"Top Chef" can "change the image of cooking" according to vegetarians

• This evening, M6 is broadcasting the ninth episode of

  Top Chef

  which honors Adrien Cachot and his favorite food: offal.

• A test that may be difficult to watch for vegetarians who are fans of the program.

• Some have stopped watching the show, while others continue to enjoy the contest for other reasons.

  20 Minutes

  asked them which ones.

Mélanie has been watching

for ten years , eight years since she became a vegetarian and three years since she is vegan.

So many criteria that do not prevent him from diligently following the show and discussing it with his family and friends in group conversations.

“But it's true that some events frankly disgust me.

When there is too much blood, offal, or you see the meat or the fish for too long, I go and do something else during the test, ”she qualifies in her response to our call for testimonies.

Bad luck for her, it will be offal that will be in the spotlight this Wednesday.

What Mélanie particularly appreciates are the themes that give candidates the choice of going with vegetarian recipes.

“I have the impression that there is a greater awareness on this subject among the candidates and the guest chefs than on the side of the jury, which always gets a little offended when “it lacks meat”.

It's never formulated like that, but for the jury, you feel that plant-based cuisine cannot be greedy, ”she adds.

In case you were wondering, we can therefore enjoy the culinary competition while not eating meat or fish "but not for the same reasons" as the general public.

“Before, it made me hungry,” she continues.

Today, I think it's a good indicator to measure the progress of the subject, and it encourages me to think about how we could make certain recipes vegan.

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Watch for the evolution of candidates

Although a large part of the viewers salivate in front of almost all the preparations of the candidates, a significant fringe of the show's fans find other qualities in the program.

“I pick up all the recipe ideas or techniques that interest me so that I can then reproduce them in a vegetable version,” says Sophie, a vegan who nevertheless regrets that there are not more tests oriented towards the 100 % vegetable.

Pauline has been a vegetarian for four years and started watching

for the first time last year.

Her interest in the show lies above all "in the creativity of the candidates, both in terms of techniques and daring associations", she underlines.

Happy that vegetable cuisine is valued, she hopes that opinions will change on this type of food.

“I believe that a program like

can change the image of this cuisine,” she rejoices.

A viewing with the zapette in hand

Landing in front of

on Wednesday evenings has become difficult for other people who still continue to watch the contest while keeping their hands on the remote control.

“I was a fan of the show before but recently it's been impossible for me to watch it, testifies Alexandre, who recently became a vegetarian.

Seeing all this meat, I sometimes vomit in front of my screen so much it disgusts me”.

Therefore, he stopped watching the program or zaps every time it comes to a meat ordeal.

Marie, another viewer, says she no longer watches

“or very little” since she became a vegan “because the sight of meat especially and other animal products disgusts me”.

If she continues to connect to M6, it's because a few vegetable events are organized and certain vegan chefs are invited.

“It allows me to enjoy part of the program like before,” she notes.

“More and more violent” ordeals

There was a time when Cyrielle watched the M6 ​​culinary show to steal recipe ideas.

Today, the one who has been a vegetarian for six years judges the tests "more and more violent", she says, citing the offal or the whole lamb presented in the semi-finals last year.

“Just this season, on the theme of desserts, we had to make seafood desserts,” she protests, indicating that she no longer watches the show.

Jean-Baptiste likes meat.

He is therefore not bothered by the trials that revolve around a fine piece of veal or beef.

On the other hand, he doesn't really like vegetables “and frankly I find that they cook way too many of them”.

Therefore, he decides to watch the show less.

Do what you want with this testimony, we still haven't been able to determine if it was bacon or pork.

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