Gordon Ramsay is taking another top British show to the US – the BBC’s long-running series, MasterChef.
The celebrity chef will star in and co-produce the American version of the show – which first aired in the UK in 1990 – on Fox TV.
“[It's] a huge reality format that works great in other countries, plus Gordon Ramsay guarantees success,” said Mike Darnell, president of alternative entertainment at Fox.
“Gordon is like our CSI.”
The executive producer of the show, Howard T Owens, added: “This is a huge, nationwide search for the best amateur chef in America.
“It’s about people who are lawyers, construction workers and stay-at-home mums, but whose real passion is to make great food.
“This is their shot to prove they have what it takes.”
An Australian edition of the show has already been very successful – the series finale was one of the country’s most-watched programmes in a decade, when it aired earlier this year.
MasterChef is the third series that Ramsay will front in the US for Fox TV.
He also appears in Hell’s Kitchens and Kitchen Nightmares.
