Gordon Ramsay
The F Word
Gordon Ramsay’s F Word returns to Channel 4 this autumn with an exciting new mission: the nationwide search for The F Word’s Best Local Restaurant.
The nation’s favourite food show will celebrate the very best of Britain’s independent local restaurants and seek out the highest quality food at affordable prices with the help of nominations from 10,000 restaurant goers across the country.
18 fantastic restaurants in 9 different categories (Italian, Indian, French, Chinese, Spanish, Thai, The Americas, British, Rest of the World) have made it into the series. Each week, the top two will face the challenge of cooking with Gordon in the F Word restaurant for 50 paying diners. The best restaurants will compete for a place in the grand final, with the winning restaurant being crowned The F Word's Best Local Restaurant 2010.
Viewers can download recipes, find out which restaurants have been nominated and add their own suggestions by logging on to http://www.channel4.com/food.
In tonight’s programme, two Indian restaurants go head to head. Curry is one of Britain’s favourite dishes so the pressure really is on. Both restaurants face one of their biggest challenges of their lives as they prepare a three course meal under Gordon’s watchful eye – but who will be good enough to wow the F Word diners and go on to fight for the title of The F Word’s Best Local Restaurant?
Gordon continues his search for the world's best ingredients and travels to Scotland to hunt deer to create a brand new curry - Venison Masala. It's a huge challenge as the deer are quick and very easily startled and the beautiful scenery of the Scottish Highlands provides a spectacular backdrop to this food adventure.
Meanwhile, Janet Street-Porter continues her mission to rear three different meats for the chefs to cook (cows, pigs and chickens) and this week welcomes the second batch of animals to her farm - woolly Mangalitsa pigs. Their thick curly hair makes them an extraordinary sight but these rare breed animals produce fantastic meat. Janet is under a lot of pressure as the meat she rears is going to be cooked by the top two restaurants as they battle it out for the overall title of The F Word's Best Local Restaurant in the final show of the series.
And comedy titan Lenny Henry takes Gordon on in the Recipe Challenge, cooking his mother's recipe for Pepperpot Soup.
Visit The F Word website at http://www.channel4.com/food/on-tv/f-word/