Why Philippe Etchebest hates The Bear

The French star chef is not tender with the Disney Plus culinary series, which he accuses of conveying a “bad image” of the cook profession.

For him, this series is downright a Nightmare in the kitchen.

While season 4 of The Bear Arrives on June 26 on Disney+, everyone or almost praises the culinary series phenomenon. Everyone … except Philippe Etchebest.

Guest of Mouloud Achour In Clickthis Monday, May 26, 2025, the emblematic leader of Top chef did not chew his words when evoking the show led drum beating by Jeremy Allen White .

“You know, I don’t like to look at these things too much, because they are often caricatures of what’s going on in our establishments”he loose, visibly annoyed. “That’s all I don’t like. This vocabulary, this way of speaking, is not how it happens, at least in my kitchens. I can insure you.”

Philippe Etchebest Ensures it: Better calm, control, and almost zen rigor in a kitchen. As is the case in its restaurants, in contrast to tensions and ultra-pressure which ooze from each episode of The Bear.

“I have an open table, my table d’hôte which is starry and which is in front of the kitchen. And people, what they tell me each time is: ‘It is incredible the calm that there is in your kitchen‘. That’s not how it happens. “

And the chief to put the lid on his rant:

“I find that it returns a bad image of our profession, and frankly, it pisses me off.”

It remains to be seen if season 4 will change his gaze … or if he will eat elsewhere.