This Wednesday January 15, 2025 in prime time, M6 was banking on a new issue of “Nightmare in the kitchen”. Fans of this show, which has been broadcast since 2011, were invited to the restaurant opened by Stéphanie and Julien in Bourg-lès-Valence, in Drôme. The couple called Philippe Etchebest for help. But everything didn’t go as planned. “For the first time in ‘Nightmare in the Kitchen’, an unexpected event disrupted the evening“, we announce to the public in the first minutes.
The restaurateur feels unwell during filming
Viewers had to wait until 9:55 p.m. to find out what happened. The restaurant owner is overwhelmed by events after a service that did not go as planned. “For the moment, I can’t do it, I can’t find my way. I don’t even know where I am anymore“, he confides. A few minutes later, while the “Top Chef” juror is chatting at the counter with the manager, a loud noise is heard in the kitchens. Julien collapsed to the floor. “Wake up“, says Stéphanie to him while Philippe Etchebest asks for a sponge with cold water and advises putting him in a side safety position. “We’re going to call the firefighters“, we hear.
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-Filming is interrupted. “Given Julien’s condition, with my team, we decided to stop everything and call emergency services.“, announces the host in voice-over. The rescuers then intervene and are reassuring. “After being examined, he seemed to have had vagal discomfort.“, explains the cook who wants to understand why Julien put such pressure on himself to the point of endangering his health.
Finally, the main interested party spoke with Philippe Etchebest the next day: “It’s better. I rested well. Bad service. I was lost at the first ticket. I no longer knew what to do. I must have bugged. The mind and the body, everything is bugged“, he analyzed. This new episode of “Nightmare in the Kitchen” attracted 1.84 million viewers between 9:15 p.m. and 10:59 p.m., or 10.5% of the public but above all 19.2% of the FRDA-50. nice score higher than the previous number, offered on October 18. At that time, only 1.47 million faithful had followed Philippe Etchebest’s program (8.7% of people. PDA).
