In an interview he granted us, to be found in full in the Tele-Leisure on newsstands this Monday, January 17, Norbert Tarayre returned to the pneumothorax he suffered in May 2021.
Since the start of the week, M6 viewers have found The best bakery in France and his tireless duo composed of Bruno Cormerais and Norbert Tarayre. The 39-year-old chef has also taken over the reins of the Best Pastry Chef, Celebrities, this time in the company of the indestructible Mercotte. In short, the stove pro is on all fronts. An activity that would not have been possible a few months ago. Indeed, last May, the former candidate of Top chef was hospitalized for a pneumothorax. During an interview he gave us, to be found in full in the magazine on newsstands Monday, January 17, Norbert Tarayre returned to this event.
Tearful goodbyes
“I had a pneumothorax. The tongue of the lung got the hell out, 6 centimeters came off. It’s as if you felt something move in your body. I thought it was cardiac arrest“, he explains to us. At the time, Norbert Tarayre had a rather fatalistic and dramatic reaction. “I played it the American way, saying goodbye to my children. I gave the credit card codes and the passwords to my companion Abi. She started crying ’cause she didn’t care about my money“, he continues.
“We had to make a choice“
Direction the American hospital (in Neuilly-sur-Seine, in the Paris region) for the chef. “They told me they were going to cut a hole in my ribs. I told the doctor that if anyone touched my body, I would kill it. So they didn’t make a hole in my ribs. I stayed slammed for three weeks and the lung stuck back together“, he says. After a moment of convalescence, Norbert Tarayre assures that he is doing very well today. “It doesn’t move anymore“, he reassures. And to conclude: “I am a buffalo.“
Today, the chief has reviewed his priorities. “With pneumothorax and divorced (from his first wife Amandine, editor’s note), a choice had to be made. I couldn’t continue with television, theater, children, restaurants and consulting contracts. It hurt my heart, because I love the theater, but I had to stop. I will already devote myself to my children, my family and my small projects, selfishly. I’m lucky, I have a companion who follows me. But we will be careful, this time, not to be too absent“, he analyzes. A good resolution to start 2022.
The rest of the interview can be found on Monday, in Tele-Leisure.