Gordon Ramsay


Hell’s Kitchen opens in Germany, Italy

Hell’s Kitchen, the cooking format chef Gordon Ramsay made famous in the US, is being remade by broadcasters in Germany and Italy, TBI has learned. German commercial channel Sat.1 and Italian pay TV channel Sky Uno HD have commissioned local versions of the ITV Studios Global Entertainment-distributed format. The show follows a high-profile perfectionist chefs […]

Bravo searches for America’s Best Restaurant with Ramsay prodco

NBCUniversal-owned cable net Bravo has acquired America’s Best Restaurant, a new series from Gordon Ramsay’s prodco One Potato Two Potato. The 11x60mins food competition series will be fronted by a “soon-to-be-announced top US chef and restaurateur”. It will pit some of the US’s top restaurants against each other to unearth which offers the best all-round […]

Mediaset, Nine check in to Ramsay’s Hotel Hell

Spain’s Mediaset and Australia’s Nine Network are among new buyers of Gordon Ramsay’s latest series for Fox, Hotel Hell. TV Joj in Slovakia and Skjarrin in Iceland round of the new sales distributor Optomen International has secured for the show, which debuted in the UK on Monday on Channel 4. The show sees celebrity chef […]

Murphy goes one step beyond

The new general manager of Australia-based Beyond Television tells TBI about changing international perceptions of the business and why he’s targeting UK broadcasters. Michael Murphy is best known as the founder of Ireland’s Channel 6 (since bought by TV3 and rebranded 3e) and former director of programmes at TV3. He has also, since 2004, been […]

MTV3 prepares Hell’s Kitchen

Finnish commercial broadcaster MTV3 has commissioned ITV Studios Nordic to produce a local remake of Gordon Ramsay cooking format Hell’s Kitchen. ITVS Nordic will create a 12x60mins series to premiere in Finland in the autumn. Michelin-starred chef Sauli Kemppainen will front the show in the Ramsay role first made famous on Fox in the US. […]