EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has been up to date Cooking faculty for celebrities for a second season for youth portfolio channel E4.
The Sony Footage Tv (SPT) and Movement Content material Group format, which pits superstar non-chefs in opposition to one another beneath the supervision of knowledgeable, will enter manufacturing later this 12 months and the greenlight announcement is imminent, Deadline understands .
The primary season was overseen by Michelin-starred chef Giorgio Locatelli and noticed the likes of Kerry Katona, Melvin Odoom and Shaun Ryder participate. Every week a celeb was eradicated and the winner was First dates star Laura Tott. The season two celebrities will likely be revealed quickly.
Former Sony-backed indie Electrical Ray developed the format, however has since been absorbed by SPT, which now produces its exhibits.
Cooking faculty for celebrities is a mirrored image of E4 controller Karl Warner’s want to order extra factual leisure codecs after 12 months for the likes of Married at first sight UK and its Australian counterpart. Warner based Electrical Ray in 2014 with Meredith Chambers earlier than transferring to E4 in 2018.
With evergreen cooking codecs remaining common within the UK, the present is comparable in scope to ITV doubles cooking with the celebs, which has simply been renewed for a 3rd season, and Gordon Ramsay’s not too long ago launched UK model Subsequent degree chef.
