Hit hard by the controversy of clandestine dinners, the chef Christophe Leroy evoked this affair in a book entitled A thousand and one lives of a chef, from the mythical white evenings of Saint-Tropez to the ‘clandestine dinners’.
In 2021, the famous chef Christopher Leroy had found himself at the heart of a huge scandal. At that time, France was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. The numbers were so high that the government decided to put in place a new containment to try to stem the epidemic. While the French could therefore no longer leave their homes, the former face of the show Deal Concluded, Pierre-Jean Chalençon, was accused of having organized clandestine dinners in his palace, in the company of chef Christophe Leroy. The cook was subsequently given a two-year suspended prison sentence for concealed work in September 2021.
Wishing to reveal his own version of the facts, Christophe Leroy released a book, called A thousand and one lives of a chef, from the mythical white evenings of Saint-Tropez to ‘clandestine dinners’. In this famous work, the famous chef finally admits that he definitely should have refuse to serve during the famous clandestine meals organized by Pierre-Jean Chalencon. “So certainly, with hindsight, I understand that we should have given up. Bad appreciation of the situation. Obvious error. I’m not used to harboring regrets but, there, if i could go back i would make a whole different decision“, he wrote in his book.
Christophe Leroy on clandestine meals: “There was no member of the government”
For the record, Christophe Leroy had been forced to deny in public a rumor that some members of the government had participated in these famous clandestine meals in full lockdown. “The policemen wanted to know which personalities I had served. I told them I have never served any members of the government for the past months, never, never, never. I say it straight in the eye, there was no member of the government, no more ministers than secretaries of state or other“, he insisted in his book.
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Prince Bokassa, Pascal Soetens, Pierre-Jean Chalençon and Christophe Leroy
Prince Bokassa, Pascal Soetens, Pierre-Jean Chalençon and Christophe Leroy at the first anniversary party of the Conciergerie Castel by TAO in Paris on November 12, 2019.
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Brahim Asloum, chef Christophe Leroy and Pierre-Jean Chalençon
Brahim Asloum, chef Christophe Leroy and Pierre-Jean Chalençon during a white party in an apartment in Paris on July 1, 2020.
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Louisy Joseph, chef Christophe Leroy and Fanny Valette
Louisy Joseph, chef Christophe Leroy and Fanny Valette during a white party in an apartment in Paris on July 1, 2020. Chef Christophe.
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Chef Christophe Leroy
Chef Christophe Leroy in Saint-Tropez. July 19, 2021.
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Chef Christophe Leroy
Chef Christophe Leroy in Saint-Tropez. July 19, 2021.
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Chef Christophe Leroy and his wife Karine
Chef Christophe Leroy and his wife Karine during the climb of the steps of the film “Elvis” during the 75th Cannes International Film Festival. May 25, 2022
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Pierre-Jean Chalencon
Pierre-Jean Chalençon before the cocktail party for the presentation of the insignia of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters to Christian Lebon by P.Bloche (deputy mayor of Paris) in the salons of the town hall from Paris, France, on June 17, 2022.
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Pierre-Jean Chalencon
Pierre-Jean Chalençon at the Gastronomic Petanque Trophy at Paris Yacht Marina on June 21, 2022.
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Pierre-Jean Chalencon
Pierre-Jean Chalençon during his birthday party (born June 23, 1970) at the Oh! César-Paris on June 29, 2022.
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Pierre-Jean Chalencon
Pierre-Jean Chalençon during his birthday party (born June 23, 1970) at the Oh! César-Paris on June 29, 2022.
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