EXCLUSIVE: The enduring chef is on the coronary heart of ITV’s latest actuality present, hosted by Olivia Attwood.
Jean-Christophe Novelli is on the coronary heart of a brand new ITV actuality present (Picture: Royal Cheshire Present)
Superstar chef Jean-Christophe Novelli is on the centre of ITV’s newest actuality present, the place he’ll assist form a gaggle of up-and-coming cooks in a luxe Barcelona restaurant. However a number of of these budding cooks have already revealed what Novelli was like off-camera whereas filming The Warmth, hosted by Love Island icon Olivia Attwood.
The present, set in Spain, sees a gaggle of 10 younger cooks from across the UK launch The Warmth restaurant, studying new cooking and enterprise abilities alongside Jean-Christophe. Outdoors of the kitchen, there’s loads of drama happening – all the things from love triangles to fall-outs, making it a mix of Hell’s Kitchen, Under Deck and Promoting Sundown.
On the coronary heart of all of it is Jean-Christophe Novelli. The French chef first moved to Britain in 1983, founding his iconic Clerkenwell venue Maison Novelli in 1996. He’s made quite a few TV appearances over time, touchdown a job as decide on MasterChef Australia in 2024 and starring alongside Raymond Blanc on numerous ITV reveals.
So what’s he like behind the scenes?
The Warmth contestant Djordje, a chef hailing from Wakefield, confessed in an unique chat with the Day by day Specific that he started to see Novelli as a “father determine” – although he might positively be “scary”.
However off-camera, all the things was rather a lot totally different. He confessed: “Jean-Christophe mentioned to me off-camera, ‘On the finish of the day, it’s TV. I’m placing on a personality, you’re placing on a personality’.”
He added: “I hope we do meet in future and cross paths.”
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