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Marie ETCHEGOYEN / M6

This Wednesday (9:05 pm), “The best pastry chef” is back on M6.

Fourteen candidates will try to seduce Mercotte and Cyril Lignac with their desserts every Wednesday.

Among the contenders for this 9th season, Inna, a 32-year-old Montpellier native from Russia, saleswoman in luxury ready-to-wear.

She confides.

Why did you embark on this adventure?

It's miraculous, because I absolutely did not apply for the show!

It was M6 who contacted me directly after seeing a Halloween-themed cake, which I posted on Facebook.

And it's the only one I had shared on this social network, just like that, at random.

Usually I post everything on Instagram.

And this cake was noticed by the production teams of the show.

M6 found it extraordinary, and invited me to do the casting.

I accepted straight away, because it is a real chance!

Did you fall into pastry when you were a child?

Yes !

From the age of 6 or 7, all girls in Russia learn to cook and bake.

I learned with the women of my family, my mom, my grandmother, my aunt.

Men in Russia are not used to cooking, let alone baking.

I was also surprised, because in France, often, the great pastry chefs are men!

And from the birth of my little boy, I really took up baking more intensively.

Without doubt he was a source of inspiration for me.

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Beautiful all flowery ❤️ happy birthday little princess 💕 Mango compote 🥭 Passion fruit mousse cream 🍈 Sicilian lime and Yuzu lemon cream 🍋 Pieces of kiwi 🥝 Sponge cake with coconut base 🥥 A very exotic cake 🍍 # layercakemontpellier # nakedcakemontpellier # innalmp9 # innasocake # patissiereamatrice # inna # montpellier # lmp9 # lmp2020 # anniversairemontpellier # anniversairedunefille # babycakemontpellier # flowercakemontpellier #

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What are your specialties?

I like to bake cakes with a lot of cream, and with fruit.

And I love to decorate my pastries with real little flowers… Because with chocolate or sugar paste flowers, the effect is not at all the same!

D-1️⃣ It's the return of our crunchy gourmet duo @cyril_lignac & @mercotte 🧁😍 # LMP presented by @juliavignali tomorrow at 21.05 in partnership with @CuisineAZ pic.twitter.com/fEEM5CMetQ

- M6 (@ M6) September 29, 2020

Did this show push you to make it your job?

Yes, today it's decided, I want to make it my job.

Pastry is the passion of my life.

It's clear, clean and precise, I feel like a pastry chef.

I really want to open a small shop soon.

But first I will start training.

I have already registered as a free candidate for the CAP.

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