The premiere of Gordon Ramsay’s newest competition series NEXT LEVEL CHEF on Sunday, January 2, posted a 1.7/10 Live + 3 Day rating, ranking as this season’s #1 program debut and FOX’s highest-rated launch since 2020. Across platforms, NEXT LEVEL CHEF marks Gordon Ramsay’s most-streamed telecast ever and FOX’s most-streamed debut of the season. FOX claims this season’s Top Two unscripted debuts: NEXT LEVEL CHEF and ALTER EGO.

NEXT LEVEL CHEF (1.7/10 L3) ranks as the #1 debut of the season to-date, outperforming the next highest-rated (NBC’s La Brea, 1.0/7 L3) by +70%.

It is also FOX’s #1 debut in over a year (since MASKED SINGER: AFTER THE MASK 4/22/20).

NEXT LEVEL CHEF also ranked as the #1 unscripted program of Sunday night in A18-49.

FOX has the top two unscripted debuts of the season to-date with NEXT LEVEL CHEF and ALTER EGO, marking its third consecutive season to do so:

2021/2022 – #1 NEXT LEVEL CHEF, #2 ALTER EGO

2020/2021 – #1 THE MASKED DANCER, #2 I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE

2019/2020 – #1 LEGO MASTERS, #2 THE MASKED SINGER: AFTER THE MASK

Across non-linear, NEXT LEVEL CHEF delivered 909,000 Total Viewers on Hulu and FOX NOW, making it the most-streamed Gordon Ramsay telecast on record.

NEXT LEVEL CHEF also marks FOX’s most-streamed debut of the 2021/22 season and FOX’s #3 most-streamed unscripted debut ever (behind THE MASKED SINGER and LEGO MASTERS).