When is Culinary Genius on ITV today, who is host Fern Britton and how is Gordon Ramsay involved?
The final episode of the new cookery show's first series will be on our screens this afternoon
FOOD connoisseurs have been treated to a new series from Gordon Ramsay - and it is based in the UK!
Culinary Genius is gracing our screens for the final time in its first series today on ITV, but how exactly does it work?
When is Culinary Genius on ITV and how does it work?
The next episode of Culinary Genius airs on May 12 at 3pm. This is the 20th and final episode of the series.
The show is produced by Studio Ramsay, with Gordon credited as an executive producer.
Each hour-long episode sees nine amateur cooks head into a wrestling ring-style studio to do culinary battle.
A different professional chef presides over the kitchen each week, demonstrating with expertise two of the tasks for the competitors as well as the audience at home.
This week's celebrity guest chef is Jean-Cristophe Novelli.
Jean-Christophe said: “I’m so excited and proud to be part of this revolutionary new show promoting the hidden cooking skills from around the country, it’s going to be phenomenal.”
Culinary legend Gordon Ramsay was first to take to the floor and the fiery foodie was looking for speed as well as accuracy across three intense rounds.
Who is Culinary Genius host Fern Britton?
Fern Britton, 59, is an English TV presenter and was born in Ealing, London.
She is best known for presenting Ready Steady Cook from 1994 til 2000 on BBC One and This Morning for ten years until 2009.
Fern initially guest presented the ITV show from 1993 but became a full-time host on Fridays from 1999 with John Leslie. From 2002 she became one of the main hosts and Phillip Schofield later joined her on the sofa.
She announced in March 2009 she she was leaving This Morning and pulled out of hosting the British Soap Awards alongside Phillip Schofield just two days later.
Fern is making her big comeback to ITV through Culinary Genius.
