This is a very special number of Best Pastry Chef which was broadcast Thursday evening on M6. For good reason, the competition has become a little tighter with even more technical events. Étienne Leroy, pastry chef at Maison Lenôtre and World Pastry Champion notably came to challenge the candidates around chocolate shavings. And he asked them to revisit his Lenôtre Autumn Leaf, emblem of the establishment.
“If you have a very simple chocolate cake, what makes this cake so subtle is really the crunchiness that the chocolate shavings will bring, with that little lacy feel around it. These shavings are shaped one by one to create this chocolate flower“, he explained to the amateur pastry chefs. Étienne Leroy then announced that he would award a Golden Cupcake to the candidate who amazed him the most and that the latter would, what's more, have the honor of seeing his creation put on sale in two Lenôtre boutiques !
“This is a first in the history of Best pastry chef”, underlined Cyril Lignac on this great opportunity. “I think it's every amateur pastry chef's dream.“, he also estimated. Once the test was over, it was time for deliberation. And Etienne Leroy explained that he was particularly seduced by the chocolate rolls, raspberry-Espelette pepper confit , and whipped vanilla ganache A treat imagined by. Timothythe youngest of the season.
Consecration for Timothy
And the great chef kept his word since from this Friday, November 15, Timothée's cake is indeed on display and offered to customers in two Lenôtre boutiques in Paris. “I hope this dessert brings as much pleasure to gourmets as it brought me creating it!“, declared the candidate through a press release. And for Etienne Leroy to add: “I am delighted that Maison Lenôtre can celebrate this beautiful creation allowing everyone to savor and live the experience of Best Pastry Chef in our stores!“.
Note that at the end of these new tests, Timothée qualified for the rest of the adventure just like Benjamin who won the blue apron. On the other hand, Jennifer was not convinced this time and had to join Aurélie with Noëmie Honiat and Mohamed Belkassam for the last chance duel. They had to make a royal with a cream spread and Jennifer was the winner. Aurélie is therefore eliminated.
