Top Chef: which former candidates won a star in the 2022 Michelin Guide?

It is a prize list that was expected by gourmets and gourmands. This Tuesday, March 22, the Michelin Guide unveiled its allocation of new stars. Forty-nine chefs were rewarded, like Arnaud Donckele who won his third star for his Parisian restaurant Plénitude-Cheval-Blanc. Among the sacred there are several former candidates of Top chef. They are six, all seasons combined, to have the honors of a first star. This is the case of Matthias Marc. If he had not reached the final of the prestigious culinary competition of M6 last year, the young man of 28 years has nothing to envy to his comrades, since he won his first macaroon for his Parisian restaurant Substance, in which he serves his famous Apologie des excesses, which earned him the acclaim of Philippe Etchebest.

Finalist of the tenth edition of Top chef, Guillaume Pape can also boast of having obtained a star. It is his restaurant L’Embrun, located in Brest in Finistère, which earned him this fine award. Same observation for Victor Mercier of season 9. The one who lost to Camille Delacroix in the final of Top chef fact double hit by winning a first star as well as the 2022 young chef award for its establishment Fief, located in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. Another season, another finalist. The Nordiste Florent Ladeyn – who had lost in season 4 against Naoëlle d’Hainaut – can be delighted to have recovered the lost star in 2020 with its Auberge du Vert Mont, located near the Belgian border.

Jean Imbert crowned after only nine weeks of opening

Just appointed head of the kitchens at the Plaza Athénée in Paris, where he succeeds Alain Ducasse, Jean Imbert – who won the third edition of the M6 ​​competition – wins his first Michelin star. “I am all the more happy that it is so rare in 126 years that the Michelin guide grants a reward to a restaurant barely open 9 weeks before their verdict. I thank them for their trust“, he enthused in an Instagram post. Finally, the sixth and last alumnus of Top chef to join the ranks of newcomers to the Guide is Ludovic Turac. This chef had participated in the second edition of the show won by Stéphanie Le Quellec. Its Table au Sud, located in Marseille, once again displays a star on its front. The restaurant had already had this honor between 2015 and 2020. In addition to this 2022 vintage, a twenty former candidates confirm their presence on the list Michelin stars, like Stéphanie Le Quellec, Tabata Mey, Naoëlle d’Hainaut or Kelly Rangama.

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