Episode list

In tonight's first show the first lady of British comedy, DAWN FRENCH, joins Gordon for dinner at his new restaurant. Dawn spills the beans on husband Lenny Henry, grabs a snog from Gordon and helps him launch Find Me A Fanny, his search for a new female television cook and NATASHA KAPLINSKY is the series' first recipe challenger, pitting her culinary savoir faire against Gordon in the F Word kitchen.Dawn is one of fifty diners who will be sampling the food cooked by this week's brigade: The Eton Boys. When they're not hanging out in Bouji's with Prince Harry, they're passionate amateur chefs. Gordon doubts they've ever done a day's work in their lives, but tonight they're responsible for preparing crab spring rolls with chilli dipping sauce, loin of venison with sweet and sour peppers and profiteroles with hot chocolate sauce. In a new departure, the best-performing brigade of the series will return at the end of the run to cook at Gordon's restaurant at Claridges, so the stakes have never been higher.

Among tonight's fifty diners are GIRLS ALOUD, who reveal what they really think of their pop rivals, and comedy legend RONNIE CORBETT, who takes on Gordon in the recipe challenge. On the menu tonight - pan-roasted foie gras with rhubarb, butter-roasted rib eye of beef and summer berry soup with floating islands - and as ever if the diners don't like the food, they don't have to pay. Tonight's brigade of passionate amateur cooks are all four feisty amateur cooks from the Kent Fire Brigade, they're used to some tough call outs, but will they cope with the heat of Ramsay's kitchen? This series, the stakes are higher than ever - the best performing brigade will return to cook once more with Gordon at his Mayfair restaurant, Claridges. Gordon's baby lambs are about to arrive but in a shocking development the Ramsay family have some painful lessons to learn when there's trouble during the birth. Plus JANET STREET PORTER tempts punters at Cheltenham's Gold Cup to take a gamble on a new superfood - horsemeat.

In tonight's third programme Top Gear's JAMES MAY takes on Gordon in the recipe challenge, and in the restaurant Gordon confronts him with a culinary test of his manliness. DENISE VAN OUTEN joins the diners in the restaurant to enjoy a delicious starter of duck egg with tapenade and anchovy fingers, a spicy main course of tandoori spiced halibut with cucumber raita, and a heavenly dessert of scotch pancakes with caramelised bananas. Tonight's brigade of passionate amateur cooks are four feisty country girls from Lancashire, and they're willing to do whatever's necessary to produce food the 50 diners will be willing to pay for. This series, the stakes are higher than ever - the best performing brigade will return to cook once more with Gordon in the kitchen of his Mayfair restaurant, Claridges. Back in Gordon's garden HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL warns him that the lambs will soon run out of grass, so Gordon has to hit the phone to call in favours from some celebrity friends to see if they'll lend out their gardens for his flock.

Among the paying guests in tonight's programme is DAVID GEST who proves to be Gordon's worst nightmare - a diva in the dining room - and Blur bassist-turned-cheese farmer ALEX JAMES takes on Gordon in the recipe challenge and tries to convince Gordon of the benefits of breast milk (and gets him to sample it). On the menu tonight are seared tuna nicoise salad with soft-boiled egg, roast chicken breast with a morel sauce and grilled asparagus, and spiced roast apples and pears with madeleines and vanilla ice cream. And as ever, if the diners don't like it they don't have to pay.Tonight's brigade of passionate amateur cooks are a foodie family from East London, three outspoken sisters and their brother-in-law who all believe that blood is thicker than water; will they be as close after a night in Ramsay's kitchen? This series, the stakes are higher than ever - the best performing brigade will return to cook once more with Gordon in the kitchen of his Mayfair restaurant, Claridges. Plus JANET STREET PORTER investigates foie gras and challenges Gordon to remove it from his restaurant menus; Gordon turns deer stalker as he embarks on a wild deer shoot - but things don't exactly go to plan; and the sheep are off to celeb pastures new.

On the menu tonight: GORDON RAMSAY turns the tables on The Saviour of Radio One CHRIS MOYLES, challenging the culinary imbecile and junk food addict to cook a curry in a hurry in a Fast Food race against a delivery from his local curry takeaway. Also tonight, Gordon's lambs (named after Charlotte Church & Gavin Henson) have eaten their way through Sarah Beeny's back garden so are on the move to posher pasture at Beckingham Palace. No sooner are the flock munching on Victoria & David's grass, than Gordon decides to give them a stylish haircut to fit in. This week's brigade of passionate amateurs is four North London Estate Agents who cook a three-course meal of sauteed black pudding, sage and onion rosti with soft boiled eggs, breadcrumb veal escalope with caponata and a classic tiramisu for a restaurant full of fifty paying diners.The recipes are so simple everyone can cook them at home, but will the Estate Agents' attitude stand in the way of them producing quality food and winning the chance to return to cook in the final show of this series, at Gordon's Mayfair restaurant, Claridges?

Tonight Gordon travels to Scotland to herd wild buffalo and create the first-ever Scottish Buffalo Mozzarella. In the restaurant he puts IAN 'Beefy' BOTHAM's taste buds to the test in the wine-tasting all celebrity wine-makers fear: The Cliff Richard Celebrity Wine Challenge; plus the food snob with the big gob JANET STREET PORTER challenges Gordon to take nose-to-tail eating one step further as she persuades him to sample a new superfood - blood; and we get the latest news from Beckingham Palace where Gordon's lambs Charlotte and Gavin have been staying as guests of Posh and Becks.This week's brigade of passionate amateurs is four Desperate Housewives from Nottingham who cook a mouth-watering three-course meal of broad bean risotto with scallops, pork chops served with apple and raddichio and a courgette tempura, and a delicious dessert of cherry samosas.The recipes are so simple everyone can cook them at home, but how will the brigade manage cooking fifty portions in the restaurant? Will they do better than last week's team of Estate Agents who proved to be the worst kitchen brigade by miles?

On tonight's show: JONATHAN ROSS comes for dinner but soon finds himself under interrogation in the kitchen; Gordon tries to bring Britain's most unpopular food back from the brink of extinction by turning teenagers on to tripe; The food snob with the big gob, JANET STREET PORTER, takes Bernard Matthews to task; Gordon teaches a busy mum with four young kids how to cook great fast food for the family; and SARA COX takes Gordon on in the recipe challenge with her special recipe for chilli con carne. And, after the tragic death of his young lamb Charlotte, Gordon's lamb Gavin gets a warm welcome back to the Ramsay family home and some new friends to play with. Tonight's amateur brigade is a team of tough female police officers from Lancaster, who will be cooking a delicious meal of roast pigeon with wild mushroom and asparagus salad, roast skate with beetroot and pain perdu with caramelised peaches. The recipes are so simple everyone can cook them at home but will this brigade be good enough to win the chance to return to cook in the final show of this series at Gordon's Mayfair restaurant, Claridges, or will they be found guilty of crimes against food?

Tonight it's time for the silence of the lambs as Gordon takes his flock to the abattoir. Plus CAT DEELEY pops Gordon's cork as he teaches her everything she needs to know about champagne; GOK WAN (How To Look Good Naked), takes Gordon on in the recipe challenge. Gordon goes hunting for a massive conger eel. And Britain's best chef proves that you can serve Fast Food at a dinner party.It's war in the dining room as 50 women fight to be crowned Gordon's Fanny in his quest for the next great TV cook. And it's war in the kitchen as this week's brigade of passionate amateurs, four ex Army Captains from the Light Dragoons, take on pea, asparagus, pancetta & goat's cheese frittata followed by honey roast duck with green beans and a hazelnut vinaigrette and a classic baked alaska for dessert - every recipe something you can cook at home. The men have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, but can they handle the heat of Ramsay's Kitchen and sell enough plates to return to cook next week at Gordon's Mayfair restaurant, Claridge's?

For the climax of the BAFTA-nominated food series, the action moves to Gordon's restaurant at Claridge's in London's West End where the most successful amateur brigade of the series will be cooking the lambs Gordon and his family have been rearing in their back garden. For the winning brigade it's the ultimate culinary challenge. Award-winning comedian RICKY GERVAIS comes for dinner and gets the surprise of his life when he tastes some of the world's strangest foods. Plus HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL helps Gordon cook the offal from his sheep, JANET STREET PORTER picks a fight with corporate turkey giant Bernard Matthews, and wins, and Gordon heads north to revive a British delicacy and one of his childhood favourites: tripe, and there's mayhem in the kitchen as JOHNNY VEGAS cooks pizza in the recipe challenge. On the menu tonight is king crab tortellini, followed by rolled leg of lamb and individual shepherd's pies and then for dessert a delicious hot chocolate soufflé as demonstrated by the winner of Gordon's search for a new female home cook. All the recipes are easy enough for anyone to make at home but will the amateur brigade survive the heat in one of the UK's most famous kitchens?