Next Level Chef (British TV series)

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]

Next Level Chef
Genre	Reality competition Culinary
Created by	Tom Day
Presented by	Gordon Ramsay
Starring	Nyesha Arrington Paul Ainsworth
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Gordon Ramsay
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Studio Ramsay Global
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	11 January (2023-01-11) – 2 March 2023 (2023-03-02)

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 drafted to Gordon Ramsay's team.

  The contestant was drafted to Nyesha Arrington's team.

  The contestant was drafted to Paul Ainsworth's team.

  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]