Juror alongside Cyril Lignac, French pastry chef with whom she formed an emblematic duo, the culinary blogger had fun testing the skills of the candidates by asking them to make a recipe from her famous and very dreaded Grimoire. And although the event is somewhat passed to the hatch last season for the benefit of the flagship recipes of great chefs, it will be back in this 14th season. “”We came back to the fundamentalsexplains Mercotte. We are revisited by Cyril – the most beautiful part of the show in my opinion – and I took up my grimoire with more accessible recipes than people can redo. We also always receive chiefs. “
Known for his outspokenness and his humor, Mercotte was also the attentive ear of the candidates and did not hesitate to give them his precious advice during the shooting.
Thunderbolt in “The best pastry chef”: Mercotte leaves the program after 14 seasons, she speaks!
With Cyril Lignac, a real complicity
It was last December, during the shooting of everyone in the kitchen that Mercotte announced his departure to Cyril Lignac. “”I didn’t expect itentrusted the latter to the French media. Sometimes Mercotte spoke of stopping but there I felt in his voice that his decision was made. I respect his choice. We have known each other for 20 years and I easily understand that at some point, she wants to stop and do something else. Especially since the shooting of the show requires two full months and Mercotte has lots of passions next to it “
She continues: “Fourteen years of complicity with Cyril, that cannot forget. I consider him a bit like my fifth child. In any case, we have a solid friendship. “
What about Cyril Lignac: will remain or will not stay?
Cyril Lignac without Mercotte, is it therefore possible in The best pastry chef ? In an interview carried out in 2024, the pastry chef had been categorical: if Mercotte returns the apron, he would also. “”In my opinion, The best pastry chefit’s like a summer camp. We find our neighborhoods each year. I continue as long as Mercotte continues. When she wants to stop, I will follow her. The program can continue but it will be necessary to rewrite another story of the Best pastry chef With a new duo. I can come back from time to time but that’s it“He said.
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In the columns of TV MagazineCyril Lignac, however, looks back on his words. “”I will still continue the program …he announces. What is interesting is that we will be forced to rethink the whole format. We don’t know what we will do yet but Mercotte will come back to see us in the program, that’s for sure. “
Currently, no information is circulating about the person who could potentially replace Mercotte alongside the pastry chef. For his part, Mercotte will enjoy his free time for “Traveling around the world and participating in fairs or meetings“Because, as she points out in the French media:” Lretired is a word that I do not know !”
