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Hell's Kitchen (UK TV series)
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Hell
's Kitchen
was a British cookery reality show aired on ITV
which featured prospective chefs competing with each other for a final prize. Four series had been aired since 2004, three presented by Angus Deayton
and the latest by Claudia Winkleman
.
The show had different formats and different head chefs for each of the first three seasons. The original chef
Gordon Ramsay
subsequently signed an exclusive UK
contract with Channel 4
, ruling out any possibility of his appearing on future episodes of the ITV-produced show.
A fourth series began airing from 13 April 2009 and was presented by Claudia Winkleman
. A new series is unlikely to be aired because of the poor ratings for "Marco’s Kitchen Burnout".
Series 1 of Hell's Kitchen in the UK was broadcast from 23 May - 6 June 2004. It starred Gordon Ramsay
as the Head Chef tutoring celebrities how to cook.
The show, which ran nightly for two weeks, placed ten celebrities in a specially constructed London restaurant-kitchen with the task of catering for a clientele of famous people.
The celebrities who took part were:
Jennifer Ellison was declared the winner after a series of public elimination votes (in the style of Big Brother
). A follow-up programme was made afterwards called Hell's Kitchen: School Reunion, which saw Ellison and the show runner-up, James Dreyfus, team up to organise a healthy dinner service for the children at Ramsay's former school, Stratford Upon Avon High School.
and Jean-Christophe Novelli
.
The second series featured ten members of the public competing for a prize of £250,000, with which the winner could start their own restaurant. They were split into two teams of five, one red (tutored by Gary Rhodes
) and the other blue (led by Jean-Christophe Novelli
). A new and much larger restaurant was built to accommodate the fact that there were now two kitchens. The only things that remained the same in the second series were the music, by composer Daniel Pemberton, and the presenter, who was still Angus Deayton. Elimination was still down to voting. It was won by Terry Miller.
The Blue Team Head Chef Jean- Christophe Novelli
The Red Team Head chef Gary Rhodes
The network then announced in February 2007 that it had commissioned a new series of the show, to begin in late 2007, this time with Michelin starred
Marco Pierre White
as head chef. The new series began on 3 September 2007 at 9:00 pm, reverting to the original format of having celebrities as contestants. The series ended on 17 September 2007, with Barry McGuigan
crowned winner. White had two sous chefs, Matthew and Timothy.
The celebrities who took part were:
returns as Head Chef/teacher. Claudia Winkleman
took over as host, replacing Angus Deayton
. This series there was one kitchen with grey and dark red tiles. The first four sackings were Marco's responsibility, while the other four sackings were down to a public vote (the person with the lowest amount of votes left Hell's Kitchen). Nick Munier
returned as Maitre d', as did Sous Chefs Matthew and Timothy.
Linda Evans won from public voting on 27 April 2009.
The celebrities taking part were
Hell
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's Kitchen
Kitchen
A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation.In the West, a modern residential kitchen is typically equipped with a stove, a sink with hot and cold running water, a refrigerator and kitchen cabinets arranged according to a modular design. Many households have a...
was a British cookery reality show aired on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
which featured prospective chefs competing with each other for a final prize. Four series had been aired since 2004, three presented by Angus Deayton
Angus Deayton
Gordon Angus Deayton is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian and broadcaster. He is best known for his role as Victor Meldrew's long-suffering neighbour Patrick Trench in the comedy series One Foot in the Grave...
and the latest by Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Anne I. Winkleman is an English television presenter, film critic, radio personality and journalist.- Early life and family :...
.
The show had different formats and different head chefs for each of the first three seasons. The original chef
Chef
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....
subsequently signed an exclusive UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
contract with Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
, ruling out any possibility of his appearing on future episodes of the ITV-produced show.
A fourth series began airing from 13 April 2009 and was presented by Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Anne I. Winkleman is an English television presenter, film critic, radio personality and journalist.- Early life and family :...
. A new series is unlikely to be aired because of the poor ratings for "Marco’s Kitchen Burnout".
Head chefs
| Series | Chef |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Ramsay Gordon Ramsay Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars.... |
| 2 | Gary Rhodes Gary Rhodes Gary Rhodes OBE is an English restaurateur, cookery writer, and chef, known for his love of British cuisine and distinctive spiked hair style .... and Jean-Christophe Novelli Jean-Christophe Novelli -Life:Born in Arras, Northern France, in 1961, in a family with Italian roots, Jean-Christophe Novelli left school at age 14 and worked in a bakery before, at the age of 20, becoming a personal chef to the Rothschild family.... |
| 3–4 | Marco Pierre White Marco Pierre White Marco Pierre White is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur and television personality. He is noted for his contributions to contemporary international cuisine, and his exceptional culinary skills.... |
Presenters
| Series | Presenter | Show |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | Angus Deayton Angus Deayton Gordon Angus Deayton is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian and broadcaster. He is best known for his role as Victor Meldrew's long-suffering neighbour Patrick Trench in the comedy series One Foot in the Grave... |
Main show |
| 4 | Claudia Winkleman Claudia Winkleman Claudia Anne I. Winkleman is an English television presenter, film critic, radio personality and journalist.- Early life and family :... |
Main show |
Series 1
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....
as the Head Chef tutoring celebrities how to cook.
The show, which ran nightly for two weeks, placed ten celebrities in a specially constructed London restaurant-kitchen with the task of catering for a clientele of famous people.
The celebrities who took part were:
| Celebrity | Original Team | Second Team | Exit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Ellison Jennifer Ellison Jennifer Lesley Ellison is an English actress, glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer... |
Blue Team (Day 1-8) | White Team (Day 9-Final) | Winner |
| James Dreyfus James Dreyfus - Early life and career :Born in London, Dreyfus was educated at Harrow School and then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His parents divorced when he was very young. He is openly gay.... |
Blue Team (Day 1-8) | White Team (Day 9-Final) | Runner Up |
| Matt Goss Matt Goss Matthew Weston Goss is an English singer and songwriter currently based in Los Angeles. He was the lead singer of 1980s pop group Bros, which also featured his twin brother Luke Goss as drummer and Craig Logan as bass player... |
Blue Team (Day 1-8) | White Team (Day 9-Final) | Eliminated Day 15 |
| Edwina Currie Edwina Currie Edwina Jonesnée Cohen is a former British Member of Parliament. First elected as a Conservative Party MP in 1983, she was a Junior Health Minister for two years, before resigning in 1988 over the controversy over salmonella in eggs... |
Blue Team (Day 1-8) | White Team (Day 9-13) | Eliminated Day 14 |
| Al Murray Al Murray Alastair James Hay "Al" Murray , is a British comedian best known for his stand-up persona, The Pub Landlord, a stereotypical xenophobic public house licensee. In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy... |
Red Team (Day 1-8) | White Team (Day 9-12) | Eliminated Day 11 |
| Abi Titmuss Abi Titmuss Abi Titmuss, , is a former English nurse turned glamour model, television personality and actress.-Early life:... |
Red Team (Day 1-8) | White Team (Day 9) | Eliminated Day 9 |
| Belinda Carlisle Belinda Carlisle Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands and the first such group whose members wrote their own songs and played their own instruments... |
Red Team (Day 1-8) | - | Eliminated Day 8 |
| Amanda Barrie Amanda Barrie Amanda Barrie is an English actress.-Career:Born as Shirley Anne Broadbent, Barrie attended St Anne's College, St Anne's on Sea. She then trained at the Arts Educational School in London and later at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School... |
Red Team (Day 1-8) | - | Quit Day 8 |
| Tommy Vance Tommy Vance Tommy Vance was a British pop radio broadcaster, born in Eynsham, Oxfordshire. He was one of the few music broadcasters in the United Kingdom to champion hard rock and heavy metal in the early 1980s, providing the only national radio forum for both bands and fans... |
Red Team (Day 2-5) | - | Quit Day 5 |
| Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second... |
Blue Team (Day 1-5) | - | Quit Day 5 |
| Roger Cook Roger Cook (journalist) Roger Cook is an investigative presenter, reporter and broadcaster.- Early life :His parents were New Zealanders, but he was was brought up in Australia, and began his career with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a reporter and newsreader on both radio and television.In 1968, he moved to... |
Red Team (Day 1) | - | Quit Day 1 (Injury) |
Jennifer Ellison was declared the winner after a series of public elimination votes (in the style of Big Brother
Big Brother (UK)
Big Brother UK is the British version of the Dutch Big Brother television format, which takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1948 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four...
). A follow-up programme was made afterwards called Hell's Kitchen: School Reunion, which saw Ellison and the show runner-up, James Dreyfus, team up to organise a healthy dinner service for the children at Ramsay's former school, Stratford Upon Avon High School.
Series 2
Series 2 of Hell's Kitchen in the UK was broadcast from 18 April - 2 May 2005. The format was overhauled as the show was turned into a competition between two kitchens run by celebrity chefs Gary RhodesGary Rhodes
Gary Rhodes OBE is an English restaurateur, cookery writer, and chef, known for his love of British cuisine and distinctive spiked hair style ....
and Jean-Christophe Novelli
Jean-Christophe Novelli
-Life:Born in Arras, Northern France, in 1961, in a family with Italian roots, Jean-Christophe Novelli left school at age 14 and worked in a bakery before, at the age of 20, becoming a personal chef to the Rothschild family....
.
The second series featured ten members of the public competing for a prize of £250,000, with which the winner could start their own restaurant. They were split into two teams of five, one red (tutored by Gary Rhodes
Gary Rhodes
Gary Rhodes OBE is an English restaurateur, cookery writer, and chef, known for his love of British cuisine and distinctive spiked hair style ....
) and the other blue (led by Jean-Christophe Novelli
Jean-Christophe Novelli
-Life:Born in Arras, Northern France, in 1961, in a family with Italian roots, Jean-Christophe Novelli left school at age 14 and worked in a bakery before, at the age of 20, becoming a personal chef to the Rothschild family....
). A new and much larger restaurant was built to accommodate the fact that there were now two kitchens. The only things that remained the same in the second series were the music, by composer Daniel Pemberton, and the presenter, who was still Angus Deayton. Elimination was still down to voting. It was won by Terry Miller.
The Blue Team Head Chef Jean- Christophe Novelli
- Henry Filloux-Bennett
- Aby King
- Gary Tomlin
- Kellie Cresswell
- Stien Smart
The Red Team Head chef Gary Rhodes
- Terry Miller
- Simon Gross
- Aaron Siwoku
- Caroline Garvey
- Sam Raplin
Series 3
Series 3 was due to begin in mid-2006, with Jean-Christophe Novelli as the sole head chef; however, ITV made the decision to take a break from producing Hell's Kitchen.The network then announced in February 2007 that it had commissioned a new series of the show, to begin in late 2007, this time with Michelin starred
Michelin Guide
The Michelin Guide is a series of annual guide books published by Michelin for over a dozen countries. The term normally refers to the Michelin Red Guide, the oldest and best-known European hotel and restaurant guide, which awards the Michelin stars...
Marco Pierre White
Marco Pierre White
Marco Pierre White is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur and television personality. He is noted for his contributions to contemporary international cuisine, and his exceptional culinary skills....
as head chef. The new series began on 3 September 2007 at 9:00 pm, reverting to the original format of having celebrities as contestants. The series ended on 17 September 2007, with Barry McGuigan
Barry McGuigan
Finbarr Patrick McGuigan MBE , known as Barry McGuigan and nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former Irish and British professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion.-Background:...
crowned winner. White had two sous chefs, Matthew and Timothy.
The celebrities who took part were:
| Celebrity | Original Team | Second Team | Third Team | Exit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry McGuigan Barry McGuigan Finbarr Patrick McGuigan MBE , known as Barry McGuigan and nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former Irish and British professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion.-Background:... |
Blue Team (Day 1-14) | Red Team (Day 14-16) | Blue Team (Day 16-Final) | Winner |
| Adele Silva Adele Silva Adele Silva is an English actress and television personality who has been on stage and television since she was a young girl. She is best known for playing the role of Kelly Windsor in the television soap opera Emmerdale.... |
Red Team (Day 1-14) | Blue Team (Day 14-16) | Red Team (Day 16-Final) | Runner Up |
| Brian Dowling Brian Dowling Brian Patrick Robert Dowling is an Irish television presenter who rose to fame after being crowned the winner of the second series of UK reality television show Big Brother in 2001. He also won Ultimate Big Brother in 2010, making him the ultimate Big Brother housemate... |
Blue Team (Day 1-8) | Red Team (Day 8-15) | - | Eliminated Day 15 |
| Paul Young Paul Young (singer and guitarist) Paul Antony Young is an English pop musician. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & The Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, his following solo success as a solo recording artist turned him into a 1980s teenage pop idol... |
Blue Team (Day 1-14) | Red Team (Day 14-15) | - | Eliminated Day 15 |
| Anneka Rice | Red Team (Day 1-8) | Blue Team (Day 8-13) | Red Team (Day 13) | Eliminated Day 13 |
| Abigail Clancy Abigail Clancy Abigail Marie "Abbey" Crouch is a British lingerie and catwalk model and television presenter.-Early life:... |
Red Team (Day 1-7) | Blue Team (Day 7-12) | - | Eliminated Day 12 |
| Jim Davidson Jim Davidson (comedian) Jim Davidson OBE is a British comedian, actor and television presenter. He has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to entertainment, particularly of British service personnel in conflict zones.- Biography :The son of a Glaswegian father, Davidson was born in... |
Blue Team (Day 1-8) | Red Team (Day 8-10) | - | Removed Day 10 |
| Kelly LeBrock Kelly LeBrock Kelly LeBrock is an American actress and model. Her acting debut was in The Woman in Red co-starring with comedian Gene Wilder. She also starred in the film Weird Science, directed by John Hughes.-Early life:... |
Red Team (Day 1-8) | Blue Team (Day 8-9) | - | Eliminated Day 9 |
| Rosie Boycott Rosie Boycott Rosel Marie Boycott , better known as Rosie Boycott, is a British journalist and feminist.-Journalism career:Daughter of Major Charles Boycott and Betty Boycott née Le Sueur, Rosel Boycott was born in St Helier, Jersey and was educated at the independent Cheltenham Ladies' College and read... |
Red Team (Day 1-6) | - | - | Eliminated Day 6 |
| Lee Ryan Lee Ryan Lee Ryan is an English singer-songwriter, actor and member of the British boy band Blue.-Early life:... |
Blue Team (Day 1-3) | - | - | Fired Day 3 |
Series 4
Series 4 began on 13 April 2009. Marco Pierre WhiteMarco Pierre White
Marco Pierre White is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur and television personality. He is noted for his contributions to contemporary international cuisine, and his exceptional culinary skills....
returns as Head Chef/teacher. Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Anne I. Winkleman is an English television presenter, film critic, radio personality and journalist.- Early life and family :...
took over as host, replacing Angus Deayton
Angus Deayton
Gordon Angus Deayton is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian and broadcaster. He is best known for his role as Victor Meldrew's long-suffering neighbour Patrick Trench in the comedy series One Foot in the Grave...
. This series there was one kitchen with grey and dark red tiles. The first four sackings were Marco's responsibility, while the other four sackings were down to a public vote (the person with the lowest amount of votes left Hell's Kitchen). Nick Munier
Nick Munier
Nick Munier is best known as the maitre d' of ITV's prime-time reality show Hell's Kitchen. He is also co-owner of Pichet restaurant in Dublin's Trinity Lane...
returned as Maitre d', as did Sous Chefs Matthew and Timothy.
Linda Evans won from public voting on 27 April 2009.
The celebrities taking part were
| Celebrity | Status |
|---|---|
| Linda Evans Linda Evans Linda Evans is an American actress. She is known primarily for her roles on television, and rose to fame playing Audra Barkley in the 1960s Western TV series, The Big Valley... |
Winner Day 15 |
| Adrian Edmondson Adrian Edmondson Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson is an English comedian. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones and Bottom , for which he also wrote together with his long-time collaboration partner Rik Mayall.-Early life:Edmondson, the second of four children, was... |
Runner-up Day 15 |
| Danielle Lineker Danielle Lineker Danielle Maria Lineker , is a Welsh lingerie model, television personality and actress. She is married to former English footballer Gary Lineker.-Early life:... (née Bux) |
Eliminated Day 13 |
| Niomi McLean-Daley aka Ms. Dynamite | Eliminated Day 12 |
| Anthea Turner Anthea Turner Anthea Millicent Turner is an English television presenter and media personality.-Education:Turner was educated at the independent St. Dominic's High School in Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent.... |
Sacked Day 11 |
| Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce David Grobbelaar is a former football goalkeeper and manager.He played for a number of clubs in a career which spanned for more than 20 years at professional level, most notably Liverpool during their dominant period in the 1980s and early 1990s.-Early years:In his teenage years, Grobbelaar... |
Quit Day 10 |
| Grant Bovey | Sacked Day 9 |
| Jody Latham Jody Latham Jody Lee Latham is an English actor, best known for his roles as Phillip "Lip" Gallagher in the British Channel 4 series Shameless, Calum McKenzie in the ITV series The Fixer, and Rob Grayson in the BBC Soap opera EastEnders.... |
Sacked Day 7 |