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Next Level Chef (British TV series)
British reality television series
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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]
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| Next Level Chef | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Tom Day |
| Presented by | Gordon Ramsay |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
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| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 11 January – 2 March 2023 |
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 | Eliminated (February 23) |
| Ian "Gold" Golding | 51 | Home cook | Kings Langley | 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 | 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 eliminated from the competition.
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]
