Gordon Ramsay‘s “Next Level Chef” has been renewed for Seasons 5 and 6, simply two weeks after the fourth season of the cooking competitors premiered on Fox.
Plus, the franchise is being prolonged with a vacation competitors, “Subsequent Degree Baker,” which has been given the inexperienced gentle for Season 1. The spinoff, a four-hour particular in complete, will check the abilities of bakers as they’re tasked with creating festive vacation delights throughout the franchise’s three ranges.
In “Subsequent Degree Chef,” cooks compete throughout three completely different kitchens, “from the glistening high ground to the difficult backside of the basement,” with elements matching every setting. The successful chef earns a $250,000 grand prize.
“Subsequent Degree Chef” airs Thursdays on Fox at 8 p.m. ET and streams the following day on Hulu. The sequence is govt produced by Ramsay and Matt Cahoon.
“I’m delighted that ‘Subsequent Degree Baker’ is coming to Fox later this 12 months. A vacation particular, the place passionate dwelling cooks, extra used to crafting treats for his or her household, will compete in opposition to social media creators; people who fill our feeds with photograph prepared creations, facet by facet with proficient skilled pastry cooks, impressing with Michelin starred perfection,” Ramsay stated in a press release.
He added, “My very first job was baking in Paris, and to me there’s nothing higher than the odor of freshly baked bread. I’m relying on these vacation specials we get to find Unbelievable household recipes handed down by way of generations of bakers, creative bakers cleverly working with dietary sensitivities and people with a expertise for beautiful creativity and elevated design work. This vacation season I can’t wait to find the baking coronary heart of America.”
“’Subsequent Degree Chef’ persistently raises the bar of culinary excellence as a excessive stakes meals competitors followers love, a useful franchise for Fox and an more and more standard international format,” added Michael Thorn, president of Fox Tv Community. “Extending the attain of this sequence with the brand new vacation competitors ‘Subsequent Degree Baker’ as soon as once more exemplifies the power of our unbelievable, long-standing collaborative partnership with Gordon, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary this 12 months.”