Australia’s Nine Network has ordered a local version of Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars and a two-part drama event series based on the late cricket maverick Shane Warne.
Both shows were presented at Nine’s Upfront today.Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars is the latest adaptation of celeb chef and present Ramsay’s cooking competition format, which All3Media International sells globally, after the original Fox show and the UK remake on the BBC.
Endemol Shine Australia and Studio Ramsay are making the show, in which Ramsay and business mogul Janine Allis will mentor and guide competing two teams, with each contestant vying for their food business idea to be invested in and taken forward.In the U.S.
Fox ordered a second season of the format back in May, while the BBC’s Future Food Stars aired between late March and May. The Aussie version debuts next year.Warnie, meanwhile, is also from Banijay-owned Screentime, in association with VicScreen, and is a tribute to spin bowling great Warne, whose antics on and off the cricket pitch have been become legendary in sporting and entertainment circles.
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