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More brigades, the grand oral, dates: everything we already know about season 17 of Top Chef

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The Editor

Here we are, January is about to take its bow, and that can only mean one thing (which brings us joy): the return of Top Chef is just around the corner, aka the best show in the world! And like every year, we have no doubt that the show will surprise us with a number of exciting twists. But what exactly does this 17th season have in store for us?

We've been waiting for it for a while, the famous annual press conference unveiling all the secrets of the new season of Top Chef took place this Thursday, January 29 in the morning. And one thing's for sure, if we thought we had seen it all in this show, not at all! Apparently, the producers have doubled down on creativity to bring us some exclusives. And we’d like to warn you, this might surprise the biggest fans of the show aired on M6.


Bye-Bye Brigades

This is probably the biggest change of this season. Two years ago, we were a bit shaken to learn there would be only 2 teams, in a format of chefs versus chefesses. But then when Rotenberg announced last night that, this year, the teams would simply vanish, which gave us a bit of a shock. No more rivalry, no more battles between the chefs.

However, the oldest fans of the show will remember this, marking the end of the brigades. Top Chef is simply returning to its original format, where chefs only had a jury role, not that of a coach. This format will force the cooks to “adapt, react in difficult situations, and surpass themselves ”, according to Hélène Darroze. A way to “put the contestants back at the heart of the competition ”, adds Philippe Etchebest.


Ciao the kitchen

Another big change this year is the closure of the famous kitchen in Saint-Denis. For this new season, the concept is simple: one week, one place, one theme. From the mountains to the beach, from a food court to...

Amiens arenas, they traveled the country, but watch out, they didn’t avoid the mythical challenges of the black box or the restaurant wars either! Phew.

At the end of each challenge, the contestants will need to present their dishes to the jury (chefs and guests), then join in the tasting, during a kind of big oral presentation. It’s a way to keep building connections despite the absence of teams. And watch out, even though the chefs won’t have their own protégé anymore, a parallel competition will still take place in the second part of the evening to rescue a contestant. The only missing piece of information from the conference, however, is the broadcast date…