Hell's Kitchen (UK TV series)
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Hell's Kitchen (UK) is a British cookery-based ITV reality show starring celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, and presented by Angus Deayton.
[edit] Series 1
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 clientèle of famous people. The celebrities were Edwina Currie, Abi Titmuss, Matt Goss, Belinda Carlisle, Al Murray, Dwain Chambers, Tommy Vance (who replaced Roger Cook, who injured himself on the first night), Jennifer Ellison, James Dreyfus, and Amanda Barrie. Jennifer Ellison was declared the winner after a series of public elimination votes (as per Survivor or Big Brother). A follow-up programme was made afterwards called Hell's Kitchen: School Reunion, which saw Ellison and show runner-up James Dreyfus team up to organise a healthy dinner service for the children at Gordon Ramsay's former school.
[edit] Series 2
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.
[edit] Series 3 - cancelled
It was announced at the beginning of 2006 that the show would return for a third series, which would revert to the original celebrity format, but this time with Jean-Christophe Novelli as the sole head chef, however on the 12th June 2006, the story broke in the Independent newspaper that all plans to make a third series have been cancelled and the show has been axed, ITV has not yet confirmed this, however there has been no news of the show throughout 2006, so it is unlikely it will ever return
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