In Kitchen nightmare or Top chef, Philippe Etchebest raises his voice to make himself heard by restaurant owners or candidates. On a daily basis, he is a little softer, especially towards his loved ones. In a relationship with Dominique, his wife, since 1994, the sidekick of Hélène Darroze, Glenn Viel and Paul Pairet in the famous culinary competition of M6 is also a dad. With the one who shares his life, he adopted Oscar-Louis, now 18 years old. Rather discreet about his private life, Philippe Etchebest has, in recent years, made rare confidences on the subject.
For many years, he spoke very little of his family and had never even revealed that Oscar-Louis had been adopted. It was only in 2015, in the pages of his autobiographical book called I don’t let go (Michel Lafon editions), that he had mentioned this moment. “The emotional dimension of this day had been all the more unforgettable since, thirty minutes before the Monshipour fight, I had received a phone call from the Mexican Embassy, which confirmed, after years of waiting, that Dominique and I were going to be able to adopt a little boy! I let you imagine the explosive force of this cocktail of emotions“, we learned then.
The father-son relationship that the duo maintains is very complicit, despite the fact that Philippe Etchebest is very busy with his work. “I make time on the weekends to be with him. We share a common passion for rugby, we go to matches together“, he confided to Entertainment TV in September 2021. And that’s not all: last February, with France Sundaythe Bordeaux chef said to himself “quite firm, but as fair as possible“.”I attend all his rugby training, we do his homework together, even if he doesn’t really like it, because I sometimes lack a bit of patience! It’s my flaw. Like everyone else, I sure make mistakes, but I try to be the best dad I can be.“, he concluded. In the eyes of Oscar-Louis, he is and there is no doubt about it.