On BFM-TV, the cook Christophe Leroy returned to the controversy surrounding the organization of illegal dinners.

He claims to have received people at his home, transformed into a "private club" and not into an underground restaurant, legally.

And certifies not to have served any member of the government. 

After days of heated controversy, Christophe Leroy is breaking the silence.

Suspected of having organized in Paris with the collector Pierre-Jean Chalençon luxury underground meals, notably at the Palais Vivienne, the cook spoke on BFM-TV, and assured that he had never held an underground restaurant, but a "private club "legal in his apartment. 

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Friday, the two men had been placed in police custody and heard for several hours by the Brigade for the repression of delinquency against the person (BRDP) in charge of the investigation.

Their custody was finally lifted at the end of the day.

Returning to this episode, Christophe Leroy claims to have certified to the police that he "never served as members of the government for the past months".

"There was no member of the government, no more ministers than secretaries of state," he said. 

A "private club" in which there was "nothing illegal"

Returning to the meals at the heart of the affair, Christophe Leroy assures that he has never run an underground restaurant.

According to him, the place in which he received people was not a restaurant, but a "private club" installed in his apartment: the "Leroy's Business club".

There is "nothing illegal", he insists.

"Legally, this is not a restaurant". 

"I found a formula where I receive people at home, I introduce people, it's a showroom, a co-working space, there are people who come here to work, who rent an office, and like that. is my job, it is the art of living, the gluttony, it is normal that I serve them some dishes, and some dishes ", he defends himself.

In addition, he specifies, during the Covid-19 period, "there have never been more than 6 people around the table".

"If I am doomed, I will face"

Regarding the evening organized at the Palais Vivienne, during which 37 people were present on April 1, the cook recognizes, however, "an error".

And to continue: "I assume, and if I am condemned, I will face".