Gordon Ramsay's Next Level Chef is returning for season 2 after being renewed by FOX. Season 1, which premiered on January 2, has been one of FOX's most-watched programs this season; with millions of viewers across cable and streaming platforms, only 9-1-1: Lone Star and The Masked Singer have higher numbers. Serving as judges and mentors, Ramsay and Top Chef alumni Richard Blais and Nyesha Arrington coach teams of five as they fight to win challenges across three kitchens. The workstations, which are stacked on top of each other in a novel set design, vary in style, use and ingredients. The kitchen on the top floor, for example, is the most technologically advanced; the second level represents a general commercial kitchen, while the bottom space has the lowest quality of tools and equipment.
As one of the most prolific celebrity chefs in the United Kingdom and the United States, Next Level Chef is the latest of Ramsay's reality shows. After training under renowned chefs such as Guy Savoy and Joël Robuchon, Ramsay first hit the reality scene in 2004 when he began hosting Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and Hell's Kitchen. The instant success of the UK Hell's Kitchen paved the way for the American version, which is so popular that the show has also been renewed by FOX for two more seasons; Hell's Kitchen season 21 is expected this fall after adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic. Blais and Arrington have been busy judging other shows themselves; Blais has guest-starred on Top Chef years after his season 4 appearance and was a regular face on Top Chef: Portland. Arrington, on the other hand, has appeared as a judge on shows like Chopped Next Gen andGuy's Grocery Games.
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