The traditional Top Chef press conference was held this Wednesday, January 29, 2025, on the 7th floor of Printemps Haussmann. It was an opportunity for M6 to unveil the new features to come for this new season of the famous culinary competition. With a major announcement: the unprecedented collaboration with the Michelin Guide.
In detail, the inspectors from the famous red guide will take part, over the long term, in the events of the Top Chef 2025 season. At the end of the competition, they will decide whether or not to award a Michelin star to the Top Chef season 16 winner's temporary restaurant, which will be inaugurated the day after the final and open to the general public. This new award does not replace the cheque promised to the winner (€100,000 divided according to the winner's percentage of votes).
So, in addition to the show's five chef-judges (Hélène Darroze, Philippe Etchebest, Paul Pairet, Glenn Viel and Stéphanie Le Quellec), Michelin inspectors will apply the same skills assessment grid as the red guide(sourcing of ingredients, technical mastery, personality of the chef, consistency of work, etc.).
They will take part in the results without the chefs and candidates having been informed beforehand - the season has, in fact, already been filmed last autumn, with the exception of the final, during which the inspectors will rate the candidates' ephemeral restaurants. The winner will be able to display the Michelin macaron in the window of his or her ephemeral restaurant.
The broadcast date for the 2025 season of Top Chef is not yet known, but the show should begin airing in February.
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