When two far-right youtubers find themselves in front of a piece of beef, it's less to talk about cooking than politics. "It's not a steak that votes green or LFI [La France insoumise], it's a steak that votes Eternal France. If we send him to Indoch’, he wins”, laughs Papacito, big dark glasses, shaved head, visible tattoos. It is November 2020, and this figure of the fachosphere 2.0, who made himself known for his provocative videos in which he notably simulated a shooting at a mannequin representing a voter of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is the guest of "Repas de lord ".

If we take a distracted look at it, this program, designed and presented by Baptiste Marchais for his YouTube channel “ Bench & Cigars”, looks a bit like a banquet at the end of an “Asterix”. “All that, there, comes from an Aveyron butcher. There, you have that heavy. You've got duck rillette with pieces of duck breast, you've got head pâté, you've got country pâté, you've got rosette, you've got smoked ham, you've got fresh bread , there we are good! “, he says, opening one of these gargantuan gastronomic videos. Welcome to the identity "foodistas", this handful of demonstratively virile guys who praise the fat, the heavy, the terroir, as others celebrate the avocado toast on Instagram. “The bobo counter-culture”, sums up Baptiste Marchais.

Ripailleur fellow with a glossy mustache that makes him look like a Gaul on steroids, this bench press champion is the perfect host. In "Repas de seigneur", it is not only a question of blowing up your cholesterol level by eating a menu that borders on 10,000 calories, but also, between two fork strokes, of glorifying eternal France threatened by " the scum”. On this autumn day in 2020, for example, Papacito and he will taste, against a background of medieval music: confits, smoked duck breasts and duck gizzards, a lobe of foie gras per person, two baguettes of bread, two ribs of beef from blonde de Galicia, a mountain of fries, a pavlova with red fruits, with, to finish, booze and a cigar. And, after his host was able to testify to his tropism for Franco, Baptiste Marchais concluded with a fart bouncing in his leather club chair. " That's done ! »

The video, online since November 12, 2020, has over 1.3 million views. In a frequently asked questions filmed in the fall of 2021, Baptiste Marchais tells his community that he has been "much more financially comfortable" for a year, that is to say since the launch of his dedicated YouTube channel. to sport and the French way of life. In front of the cameras of Current Values, he unfolds his life as a former nightclub bouncer. He grew up in Val-d'Oise, between a French teacher mother and a pastry chef father. Admirer of Napoleon, he now supports Eric Zemmour in his race towards the highest offices of the State. As an "uninhibited man", he affirms, in his program, his patriotic and nationalist ideas in a lively tone. On the other hand, when you try to interview him, it's immediately less sympathetic: "I hate your newspaper, I don't want to participate in its proper functioning. »

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