After seven years of good and loyal service as a juror in Top chef, Michel Sarran was ousted. Last summer, the production announced that the famous 60-year-old chef would not officiate in the next edition, currently broadcast on M6. It is Glenn Viel, who has come several times as a guest in the famous culinary competition, who has since replaced him. The fifteen candidates of the thirteenth season of Top chef did not then know the famous Michel Sarran. However, this does not prevent some from having their own opinion on the matter.
Thibaut Spiwack, candidate for Hélène Darroze’s red brigade, does not mince his words. In the columns of the magazine Paris herethe 35-year-old chef talks about the arrival of Glenn Viel in Top chef and takes the opportunity to speak about the departure of Michel Sarran. Thus, when asked if the arrival of the new chef is “a plus” in the show, the candidate is clear: “I think. Even if we will always find people to miss ‘good old Michel’. For me, Glenn Viel is more than legitimate, and I’m not very worried about his future on the program.“By the way, Thibaut Spiwack addresses a nice little tackle to Michel Sarran …
And to continue about Glenn Viel, who seduces the viewers but also the candidates visibly: “I have long admired him for his cooking, for his commitment. He is already three-starred at only 42 years old. I had the opportunity to eat in his restaurant with my partner. The setting is magical, its cuisine extraordinarily simple. Humanly, he is a very good person. I was super happy to have been able to meet him through the show.“What compliments for the new acolyte of Hélène Darroze, Philippe Etchebest and Paul Pairet.
For his part, Thibaut Spiwack, owners of two restaurants – Anona in the 17th arrondissement of Paris and Starving Club, launched very recently in the 15th arrondissement of the capital –, says he is fulfilled. “Today I am an ‘established chef’, I have my kitchen, my clientele. By working every day at the restaurant, I have created a more or less closed world for myself, he confides. One of the goals in going to Top chef was to meet new people, to break down the walls by getting out of my daily life and my comfort zone. Top chefit was like an educational vacation.“
His interview can be found in full in the magazine Paris herecurrently on newsstands.