Going head to head with any chef in a cooking showdown on television must be a daunting prospect for anybody. But going up against fiery food legend Gordon Ramsay is a whole other kettle of fish - especially when you're a former protegee. Matt Waldron, who is the head chef at The Stackpole Inn in Pembrokeshire, is a former mentee of the famous TV chef and recently reunited with him after more than a decade during the Hell's Kitchen star's new three-part cooking show, Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted Showdown from National Geographic.
The episode, named the 'Wales Tales' saw Gordon Ramsay set off on an adventure - set by Matt - to explore the rugged yet beautiful elements of Wales across the course of a week, from the mountains of Snowdonia, to the storm-crashed cliffs of the west coast, in a bid to learn everything there is to know about Welsh cooking - from farm and sea to table.
At the end of the episode, viewers watched on as Matt and Gordon reconvened before entering into a cook-off in a bid to see who was able to cook Welsh produce the best, with Gordon putting into practice everything he'd learnt in the days leading up to it - a challenge Matt tells us was "surreal" and "intimidating".
