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Top Chef: we finally know the 14 contestants who will be participating in this season 15!

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The Editor

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After the highly anticipated announcement of the airing date last week, the production team of the show has decided to kick it up a notch by revealing the faces of the 14 professional chefs who will be competing starting March 26 for this new season of Top Chef — and let me tell you, we were eagerly waiting for this list like it was the Messiah, just so we could start making our predictions as soon as possible!

They are beautiful, they are young, they are fresh, they still have joy in their hearts and smiles on their lips, and most importantly, they haven't yet suffered from the big slaps of Philippe Etchebestt, they are... the new contestants of Top Chef ! We’re sharing all about this new season, which will be on our screens in exactly 15 days (yay).

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Who will be the big winner ?

But who will have the chance, I mean, the honor of taking over from Jorick Daurignac, the big winner of season 15 alongside Stéphanie Le Quellec? The only thing we can tell you with certainty right now is that their name is somewhere among these 14 new profiles. A team that we can imagine as super motivated and dynamic, even though we will once again miss the gender balance in the cast, with only 3 girls for 11 boys. However, the big news this season is that for the very first time in the history of the competition, a couple is participating in the Top Chef adventure! In any case, we can’t wait to see all of them tackle the new high-stakes challenges, and especially to potentially landthe star at the key of this season 16!


Pretty Classic Profiles

Without further ado, here’s the complete list of those who are getting ready to make our hearts race every Wednesday starting March 26. And let me tell you, at first glance, you can immediately spot the typical profiles: the young one, the funny one, the Belgian, the influencer…

Claudio Semedo Borges: Executive Chef at the Prince de Galles Hotel at 19.20 (Paris), where Norbert Tarayre also works.

Greg Touchard: Private Chef who has gone through prestigious starred Parisian restaurants, and winner of the Rising Star award for 2023.

Steven Thiebaut-Pellegrino : Chef and co-owner of the restaurant Leptine (Lyon).

Margaux Elie : Chef and owner of the Auberge du Boisné (Villebois Lavalette).

Kilian Franceschi : Private chef at Koeur, and a TikTok influencer in his spare time.

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Charlie Anne: A Normandy chef with experience at many Michelin-starred restaurants.

Rémi Blanpoil: Private chef in the Landes region

Quentin Mauro: Chef at Bonhomie restaurant (Paris)

Noémie Cadré: Chef at Caravane Palace restaurant (Rennes)

Sean Gabbiani : A Parisian chef who has notably worked on residencies alongside Clotaire Poirier, last year's competition finalist, and with the most artistic Instagram account of the whole selection.

Esteban Salazar : A Colombian chef at the helm of the Datcha restaurant (Paris).

Noé Pellet : The Belgian of the season, a bit of a mysterious contestant who seems to be juggling a series of fleeting projects.

Philippine Jaillet and Charles Neyers : Chefs of Boréal (Paris), a couple, who will battle it out till the end (or at least maybe till they break up) for a spot in the finals. We’re eagerly awaiting the final showdown between them.