“I think you have to know how to stop in time. I am having a lot of fun during the shooting, I am really delighted and happy but, given my advanced age, I think it’s a question of ethics“She said a few weeks before her 83rd birthday at the end of September.
Shot in June and broadcast at the start of the school year on M6, according to TV Magazine, the 14th season of the “Best Pastry Chef” will therefore be the last in which Mercotte participates.
His accomplice, Cyril Lignac, assured “respect your choice“, to which he does not”did not expect” : “I easily understand that at some point, she wants to stop and do something else. Especially since the shooting of the program requires two full months.”
The program, which consists of a pastry competition between anonymous, has been hosted since 2024 by Laëtitia Milot. Cyril Lignac and Mercotte have been the jurors since its beginnings in 2012.
Broadcast every Thursday at 9:10 p.m. between October and January last, season 13 attracted on average by broadcast between 1.5 and 1.8 million viewers (2.2 counting the replay), according to the specialized Puremédias site.