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After cursing kerfuffle, another serving of Ramsay slated for Aussie TV

27.06.2008 12:01 Arts - Source: cbc.ca

Sensing continued interest in Scottish chef Gordon Ramsay, another Australian network is adding the foul-mouthed chef to its schedule.(Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images)

Sensing that Australian viewers are craving another serving of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, a second network is adding the famously foul-mouthed Scottish chef to its schedule.

Australia's Channel Seven has announced it will air Boiling Point, Ramsay's first television series, this summer.

Filmed in 1998, the five-episode, fly-on-the-wall series explores the chef's attempt to open a new restaurant and his struggle to earn the much-coveted culinary world distinction of three Michelin stars.

The network is also planning to air the followup series, Beyond Boiling Point.

Ramsay has been at the centre of a TV kerfuffle in Australia, with a Senate inquiry assigned to examine rules governing swearing on television — prompted by an episode of a Ramsay show that featured the prominent chef uttering the f-word 80 times in 40 minutes.

Ultimately, the panel decided against banning curse words, but still criticized Ramsay for his coarse language.

"I don't mean to swear, it's just the muppets I have to work with sometimes," the chef said in an interview last week, during a visit to Sydney. "It's high pressure, high energy and, more importantly, real — that's how we keep it every day."

Rival network Channel Nine airs two of his current shows: budding chef competition Hell's Kitchen and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, which follows the hot-tempered Ramsay as he attempts to turn around flagging restaurants.

In Canada, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares runs on Food Network Canada.

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