M6 broadcast the eleventh and new season of Best Pastry Chef Wednesday, September 7, 2022. Cyril Lignac, his sidekick Mercotte and host Marie Portolano welcomed the candidates. And one of the participants did not go unnoticed. It must be said that from the start of the culinary program, she did not hesitate to tackle the famous chef who recently became a father! Something to unleash Internet users…
Manon, young dietetics student 20 years old, intends to cook healthy throughout the competition. “I try to make cakes with slightly healthier alternatives. It is not at all impossible to combine the two. Just find the right balance“, she had thus declared to our colleagues from 20 minutes. So facing Mercotte and Cyril Lignac, she does not deflate and proudly assumes her ideas. However, in the middle of the test, his shortbread, made with coconut oil rather than butter as recommended, broke. Faced with questions from chefs about this choice, Manon gives her explanation: according to her, coconut oil is less loaded with saturated fatty acids and healthier. A false assertion that makes Cyril Lignac wince, silent but perplexed.
However, the 44-year-old chef and host wants to speak. “I have no problem with something lighter but there comes a time when you can’t not defy the laws of pastry“, he believes. A remark to which she does not respond directly. It is once in front of the camera that Manon delivers her feelings: “Cyril does not seem at all thrilled by the kitchen healthy, but you have to get up to date because it’s really topical! I will make him change his mind.” An assurance and a small tackle that caused a reaction on Twitter. “Ah the young lesson givers…“, “Manon, are you talking about the chef here? You know that humility is also a rather ‘healthy’ ingredient in life“, “He is upset Cyril“, can we read.