Here it all begins: Is Gaspard cheating on Maya? An explosive week of revelations and doubts at the Institute!
The week of October 20-25, 2025, promises to be a fiery one at the Auguste Armand Institute. Between betrayals, secrets, and fragile love affairs, tensions are running high. Gaspard, until now a model of integrity and sincerity, sees his reputation tarnished by a rumor that is spreading in the corridors: has he cheated on Maya? This suspicion, at first harmless, will soon set the entire establishment ablaze. Between mistrust, jealousy, and deep wounds, certainties are shattered, and alliances are reversed. A week full of twists and turns, where every look hides a truth, every smile conceals a betrayal.
It all begins when Maya, in a radiant mood, accidentally discovers an ambiguous message on Gaspard’s phone. A seemingly innocuous yet meaningful sentence: “I loved our moment, can’t wait to do it again.” In an instant, her world collapses. Doubt sets in, trust crumbles. Gaspard tries to justify himself, explaining that it’s just a misunderstanding with a friend, but Maya senses he’s hiding something from her. His nervous attitude, his sudden silences, his nighttime comings and goings… everything leads her to believe he’s cheating on her. And as the days go by, suspicion turns into obsession.
Around them, the whispers grow louder. Bérénice, who has always had trouble putting up with Maya, rushes to spread the rumor. Within hours, the entire institute is aware. The students are divided: some defend Gaspard, others take Maya’s side. Even the teachers can’t help but comment on the affair in hushed tones. In this electric atmosphere, every gesture becomes suspect. Maya, hurt but proud, decides to conduct her own investigation. She discreetly searches Gaspard’s locker, looks for evidence, and questions his friends. And what she discovers only fuels her anger.
One evening, she surprises Gaspard in the middle of a conversation with a newcomer to the Institute: Léonie , a charismatic and mysterious intern. Their obvious complicity only fuels the rumor. Maya watches them from afar, her heart heavy. The smiles, the furtive exchanges, the pointed glances… everything seems to confirm her worst fears. Back in her room, she collapses. Betrayal, for her, is the worst humiliation. She confides her distress to Billie, who tries to reason with her, but nothing works. Maya is determined: she wants answers, whatever the cost.
Meanwhile, Gaspard, unaware of the scale of the scandal, continues to train for an important culinary evaluation. Under the supervision of Emmanuel Teyssier, the standards are at their highest. But the young man has trouble concentrating. His mind is elsewhere. He senses that something is going on, that the way people look at him has changed. When he learns that Maya no longer wants to talk to him, he panics. He tries to see her, to explain, but she coldly avoids him. The distance between them becomes a chasm. And Léonie, seemingly compassionate, takes advantage of this to draw even closer.
The next day, an incident erupts in the middle of the kitchen. An argument between Maya and Léonie escalates. Words fly, accusations rain down, and the entire team watches, stunned, as they watch. Maya accuses Léonie of seducing Gaspard, while the latter vehemently defends herself, accusing her of paranoia. Teyssier, furious, sends them both out of the kitchen. The tension becomes unbearable. Gaspard, caught in the crossfire, no longer knows how to act. He loves Maya, but he can’t stand her mistrust anymore. “You don’t trust me anymore, so what’s the point?” he finally says to her in a moment of anger. Words he will immediately regret.
But the real shock comes when a student posts a compromising photo on social media: Gaspard and Léonie together outside a bar a few days earlier. The image seems definitive. Maya, devastated, refuses to listen to his explanations. She leaves the Institute for the night without telling anyone. The atmosphere becomes heavy, almost tragic. Gaspard, devastated, tries to understand who took this photo. And that’s when the truth begins to emerge.
Bérénice, accused, ends up confessing everything: she manipulated the situation to get revenge on Maya, who had humiliated her during a previous class. She intercepted an innocent message, took the photo out of context, and orchestrated everything to destroy their relationship. Léonie, too, is not exempt from reproach. She admits to Gaspard that she played the seduction game, never imagining it would go so far. But the damage is done. Gaspard finds himself alone, betrayed, disgusted by the turn of events.
The end of the week marks a dramatic turning point. Maya returns to the Institute, her face closed. She has learned the truth, but doubts persist. Can she still believe in Gaspard after all this? Their confrontation is devastating. Tears flow, apologies multiply, but nothing erases the pain. “I loved you, and you let me believe the worst,” she whispers before turning on her heel. A broken Gaspard understands that he has lost much more than a relationship: he has lost the trust of the woman he loved most.
Teyssier, a keen observer, takes advantage of the situation to remind his students of a lesson they won’t forget: “In the kitchen, as in life, the slightest mistake can change everything.” A phrase that resonates like a moral, but also like a threat. At the Institute, everything is known, everything is seen, and nothing ever remains secret for long.
The final moments of the week suggest new tensions. Gaspard, determined to turn the page, announces his intention to leave the Institute for an internship abroad. Maya, torn, hesitates to keep him. And Léonie, now isolated, seems ready to reveal a secret much heavier than that of their supposed affair… A secret that could, once again, upset the fragile balance of the campus.
This week of Here It All Begins mixes raw emotions, manipulation, and life lessons. A plot where appearances are deceptive, where love becomes poison, and where the truth sometimes comes too late. Between doubt, jealousy, and forgiveness, the characters reveal themselves in all their complexity. Because at the Institute, only one thing is certain: passion, whether culinary or romantic, always burns… even if it means reducing everything to ashes.
