TOP CHEF 2022. The quarter-finals of Top Chef ended this Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Which candidate left? Episode 16 recap.
[Mis à jour le 1er juin 2022 à 23h40] The end of Top Chef is imminent. The quarter-finals ended this Wednesday, June 1, 2022 on M6. After Arnaud’s qualification last week, there were only three candidates left hoping to win their ticket for the semi-finals: Louise (who already had a pass qualifying her for the rest of the competition out of the two necessary) Sébastien ( 0 pass) and Pascal (0 pass). The stakes were high, since they had to play their place in the competition on a signature dish to be presented to the inspectors of the Michelin guide. By offering a zero-waste dish around monkfish (the “poor man’s lobster”), Louise won over the inspectors who praised her commitment and character. She picked up her second pass, and qualified hands down for the semi-finals.
The last place in the Top Chef semi-final was between Sébastien and Pascal. Yannick Aléno and Aurélien Rivoire challenged them on the subject of chocolate. The two candidates had to make an explosive chocolate-based bite and a savory chocolate dish. Sébastien was particularly inspired by this event, offering the two chefs a chocolate-sea urchin bite and a chocolate-cauliflower dish with yeast. Marked biases that paid off, since Paul Pairet’s colt won the two remaining passes for the semi-finals.
Pascal was therefore eliminated from Top Chef at the gates of the semi-finals this Wednesday, June 1, 2022. The winner of Objectif Top Chef struggled to hold back his tears, especially when he thanked his team leader, Philippe Etchebest : “He was my boss, he will be the boss of all my life.” The emotion of his candidate also won Philippe Etchebest, who got up to take him in his arms. The head of the blue brigade even struggled to hold back his tears and his emotion when he praised Pascal’s work: “From what I have done, beyond titles and stars, what I am the proudest thing is what I can bring to young people like that. It’s my greatest reward.” Arnaud, Louise and Sébastien will face off next week in the semi-finals. You can vote for your favorite candidate from these quarter-finals below.
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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. It is replaced by Glenn Vielwho appeared several times on the M6 show as a guest conductor.
Glenn Viel is the new member of the Top Chef jury. The chef of the Oustau restaurant in Baumanière (Baux-de-Provence) is coaching the orange brigade this year. “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.
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.