Guest in A Sunday in the Country this Sunday, November 10, 2024 on France 2, pastry chef Christophe Michalak returned to the bicycle accident he experienced in 2021 and the lesson he learned from this event.
Sometimes life hangs by a thread. Three years ago, pastry chef Christophe Michalak escaped the worst. Victim of a road accident while on his bike, the juror for Best Pastry Chef found himself stuck between a bus and a car. Three days after the event, his wife Delphine gave his news on social networks: “After 3 days of great stress, my sweetheart finally comes home after a big bike accident”she explained, before reassuring Internet users. “Result, an immense fear, 3 fractures, a lot of rehabilitation…”. An accident which immobilized Christophe Michalak for many weeks.
The latter also spoke about this incident with our colleagues from 7 Days TVtalking about his desire to get back in front of the cameras as quickly as possible. “The worst is behind me. I have just had a very complicated month. Now I'm better. I have three fractures, I'm in a cast. But I think I will be able to return to work at the beginning of February”announced this person close to Nagui. An accident with serious consequences which had the effect of changing the life of the first person concerned. Guest in A Sunday in the countryside This November 10, 2024, the cook looked back on this period of his life and the lesson he learned.
A life lesson
“It’s like a movie”, begins Frédéric Lopez's guest as he recounts his memories of the accident to Sandrine Bonnaire and Emmanuel Moire, the two other guests of the show. Insisting that it is usually “extremely careful” when he is riding his bike, he chooses to overtake a bus that is not moving forward: “I barely get three quarters of the way through the bus and I see the bus leaving with its flashing light”he explains. Then specify: “The back of the bus crushed me against the car.” “The hardest part is afterward”he admits, referring to the fact that he does “bitten” during weeks of convalescence.
Despite the shock, the event made him realize what mattered most to him in his life: his family life. Back on his feet, Christophe Michalak chose to take on a financial partner to run his business with him, to that he could move south with his family and spend time not “[s’]only take care of what[il] aime”. “Life, what it taught me, is that you have a blank page and a pen, you write down what you want to do in your life, and you work your ass off to get there”, he concludes.
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