Eliminated this Thursday, December 12 from season 13 of Best pastry chefLaurène spoke to us about how production took her food allergy into account during the competition.
The tenth week of Best pastry chef delivered its verdict: at the end of a program devoted to love, it was Laurène who had to give up her apron and leave the M6 competition. The last woman to compete, she now lets five men compete with ganache, icing or poaching. During her career, Laurène will have proposed various creations which will have seduced Mercotte and Cyril Lignac, even going so far as to award him a Golden Cupcake. Furthermore, viewers will remember his revelation, in the middle of the ordeal, of his allergy to hazelnuts. During an interview for Tele-Leisurethe young woman returned to this moment and how the production adapted to this particularity.
“They warned me just before“: Laurène, eliminated from Best pastry chef 2024looks back on the adaptations made by production to protect her from her allergy
Allergy is always a big disadvantage for cooks, but that did not prevent Laurène from participating in season 13 of Best pastry chefwithout forgetting, obviously, to notify production. “Production was warned” she told us. “Moreover, on the Paris-Brest event, in week 2, exceptionally, I was lucky not to have to put any effort into my performance even though it is one of the prerequisites for the Paris-Brest. This was not made clear during the broadcast.” explains Laurène. For the test where I mention my allergy, “they warned me just before the beginning to avoid panic and so that I have all my medicines in case” she wanted to add. Fortunately for her, her allergy still allows her to handle this nut: “I'm only allergic if I ingest hazelnuts, so I didn't have to taste or inhale them either. I was not at all in a risky situation at that time“.
“It's quite risky“: Laurène (LMP 2024) discusses what is most annoying about his hazelnut allergy
“It never worries me. It's just that in fact, it's quite risky to do without hazelnuts, the choices are limited when you remove them in baking” explained the one who just left the competition. “I've always done it like this” she adds resignedly. Indeed, it is not while practicing her passion that this is a problem but rather as soon as she is out of her kitchen: “It’s more when I wander through Parisian pastries, for example, that the choice is much more limited” she laughs, explaining to us that she must be more vigilant when making her choices.
