On paper, Sarah and Matthias, the two youngest of the four, appear the most capped, but Mohamed, a passion and a well-refined palate, and Pierre, the electric and eclectic cheerful luron, have more than one asset in their bag. .
The troops are reviewed in the final stages of “Top Chef”.
Matthias, the daring
12 shows, 2 last chances, 8 wins, including 4 solo
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He has been building up from the start, and has often shone.
With 8 wins, including 4 solo, Matthias Marc, 27, has the highest success rate.
Petri dish of talent, he dares.
And it works.
Boldness, it has to spare.
Facing Guy Savoy, he attacks a coconut with a drill.
His trompe-l'oeil candlestick was praised, but it was his apology for excess that marked the spirits last week.
With this conceptual dish, he wants to shock, then cajole the jurors.
"Like a sadomaso delirium, you spank it and then you do a caress," he whispered.
An idea that earned him the hat of the jury, Philippe Etchebest even bowing to him.
From the start, the MOF (Meilleur Ouvrier de France) has believed in its little blue, not hesitating to shake it up.
Critics' favorite, this Jurassian attached to his land - which he often puts forward - has his own restaurant in Paris, Substance, in the 16th century, and offers uninhibited gastronomy.
He is about to open a second in the Ist.
The only shadow on the boy's honor roll, the complicated relations as we could see them on the screen with Charline, the youngest of the competition, to whom he did not seem to listen.
A quick start-up bicker, everything went well afterwards.
But now, he is the sole master on board.
Sarah, the instinctive
12 shows, 3 last chances, 7 wins including 4 solo
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She is the last woman, the youngest too, but this tattooed Nantes woman will not let the three brigands across the way tell the story.
Her record speaks for her.
Sarah Mainguy, 25, has 7 wins including 4 solo.
From her supposed weakness - no experience in stars - she drew strength.
Unformatted, it is instinct and passion that drive it.
Hélène Darroze (Rouges), then Paul Pairet (Violets), knew how to encourage and guide her.
Liberated, she expresses herself.
And it sparkles.
More inspired by plants, his cuisine exudes freshness in puffs.
She calls out, seduces.
It is on this ground that it stands out.
Her leek vinaigrette overturned Hélène Darroze from the start, then her tomato candies fished her out with the honors of a first last chance.
The click.
Unpinned, she gets several other favorites, her chanterelle-based dessert convinces the father and son Marcon to put it on the menu of their 3 stars, her salad, crush in the last chance, again, during the 11th episode.
Even if the pressure can erase her smile, pushed to its limits, she draws deep to get out the plates that we would like to taste.
At the head of her restaurant, Vacarme, opened with her companion in Nantes, this sacred chick has more than one trump card in her purple cuff.
Mohamed, the generous
12 shows, 3 last chances, 5 wins, including 1 solo
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The well-trimmed beard and recreational banter, Mohamed Cheikh, 28, is a tank of good humor.
From CM2, he knows he wants to become a cook, a vocation born with his grandmother of whom he speaks fondly.
No wonder, then, that this fellow goes frequently to draw on his childhood flavors and sensations, carrying emotion.
Passed by big houses, he draws from his excellent technique an undoubtedly gourmet cuisine, with Mediterranean and Asian accents.
A player, he does not hesitate to go on an adventure by exploring molecular cuisine, experimenting with forceful liquid nitrogen and dry ice.
Another formidable weapon in his arsenal, a fine palace that he knows how to use, shining and enlightening his people in the ordeal of the black box.
Its cooking is “laser”, as they say, and its often explosive seasonings, such as its rock juice for poultry, or this lemon mustard condiment for a citrus dessert.
So far, he has mostly won as a team, with Sarah in particular, often placing second in individual.
It's up to him to change gear to get through the pass.
Stone, the electric
9 shows, 3 last chances - including 1 lost - 3 wins including two solo
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“Monsieur 100,000 volts” for Michel Sarran is Pierre Chomet, 30, Breton who went through Barcelona, London, at Robuchon, and then Bangkok, a destination that marks his cuisine.
Selected by Paul Pairet for its Asian tropism, it appears in four small shows before going out.
To everyone's surprise.
Like everyone else, we said to ourselves that he could go to the end.
He is entitled to a ticket, winner, for the return of the eliminated, and integrates the yellow brigade of Michel Sarran. Their duo works wonderfully, even if the boy's energy sometimes frightens the Gascon who keeps telling him to go to the essentials. Not to disperse. Like a fiery horse, it can get carried away and lose its course. Madness and good humor, a cheerful bonhomie and his onomatopoeias launched in full swing immediately attract sympathy.
His cuisine invites to travel, and can surprise, daring a bellows in a coconut. He likes the effects, as in his dish with an ecological message and this pollution that only appears once the broth has been poured. Sometimes a little relaxed, like last week during the multiple cooking test, which he finally won with his prawns partly cooked in the earth, he combines creativity and technique. We repeat: channeled just enough, this Pierrot le fou can go to the end.