Change of face for "The Best Pastry Chef".
According to our information, M 6 has decided to entrust the orders of the culinary program to Marie Portolano.
The 35-year-old journalist, director of the punchy documentary "I am not a slut, I am a journalist" on sexism in sports journalism broadcast on March 21 on Canal +, will succeed Faustine Bollaert and Julia Vignali .
From the end of April, the newcomer will therefore take the path to the Château de Groussay, in the Yvelines, to start filming the tenth season.
She will meet there the two historic jurors of the program, Cyril Lignac and Mercotte.
For her first steps in entertainment and on M 6, the one who spent seven years on Canal + where she was a columnist for the "Canal Football Club" and presented "Canal Sports Club" before her departure at the beginning of March, recovers a program in excellent form.
Broadcast between September and December 2020, the latest edition of the “Best Pastry Chef” recorded excellent audiences.
On average, 3.5 million French people salivated each week in front of the candidates' cakes.
And above all 28% of women responsible for purchases under the age of fifty, the preferred target of the Six.
What achieve the second best historical performance of the show.
Besides “The Best Pastry Chef”, Marie Portolano is also working on other projects with M 6. She should therefore present several entertainment programs in the coming months.
Evenings around music are in particular in preparation.
The faithful of the “Best Pastry Chef” will be able to bid farewell to Julia Vignali with the fourth season of “Best Pastry Chef: The Professionals”, shot in 2019 and which the private channel should broadcast by the summer.
So before welcoming Marie Portolano next fall.