Popular BBC cooking show with celebrity host axed in latest programming cull
THE BBC has axed Gordon Ramsay’s latest cooking show in a huge blow to the star – just weeks after his ITV programme also got the chop.
His show, Gordon Ramsay‘s Future Food Stars, has been given the boot after two series, according to TV Zone.
The show failed to achieve good ratings during its run on the air, with no episodes breaking the two million viewers mark.
Its underwhelming performance saw the latest series’ big finale beaten in the ratings battle by a repeat of ITV comedy show It’ll Be Alright On The Night.
TV chef Gordon took on the search for the next great cooking superstar on the show.
Not only this, he wanted to see which of the hopefuls had the best entrepreneurial spirit to compete in the ever-changing food and drinks market.
It saw the show follow an Apprentice style model with Gordon as the head honcho.
12 contenders were whittled down to just one when Gordon chose a winner based on the tasks featured in the show.
The news of the programme’s axing is likely to come as a huge knock for once thriving TV personality Gordon.
It comes just weeks after we revealed that his other show over on ITV – Next Level Chef – had been axed failed to gain interest from viewers.
The show, made by his Studio Ramsay production company, will go down as a one-series wonder on his telly CV, just like his BBC One game show Bank Balance.
A source said: “Gordon is highly competitive and he’s gutted the series wasn’t given a second run.
“These types of shows always take a while to get going and for viewers to connect, so he thinks it wasn’t really given a proper chance.”
“But he accepts TV is a brutal world and sometimes shows just don’t work out.”
Next Level Chef involved 12 aspiring cooks battling it out to be crowned champion by Gordon, helped by judges and mentors Paul Ainsworth and Nyesha Arrington.
Plus, they had the chance to win a £100,000 prize and a year of mentoring. Social media chef Jade Greenhalgh won the first and only series earlier this month.