Gordon Ramsay shares reason he’s giving away £150K on new show Future Food Stars

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Move over The Apprentice’s Lord Alan Sugar - there’s a brand new boss in town who means business. Chef Gordon Ramsay is launching his own BBC series called Future Food Stars, where he is on a mission to find the next biggest star in the food and drink industry.The outspoken 55 year old star will be whittling down the twelve contestants over the series by putting the aspiring foodie entrepreneurs through their paces in a series of challenges.

And the Michelin starred chef, who is dad to five children, is putting his money where his mouth is by investing £150,000 of his own money into the winner.

Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter Speaking about why he’s coughing up the cash for the contestant he believes in, Gordon explained: “I’ve spent the last two decades investing in talent and restaurants, it’s in my blood.” He continued: “To expand beyond restaurants and be in that food and drink lifestyle space, looking at what we've got in the competition, and how talented these individuals are, I'm equally as excited to invest in them as I would in any restaurant or hotel, anywhere in the country.

But Gordon, famed for his fiery outbursts in the kitchen, has promised viewers it’s not going to be an easy process. Explaining how he made the contestants work for the money up for grabs, Gordon said: “Putting the contenders through their paces was crucial for me. “How do they react under pressure?