Gordon Ramsay’s Next Level Chef season two will premiere on Fox on Sunday, February 12, 2023 and will feature 18 chefs competing for the $250,000 grand prize. The culinary competition series kicks off the new season following Super Bowl LVII, with Ramsay once again joined by chefs Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais as mentors to the competitors.
Next Level Chef season one premiered on Fox on January 2, 2022. The unscripted series ranked as the highest debut of the season, according to Fox, and was the third most-streamed FOX unscripted debut with 3.3 million viewers across Hulu and FOXNOW.
Next Level Chef Season 2 Contestants
TEAM RAMSAY
- CASSIE YEUNG
Age: 28
Social Media Chef
Current City and Hometown: South Brunswick, NJ - MARK MCMILLIAN
Age: 52
Home Cook
Current City: Henderson, NV
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA - MICHELLE CALCAGNI
Age: 30
Home Cook
Current City: Washington Township, NJ
Hometown: Oradell, NJ - PRESTON NGUYEN
Age: 19
Professional Chef
Current City: Arlington, TX
Hometown: Dallas, TX - TUCKER RICCHIO
Age: 31
Professional Chef
Current City: San Francisco, CA
Hometown: San Jose, CA - VINCENT “VINNY” ALIA
Age: 42
Home Cook
Current City: Westminster, MA
Hometown: Columbia, SC
TEAM ARRINGTON
- ALEX MORIZIO
Age: 48
Home Cook
Current City: Miami, FL
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY - APRIL CLAYTON
Age: 39
Home Cook
Current City: Muscle Shoals, AL
Hometown: Henderson, TN - NURI MUHAMMAD
Age: 22
Professional Chef
Current City: Upper Marlboro, MD
Hometown: Bowie, MD - OMALLYS “OMI” HOPPER
Age: 39
Social Media Chef
Current City: Providence, RI
Home Country: Rio Grande, PR - PILAR OMEGA
Age: 38
Professional Chef
Current City: Los Angeles, CA
Hometown: Detroit, MI - SHAY SPENCE
Age: 32
Social Media Chef
Current City: Key West, FL
Hometown: Austin, TX
TEAM BLAIS
- CHRISTOPHER SPINOSA
Age: 29
Professional Chef
Current City: West Palm Beach, FL
Hometown: Long Island, NY - DARRYL TAYLOR
Age: 52
Professional Chef
Current City: Atlanta, GA
Hometown: Memphis, TN - KAMAHLAI STEWART
Age: 41
Home Cook
Current City: Pittsburgh, PA
Hometown: Washington D.C. - MATT GROARK
Age: 44
Social Media Chef
Current City: Medford Lakes, NJ
Hometown: Erial, NJ - MEHREEN KARIM
Age: 27
Home Cook
Current City: Brooklyn, NY
Hometown: Auburn, AL - TINEKE YOUNGER
Age: 20
Social Media Chef
Current City: Evans, GA
Hometown: Frederick, MD
The Plot, Courtesy of Fox:
Next Level Chef is the next evolution in cooking competitions, as Ramsay has designed a one-of-a-kind culinary gauntlet set on an iconic stage like you’ve never seen. Over three stories high, each floor contains a stunningly different kitchen. From the glistening top floor to the challenging bottom of the basement, the ingredients will match the environment because Ramsay believes the true test of great chefs is not only what they can do in the best of circumstances but what kind of magic they can create in the worst!
With a level playing field, Ramsay has opened up the competition and scoured the country for the very best line cooks, home chefs, social media stars, food truck owners, and everything in between, all competing against one another with the goal of finding the food world’s newest superstar!
Joined by two elite names in the food world, chefs Nyesha Arrington and Gino D’Acampo, Ramsay and his co-mentors will leave no stone unturned as they each recruit a group of talented chefs and take them under their wings. Ramsay and his friends will attempt to bring out the very best in their cooks as they all try to find “the one.”
Although he now sits unrivaled at the top of the culinary world, Ramsay started at the bottom, washing dishes in a local takeout restaurant. He firmly believes that as long as a chef has the drive, talent, and perseverance, he or she can make that climb to the top. Creativity, consistency, and cunning are the recipe for success to make it to the NEXT LEVEL, as the competitors adapt to the challenges waiting for them. Only one can walk away with a life-changing $250,000 grand prize, and become a Next Level Chef!
