The Best Pastry Chef faithful attended the second semi-final of season 13 broadcast on M6 on Thursday January 2, 2025, at the end of which the names of the three finalists were revealed. But they also have some comments to make about the tests, some of which they consider unnecessary.
There were four of them, there should have been only three left. M6 broadcast the second semi-final of the show The best pastry chef on Thursday January 2, after the premiere, at the dawn of the New Year and who had seen Timothy, Remember, Benjamin et José argue over several events focused on trompe-l’oeil. None of the four had managed to break away, and that is why they faced each other again under the sharp gaze of Cyril Lignac and of Mercotte. First, the apprentice pastry chefs had to create a giant snowball in the form of a cake. It was Tsiory who won, although the two jurors praised the other three as well.
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Cet episode 13 of the saison 13 had the theme of the end of year celebrations. In the process, the candidates had to reproduce the Christmas ball of Fabio Giambrone, a young talent barely 25 years old who won third place in the Pascal Caffett Trophy in 2023 and joined Alain Ducasse’s team. This so-called technical event was won by Timothée, which allowed him to obtain his passport for the final at just 16 years old. It was the eighth technical event that he won during this 2024 edition of the Best pastry chef. A record for all seasons!
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Benjamin eliminated at the gates of the final
The third and final test was devoted to the famous Christmas cake wreath, which allowed Cyril Lignac and Mercotte to decide between the three candidates still likely to be elevated to the rank of finalist. It was José and Tsiory who caught their attention. And so it is Benjamin who was finally eliminated. The Norman will nevertheless be able to boast of having truly made an impact The best pastry chef given the numerous comments to which he was the subject week after week, in particular because of his behavior which divided people on social networks. Last week, he explained it.
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The entertainment faithful were nevertheless disappointed by the events and the progress of the second semi-final. They made it known on X (formerly Twitter) through several critical messages. “There’s really no point in technical tests where we don’t give the whole recipe, it doesn’t prove who is Best pastry chefit just shows who has the most logical mind.”says one of them, obtaining no less than 23 likes for his remark and a negative response to Benjamin’s dessert. “No, but sorry, it’s giving me the ordeals of Best pastry chef where it makes great chefs do things with cakes that have won prizes, thinking that amateurs can achieve it”we can also note, just as “Suddenly technique takes precedence over following the conditions of the event. As always with M6 we make arrangements with our own rules, neither seen nor known, I’m confusing you”.
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Will José win? The best pastry chef ?
Who will be the winner? For most viewers who have already given their opinion, despite its maligned Pavlova José could finish the race in pole position on Thursday January 9on the occasion of the final. The dean has already spoken about this television experience to Leisure TV. “I have no pretensions to a future as a pastry chef. It was a great experience, if I had to do it again, I would do it again with a few corrections. I will try to take the questions from journalists a little more on myself because “was too disruptive and it confused my time management skills”he affirms to our colleagues, before emphasizing “unpretentious” that he couldn’t “dire” that there was “learned a lot of things”. “I learned some, but The best pastry chef Above all, it allowed me to manage my time much more easily.”he concludes.
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As soon as the final of Best pastry chef broadcast, the Six will kick off another iconic program: Beijing Express. The 20th season, which will be hosted by Stéphane Rotenberg, was filmed in Africa and called The Route of the Legendary Tribes. Moreover, we will see the competing pairs travel through a country never crossed since the genesis of entertainment.
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