Featuring Award-Winning Celebrity Chef Marco Pierre White
TORONTO, July 10 /CNW/ - Ten British celebrities feel the heat in Chef
Marco Pierre White's kitchen when "Hell's Kitchen U.K." premieres, Tuesday,
July 15, 2008 on Citytv.Broadcast Schedule is as Follows:
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Citytv Toronto Tuesday, July 15 at 8pm
Citytv Winnipeg Tuesday, July 15 at 9pm
Citytv Calgary Tuesday, July 15 at 9pm
Citytv Edmonton Tuesday, July 15 at 9pm
Citytv Vancouver Tuesday, July 15 at 8pmAward-winning celebrity chef Marco Pierre White hails from Leeds,
England, where culinary skills ran in his blood as his father, grandfather and
brothers were all chefs. His first kitchen job reduced Marco to tears but he
persevered and soon worked his way up to a job at the two-Michelin starred Box
Tree in Ilkley, Yorkshire where he developed his food philosophies. Marco's
big break came in 1986, when he became head chef and shareholder at an up
market burger bar called Harveys, at the age of 24. Since then Marco has
opened Canteen in Chelsea Harbour with Michael Caine, Quo Vadis in Soho with
Damien Hirst and Frankie's in Knightsbridge with Frankie Dettori. He has gone
on to open more than 30 restaurants, building up a portfolio that's reputedly
worth (pnds stlg)50 million.
Marco has fine tuned his reputation for ruthlessness by throttling his
staff, hanging chefs by their aprons from hooks on the walls and slashing
their uniforms with his knife should they complain. Dubbed "London's Rudest
Chef" by the British press, Marco Pierre White has even gone head-to-head with
the hot-tempered Chef Gordon Ramsay in a very public feud. After a seven year
hiatus from the kitchen, Chef White is back and ready to groom Britain's next
great culinary genius providing that the ten would-be chefs can handle a
little constructive criticism!
The contestants on Hell's Kitchen UK are:
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Rosie Boycott
Age: 57
Occupation: Former Newspaper Editor
Abigail Clancy
Age: 21
Occupation: Model
Adele Silva
Age: 26
Occupation: Actress
Brian Dowling
Age: 29
Occupation: TV Presenter
Jim Davidson
Age: 53
Occupation: Stand up Comic and Former TV Presenter
Kelly LeBrock
Age: 47
Occupation: Model and Actress
Barry McGuigan
Age: 46
Occupation: Retired Boxer
Anneka Rice
Age: 48
Occupation: TV Presenter
Lee Ryan
Age: 24
Occupation: Singer
Paul Young
Age: 51
Occupation: Musician
Tune in to the sizzling season premiere of "Hell's Kitchen UK", Tuesday,
July 15, 2008 on Citytv. Citytv, with stations in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary,
Edmonton and Winnipeg, broadcasts intensely-local, urban-oriented,
culturally-diverse television in its own unique, interactive style. With its
strong local voice, Citytv offers a distinct alternative to other conventional
television offerings. Its instantly recognizable 'look' and 'sound' are the
product of refreshingly different on-air personalities, unique program formats
and high television style. Citytv is a division of Rogers Media Inc., a
division of Rogers Communications Inc.
