What’s the prize for the winner of Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars?

In ’s new-style foodie show, he’ll put 12 food and drink entrepreneurs through their paces to test their culinary skills and their character – and the winner will get a pretty impressive prize. 

In , the chef will plough hundreds of thousands of pounds of his own money into the next big business to hit the food and drink market, with keen entrepreneurs competing – both with their food and other challenges – for his investment.

But just how much will the winner receive? Here’s what we know. 

How does Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars work?

Unlike other food competitions such as , this contest isn’t just about food, and the contestants aren’t just confined to the kitchen. 

Instead, the entrepreneurs face a range of related to running a food business, from learning new cooking techniques to mastering product development and marketing.

creating a non-alcoholic cocktail, developing a food-to-go app and setting up a beach taco shack, and locations across the eight-episode series include Cornwall, the Lake District, London and Cheddar Gorge.

Guests such as the founder of Deliveroo Will Shu and Seedlip creator Ben Branson will help choose a winner, but it’s the fiery-tempered chef who will crank up the stress levels expecting top results.

And pushed the contestants will be; the early episodes saw Ramsay ask each contestant to behind to literally jump off a cliff into the chilly waters below to see if each of them is determined enough to win.

In episode two, the chefs went outdoors and were asked to create an incredible feast in the forest by foraging for ingredients and cooking on open fires.

What does the winner get?

Gordon Ramsay is on the hunt for the next big idea to hit the food and drink industry, and, just like , he wants to be a part of it by investing his own money.

Up-and-coming stars of the food and drink world are competing to win a whopping £150,000 from Ramsay to kick-start their business idea, as well as the food industry giant’s mentoring and contacts, which will no doubt ease the pain of the more gruelling challenges a little.

‘I’ve spent the last two decades investing in talent and restaurants, it’s in my blood,’ he said. 

‘To expand beyond restaurants and be in that food and drink lifestyle space, looking at what we’ve got in the competition, and how talented these individuals are, I’m equally as excited to invest in them as I would in any restaurant or hotel, anywhere in the country.’

The next episode will air tonight, Thursday, April 14 at 9pm on BBC One.