Top Chef - Season 17

1. Émission 1 :La comfort food à la montagne - Tignes Part 01&02

Aired: 3/4/2026

2. La gastronomie de la plage - Le Touquet (Part 01&02)

Aired: 3/11/2026

Freshly caught fish simply grilled, light salads, ice cream cones and gourmet doughnuts are just some of the treats you can enjoy at the beach. It's a playground that today's top chefs are increasingly investing in! They set up shop by the sea, keeping their dishes simple but adding their own boldness and gastronomy. This is the case for Alexandre Gauthier with his gourmet beachfront hut, where you can find seafood platters, fish and chips, sweet doughnuts... But also for Christopher Coutanceau in La Rochelle, Éric Frechon in Biarritz and Pierre Gagnaire in Châtelaillon Plage.

3. Émission 3 : Hommage à Paul Bocuse - Abbaye de Collonges (Part 01&02)

Aired: 3/18/2026

Nicknamed the ‘pope of gastronomy’, Paul Bocuse reinvented French cuisine with a revolutionary idea: getting chefs out of their kitchens and into direct contact with diners. Carving dishes at the table, flambéing, and culinary sleight of hand: the chef thus became the star of a real show, much to the delight of diners! Today, the greatest chefs of the new generation are following suit: Jérôme Banctel, in his Parisian palace, or Jordi Roca… Chefs are “breaking down the wall” of their kitchens!

4. Émission 4 : Petits prix, grands plats ! - Marché de Puteaux (Part 01&02)

Aired: 3/25/2026

These days, more and more Michelin-starred chefs are offering set menus for under 50 euros that are still truly gourmet! This week, Philippe Hardy, France’s most affordable Michelin-starred chef, and Cédric Burtin take the contestants to the heart of Puteaux market. They’ll have to create a starter and a main course featuring a protein, all on a tight budget, to prove that great dishes can be made on a shoestring.

5. Émission 5: les MOF - Cirque Jules Verne d’Amiens

Aired: 4/1/2026

Technique, rigour, precision of movement… this week is all about excellence with the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France. As true guardians of French culinary expertise, they embody an ideal to which many chefs aspire: one day winning the prestigious blue, white and red badge. For this fifth week of the competition, the contestants will experience a true immersion in the world of the MOF competition. Off to the Cirque Jules Verne in Amiens, transformed for the occasion into a culinary arena where they will face a marathon of technical challenges.

6. Émission 6: The Restaurant War - Children's Menus

Aired: 4/8/2026

With François-Régis Gaudry and Charles Patin O'Coohoon Top chefs know full well that children are the customers of tomorrow. To cultivate their palates from a young age, more and more fine-dining restaurants are now offering proper children’s menus. Gone are the days of endless nuggets and chips and simple half-portions of adult dishes: children are now entitled to creative, tasty and balanced meals, designed especially for them.

7. Émission 7: Who can beat France’s top pastry chefs?

Aired: 4/15/2026

8. Émission 8 : spéciale surprises ! - Jardin d'Acclimatation

Aired: 4/22/2026

Everyone knows it: top chefs love to surprise their guests! Behind every exceptional dish lies a story, an emotion, and sometimes even a genuine surprise. But the surprise doesn’t stop at unexpected combinations. Chefs also seek to evoke a powerful emotion during the tasting: that of a memory resurfacing, a Proustian madeleine that sends shivers down the spine. The contestants are heading to the Jardin d’Acclimatation for a day full of surprises. Surrounded by their loved ones and joined by chef Adrien Cachot, they begin by creating a dish brimming with emotion, in the style of a ‘Proustian madeleine’, before moving on to work with unexpected combinations featuring cauliflower, which they must pair either with chocolate or blueberries.

9. Émission 9 : produits ordinaires, plats extraordinaires

Aired: 4/29/2026

10. Émission 10 : 24h dans un palace - The Peninsula Paris

Aired: 5/7/2026

11. Episode 11

Aired: 5/13/2026

12. Episode 12

Aired: 5/20/2026

13. Episode 13

Aired: 5/27/2026