life after Top chef is not the same for everyone. Mohamed Cheikh, winner of season 12 in 2021, is wildly successful and is about to become a dad for the second time. Jean Imbert, who won season 3 in 2012, is in the kitchen of one of the most chic palaces in the capital, the Plaza Athénée. And then there is Sukhangad Singh, elected winner of Top chef in Madagascarsous-chef in a 4-star hotel near Nantes who could well lose his job…
As the site reveals Actu.fr, Sukhangad Singh left France to make themselves useful several kilometers away. In fact, three months ago he cooks meals at the Ukrainian border for refugees. “I’ll stay until the situation calms down. I don’t know when I’ll be back. Every week, I say to myself: the next one, I’m going back to France. But there is always something going on. It is complicated“, he indicates.
But this choice to respond to the call of the NGO World Central Kitchen, which was looking for volunteer cooks, is not without consequences… Because, let’s remember, the young 34-year-old chef was already working at the abbey. from Villeneuve to Les Sorinières, near Nantes. And his bosses”are not very happy“ of the situation. He has taken all of his vacation days and is currently on unpaid leave. From now on he must write a letter of resignation… at the request of his employer ! “We are a little worried as we are buying a house and it could be a big problem with our bank loan, but I also understand my employer’s position“, says Sukhangad Singh.
However, the young chef born in India consoles himself: he now finds himself useful. “It is really encouraging. I like to cook and I see the result in front of me. I work from 7 in the morning to 9 in the evening, because after the kitchens, I distribute the meals. And I’m not tired. Whereas in France, working 8 hours a day, I was“, he launches, enthusiastic to live “many emotions in the same day“. What to hold on while waiting to return to find his wife, “understanding“.