The F Word
A topical weekly show hosted by Gordon Ramsay, aided and abetted by restaurant critic Giles Coren.
Genre: Documentary, Game-Show, Reality-TV
Cast:Gordon Ramsay , Janet Street-Porter , Jean-Baptiste Requien , Giles Coren , Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall , Mark Sargeant , Jonathan Ross , Tana Ramsay , Martine McCutcheon , Angela Hartnett , Sarah Beeny , Angela Griffin , Tom Parker-Bowles , Jane Moore , Christina Wilson , Neil Borthwick , Ronnie Kimbugwe , Greg Schaad-Jackson
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1
Episode 1 of the F Word and it's national vegan week so Gordon marks the occasion with a very special and very Ramsay dish. Gordon's children realise that a turkey is just for Christmas not for life when they buy live turkeys to rear and slaughter for Christmas dinner. Star of stage and screen Martine McCutcheon learns how to sharpen a knife and Gordon learns to "keep it simple, stupid" when he challenges comedian Al Murray to make the best bread and butter pudding.
S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2
In tonight's second show, superstar Joan Collins visits The F Word restaurant. It's the first time the two have met since Joan was famously thrown out of Gordon's first restaurant Aubergine seven years ago.Gordon's mum Helen challenges her son with her favourite recipe for apple pudding. And there's trouble among the turkeys in Gordon's garden. Gary's as sick as a parrot, so Gordon calls in expert advice.
S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3
In tonight's episode Gordon faces his biggest challenge yet with his ongoing campaign to get women back into the kitchen. Gordon cooks tagliatelle and venison with chocolate: "Bambi never tasted so good." And he travels to the far north of Scotland to try the rare and unusual delicacy that is Gannet - an unforgettable experience.
S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4
Can food affect a man's fertility? Currently there's speculation about a generaldecline in the sperm count and whether it can be linked to diet. Gordon blames his own low sperm count on the fact that chefs are constantly exposed to high levels of heat during long hours in a kitchen environment. He enlists the help of a fertility expert and a clinical embryologist to see whether they support his theory and to advise on how men can help prevent problems with their sperm.Plus top model Penny Lancaster comes for dinner and tells Gordon about her very fertile relationship with Rod Stewart; their baby is due in less than three weeks. 'We did actually freeze his sperm in case there were going to be any problems' she reveals. 'We were at home, you know, intimately. And then I rushed down in the Ferrari with my handbag and the little vial next to it.'
S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5
Chat show maestro Jonathon Ross is put to the test by Gordon Ramsay in his F Word kitchen this week when he's challenged to kill and cook lobster. 'It's alive, I'm not eating that!' he says before he realises that Gordon is deadly serious and he has to dispatch several live lobsters and throw them into the pot to cook, 'If Paul McCartney is watching this, I apologise' 'If you've got the bollocks to eat it, you should have the bollocks to kill it' responds Gordon.The show also features Gary Rhodes, an amazing report about the potential benefits of horse milk and an exclusive report on which is Britain's healthiest supermarket.
S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6
England Coach Sven Goran Erikson's partner Nancy Dell-Olio gives Gordon some tips on how to score this week when she visits The F Word restaurant this week. "The sexiest room in the house? It's the kitchen because the other places are too easy!'"Nancy tells Gordon she cooks for and with Sven regularly, "I do the cooking, he helps me. We work together, we're a team.'The programme also includes appearances from actor Richard Wilson - best knows for his performance as Victor Meldrew - and Kim & Aggie from "How Clean Is Your House" who take Gordon on with their trifle recipe, while resident food critic Giles Coren looks into the world of detox.
S1.E7 ∙ Episode #1.7
In tonight's show wine expert Matt Skinner discusses choosing the perfect wine to go with the perfect dish and faces a tough tasting challenge from Gordon. Presenter and property expert Sarah Beeny takes on Gordon with her recipe for chocolate brownie and Big Brother's Davina McCall talks sex and soup after sampling Gordon's rich sumptuous haricot bean soup with tiger prawns.Also in tonight's show Gordon challenges his team of three commis chefs to make a delicious vegetarian dish in half an hour; and the turkeys get a weigh-in to see if they're fat enough for Christmas dinner
S1.E8 ∙ Episode #1.8
It's the second to last show in the first series, and tonight Gordon joins Martine McCutcheon in her kitchen to help her prepare the perfect roast beef and Yorkshire pudding to impress her friends; while Janet Street Porter is in the restaurant kitchen attempting to beat Gordon with her favourite fig pudding. Meanwhile, Christmas is coming and so is the end to the turkey's short but happy time in Gordon's garden. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall pops round to give advice on the best way to slaughter the turkeys. Will Gordon be able to handle it and how will his kids say goodbye to Ainsley, Gary, Antony, Jamie, Nigella and Delia - the turkeys they've become so attached to?
S1.E9 ∙ Episode #1.9
In the final show of the current series reality show queen Sharon Osbourne shares some surgery secrets with Gordon Ramsay when she meets him at the F Word restaurant, plus husband Ozzy Osbourne begs Gordon to teach Sharon to cook. The programme also includes the perfect recipe for cooking turkey and Gordon going head to head with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in a recipe challenge. Who will win - Gordon with a rich chocolate tart, or Hugh with chocolate truffle cake? It's up to Sharon Osbourne to decide which dish has the F factor. And it's the final showdown for Gordon's commis chefs - who will win a job with him? And who will end up stuffed like the turkeys?
S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1
Gordon Ramsay's F Word is back. In tonight's show get three fabulous Ramsay recipes - salad of red mullet with sauté anchovy potatoes, saddle of lamb stuffed with spinach, apricots and cumin and summer pudding with lime crème fraiche - every dish something you can cook at home. Gordon kicks off his challenge to get the nation cooking Sunday lunch by tackling the real life Men Behaving Badly; takes Tana and the kids to collect the pigs he's going to be rearing in his back garden and faces a tough recipe challenge from actress and passionate foodie Angela Griffin. Each week Gordon's kitchen brigade are a bunch of amateurs so serving 50 diners is a huge challenge - this week he's joined by four butchers from Birmingham. To make it even harder the diners have been told not to pay if the food's not up to scratch. It's going to be a tough night. Gordon Ramsay's F Word: A lot more than just meat and two veg.
S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2
On the F Word tonight: Gordon has an amateur brigade of Essex boys in the kitchen and sesame crusted tuna, pan fried sea bass with sorrel sauce and apple donuts are on the menu - every dish something you can cook at home. Gordon teaches Jeremy Clarkson how to cook Lobster, teaches a taxi driver how to cook Sunday Lunch for his kids, and Janet Street Porter throws down the gauntlet in the recipe challenge. Plus Gordon launches his celebrity cookbook amnesty, inviting viewers and diners to send him all the celebrity recipe books they have ever bought and never used, for him to dispose of - all in the name of good food, of course.
S2.E3 ∙ Episode #2.3
On The F Word this week an all female amateur brigade join Gordon in the kitchen to cook scrambled egg with wild mushrooms, black bream with peas bonne femme and pink champagne sabayon with citrus fruit. Darren Gough takes Gordon on in the recipe challenge. Janet Street Porter finds a new low fat superfood with four legs. And Gordon visits the Isle of Man to take petrolhead Jeremy Clarkson to task for never cooking and to get him into the kitchen to make Sunday Lunch for his wife and kids. And Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall comes to visit Gordon's pigs and there's trouble afoot.
S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4
In this week's F Word Gordon is joined in the kitchen by four brothers from Bolton who are all passionate amateur cooks. Gordon and the brigade cook summer garden soup with walnut pesto, rabbit fricassee with tagliatelli and rhubarb soufflé with white chocolate sauce - and as the stress of the evening grows it's not just the soufflés that are exploding. Janet Street Porter goes in search of a new diet superfood and quickly gets the hump. And Big Brother's Little Brother Dermot O'Leary is in the kitchen for the recipe challenge, taking on Gordon with his Irish Stew and a little help from his mum.
S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5
In this week's F Word Gordon is joined in the kitchen by four A&E doctors from London who are all passionate amateur cooks. Gordon and his all women brigade cook salt and pepper squid with sweet chilli sauce, bacon wrapped chicken legs with a pea and broad bean risotto and retro classic crepes suzette. Shameless star Dean Lennox Kelly is in for dinner, John Humphrys takes Gordon on in the recipe challenge with his favourite curry recipe, and Gordon travels to France to help an ex-pat family cook a proper Sunday Lunch for their smug French neighbours and enters Trinny and Susannah into the Crufts for pigs: the Royal Bath & West Show.
S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6
In this week's F Word Gordon is joined in the kitchen by four Oxford students who are all passionate amateur cooks and think they've got what it takes to thrive in Gordon's kitchen. Gordon and his posh brigade cook Dublin Bay Prawn Toast with Japanese Marinated Cucumber, Lemon Sole En Papillote with red chard and a mouth watering Plum Tatin with clotted cream - all simple recipes you can cook at home. As Trinny and Susannah continue to enjoy a life of luxury in his back garden, Gordon discovers what conditions are like for some less fortunate commercially farmed pigs. Michelle Collins takes Gordon on in the recipe challenge. And Jonathan Ross comes to the F Word restaurant where he gets to grips with a live eel and Gordon shows him the best thing to do with a celebrity cookbook.
S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7
In this week's F Word Gordon is joined in the kitchen by four passionate amateur cooks from the West Midlands who believe they've got what it takes to thrive in Gordon's kitchen. Gordon and his brigade cook three simple recipes everyone can cook at home: artichoke, asparagus and onion tart with fried quails' eggs, breast of duck with spring greens and gooseberry sauce and an amazingly easy four minute chocolate mousse. Plus Gordon teaches twin sister midwives how to deliver the perfect chicken for Sunday Lunch; Nick Knowles takes on Gordon in the recipe challenge; Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall helps stop Trinny and Susannah getting sunburnt; Jessie Wallace comes for dinner and Janet Street Porter travels to the Shetland Islands and gets a job in a fish and chip shop.
S2.E8 ∙ Episode #2.8
In this week's F Word Gordon is joined in the kitchen by four farmer's daughters who believe they've got what it takes to thrive in his kitchen. Gordon and his brigade cook three simple recipes everyone can cook at home: a light summer starter of crab mayonnaise rolls with mango salsa, a succulent beef fillet with mushroom gratin and Gordon's all time favourite dessert - hot chocolate fondant. Can the farmer's daughters get more plates paid for than the A&E Doctors (122/150) and return in next week's final show? Plus John Thomson takes on Gordon in the recipe challenge and brings his favourite kitchen gadgets with him; Janet Street Porter takes on the might of the supermarkets; and the time has come to say goodbye to the pigs as Gordon takes Trinny and Susannah to the slaughterhouse.
S2.E9 ∙ Episode #2.9
In this week's F Word - the last in the current series - Gordon is rejoined in the kitchen by the best performing brigade of the series: The A&E Doctors. Gordon and his brigade cook three simple recipes that everyone can cook at home: scallops and new potatoes with summer truffles, roast loin and belly of pork (not any pork, this is Susannah and Trinny - the Berkshire pigs that Gordon raised in his back garden and last week took to slaughter) and a fantastic apple dessert. Plus Gordon's wife Tana and his kids are in the restaurant to eat the pigs they helped raise, Gordon gets tooled up to go spearfishing, travels to Scotland in search of his grandfather's butcher shop, teaches Little Britain's David Walliams how to cook Sunday Lunch and faces a barrage of abuse as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Janet Street Porter take him on in the recipe challenge.
S3.E1 ∙ Episode #3.1
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.
S3.E2 ∙ Episode #3.2
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.
S3.E3 ∙ Episode #3.3
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.
S3.E4 ∙ Episode #3.4
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.
S3.E5 ∙ Episode #3.5
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?
S3.E6 ∙ Episode #3.6
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?
S3.E7 ∙ Episode #3.7
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?
S3.E8 ∙ Episode #3.8
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?
S3.E9 ∙ Episode #3.9
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?
S4.E1 ∙ Episode #4.1
Gordon kicks off the fourth season with Wendi Peter's family in the kitchen, and Janet Street-Porter looking into raising cows for veal.
S4.E2 ∙ Episode #4.2
Krishnan Guru-Murthy and his family face the cooking challenge, Janet Street-Porter tries to come to terms with her new cows, and Kate Garraway faces off with Gordon in a bread pudding battle.
S4.E3 ∙ Episode #4.3
The members of the boy band McFly face the kitchen challenge, Janet goes to an ostrich farm to try her next meat to get people to eat, and comedian Ben Miller faces off with Gordon in a sponge cake contest.
S4.E4 ∙ Episode #4.4
Nicole Appleton and Melanie Blatt come to the kitchen with their mothers, and Janet takes the cows to a school to teach children where their food comes from.
S4.E5 ∙ Episode #4.5
Gordon teaches Dara how to feed himself healthy meals while on tour, and Jamelia faces off with Gordon in a chicken soup challenge. Paddy McGuinness and his family work in the kitchen.
S4.E6 ∙ Episode #4.6
John Prescott is shown a healthier alternative to the fish and chips that he loves, Tom Bowles seeks extreme cheese to bring back to Gordon, the US Army gets a visit from Gordon, and Neneh Cherry and her family are in the kitchen.
S4.E7 ∙ Episode #4.7
Meat Loaf makes a tuna bake to try and beat Gordon's while Angela Griffin and her family work in the kitchen. Gordon goes fishing with his son Jack, and then builds a salmon smoker with the help of his family and an expert.
S4.E8 ∙ Episode #4.8
Tom attempts to make a dinner using every part of a pig, while Edith and Gordon make competing haggis entrées. Janet takes her calves out to show them off, and Matt Dawson and his family cook it out in the kitchen.
S4.E9 ∙ Episode #4.9
Gordon takes a turn as a line cook in a Dim Sum restaurant, despite a total language barrier. Jo Brand competes with Gordon with her vegetable curry. In the kitchen, Mica Paris and her family are this show's brigade.
S4.E10 ∙ Episode #4.10
Janet has to face the emotionally difficult slaughter of her two calves. Gordon visits a zoo where the animals eat better than their keeper. Jessica Hynes faces off with Gordon, and the Biggins brigade flails about in the kitchen.
S4.E11 ∙ Episode #4.11
Gordon tries to fix the eating habits of models and construction workers. Janet hosts a spit roast of her first slaughtered calf. Emma Bunton and her family are in the kitchen to try and win the coveted last episode spot.
S4.E12 ∙ Episode #4.12
Gordon goes hunting for puffin and farms caviar, cooks up one of Janet's two calves, and faces off with Graham Norton on the dessert cook-off. The winning team from the season is in the kitchen for this final episode.
S4.E13 ∙ Episode #4.13
Gordon recaps his favorite moments from the first few seasons of The F Word.
S5.E1 ∙ Episode #5.1
Prosecco from Bristol and Salvo from Leeds compete for best local Italian restaurant.
S5.E2 ∙ Episode #5.2
After a nationwide search, Gordon decided on Curry Corner from Cheltenham and Lasan from Birmingham. Janet Street-Porter adds pigs to her flock and Lenny Henry challenges Gordon in the recipe challenge.
S5.E3 ∙ Episode #5.3
The hunt continues. The French table and Bouchon Bistrot battles for the title of best local French restaurant. Janet Street-Porter adds chicken to her flock.
S5.E4 ∙ Episode #5.4
Another week in the F Word kitchen. Gordon is looking for the best local Chinese restaurant in Britain. Janet enters a competition with the calf she reared.
S5.E5 ∙ Episode #5.5
This week's theme is Thai. Gordon pits two of the best local Thai restaurants in London against each other. Rory Bremner is invited in the recipe challenge.
S5.E6 ∙ Episode #5.6
Gordon's search for the best local Spanish restaurant takes him to Yorkshire and South London. El Gato Negro Tapas and Lola Rojo have been nominated to compete in the F Word kitchen. Gordon takes on a life-threatening experience to collect a Spanish delicacy off of Galithia. English model Kelly Brook attempts to beat the Michelin star chef in the recipe challenge.
S5.E7 ∙ Episode #5.7
The search moves to the Americas. The finalists are an Argentinian steakhouse and a Caribbean restaurant. Gordon goes to extreme length to acquire a snow goose. Ian Wright challenges Gordon in the recipe challenge.
S5.E8 ∙ Episode #5.8
Christmas is around the corner. Gordon searches for the best British local restaurant. He journeys to Finland to get a taste of reindeer. Peter Andre is invited for the recipe challenge.
S5.E9 ∙ Episode #5.9
Big New Year's event at the F Word kitchen. A Greek and Moroccan restaurant are chosen for the cook-out. Janet gets her animals ready for slaughter and Gordon faces 3 challengers in the recipe challenge.
S5.E10 ∙ Episode #5.10
It's the semifinals. Lasan, Sweet Mandarin, and Santa Maria Del Sur are subjected to rigorous tests to determine the first finalist.
S5.E11 ∙ Episode #5.11
In order to find a worthy finalist, Gordon puts the semifinalists under severe scrutiny. Secret diners and a bus full of customers are used to test the establishments to their limits. Once again, the 3-Michelin star flagship Restaurant Gordon Ramsay will welcome two chefs to fight for a place in the final. The winner will face the first finalist that already went through in the F Word kitchen.
S5.E12 ∙ Episode #5.12
This is it; the culmination of the F Word hunt. The two finalists battle it out to become crowned the best local restaurant in Britain.
