The weeks pass and the noose is tightening in Top chef. This Monday evening, the three-star British chef Clare Smyth invited the candidates to sublimate the onion. A challenge that almost succeeded in bringing tears to some eyes as it was not the easiest. Affected by the departure of Logan last week, the purple brigade is picking up colors. Ambroise and Lilian, foals of Paul Pairet, won the event with the greetings of the guest chef. For the blue and orange brigades, however, it is disappointment. They spin in the second test. Here awaits Dominique Ansel, named best pastry chef in the world in 2017, and with him one of the most impressive challenges of this thirteenth season: bluffing by making a living dessert. If the creations of Louise and Sébastien seduce the chef, those of Mickaël, Elis and the Belgian Arnaud are a little disappointing. These are therefore sent as a last chance…
In the hot seat, the three candidates put the small dishes in the big ones to offer the jurors a dish around the beef that they will never forget. Mickaël, a member of the blue brigade, wins the event hands down and is qualified for the rest of the adventure. After discussion, it is finally Elis who leaves the adventure and puts on his apron. “To me, Top Chef, it was a big family. All these candidates are people who have helped me to surpass myself. I never had friends like that, real. I was often seen as the ugly duckling because I mightn’t read or write”he said before bursting into tears and moving the entire set.
After Renaud and Tania, Glenn Viel therefore loses another member of his brigade. A bad season for the new juror of Top chef who now finds himself with Lucie and Arnaud, a candidate accustomed to the last chances. Did the three-star chef bet on the wrong horses? The fate seems in any case to fall on him and this to the delight of his fellow jurors, Philippe Etchebest and Hélène Darroze, who still have three candidates each in their team. For his part, with two small proteges in his brigade, Paul Pairet is tied with Glenn Viel.
In any case, the new brigade leader does not fail to motivate his troops and support them as much as possible. Interviewed by us, Arnaud from Liège describes Glenn Viel as “an extraordinary man“. With him, it matched directlyhe said. “He’s the best chef I might have had. He advises like a brother, he accompanies and is in a sharing. It’s clearly one of the most beautiful encounters I’ve been able to make. He gave me moreover sent a message before opening my restaurant to wish me good luck. After the end of the shooting, he is always there to advise me. He is an extraordinary man.
