Antoine Duval

**Antoine Duval**, a character in the *Slow Burn* series, is Everett/Yvette Flynt's professional rival. He is first seen in *Chapter 2*.

## Appearance

Antoine has green eyes, wavy gray hair, and fair-to-tan skin. He has slight stubble on his face. He wears a white chef's jacket and blue neckerchief.

## Personality

According to Everett/Yvette, Antoine is a snobby untrustworthy little weasel and an arrogant elitist. In his eyes, if someone works in a family-owned restaurant and isn't professionally trained, that person isn't a "real chef". He is shown to be very egotistical, believing that he is infallible and that anyone who disagrees with him regarding food or running a restaurant is wrong.

He is an ostentatious chef as well as a poor loser, and does not accept defeat graciously. Quyen Ngo believes Antoine is incapable of humility.

## Chapters

### Slow Burn

#### Slow Burn

* Chapter 2: Southern Hospitality
* Chapter 3: Served with Love
* Chapter 4: Sugar & Spice (Mentioned)
* Chapter 5: Culinary Arts (Mentioned; Determinant)
* Chapter 7: Flash in the Pan (Mentioned; Determinant)
* Chapter 9: Up in Smoke (Mentioned)
* Chapter 10: The Back Burner (Mentioned)
* Chapter 11: Chef's Special (Mentioned)
* Chapter 12: Too Many Cooks
* Chapter 13: Have One on Me
* Chapter 14: Overcooked
* Chapter 15: Dinner and a Show
* Chapter 16: Piece de Resistance

## Relationships

### Everett/Yvette Flynt

Everett/Yvette is Antoine's rival. Last year, they had been competitors on the cooking competition show, "The Knife's Edge", where Everett/Yvette told Antoine that he had crossed the line the day of the finale.

When you two visit New Orleans, Everett/Yvette finds out that the first restaurant he/she worked had gone out of business. Right next door, Antoine had opened a fancy restaurant to Everett/Yvette's disgust. He/she believes it was opened there on purpose to rile him/her up.

In Chapter 12, when "Taste of the World" travels to Hanoi, Vietnam to help Antoine's restaurant Le Colonial, Everett/Yvette tells you that he/she hasn't spoken to Antoine since last year. Their last memory of each other was competing on "The Knife's Edge". On that show, Antoine kept shutting down all of Everett/Yvette's ideas until the latter finally snapped.

Antoine challenges Everett/Yvette to find out who is the better cook between the two of them on his new show, "Creme de la Creme".

### Zara Vyas

In Chapter 11, Zara tells the cast and crew that the production has officially hired Antoine to guest star alongside Everertt/Yvette in the next episode. Although she knows him professionally, it does not appear that they have a personal relationship.

### Quyen Ngo

Quyen is the manager of Antoine’s restaurant. Antoine believes that it is Quyen and his management skills that are responsible for the restaurant's failure.

### Your Character

You officially meet Antoine in Vietnam when Everett/Yvette's show tries to help Antoine's struggling restaurant. He ignores you for the most part, focusing his attention and his words on Everett/Yvette in an attempt to rile the other's temper. In Chapter 16, you are able to rile Antoine's anger instead when you and Everett/Yvette beat him on his cooking show.

### Nasim Mansoor

Nasim is Antoine's fiancee. Even though Everett/Yvette believes Antoine singled her out to get to him/her several years ago, Everett/Yvette believes Antoine and Nasim have a true connection with each other.

## Gallery

### Miscellaneous

Appetizer and First Course competition entriesSecond Course and Dessert competition entries
## Trivia

* His character model resembles Gideon Payne from the *Desire & Decorum* series.
* He shares the same name as Antoine Pierce from the *Rules of Engagement* series.
* The *New York Chronicle* published a profile on Antoine that he loves.