Three’s the magic number: Gordon Ramsay with fellow judges Nyesha Arrington and Paul Ainsworth
(Picture: ITV)Gordon Ramsay doesn’t seem the crying type, but certain things will do it. “There was one challenge,” the chef says, recalling an episode in his new show Next Level Chef, “and it was using Smash, the instant powdered mash. That’s the stuff my mum served, so it put a lump in my throat. And actually, then someone made the most amazing gnocchi from it, which was incredible.”
Bodger and Badger this ain’t. Next Level Chef, which makes its debut on ITV tonight, is Ramsay’s latest TV project, imported after a successful first season in America (“I’ll be honest with you, it’s less smug here.”) It follows a dozen chefs competing for a mentorship with Ramsay and fellow judges Paul Ainsworth and Nyesha Arrington — and, perhaps more compellingly, £100,000.
