He was awarded two Michelin stars at the Hostellerie de Plaisance in Saint-Émilion, France.

[1][2] At the age of fifteen, he chose to pursue a career in catering over professional rugby.

He subsequently became head chef at Château Grand Barrail, where he stayed for five years and where, in 2000, he was named Meilleur Ouvrier de France.

[4] He began presenting the cooking reality television show Cauchemar en cuisine on French channel M6 in 2011.

[6] Etchebest prefers to know as little as possible in advance about each restaurant visited in the show in order to keep his reactions spontaneous.