After seven years of good and loyal service, Michel Sarran was fired from Top chef. The announcement, made in the summer of 2021, surprised viewers and even the main interested party. His comrades Hélène Darroze, Philippe Etchebest and Paul Pairet had expressed their sadness to see their faithful friend leave the M6 culinary competition. Since then, the name of his replacement has been revealed. Glenn Viel joins the team for the program’s thirteenth season. According to rumours, the current would have gone badly with the historic Philippe Etchebest… In an interview, the Bordeaux chef explains himself.
This Wednesday, February 16, 2022, in the Buzz TV of Figaroon the occasion of the launch the same evening of the new edition of Top chef, two prestigious guests are on the set: Hélène Darroze and Philippe Etchebest. The duo tells a few filming anecdotes, presents the new season placed under the sign of creativity… and responds to the gossip that evoked a certain disagreement between Glenn Viel and Philippe Etchebest. “If you knew the hell we’ve been throughlets go of the pretty, hilarious blonde before resuming more seriously. Everything went very well. He melted into the thing, he took his marks right away.“
For his part, Philippe Etchebest also plays the card of irony. “Oh good ? Are there bad languages? Bad languages don’t exist!“, he launches with humor. And to explain himself: “That is rediculous. It’s to talk a little bitto create a little buzz of course. You have to stop the bullshit. Absolutely not, quite the contrary.“More still, the chef who recently shared a rare photo with his wife Dominique for Valentine’s Day specifies that he gets along well with Glenn Viel: “We met on Top chef three times last year. That’s mostly where I met him. And then I had the opportunity to go to his house once before he became a member of the jury. He is a very good cook and he’s a great guy.“What to nail the beak of these famous gossips!