TOP CHEF 2022. Louise and Arnaud qualified for the Top Chef final next week on M6. Summary of the semi-finals of June 8, 2022.
[Mis à jour le 8 juin 2022 à 23h40] We finally know the names of the finalists of Top Chef 2022. Arnaud and Louise qualified to access the final stage of the M6 competition against Sébastien. During the semi-finals, broadcast on June 8, 2022 on M6, the three candidates each challenged each other on a test of their choice. The goal: to put his opponents in difficulty. As a reminder, candidates only obtain points if they prepare better than the person who proposed the test.
Arnaud opened the ball for the Top Chef semi-finals by offering his opponents to cook a Belgian specialty: tuna fishing. If the three candidates were particularly inspired, Arnaud emerged victorious, which allowed the candidates to remain tied. Louise then launched a singular challenge to her two rivals, that is to say, to make a dessert based on poultry blood and liver. If the idea surprised the candidates, Arnaud and Sébastien did well all the same, without succeeding in dislodging Louise in first place.
All the candidates were equal before Sébastien proposed his test: revisiting hare à la royale, a great classic of French gastronomy. Instead of the two days of preparation required, they had to pass the test in two hours. Arnaud and Louise managed to do better than Paul Pairet’s candidate, which allowed them to stand out and qualify for the finals. Sébastien was therefore eliminated this Wednesday, June 8, 2022.
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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.
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.”
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.