At 24 years old, Hugo Riboulet, second in command of the Clos des Sens, Laurent Petit's three-star restaurant in Annecy until last December, was crowned. Outstanding technician, adept of a vegetable cuisine, it is with his empty plate to return presented to Jordi Roca that he asserts himself.

If he sometimes points in first position, he also passes four times in the elimination round and manages to get out of the pitfalls, but without really marking the spirits.