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MICHELIN – 41 chefs have won their first star this year at the Michelin Guide. And among them, some are not unknown to M6 viewers. Six former candidates from “Top chef” discovered in the culinary competition obtained this prestigious distinction on Tuesday 22 March: they are John ImbertFlorent Ladeyn, Guillaume Pape, Ludovic Turac, Victor Mercier and Matthias Mark.
If Matthias Marc had been eliminated at the gates of the final from the previous season of “Top Chef” broadcast in the spring of 2021, the young 29-year-old chef from Doubs won his first star there for his restaurant “Substance”, opened in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. He serves “uninhibited and lively” cuisine, describes the Michelin, where he favors short circuits and fine products. He is also at the head of a second establishment, “Liquide”, where another former Top Chef officiates… Jarvis Scott.
Like Matthias Marc, a dozen candidates revealed during previous seasons of the “Top Chef” culinary competition now display one, or even two macaroons. Our map below lists all their starred restaurants:
In addition to Matthias Marc, the most recent of the “leavers” of Top Chef, five other former candidates from the M6 show are on the list of “new stars”.
Victor Mercier, young chef 2022
The emblematic winner of season 3 in 2012, Jean Imbert, thus obtained a star for the Plaza Athénée restaurant. He succeeded Alain Ducasse in these kitchens of the Parisian palace just a few months ago, at the very beginning of the year 2022. While Florent Ladeyn, who went through season 4, regained his first star for the “Auberge du Vert Mont” in Boeschepe (already starred from 2014 to 2019). Ludovic Turac, who went through season 2, also finds his star at “La Table du Sud” in Marseille.
Victor Mercierpartner of Camille Delcroix or Justine Imbert in season 9 of “Top Chef”, won not only a star for her restaurant “FIEF” (for Fait Ici en France) in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, but also the prize for young chef 2022. Finally Guillaume Pape, finalist of season 10 against Samuel Albert, also obtains a first star for his establishment “L’Embrun” in Brest where he serves local cuisine.
And the jurors of “Top Chef” are not left out, since Philippe Etchebest was awarded a star for his new restaurant “Maison Nouvelle” in Bordeaux. Hélène Darroze, for her part, can add a star to the menu of “Villa La Coste” in Provence: the chef from the Landes thus accumulates six stars for her various restaurants.
In addition to these newcomers from 2022, some twenty former candidates confirm their presence in the list of Michelin stars this year, including Stéphanie Le Quellec (season 2) and her two stars for “La Scène” in Paris, Tabata Mey (season 3) at the “Apothecaries” in Lyon, Mory Sacko (season 11) at MoSuke in Paris or Kelly Rangama (season 8) at “Faham” in Paris.
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