Tuesday February 8, 2022, M6 broadcast a new issue of Kitchen nightmare. Philippe Etchebest, called by the waitress Jessica, then came to the aid of Vincent Knecht, at the helm of his own restaurant called the Kerado and located in Plougonver, in the Côtes-d’Armor. A rescue operation that was ultimately not enough… As reported by our colleagues from Telegram, the establishment could not be saved.
Filming took place in April 2021 and the show was originally scheduled to air in October of the same before finally being shifted to February 2022.”When we took over the bar-tabac, with my experience as a cook, I had the idea of turning it into a restaurant. The locals advised me to go to a working-class restaurant instead, since it worked better around here.entrusts the boss to West France. We did this for three years, without my being able to earn a salary to support my family. I was working ‘for nothing’ and I lost my culinary level…“
Upon landing on site, Hélène Darroze’s sidekick, Paul Pairet and Glenn Viel, replacing Michel Sarran, in Top chef is surprised by the decoration made from skulls, animal bones and a gun barrel. “It’s not very warm and a priori it’s not just the decoration that leaves something to be desired“, he says. After tasting a few dishes from the menu and inspecting the kitchen, Philippe Etchebest does not understand the reason for his coming. The situation is far from being critical according to him. Then Jessica explains to him that the character of Vincent Knecht can sometimes “drive away customers“.
In the end, nothing went as planned. As indicated West France, the young woman gave up her job as a waitress after the shooting of Kitchen nightmare. More so, the Telegram announces that “the rescue operation was not enough, the establishment having never reopened after the summer“. Despite this failure, the boss Vincent entrusts to West France To keep “a good memory, with a million emotionsof this filmed experience.There were a lot of ups and downs in the company of the chef, but if I had to do it again, I would do it again“, he concludes. The Kerado is not the first restaurant to close despite the intervention of Philippe Etchebest, especially in this context of health crisis linked to the Covid-19…