Cyril Lignac: these violent critics who hurt him: Femme Actuelle Le MAG

Since the restrictive containment measures, Cyril Lignac has taken control of a new program on M6. The Aveyronnais now hosts a program from his kitchen where he tells viewers his cooking secrets. Every night of the week in All in the kitchen at 6.45 p.m., the most famous chef of PAF offers gourmets to reproduce their recipes interactively. A concept that appeals to the faithful of the sixth channel and achieves pretty audience scores. A success also linked to the reputation of its organizer. Since its television debut in 2005 in Yes sir !, Cyril Lignac is an essential figure associated with gastronomy. Very popular, the vibrant forty-something has won over with its natural empathy and singing accent. However, all was not easy for this holder of a cook's CAP. In 2017 he entrusted to the magazine The Official that his media debut had earned him severe criticism from his peers.

Words that deeply hurt Cyril Lignac

"The" real ones "made fun of him when he started out on M6, we took him for a white beak unmolded hot", reminds the food critic François-Régis Gaudry. "The profession has not always been tender with me", says Cyril Lignac. "I’m not competing with anyone. There are people who do not like, that’s how it is," he declared. In History of tastes, his autobiography, the chef evokes the rejection expressed by some of his peers. "Among them, some have always been tenaciously averse to me ", he explained. An attitude that has largely changed with the rise of culinary programs on television. "Ten years ago, I was a leper, today, chefs are ready to do anything to make TV"he said amused to World in 2019.

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