A young chef between life and death? On the night of Sunday May 15 to Monday May 16, 2022, in Paris, Thomas Chisholm was assaulted shortly after midnight. The former candidate Top chef (2021) was near the Grand Palais, in the chic 7th arrondissement, on the occasion of a culinary event, in which he participated with his teams. According to a police report obtained by our colleagues from RTLan argument would have broken out”on alcohol background“, and it would have degenerated “brawling“Thomas Chisholm then found himself seriously injured after receiving several stab wounds. The perpetrator was said to be a member of his team.”The chef’s employee pulls out a knife and stabs him in the back of the right thigh before fleeing“, specified Guillaume Chieze on the waves of the radio.
The help would then have arrived quickly on the spot to take care of the chef, who was rushed to the Georges Pompidou hospital, in the 16th arrondissement. In bad shape, he would nevertheless “had time to give the name of his attacker“. The latter was arrested an hour later as he was returning home. He is said to be 19 years old and unknown to the police. He has been placed in police custody. Since his attack, the vital prognosis of the ace of the stove would be engaged. Information confirmed by The Parisian. The newspaper also assures that a suspect was arrested, holding in his hands “a white T-shirt stained with bloodstains, but carrying no weapon“. According to our colleagues, he would, on the other hand, be 29 years old but would be part of Thomas Chisholm’s cooking team.
A person outside the team
But there, an official press release has just denied some of these revelations. On the official Instagram account of Thomas Chisholm’s restaurant, ChoCho, the news is intended to be rather reassuring and refute the involvement of an employee of the chef. “Last night, Thomas was attacked in the 7th arrondissement of Paris by someone outside the team. An investigation is underway, which will determine the circumstances of the attack. We cannot release details of the case to date, which are a matter of police work. However, we can assure you at this time that his vital prognosis is not engaged. Out of respect for Thomas and his family, please do not disclose any information that may prove to be false.“, we read.