After the eliminations of Elliott Van de Velde, Renaud Ramamourty then Tania Cadeddu, it is now another candidate who is leaving Top chef. In effect, Logan Depuydt was not up to it and was forced to give up his apron at the end of the episode broadcast on Wednesday March 9, 2022 on M6. It was as a last chance that the Belgian failed. A big disappointment for the young 35-year-old chef who was not destined to take part in this ultimate test… Indeed, as he confided to our colleagues from TV MagazineLogan Depuydt thought he qualified for the following week. It was his comrade Ambroise who was to be sent as a last resort. But his team leader Paul Pairet changed his mind at the last minute!
“I was disappointed and sad because it was a great adventure. Initially, Paul Pairet did not think of me to participate in the last chance. Five minutes before, he had tapped Ambroise on the shoulder and asked him if he was ready to go because I had been there the week before.he recalls. And when we found ourselves in front of the jury, he changed his mind saying that it should logically have been Ambroise but that he was sending me because he believed in me and thought I had the shoulders to succeed. It caught me off guard because I could already see myself qualifying for the following week. After the two previous tests and the words of Chef Pairet to Ambroise, I had released the pressure.“
“Not mentally ready“, Logan Depuydt knew”from the first minutes“that he would be eliminated from the famous culinary competition.”I treated everything except the theme requested, I lost the common thread. Five minutes after the end of the test, I wondered why I hadn’t been just efficient on the red fruit. I do boxing and when you get an uppercut, you have to get up. I regret not having been able to get back on my feet“, he continues. A failure which leads to his elimination. But no question for him of resenting the chef who never leaves his cap!I didn’t know how to explain myself to him after the show. I absolutely do not blame chef Paul Pairet for his decision. If he chose me to go as a last chance, it’s because he believed in me so it’s more of a source of pridehe assures. He very much regretted having sent me to the coal and was very disappointed that I leave. I have his cell number and I will call him to tell him that there is no problem and that it is part of the game.“
All’s well That ends well !