On M6, culinary shows spoiled by rancid chauvinism

The chain has always rode the appetite for regional cuisine. But “My recipe is the best in France” and “The best regional cuisine is at home” resonate a little too much with parochialism.

Vou are nostalgic for Maïté and her Musketeers’ kitchen ? You mourn Jean-Pierre Pernaut’s news, his odes to the traditions of our “beautiful regions”, his postcards from eternal France? M6 can console you. These days, the chain is working hard to celebrate invigorating heritage and “small dishes from home”.

At the end of August, she launched My recipe is the best in France, tele-hook of the opposing fondue pot, from north to south, amateur cooks with shots of carbonade or revisited aioli. This week, she drives home the point of culinary decentralization with a new meal tour with an ever more cheeky title: The best regional cuisine is at home!

Ex-“Top chef” Norbert Tarayre and l’étoilé Yoann Conte

A second service which has everything to flatter nostalgic souls, lovers of folklore and immutable traditions. And ready to digest the heaviness of a road trip celebrating a gastronomy as much as in its own juice. In this tour of France with beret and accordion feasting and tripping, a duo of jurors on the prowl, Norbert Tarayre, ex-Top chef with thick banter, and Yoann Conte, Michelin-starred Savoyard, is responsible for choosing the best bistro in the region. Hear the most ” authentic “, the standard adjective of this program without preservatives but not really avant-garde.

M6 this is not his first pedal stroke on the Tour de France of food : she has already put sourdough baguettes and country breads on the grill (The best bakery in France), challenged paris-brest and strawberry charlottes (My cake is the best in France) and orchestrated chef battles like Intervilles from the stove (The battle of the regions: my cuisine is the best in France).

By digging the furrow of the land, she places her tires on a well-marked road: Petitrenaud Escapades to Julie’s notebooks, going through the tripsHAS full teeth by Depardieu, the discovery of the regions is a classic of the culinary program.

Regionalism in a beret

The channel incorporates its taste for competition and prize lists. And surfed on the era’s appetite for rustic dishes. A trend evidenced by the success of the YouTube channel “It’s better when it’s good” , which tracks down small addresses in the region, in a friendly atmosphere and a checkered tablecloth. Or the creation of the “Good church spirit” festival by the creator of Fooding, Alexandre Cammas, in his village of Aubrac.

But, with The best regional cuisine is at home!, the channel above all exalts a regionalism in a beret which smells very musty, tinged with“small picturesque villages reminiscent of the old days”, folk dances and costumed brotherhoods. A France with gastronomy as frozen as a ham in jelly, where recipes of yesteryear are preserved (from chichoulet, the medieval ancestor of cassoulet, to péla, vintage tartiflette cooked in the fireplace) and good old artisanal traditions (we will know everything about gandoyau, a Burgundian cross between sausage and andouillette) .

All between two shots on “Normandy apples with a unique flavor” or the“exceptional natural heritage” of Vendée. Of which will undoubtedly delight the tourist offices. And warm up a chauvinism with a slightly rancid aftertaste. We experienced fresher daily specials.

p My recipe is the best in France (available on M6 +);
o The best regional cuisine is at home!, Monday to Friday at 5:30 p.m. on M6.