Last summer, after seven years of loyal service, Michel Sarran was fired from Top chef. The 60-year-old chef will therefore no longer officiate in the broadcast of M6. In the process, the name of his replacement was revealed. And it’s Glenn Viel, youngest triple star in France, who takes his place alongside Philippe Etchebest, Hélène Darroze and Paul Pairet. A change in size for production, as explained in the columns of the Parisian.
The thirteenth season of the culinary competition was filmed without Michel Sarran, but with the newcomer Glenn Viel as coach and chef de brigade. And according to a member of the filming team, this big name in gastronomy was perfectly integrated into the program. “He got on really well with the other jurors, we learn. He is also hyper creative and less empathetic than Sarran.“
Could this be one of the reasons for the eviction of the Toulouse chief? Recall that in September 2021, a month after the surprise announcement of the forced departure of Michel Sarran, Philippe Etchebest was invited to react during the press conference ofTop Chef Objective. “It brings back another dynamic. I am not in the minds of decision-makers, there are necessarily reasons, we accept it. It’s part of the thing, it’s not the first time that the jury has changed“, he had declared, taking care to specify that the production did not have him”absolutely not asked [son] opinion“in this great decision.
If Glenn Viel has already made a place for himself on the Top Chef team, it is also because he already knows the show well. Indeed, he has already participated in the prestigious culinary competition of the Six as guest chef during the eleventh season in 2020 and made several appearances during the twelfth season broadcast in 2021 on the channel. And Glenn Viel even managed to make a place for himself in the heart of Michel Sarran! “He’s a talented chef. I am thrilled for him. He called me anyway. It was not easy for him, especially after the wave of testimonials from viewers, but I don’t blame him at all“, had entrusted the ousted chief to Cine TV Review last December about his successor.
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