TOP CHEF - the Only michelin-starred chef of the season 2020 of Top Chef, David Gallienne has made it to the final of the competition. Has The chef has delivered on his feelings at the approach of the end of the culinary competition.

Since the launch of season 11 of Top Chef in February, David Gallienne has made a career almost without fault. After joining the brigade at Hélène Darroze, the only michelin-starred chef of this edition 2020 is qualified at each stage of the culinary contest until to reach the final. At age 31, David was head chef of her own gourmet restaurant in Normandy, france. Thanks to his rigor and his experience, David has established himself as a formidable candidate. Tonight, he faces Adrien Cachot the ultimate test aired on M6. While the winner of Top Chef 2020 will be known by a few hours, David came back in an interview to the internet user on his adventure, this final against the candidate, Paul Pairet, before sketching out its future projects with its establishment The Garden of the Feathers in Giverny.

How did you envision the final ?

Prepare a final it's a workout. It should fit, as I do with my brigade to Feathers [The garden of Feathers, his restaurant, ED's note], and be aligned with his work.

How have you experienced this final test compared to the other ?

I took a lot of pleasure ! There was a beautiful cohesion of team in the brigade. One would have to believe that it was preparing a banquet between friends for friends ! They were all just at the top, and Jordan that I knew little, was given to three thousand percent. There has been remarkable !

"Pick up the holy Grail of the final, this is something to which we do not think at the beginning of the competition"

When you started the contest, did you go so far ?

When starts Top Chef, we seek to endure in the time, but winning the holy Grail of the final, it is a thing to which we do not think at the beginning of the competition. One seeks to strive and give their all, but this motivated me to keep fit, it is this promise that I made to my head Hélène Darroze to take it as far as possible and in the final. Promise that I held !

Why have you made this promise to Hélène Darroze's take in the final from the start of the contest ?

Head of Hélène Darroze has never presented a candidate in the final of the culinary contest. It is like a challenge that I launched that you do so in order to challenge myself and achieve it !

I washed my promised Head to take you to the final @HeleneDarroze . It is now a done thing! @topchefOFFICIEL is a challenge, it is necessary to fight constantly, and be judged by our great leaders for our dishes is a true happiness! #TopChefFrance #topchef #topchef2020 pic.twitter.com/jTBNOheQyo

— David TopChef (@david_topchef11) June 10, 2020

You face off against Shane in the final : what was your state of mind at the idea of being in front of this candidate ?

I was very enthusiastic to achieve a final in the face of Adrian, because it is one of the candidates on the most daring of the season. It was a remarkable journey, and his quiet strength made him an opponent of high-flying !

the ceremony of The knife has been turned in special circumstances this year : how have you lived ?

I would have loved to be surrounded by my family and close friends, but this was not possible with the restrictions due to the health crisis. The principal was to have the people I love the most at my side... and for the friends, well it will have to wait for the broadcast !

"just the fact of having realized one of my dreams by participating in Top Chef, it's a lot for me."

You have waited several months before you know the verdict, how have you lived this period between the end of filming at the George V and the filming of the ceremony of knives ?

I have not stopped ! I cooked for caregivers, launched a click-and-collect at my restaurant, so I have not had the time to ask me these questions-there, sincerely. Also, the result was not the most important, because win or not, just the fact of having realized one of my dreams, which was to participate in the contest on Top Chef, is already a lot for me !

What conclusions can you draw from your participation in this contest ? That brought you Top Chef ?

I get out of this contest with a lot of answers to my questions. Top Chef allowed me to take a step back from my kitchen, because judging by the great names of the gastronomy world as we could be, it allows you to see things more clearly in his attitude, and above all it makes you want to be even more creative ! My best memory was the test of the chef Pierre Gagnaire, the black box. The most complicated moment was the cooking of the feet, calf, strawberry calf, shoots feet and fungi in a time-record without any other product ...

You are already star and chef of your own restaurant : now that Top Chef is over, what are your plans ?