TOP CHEF 2022. One of internet users’ favourites, Lilian, left Top Chef at the start of episode 9 for “personal reasons”. The candidate for the M6 competition reacted on his Instagram account.
[Mis à jour le 14 avril 2022 à 9h07] Top Chef had a bad surprise in store for its viewers this Wednesday, April 13, 2022. At the start of the episode, we learn that Lilian Douchet had to leave the competition “for personal reasons”. The ex-candidate of Paul Pairet’s brigade, who was also a candidate very popular with viewers, posted a message to his fans on social networks: “Don’t worry, today everything is fine. I wanted to thank you for the benevolence, the kindness that you had towards me.” Lilian will say no more about the reasons for her departure.
Top Chef episode 9 was broadcast on M6 this Wednesday, April 13, 2022. As usual, Wilfried, the last eliminated from the competition, replaced Lilian in Paul Pairet’s team following his departure. At the end of the episode, it was Thibaut, candidate for Hélène Darroze’s brigade, who was eliminated. Below is the full episode summary and contestant ratings.
The first test of this episode 9 saw the return of the darling of the fans of Top Chef. Adrien Cachot, finalist for the 2020 season, came to challenge the candidates on the theme of offal. The brigades not only had to seduce the chef who specializes in this product, but also customers who don’t like offal at all. After renaming themselves ‘Tic et Tac’ and singing their anthem for the occasion, Wilfried and Sébastien decided to make a dessert of offal. Mickaël and Pascal were also particularly inspired despite a sudden stress when cooking, unlike Lucie and Arnaud who do not appreciate this kind of products at all.
Fortunately for the candidates in competition, their preparations deceived the anonymous tasters who qualified all the recipes. These were then tasted by Adrien, who had a crush on the preparation of the blue brigade. Mickaël and Pascal qualify for the next week of competition. The second round of Top Chef episode 9 introduced Italian chef Massimo Bottura. The latter asked the candidates still in the running to prepare a recipe from stale bread, in order to fight against food waste. All the candidates are particularly inspired, especially Thibaut. As a green star, the candidate intends to impress Massimo Bottura. If the Italian chef is full of praise for each of the preparations, he decides to qualify Arnaud and Lucie for the next week of competition.
Paul Pairet and Hélène Darroze each decide to send Sébastien then Thibaut as a last chance, on the theme of cucumber. Also for personal reasons, Hélène Darroze does not participate in the tasting and is absent from the elimination. This will not bring luck to his candidate, since Thibaut is finally eliminated from Top Chef, to the great disappointment of the other candidates who all hug him. But the teaser for the next episode reveals that Lilian and Thibaut will be back next week to take their revenge and try to regain their place in the competition.
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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) return 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. It is replaced by Glenn Vielwho appeared several times on the M6 show as a 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.