Prepare your meal trays! Preferably greedy if you want to avoid salivating too much in front of the dishes concocted by the chefs. The show Top chef is back on M6, every Wednesday, from February 10, 2021, at 9:05 p.m. The production has put the small dishes in the big for this twelfth edition of a program which always attracts gourmets and gourmands alike. The rules of the game must have known some changes, pandemic requires. The shoot was adapted to health measures. The jury is, once again, composed of Philippe Etchebest, Michel Sarran, Paul Pairet and Hélène Darroze whose candidate, David Gallienne, won in 2020. Fifteen candidates, eleven men and four women, from 19 at 37 years old, they will compete with pots and pans and good recipes, to try to win the famous knife with a steel blade.
Charline Stengel, 19, the youngest, won the competition Top Chef objective
For this new season, the key word is unlimited creativity. That's good because it is the credo of most of the chefs selected. The youngest of the group is Charline stengel, a face that is not unknown to fans of the culinary program since she won the competition Top Chef objective. She will have a hard time facing candidates who have worked alongside reputable chefs, as is the case with Bruno Aubin with Éric Frechon, or Arnaud Baptiste, with Yannick Alléno. Some fell into the pot very small, like Pauline Sene, with market gardening grandparents and a wholesaler father in Rungis, or even Thomas chisholm who discovered cooking during his 3rd year observation internship. Others discovered their passion much later, such as Baptiste Trudel who started cooking by chance, at age 21, while diving in an establishment.
Some still have a somewhat atypical profile. As Adrien Zedda. This 26-year-old candidate wants to prove that vegetarian cuisine can be creative and gourmet. Will he be able to cope with trials where the main ingredient is meat? One thing is certain: everyone wants to win and show what they are capable of in front of a jury of chefs of excellence. At their stoves!
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