Hell’s Kitchen A reality based television programme first broadcast in the UK in 2004. It features untrained prospective chefs competing for the prize of ‘chef’, under the supervision and tutelage of a famous mentor. Gordon Ramsay and Gary Rhodes have both taken on the roll in previous additions of the programme. The current series is lead by Marco Pierre White, who takes on the position of head chef for a second year. Marco anticipates this series of Hell’s Kitchen will be both inspirational and entertaining, and is planning to keep his famous temper under control. Brooding rather than boiling. “I’m chilled and laid back in my old age,” he says. “I control things by saying nothing, by being very quiet. I don’t have to shout, scream, swear or put people down. You don’t get respect by doing that.” He hopes to inspire the contestants and dissolve their fear, and they will have to hold their nerve if they are to serve a three-course meal to a restaurant full of celebrity guests, while cutting the mustard with the head chef. Even tantrum and temper free Marco is not to be trifled with, just ask Gordon Ramsay. Each night the two chefs that impress the least will be banished from the kitchen, made to serve tables in the restaurant as punishment. Marco will later yield the ultimate power, sacking the contestant he feels is least up to the job. So how do you impress the man many regard as the Godfather of modern British cuisine? Simple, by being “…respectful, hardworking and by trying their hardest,” says Marco. “By doing those three things their chances of survival are going to be greater.” It will not be a natural talent that wins this addition Hell’s Kitchen, but someone with the ability to learn Marco’s dishes and quickly master his skills.