TOP CHEF 2022. Season 13 of Top Chef began on Wednesday February 16, 2022 on M6. Eliott is the first to leave the cooking competition. Summary and tops of episode 1.
[Mis à jour le 17 février 2022 à 06h00] The followers of Top Chef were able to discover the start of season 13 this Wednesday, February 16, 2022. On the program of this first episode broadcast on M6, the constitution of the brigades. With a novelty this year: there is no longer one, but two candidates in the “lonely brigade” at the end of this launch. During the first round, seven contestants had to stand out with a daring dessert. The rest of the candidates competed for a place in the competition during a second test, which focused on the realization of a savory dish.
In this first episode of Top Chef, viewers were able to discover several atypical profiles, such as Lilian, a cook forced to become a supermarket manager because of the Covid or Renaud, first eliminated from season 1 of Top Chef, who comes to take his revenge 12 years later. No disaster during these two tests, but many surprises for the jury composed of Philippe Etchebest, Paul Pairet, Hélène Darroze and Glenn Viel, new to the team. At the end of the tasting of these two tests, six candidates are sent as a last chance on the theme of the apple: Eliott, Ellis, Ambroise, Tanya, Wilfried and Arnaud. It is finally Eliott who leaves the competition, while Ellis and Arnaud will form the brigade of solitary candidates. At the end of this first episode of Top Chef 2022, the composition of the brigades is as follows:
- Brigade of Philippe Etchebest : Pascal (Top Chef objective), Mickaël and Sébastien
- Brigade of Paul Pairet : Logan, Lilian and Ambrose
- Brigade of Hélène Darroze : Louise, Thibault and Wilfried
- Glenn Viel’s Brigade : Lucie, Renaud and Tanya
- Lone Brigade : Ellis and Arnaud
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On June 9, 2021, the last season of Top Chef ended with the coronation of Mohamed Cheikh, candidate for Hélène Darroze’s brigade, against Sarah Mainguy. The 2022 edition has been preparing since. Top Chef will be back on M6 from Wednesday February 16, 2022 from 9:10 p.m.
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. At the end of the first episode, the candidates who will not be eliminated will constitute the brigades for this 2022 season.
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 Sarranemblematic juror of Top Chef, has announced that he will not be returning to the show in 2022. He is replaced by Glenn Viel, who has appeared several times on the M6 show as a guest chef.
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 will discover a new juror this Wednesday evening. 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 Toulouse chef 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.
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.
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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 has been 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.