mickaël and Sébastien
- Glenn Viel’s Brigade : Lucia and Arnaud
- Brigade of Paul Pairet : Lilian
- Brigade of Hélène Darroze : Wilfried, Louise and Thibault
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Top Chef is the Wednesday night TV show. The 2022 season started on February 16 and will probably end in May, as is usually the case. Each new episode can be discovered on M6 from 9:10 p.m. on Wednesdays. It is also possible to find Top Chef in replay the day after its broadcast on the site 6play.fr
Fifteen candidates have been selected to compete in season 13 of Top Chef. Among them, there are notably 12 men, three women, including 3 Belgians. Among the standout candidates this season are Renaud, who had participated in Top Chef season 1, Lilian, a young chef whose dreams of opening a gastronomic restaurant were shattered by the coronavirus and who has since become a supermarket manager, Thibaut who has a green star, or Louise, chef of her own restaurant in Portugal who does not lack original ideas in her preparations. Discover the portraits of the Top Chef candidates by clicking here.
Since the creation of Top Chef, the show’s jury has evolved from season to season, with some chefs leaving the show to be replaced by new names from the French culinary scene. For the 2022 season, Philippe Etchebest (blue brigade), Hélène Darroze (red brigade) and Paul Pairet (purple brigade) are returning to the jury. On his side, Michel Sarran, emblematic juror of Top Chef, announced that he would not return to the show in 2022 by decision of the production. He is replaced by Glenn Viel, who has appeared several times on the M6 show as guest conductor.
During a press conference presenting the new season of Top Chef, we were able to discover the role that Glenn Viel will play this year. The chef of the Oustau restaurant in Baumanière (Baux-de-Provence) will coach the orange brigade. “He has every intention of blowing it all up, commented Stéphane Rotenberg. He arrived with energy and the will to do very hard”. Glenn Viel explains that he did not specifically ask to join the jury of Top Chef 2022, he was contacted by the production. “Of course, I jumped at the chance, he recalls. It’s a competition that is well perceived, well seen, with the greatest chefs in the world who come to participate. I was welcomed with a lot of benevolence and kindness.”
Top Chef viewers discovered a new juror during the 2022 season. If Philippe Etchebest, Hélène Darroze and Paul Pairet are still present, Michel Sarran has been removed from the program. The latter evokes a choice of production, without knowing the reasons: “It was a little violent, remembers the chef from Toulouse in an interview with Parisian, last September. I did not expect it at all. Why me What prompted their decision? What did I do wrong? I didn’t get an answer.” He is replaced by Glenn Viel who, according to information from Télé Loisirs, did not fail to contact his predecessor before filming, for correction.
During a press conference in January 2022, Stéphane Rotenberg sketched the outlines of the next season of Top Chef. He sums it up in these words: “a new promotion surprising in character on the one hand, and a pantheon of great chefs on the other”. Among the guest chefs already announced for this 2022 edition, let us mention Alexandre Gauthier, elected chef of the year 2016, Clare Smyth, the first woman to win three stars in the United Kingdom, Dominique Crenn, the first three Michelin star chef in the United States. United, or even Pia Leon, elected best chef in the world in 2021.
On June 9, 2021, Mohamed Cheikh became the winner of season 12 of Top Chef. The candidate, who did the whole competition under the advice of Hélène Darroze, faced Sarah, from Paul Pairet’s brigade, during this final. He won 54.86% of the vote, against 45.14% for Sarah, which gives him a gain of 54,860 euros. Aged 28, this young chef has never hidden that he comes from a popular suburb of the Paris region (Fontenay-sous-Bois), and that he had to struggle to find a place for himself in the middle. . He has notably worked with several starred chefs, such as Eric Fréchon. He has also worked in prestigious restaurants, such as the Royal Monceau or the Shangri-La. Since the start of the competition, Mohamed was part of Hélène Darroze’s squad.
Each new episode of Top Chef is available the day after its broadcast in replay. Just connect to 6play, M6’s replay service, to find the episode. This one is available for a limited time though, so it’s recommended you don’t delay before catching up. It is possible to see Top Chef in replay on your computer, tablet or smartphone.