ITV has cancelled Marco Pierre White’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ saying that making the show is too expensive. The surly chef will be back on our screens but in a slightly adapted show titled ‘Marco’s Kitchen Burnout.’

Burnout will be much cheaper to produce. No longer will the apprentice chefs live together, nor will ITV build their own restaurant. Instead they will use a real London eatery and according to The Sun, celebrity guests will have to pay for their food.

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Hell’s Kitchen runner up, Ade Edmondson has said that Marco Pierre White is quitting the ITV show because it is more about entertainment than cooking.

Ade told The Sun: “He’s very intent on his cooking and the show’s not really about cooking, is it? I think he began to realise it’s more of an entertainment show and he’d like to concentrate on something more serious.”

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Marco Pierre White is quitting TV for good, according to The Sun.

The chef is currently appearing in ITV’s Hell’s Kitchen and has done so for the last two years, however the newspaper reports that he will not be presenting the show if it returns in 2010.

A source said: “He’s ready to throw in the towel now — he’s had enough. ITV have offered him opportunities to present other shows, but he’s not interested.

“Marco doesn’t need the money and he never set out to acquire fame.

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Hell’s Kitchen reject Grant Bovey has questioned Marco Pierre White’s reasoning when he questioned Grant’s lack of humility in the kitchen.

Talking to Fern Britton and Phillip Schofield on This Morning, he said: “Marco was encouraging me to be the leader. He would say, ‘Grant, we need leadership in the kitchen, you carry on, you’re doing a sound job’ so I did carry on doing that…and clearly that led me to be sacked.”

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Hell’s Kitchen presenter Claudia Winkleman has revealed that she has some less than platonic feelings towards show chef Marco Pierre White.

In an interview with Celebs On Sunday Claudia admitted:

“I wasn’t sure how I was going to react when I first met him. I thought I might end up putting my hair in bunches, and scratching myself – that’s when you can tell I really like a boy, I start twiddling my hair, and I do it with him, I think. He’s so tall and strong and I come up to his knees, but occasionally he’ll look down and smile at me.”

Gary Lineker met the wrath of Marco Pierrre White when he tried to sneak into his kitchen and sneak a kiss to his fiance Danielle Bux.

As soon as Marco spotted Gary, he sent him packing, saying: “Remember Gary we’ve got a job to do. I’m just asking you to respect our job.”

However Gary is now worried that Marco has an ulterior motive where Danielle is concerned.

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Anthea Turner’s husband Grant Bovey – who won praise from fearsome chef Marco Pierre White for his fish dish in the first show – has apparently been trying to earn extra brownie points by staying behind to do the washing up.

The Press Association reports that of the eight contestants, only three stayed behind after service to tidy up, and Grant’s wife Anthea wasn’t one of them. Grant said,

“When service finished three of us stayed behind to clear up” adding,

“The end of service came and there was such a relief that five people thought it was appropriate to down tools and go back to their quarters … something told me that Marco would be annoyed if you left your station like that.”

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Hell’s Kitchen chef, Marco Pierre White, has opened up about his well documented feud with former show presenter Angus Deayton.

Deayton was sacked from the show just last month after Pierre White refused to work with him any longer. White told the News Of The World: “His humour was forced, and negative. I would be working hard and he would be making jibes at where I came from and my name.

Deayton has been replaced by Claudia Winkleman.

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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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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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Marco Pierre White thought he was going to be as popular in America as Gordon Ramsay or Simon Cowell, unfortunately it doesn’t look like things are going to plan.

Marco launched a new reality TV show ‘Chopping Block’ on US TV network NBC just three weeks ago. The show performed so badly that it has been cancelled and will be replaced in the schedule by repeats of Law and Order: Criminal Intent.

This must irk for Pierre White especially after Fox announced this week that it was ordering new series of both Gordon Ramsays shows Hell’s Kitchen USA and Kitchen Nightmares USA.

Angus Deayton has been axed from ITV’s reality TV show, hell’s Kitchen, after a string of rows with chef Marco Pierre White.

The Daily Mail newspaper reports that Angus and Marco spent all of the last series at loggerheads and show bosses were forced to choose between the two for the new series which kicks off this April.

‘Marco and Angus never got on and now Angus has been axed from the show,’ a source told the newspaper.

They added: ‘He [Angus] is seething but Granada realised they basically had to choose between him and Marco. At the end of the day, Marco’s the star of the show and the bigger personality.’

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Hell’s Kitchen chef, Marco Pierre White is to follow in the footsteps of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and launch his own American reality TV show.

Variety.com reports:

“Chopping Block,” to be exec produced by David Barbour and Julian Cress, will feature would-be chefs competing as couples in a bid to win their own restaurant.

The eight couples chosen for the series will be split into two teams, with each team assigned side-by-side restaurant spaces in Manhattan. They’ll then be charged with reality-style tasks, such as designing the space and generating buzz for their establishments.

A panel of judges will evaluate the contenders’ efforts. Professional food critics will review the restaurants and render a verdict the next morning.

One couple from the worst-performing eatery will be sent home each week.

NBC reality chief Craig Plestis said snagging White was key because the chef gives the show “credibility times 25,” as well as the larger-than-life personality so vital in reality TV. Read more & comment »