After the eliminations of Elliott Van de Velde, Renaud Ramamourty then Tania Cadeddu, there are still twelve in the running in the thirteenth season of Top chef. Among them, Louise Bourrat, who represents with his comrades Thibault Spiwack and Wilfried Romain the red brigade of Hélène Darroze. On screen, this 27-year-old chef displays a certain confidence. In reality, it would be nothing. Interviewed by Entertainment TVshe explains this distorted image sent back over the episodes.
Louise Bourrat is far from having the self-confidence that shines through the cameras of Top chef. “I honestly think the way it’s set up makes me look a lot more confident than I am.. I spend my time doubting myself and saying that I am not up to it. Hélène Darroze struggled with this throughout the competition, she remembers. She was kicking my ass saying, ‘Louise, stop bashing yourself! I know that you are capable, you have to gain confidence in yourself.’ You don’t necessarily see it in the editing, where I pass for much more competitive than I am.“The fault of the editing of the show which tends to give her an assurance that she does not in fact have.
In reality, the chef of her restaurant BouBou’sopened in Lisbon with his brother, says to himself “extremely emotional“.”I like to cry a lot and I don’t hide it. Before, I was too strong, I didn’t let anything show because I had no right, she says. My vulnerability and my emotional side, I made it a strength. In general, I would like people to listen to this more and not be ashamed of it.“This strength, she also holds it from her complicated experiences, particularly in the kitchen. Remember that Louise Bourrat had revealed on social networks to have been the victim of “sexual harassment, on several occasions, as well as verbal, psychological and even physical violence. At any position, from intern to manager“. Painful moments that pushed her to create her 100% female brigade at the restaurant!
Surrounded by two male comrades in Top chef but coached by the only head of the program, Louise Bourrat hopes to go to the end of the competition and why not succeed Mohamed Cheikh, winner of the previous season.