Gordon Ramsay's Next Level Chef crowns social media chef Jade Greenhalgh as winner
03.03.2023 - 01:35
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Gordon Ramsay has crowned Jade Greenhalgh as the winner of his ITV cooking competition Next Level Chef.
The Lancashire native battled it out against Scots chef Callum Deboys and Ronan Lee in the nail-biting finale as they worked against one another in a variety of challenges under mentorship from Ramsay, Nyesha Arrington and Paul Ainsworth.
The Michelin starred chef and restaurateur Ramsay said: “Jade is the absolute character that Next Level Chef personifies: humble, focused, earnest. Earnest is something that you don’t see a lot in today’s world, especially in cooking as it’s all flamboyant."
He added: “Her approach is just so goddamn down to earth. There is something quite steely about her focus.”
Jade worked closely alongside Ramsay, 56, and gushed over the incredible experience during the process of the show. “At first, I felt it wasn’t real. Then after I got over the shock of being in the same room as him, it just felt really comfortable,” she said.
“He was such a supportive figure. He really took on the mentorship role, he was so helpful. I did think it was going to be really scary and daunting but you just get into it and it felt really comfortable.”
The show is set across three kitchens on three different levels, from a top-tier kitchen “utopia” to a basement level with “scraps” – as contestants work to progress to the next level. This is designed to challenge the chefs creativity, agility, flare and expertise and determine how the budding chefs fare in different circumstances.
American chef Arrington, 41, commended the winner: “Jade, her focus and her energy. Yes she was able to transform beautiful ingredients in the way that she does, but the intangible was the love that she put into the food. Without sounding too