Gordon Ramsay Entering Scripted TV Game With Cutthroat Cooking School Drama Starring Rachel Bilson For Fox Entertainment Studios
EXCLUSIVE: Gordon Ramsay is entering the scriped TV game, serving up a Rachel Bilson-starring drama about female empowerment based on The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry by Kathleen Flinn.
The world-famous chef has landed his first EP credit on the Fox Entertainment Studios development, a self-autobiographical tale about Flinn’s time at a Paris cooking school.
Stephanie Danler, who is penning Apple TV and A24’s MOTHERFUCKER pilot, is writing the adaptation.
The book follows Kathleen Flinn, a recently laid-off middle manager who decides to cash in her savings and start fresh with a new beginning abroad in cooking school. Trading boardrooms for burners and office politics for high-pressure kitchens, Kathleen embarks on a funny, heartfelt journey of self-discovery, the logline reads. The book is set in Paris.
Ramsay is EPing with his Studio Ramsay Chief Creative Officer Lisa Edwards, Flinn and Olivia Allen.
The O.C. star Bilson is a big draw for when the show starts being shopped to buyers. She previously worked with Fox on Howard Gordon’s Accused, the 2023 crime anthology. Other credits include ABC’s Take Two and CMT’s Nashville, while she hosts the Broad Ideas podcast with best friend Allen. Danler, meanwhile, is the author of Sweetbitter, which was made into a Starz TV series that she show-ran. She is now working on MOTHERFUCKER starring Emily Ratajkowski and directed by Lena Dunham.
Studio Ramsay, a JV with Fox, has made thousands of hours of TV, mostly for Fox, including the likes of Kitchen Nightmares and Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service. It has of late been expanding to other areas with Ramsay behind rather than in front of the camera, such as Apple TV’s Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars, hosted by Jesse Burgess. Edwards recently told us the team is scouring social media for the next genreation of foodie presenters.
