‘Next Level Chef’ EP Matt Cahoon On Staying Innovative In The Reality Competition World: “Make It Theatrical, Make It Big, Make It Over The Top”
16.06.2022 - 18:17
/ deadline.com
For Next Level Chef, executive producer Matt Cahoon needed to think of a new idea for Gordon Ramsay’s next big show. He realized the key to creating something new and original was to really put the chefs’ skills to the test.
Gordon Ramsay hosts this reality cooking-competition, along with fellow chefs and mentors Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais, where fifteen chefs compete for a $250 thousand prize and a one-year mentorship under all three chefs. Each challenge is rigorous, as the chefs are split between three levels: the top level with a top-shelf kitchen, the middle level with a standard commercial kitchen, and the bottom level with a “basement” quality kitchen.
While the pitch for Next Level Chef seemed daunting, Cahoon and Ramsay’s crew of builders managed to create the three-tiered set and keep it 100 percent green. It’s difficult to stay innovative with so many cooking shows on television, but Cahoon knew they had something special from the first episode. And that something special has led to Next Level Chef being renewed for another season, which will premiere on February 12, 2023 as the Super Bowl LVII lead-out program.
DEADLINE: Where did the idea for Next Level Chef come from?
MATT CAHOON: Gordon and I had just come off the road from a two hour special of 24 Hours to Hell and Back called “Save Our Town”, where we didn’t just do a single restaurant. Instead we did an entire old town, where a small block of places had twice been hit by flood, in a really kind of heartwarming fantastic episode. And he said, “I’m looking for the next big show, what can you come up with?” The best thing about Gordon is his work ethic; he’s unlike anyone else. The man is like a shark. He doesn’t slow down or I think his body would
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