After the anniversary season last year, Top chef Sign his comeback for a sixteenth edition on M6. This Wednesday, January 29, 2024, Purepeople was invited to the press conference of this next season of the famous culinary competition. The opportunity to discover the new features that await viewers. And the least we can say is that there is a nice surprise to this Top Chef 2025 !
Top Chef 2025: A jury made up of 5 chefs!
If last year, the jury was exceptionally made up of six chefs, this time, they will be five. Indeed, , , , Glenn a lot et Stéphanie Le Quellec re -stack. As for Dominique Crenn, she will therefore have only done birthday edition. Stéphanie Le Quellec, who also joined the program in season 15, said to himself “delighted to fill“. At the presentation, the public finds the history.
The Michelin guide joins forces with Top Chef: a star in the key
But the great novelty of Top Chef 2025it is collaboration with the prestigious Michelin guide. In the past, the Red Guide was already present in a punctual way, on certain tests. This time, it is throughout the competition that inspectors, under the cover of anonymity, will have the task of judging the candidates’ plates. Depending on the tests, they will be between four and six, from France but also elsewhere – and it will be accent -, to be examined visually but also to taste each achievement according to the five universal criteria of the Michelin guide: The quality of the ingredients, the mastery of culinary techniques, the harmony of flavors, the personality that the chef expresses through his kitchen as well as the regularity between each visit and each dish of the card.
And the icing on the cake is that during the grand finale, the two final candidates will offer their cuisine in a restaurant like the Restos war, mythical test of Top chef. The winner will actually open this establishment in an ephemeral way, for a few weeks, the day after the broadcast of the final on M6. And that’s not all: The inspectors of the Michelin guide will have the opportunity to grant the winner his first star !
Top chef season 16: change in the events
This new season of Top chef Will be punctuated by various tests, and especially the most mythical, somewhat revisited. This is how the recipe for the very dreaded black box is this year imagined by brigade chiefs, who will not have the opportunity to sharpen their teams. The Restos War will see the return of three former emblematic candidates of Top chef : , And . All three will form a hidden brigade and will be facing the candidates and will also open their establishment. Finally, viewers were used to the test of “who can beat Philippe Etchebest“Where the chef is in competition with the participants in the competition. The star of the stove leaves his place to Yoann Conte, a doubly starred chef. All along the competition, other big names in the kitchen will be present like Pierre Gagnaire, Alain Ducasse, Alexandre Mazzia, Arnaud Donckele, Arnaud Lallement, Jérôme Banctel or Rasmus Munk. Top chef : Niko Romito, Alvin Leung, Karen Torosvan et Anne Corubble.
