Next Level Chef (British TV series)

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Next Level Chef
Genre
Created byTom Day
Presented byGordon Ramsay
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producer
  • Gordon Ramsay
Camera setupMulti-camera
Production company
Original release
NetworkITV
Release11 January (2023-01-11) –
2 March 2023 (2023-03-02)

Next Level Chef (also known as Next Level Chef UK) is a British culinary reality competition television series that premiered in 2023 and is hosted by Gordon Ramsay.[1][2][3]

The series was cancelled after one season due to low ratings.[4]

Chefs[edit]

Contestant[5] Age Status Hometown/Home Country Result
Bethika "Tia" Khurana 50 Home cook Birmingham Eliminated January 11
Selwyn Channon 63 Ex-Professional chef Lympsham Eliminated January 18
Layla Powell 41 Professional chef London Eliminated January 25
Kelly Hunter 45 Ex-Professional chef Great Dunmow Eliminated February 1
Temi Abdullahi 27 Social media chef London Eliminated February 8
Gurpreet Bains 25 Professional chef Gravesend Eliminated February 15
Toby Caswell-Jones 22 Professional chef Liverpool First Eliminated February 23
Ian "Gold" Golding 51 Home cook Kings Langley Second Eliminated February 23
Tony Maloy 40 Professional chef Theddingworth
Callum Deboys 26 Ex-Professional chef Prestwick, Scotland Runner-ups March 2
Ronan Lee 25 Home cook London
Jade Greenhalgh 34 Social media chef Ormskirk Winner March 2

Elimination table[edit]

Place Contestant Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Jade RAM WIN SAFE WIN† RISK SAFE WIN WIN WINNER
2 Callum RAM WIN† SAFE WIN SAFE WIN RISK WIN RUNNER-UP
Ronan ARR SAFE WIN SAFE WIN† SAFE SAFE RISK RUNNER-UP
4 Gold AIN SAFE SAFE RISK SAFE RISK SAFE ELIM
Tony ARR SAFE WIN SAFE WIN WIN WIN ELIM
6 Toby RAM WIN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE RISK ELIM
7 Gurpreet AIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE RISK ELIM
8 Temi AIN SAFE RISK SAFE SAFE ELIM
9 Kelly AIN RISK SAFE SAFE ELIM
10 Layla ARR SAFE WIN† ELIM
11 Selwyn RAM WIN ELIM
12 Tia ARR ELIM

†The contestant cooked the best dish overall and won safety for their team or themselves.

  The contestant was on the winning team or had the winning dish.
  The contestant was not on the winning team nor had the winning dish, but was not chosen for the head-to-head cook-off.
  The contestant was at risk of elimination and won the head-to-head cook-off.
  The contestant was drafted to Gordon Ramsay's team.
  The contestant was drafted to Nyesha Arrington's team.
  The contestant was drafted to Paul Ainsworth's team.
  The contestant was eliminated from the competition.

Critical reception[edit]

The Guardian wrote "Next Level Chef is a breathless, bewildering gabble of a show. This is a cookery contest that is so obsessed with contrived competition that it almost completely forgets about food."[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sarrubba, Stefania (March 2, 2023). "Gordon Ramsay's Next Level Chef crowns winner". Digital Spy.
  2. ^ a b Seale, Jack (January 11, 2023). "Next Level Chef review – Gordon Ramsay's cooking competition is bizarre, banal nonsense". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Brown, Shannon (March 3, 2023). "Next Level Chef fans go wild for 'beast' contestant who made PB&J from scratch". The Cornishman.
  4. ^ "Gordon Ramsay's Next level Chef axed after one series". Yahoo!. March 28, 2023.
  5. ^ Réiltín Doherty (January 11, 2023). "Next Level Chef contestants: Meet the cooks heading into Gordon Ramsay's kitchen". Entertainment Daily UK. Retrieved August 24, 2023.

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