The Franco-American cook Thomas Chisholm, revealed by the TV show Top Chef, was stabbed overnight from Sunday to Monday.
His vital prognosis is engaged, said the Paris prosecutor’s office. Information denied by a source close to the victim. According to details obtained by CNEWS from the police, a dispute broke out at the ephemeral Grand Palais, the venue for the Taste of Paris festival, in which the chef participated. Shortly after the end of the event, around 1 a.m., he was allegedly stabbed by an individual who then fled.
A suspect was later arrested by law enforcement. Aged 19, he was taken into custody, the prosecution said. It would be one of the chef’s employees, according to Le Parisien. Again, the information is denied by a source close to Thomas Chisholm.
The young man, aged 31, made himself known to the general public by his participation in the show Top Chef, in 2021. He had made a long journey, being eliminated only during the ninth show.
The young man, born in New York, had since moved to Paris, to open his own restaurant, Chocho, in the 10and arrondissement.
The world of gastronomy was already violently shaken last week, with the death of Antoine Alléno, son of the famous chef Yannick Alléno and also a restaurateur, hit by a chronic driver at the wheel of a stolen car.