This Friday, January 20, eight months after the death of his son, Yannick Alléno paid a new tribute to Antoine Alléno on his Instagram account. The opportunity also for the chef to announce that the young man has won a prize.
An extremely proud father despite the pain. On the evening of Sunday May 8, the chef Yannick Alleno lost his son, Antoine. At 24, the young cook is death hit by a driver in the heart of Paris. After stealing a vehicle from a luxury restaurant in the 7th arrondissement, the fugitive got into the young man’s scooter, stopped at a red light. Yannick Alléno’s son died instantly. A tragedy that his father will never forget. “I saw my son on the sidewalk, so it was extremely painful. You enter a period after the death of a child, a world that we do not know”confided the starred chef on September 20 in the TF1 8 p.m. news.
Despite this tragedy, Yannick Alléno wanted to pursue his culinary art, a passion he had passed on to Antoine, a young chef in the making. And this Friday, January 20, he wanted to pay a new tribute to his son on Instagram by announcing that the latter had received an award. “Our burger! Your Antoine burger received the best burger in Paris 2022 award! You are surely proud of your teams! They are there for you, for your clients, for your project“, wrote Yannick Alléno in the caption of a photo where he poses with the prize and all his teams.
“He can be proud of up there Antoine”
This news has not failed to be welcomed by Internet users, including some very famous chefs. “Well done team, it’s so delicious. He can be proud of up there Antoine“, for example reacted Christophe Michalak in the comments. “Congratulations to Antoine all up there and congratulations to you Yannick”, “Congratulations to the teams and thoughts for Antoine”, “I think of you often Antoine”, “From up there, he watches over you all“, also wrote other Internet users. Messages that must have particularly touched Yannick Alléno.