Mathieu Lagarde, the last protégé of Glenn Viel was released this Wednesday evening at the gates of the finale of season 14 of "Top Chef" The candidate will have marked the spirits with strong and sometimes radical proposals. His onion darkness hailed as a three-star dish, a lollipop in beef tongue or a crucified quail on a board.

He shares his impressions from New Zealand, where he has returned to work. "I would say an instinctive cuisine. I have always had a thoughtful cuisine," he says.