This Wednesday, June 15, 2022, the adventure Top chef ends. After no less than eighteen weeks of competition, it is finally Arnaud and Louise who will face each other one last time with the hope of achieving victory. While waiting to know the outcome of this thirteenth season of the culinary competition, the two candidates chain interviews and are solicited from all sides. The Parisian in particular devoted a paper to them in its edition of the day. The opportunity to learn a little more about Arnaud Delvenne.
The 36-year-old Belgian certainly marked the edition of Top chef with his very endearing personality. Always ready to make jokes and endowed with crazy energy, he has managed to become one of the darlings of viewers. But Arnaud Delvenne actually hides behind his smile some serious injuries, such as his divorce. A sentimental failure caused by a tragedy, the death of his mother which occurred ten years ago. “There was the death of my mother who had been rotting my life for ten years, I divorced because of this weight that I had in me. But from this negative, I managed to make positive“, he revealed to our colleagues, finally released.
HAS Tele-Leisure, he also let it be known that he had been married for 10 years. About his ex-wife, he explains: “I decided to end this relationship because maybe I was not particularly well in my head, and certainly in my body. We did not see the future in the same way either. (…) This is my biggest regret. We made choices, we have to assume and bounce back. My greatest pride today is that he is very well with his new companion. My happiness is his happiness.“
The disappearance of his mother also caused a significant weight gain in Arnaud. The finalist has indeed accumulated the kilos to weigh 117 kilos. He had to turn to surgery to slim down and had gastric bypass surgery a few months before filming began. Top chef. This operation made him lose 50 kilos.
The return to reality was very complicated
In another interview, for Gala this time, Arnaud was honest about his feelings after the end of the M6 contest. The candidate would not have experienced the resumption of his daily life very well. “The return to reality was very complicated“, he confessed. Somewhat lost, he ended up making a big decision.”For two weeks, I couldn’t get back to work. Much had changed during the weeks of absence. I had to ask myself the right questions about my future. When I got back in January, I quit my job and opened my own restaurant.“, he confided. A decision that he does not regret at all and today he aims to “sustain your restaurant“.