Next Level Chef (British TV series) explained

Genre:	Reality competition Culinary
Presenter:	Gordon Ramsay
Starring:	Nyesha Arrington Paul Ainsworth
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Series:	1
Num Episodes:	8
Creator:	Tom Day
Executive Producer:	Gordon Ramsay
Camera:	Multi-camera
Company:	Studio Ramsay Global
Network:	ITV

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

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

Place	Contestant	Episodes
		1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Jade	RAM	WIN	SAFE	WIN^†	RISK	SAFE	WIN	WIN	bgcolor=gold	WINNER
2	Callum	RAM	WIN^†	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN	RISK	WIN	bgcolor=silver	RUNNER-UP
	Ronan	ARR	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	WIN^†	SAFE	SAFE	RISK	bgcolor=silver	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.

Critical reception

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]

Notes and References

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