Jacques Lagarde is eliminated from Top Chef and leaves his brother to continue the adventure alone

After four weeks of competition, Jacques is leaving the Top Chef 2023 adventure. Find out the reasons for his departure.

Jacques Lagarde had started the adventure very strong Top Boss , by chaining the beautiful achievements. It is therefore with the greatest of surprises that Mathieu's brother was eliminated from the fourth week. During the first event on the theme of cute sins, Jacques, in tandem with Léo, did not come far from victory with their tarte au munster sans munster, but were still sent to the playoffs.

This second challenge of the evening was judged by Yann Roofer, who savored the candidates' desserts with his five senses. The creation of Jacques was eliminated by the chef pastry chef because of the lack of texture, and did not convince the jury composed of Hélène Darroze, Paul Pairet, Philippe Etchebest and Glenn Viel either. Discover below the course of Jacques.

Who is Jacques Lagarde? His biography

Born in France, after working at Paris a one Australia for many years, it is above all in New Zealand that Jacques Lagarde builds his wealth of culinary experiences. Here, he worked for four years alongside his brother Mathieu, in the gourmet restaurant Amisfield of the famous New Zealand chef. Vaughan Mabee , located in Queenstown. After living six years outside of Europe, in 2022 Jacques returns to the old continent and settles in Spain . After a difficult start, he became co-owner of two restaurants in Marbella, one by the sea and the other in the mountains, as he explains on his Instagram account. He once again shares the kitchens of the restaurant Cascada Cascada Cocina & Bar with his brother, of which he is executive chef.

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How do you define your kitchen?

' Nothing better than knowing where your food comes from ': this is the motto of Jacques Lagarde. Passionate about hiking and wild pickings , Jacques likes to get his hands dirty and cook with exotic fruits and vegetables. His cooking is inspired by what he learned and saw in New Zealand, but also by the ancestral ingredients of the island of Marbella.

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What is Jacques Lagarde's Instagram account?

Jacques Lagarde owns two Instagram accounts . On his personal page @jacques_lagarde_topchef14 , Above all, he shares snapshots of his daily life and his travels, between family reunions, hikes and moments of laughter with his brother Mathieu. With him, Jacques also maintains another Insta account, @two_strangers_overseas , where the two cooks mainly post photos of their professional life and their culinary experiences, between New Zealand and Europe.