‘Next Level Chef’ judges say ‘the gloves come off’ in new season
LOS ANGELES - It's a brand-new season of Next Level Chef and 24 culinary masterminds from across America have been selected to put their cooking skills to the test in hopes of taking home a grand prize of $250,000.
Among the competitors are groups of eight chefs of different categories: professional chefs, social media chefs and home chefs.
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What they're saying:
"Next Level Chef brings it every season," Nyesha Arrington, one of the judges on the reality competition series, told FOX Television Stations. "We go hard. I think for our teams, for ourselves, the chefs, they bang down the doors to get into this competition. And you can feel that palpable energy jumping off the screen."
Richard Blais, Nyesha Arrington, and Gordon Ramsay on "Next Level Chef." (Credit: Lorraine O’Sullivan / FOX)
Arrington stars in "Next Level Chef," alongside Gordon Ramsay and Richard Blais, recruiting chefs and takes them under their wings as they face unique cooking challenges in a one-of-a-kind culinary gauntlet.
New This Season:
"This is the year where the gloves come off," Blais shared, adding, "And at the same time, our hands get dirty in the kitchen. I'm really looking forward to that because, again, I love my job, I love Gordon, I love learning from them. I also love going at it with them, you know?"
Judges on "Next Level Chef." (Credit: Lorraine O’Sullivan / FOX)
When asked what Arrington and Blais will do to make sure Ramsay doesn’t win another season of the competition series, Blais replied: "I'm glad he's not here because I wouldn't want him to hear this. But he's good. He's good. He's an icon. He's a legend. And, you know, it's going to take a lot to stop him from getting a three peat."
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The competition will kick off with eight savvy social media chefs who use their trendiness and creativity to craft restaurant quality dishes in hopes of surviving the audition round in the all-new "Social Media Chef Auditions" season premiere episode of "Next Level Chef" airing Thursday, Feb 13 on FOX.