Excited to know when the new season of the popular culinary reality show will be premiering. The fans are eagerly waiting for the release of the latest episode of the series, and their wait is almost over with AppleTV announcing the release date of the 1st episode of the 12th Season.
The series first premiered on Jun 14, 2010, and had a run time of 43 min per episode. The series has been making waves among the audience since the premiere of the first season. The show stars Jean Luc-Boulay, Isabelle Deschamps, Normand Laprise, and Pasquale Vari as judges.
If you have a love for series like Top Chef, Master Chef, etc. you are likely to enjoy this show too. The pressure gets too real too fast for the participants to try and continue to have a place in the competition. The series centers around a culinary competition filled with unexpected challenges, demanding judges, and inspiring coaches.
The participants are given certain dishes to make in a set amount of time, and the best ones are safe, while the worst one’s are on the line for elimination. It becomes difficult for the competitors to make the dishes from scratch to maintain their position in the show. The winner of the show earns a cashprize worth $50,000 and two seprate checks worth $20,000. The winner also recieves kitchen equipments worth $10,000.
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Les Chef Season 11 Recap
The previous season of the show witnessed the participant giving their all in the competition to emerge as the ultimate winner of the show. With the judges becoming more demanding as the competition came near the end the pressure to save themselves from elimination becomes too hard for some of the participants.
The first challenge the participants faced was to recreate the beauty of the Iles-de-la-Madeleine and the abundance of its seafood. The participants make a typical dish from the region, known as a pot in a jar. The second episode witnessed the participants being divided into a team of two who have to make a vegetable flan and a gourmet main dish which either had to be a partridge or pheasant.
The participants learned that they have to take turns to cook from this challenge. Two candidates are eliminated by the end of 2nd episode. The third episode witnessed the remaining ten candidates who have to make a challenging dessert to continue in the competition. The deserts have to be monochrome and red, and the second must be flamed. One contestant is eliminated by the end of the previous episode.
The fourth episode witnessed the remaining nine candidates having to submit a sugar shack menu in version summer and make three types of preparation dishes to share. One contestant is again eliminated by the end of the previous episode. The remaining eight candidates have to cook a main dish of fried quail and their accompaniments. The candidates are also given a surprise challenge where four of them have to present a starter of fried onions, and the remaining four have to present apple fritters.
The remaining seven candidates have to make fish starters and a main dish of deer with mushrooms. The candidates are challenged to name the varieties of mushrooms to the judges. The remaining six candidates are again paired in teams of two who have to make a gourmet main course of turkey with their accompaniments.
The dishes have to be identical to each other. The semi-final episode witnessed the remaining five candidates having to create a three-step menu inspired by ingredients from Quebec. The finale episode witnessed the four finalists having cards white to present a menu gourmet including a main dish and a dessert. The winner of the show is announced by the end of the show. Jean Christophe Beaudin emerged as the winner of the 11th season of the culinary show.
Les Chef Season 12 Episode 1 Spoilers
The upcoming season of the culinary competition will witness the show following the previous season’s format, with 12 candidates participating in the show and fighting till the end with their cooking skills to emerge as the ultimate winner of the show. The candidates will be given unique dishes to create, and the best one will emerge as the winner by the season’s end.
Les Chef Season 12 Episode 1 Release Date
The 1st episode of the series Les Chef will be premiering on April 10, 2023, to stream via AppleTV and Radio-Canada at 9:00 A.M.[ET]. International fans of the show will need to cross-check their timings. Every Monday the show drops new episodes for the fans to stream.
- For viewers from the U.S.- 6:00 P.M. [PCT] on April 10, 2023, Monday
- For viewers from the U.K.- 1:00 A.M.[GMT] on April 11, 2023, Tuesday
- For viewers from India- 6:30 A.M.[IST] On April 11, 2023, Tuesday
- For viewers from Australia- 12:00 P.M[ACD], on April 11, 2023, Tuesday
Les Chef Season 12 Episode 1: Streaming Guide
The new episodes for the show premiere every week at 9:00 P.M.[ET] to stream via AppleTV and Radio Canada. The episodes are available on their website to be streamed after the official release. International fans will have to set up VPN to catch the latest episode of their favorite culinary show.