Gordon Ramsay’s Next Level Chef Is Returning After The Super Bowl With Some Big Changes

It’s Super Bowl Sunday, which means it’s typically tough sledding for anything on television that’s not related to the NFL. That being said, one huge beneficiary of the overwhelming popularity of The Big Game is whatever comes on after The Super Bowl, and this year, the lucky winner is Gordon Ramsay’s Next Level Chef. It’ll have its Season 2 premiere immediately afterwards, and it sounds like it’ll feature some big changes from what we saw last time around.

The basic concept behind Next Level Chef sounds like it will remain unchanged, which is good considering it’s a neat little format. In short, teams of chefs compete against each other in various challenges, but each group is assigned a different level kitchen. The top kitchen contains premium ingredients and all the nicest appliances that you might find in a world class restaurant set-up. The middle kitchen contains mid-level ingredients and equipment you might find at a local restaurant. The bottom kitchen contains lesser options and the sort of set-up your average person might be dealing with at home.

It sounds like all of that is staying, but Gordon Ramsay’s creative partner Lisa Edwards spoke to Variety about the debut, and she teased some other changes that could prove very important. It sounds like where the chefs end up cooking will be more related to their own performance, and there will also be the concept of an immunity pin worked in. Here’s a portion of her quote…