Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars US: Series 2
Exec Producer: Joe Wildman
Studio Ramsey for Fox and ITV2
Editors: Alex Soskin, Dave Berezai, James Sheldon, Jamie Bull, John Watts
Monday 27th January 8pm on ITV2
Gordon Ramsay and Lisa Vanderpump return for the second instalment of Food Stars and bring their expertise and distinct leadership styles to the hunt for the next great innovator in the food and beverage industry. In a game-changing twist, contestants won’t just pitch their business ideas, they’ll also be vying to earn a spot on one of the moguls’ teams. With a life-changing $250,000 prize on the line, this competition series promises high stakes and high drama!
Editors Alex Soskin, Dave Berezai, James Sheldon and John Watts worked on the series for the first time, whilst Jamie Bull was part of the post team that set the format for the show on the first series and was delighted to return for more.
We caught up with a few of the editors to hear about their experience.
Alex Soskin talked about colaboration on a series such as this “Working on Future Food Stars was great fun, both Gordon Ramsay and Lisa Vanderpump gave the goods so that was fun footage to work with. Definitely the best takeaway was working with Studio Ramsay, Zach, JT and the producers and other editors. I was in-suite at the very start but then remote for the rest of the show. I remember days with lots of things to do, often editing different acts and the collaboration worked well. It felt like a well-run ship.” When we caught up with John Watts he said “It was an apprentice-style show, multi-camera, lots of music, multiple contributors with lots of separate audio tracks to mix. It was quite a tough gig but I did enjoy it and it was interesting to work for an American broadcaster and see how their style is different from the UK.” James Sheldon who worked on the Savoy episode (Ep 8) told us “It was a fun show to work on, I am a big fan of Gordon Ramsay’s shows. I worked fully remote on this series and it heavily relied on music scoring to drive the stories throughout the episode. As well as this, it required a lot of character arcs to build up not just across my own episode, but also to keep consistent throughout.”
Great work everyone!
Don’t miss the exciting launch of Future Food Stars US: Series 2 tonight 8pm on ITV2