One of the contestant’s on Bravo’s new show Chef Academy has a bit of a shady past. Emmanuel Delcour, known as Jean Val Jean in the adult film world, was once a porn star. Apparently he's good at what he does because he won the AVN Male Foreign Performer of the Year award.

Is Bravo shocked and ready to throw him off the show? Not at all! Instead the network is using Emmanuel Delcour’s past to help publicize the show. On the latest episode, Chef Academy contestants Kup and Kylie discover their chef-in-the-making co-star has tossed salads in more ways than one. It's likely that Bravo cast Emmanuel Delcour knowing this information with the intention of adding more "spice" to the show. In fact, Emmanuel Delcour was originally outed as being a porn star on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians".

Check out the video below of the Chef Academy students discovering Emmanuel Delcour's porn past.