Diners beware! Hell’s Kitchen chefs will be required to flambe for the first time ever on this years series, watch out those with bushy eyebrows!

Two chefs named the worst by Marco Pierre White will be made waiters and will have to set the desserts on fire.

An ITV source said that show bosses will have fire extinguishers on standby in case of accidents.

“If you’re in Marco’s bad books you’ll be in charge of the sweets trolley or cheese board,” the insider said.

“If they flambé the desserts well, they could be saved. But if someone loses an eyebrow, they’ll be for the chop.”

Another tricky dish that is going to be tackled will be steak tartare, which is made with raw beef.

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Comedic actor Adrian Edmondson has admitted that he isn’t out to make people laugh on this years series of Hell’s Kitchen.

Adrian said: “I am not going on as a joker, I aim to have fun, I am kind of treating it quite lightly.”

He went on: “I don’t know if that’s the right way to do it, but this is my natural way and I don’t know what’s gonna happen if I get told off like a small child because I haven’t been told off like a small child since I was one. If they do that, if [host Marco Pierre White] gets a bit cross I don’t know, I don’t know how I will react until it happens.”

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Marco Pierre White has denied rumours that this year’s Hell’s Kitchen will face huge cuts due to the ongoing credit crunch.

Speaking on ITV1’s This Morning, Marco denied that the set would be cheaper and ingredients of the value variety.

“That’s nonsense. Firstly the set is the most glamorous set I’ve ever seen, secondly the kitchen that I’ve got is a much better kitchen than I was given last time, and thirdly we’ve still got all the luxurious items like lobsters, turbots and quails’ eggs,” he explained.

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New Hell’s Kitchen presenter, Claudia Winkleman has admitted that she has a huge crush on lingerie model Danielle Bux

Winkleman admitted to The Sun: “I’m quite excited about the idea of Danielle being hot and bothered. I love her. She’s so gorgeous that when I meet her I might have to stop myself from licking her neck.

“I did something with Gary Lineker recently and I had to go up to him and say, ‘Your girlfriend is the most beautiful girl in the whole world’.

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Marco Pierre White is back in the kitchen as a group of unsuspecting celebrities prepare to face a journey into hell as they attempt to feed a restaurant packed full of discerning diners each night.

The celebrities will leave their star status firmly at the kitchen door as Marco puts them to the ultimate test. They will learn how to cook a menu of classic dishes inspired by food Marco likes to eat and will have to live up to his exacting standards.

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ITV bosses have scrapped the public vote for this years series of Hell’s Kitchen.

In a bid to make the show more like Gordon Ramsay’s successful US version of the show bosses have decided that Marco Pierre White will now choose who gets sent home each evening.

A show source told The Sun: “Marco is rubbing his hands with glee, he can’t wait to get to grips with his new crew.

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Lingerie model Danielle Bux is said to have signed for the new series of Hell’s Kitchen.

Danielle is currently engaged to football star Gary Lineker and obviously costs less than £8000 as reports emerged yesterday that ITV had cut the salaries of this years celebs.

An insider told The Sun: “We’re thrilled to get Danielle on board. She really wants to show viewers she is not just Gary’s fiancée.”

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ITV bosses are said to be having problems signing up any celebrities to this years series of Hell’s Kitchen.

Channel bosses have put a salary limit of £8,000 for anyone appearing on the show. When you consider that in 2007, Abbey Clancy was said to have signed a £100,000 contract for the ITV1 reality show, £8000 does seem rather paltry.

An insider told The People: “There isn’t any money to pay for celebrities this year. Money is so tight at ITV that even though Hell’s Kitchen is one of its top shows, the budgets can’t be stretched.

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Anthea Turner and her husband Grant Bovey are said to have signed up for this years series of Hell’s Kitchen on ITV.

“It will be the first time they have worked on TV together,” a source told The Daily Mail. “Grant happily agreed to take part because, like everyone else in the property business, they have been hit heavily by the recession.”

The pair certainly need the funds as it emerged earlier this year that they had been hard hit by the current property slump and may be facing bankruptcy.