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Gordon Ramsay has struck a deal to star in a stop-motion series produced by Toronto-based Cuppa Coffee Studios, the group behind MTV's "Celebrity Deathmatch" and Nick at Nite's "Glenn Martin, DDS," Variety reports.
"Gordon Ramsay, at Your Service" will feature the host of FOX's "Hell's Kitchen" cooking competition traveling the world in a "'MacGyver' meets 'A-Team'" food-inspired comedy, Cuppa Coffee's Adam Shaheen told Slashfood.
Find out why Ramsay "makes a good-looking puppet" after the jump.
Shaheen said the idea for the show came to him after running into Ramsay in Los Angeles.
"He just makes a very good looking puppet," Shaheen said. "His personalty goes far beyond what we all know and see, beyond his cooking series."
Ramsay is renowned for his controversial comments. This summer he apologized for a sexist rant aimed at an Australian newscaster.
The sitcom, targeted to the 16- to 35-year-old crowd, has Ramsay playing the part of Gordon Ramsay, but "playing the part of someone else, meaning that he has this whole fictitious life," Shaheen said. Ramsay's character will have to solve problems as his fictitious self.
"It always kicks off with a food emergency somewhere in the world," he said. "It's very much a comedy that happens to be starring Gordon Ramsay. It isn't an expose. ... it's not about the art of cooking and how to cook an omelet or beef Wellington. It's not one of those shows."
In October, Shaheen will shop the show around to networks at the Mipcom, an international television conference in Cannes, France. "Obviously he is a well known fellow, so people are naturally interested."
If the show is picked up, Shaheen said "At Your Service" could be on the air in late 2010.
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Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay shakes hands with Nelson Mandela during a lunch to Benefit the Mandela Children's Foundation as part of the celebrations of the opening of the new One&Only Cape Town resort on April 3, 2009, in Cape Town, South Africa. Ramsay will be launching his first restaurant in Africa at the resort, Maze and Robert De Niro will be opening Nobu. The 130-room property is One&Only's first urban resort and sits in the fashionable Waterfront district.
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Chef Gordon Ramsey and his wife Tana Ramsey arrive at the GQ Men of the Year Awards at the Royal Opera House on Sept. 2, 2008 in London.
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Chef Gordon Ramsay and family attends the premiere of the 'High School Musical 3: Senior Year' at Empire Leicester Square on Oct. 7, 2008 in London.
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A picture taken on March 20, 2008 shows British TV chef Gordon Ramsay, chef at Gordon Ramsay au Trianon, his restaurant outside Paris in Versailles, which was awarded with two stars on March 2, 2009 by French Michelin restaurant guide in its 100th edition. The 41-year-old chef already heads 10 restaurants and pubs in United Kingdom and another 10 in the United States.
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Gordon Ramsay promotes his new book 'Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite' at Borders Columbus Circle on Feb. 10, 2009, in New York City.
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Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay prepares the food for the opening party in his Maze restaurant at the new One&Only Cape Town resort on April 2, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Gordon Ramsay holds Christmas Theatre at 'Taste of Christmas' at ExCeL on Dec. 4, 2008 in London.
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Chef Gordon Ramsay and his wife, Tana Ramsay, arrive at the Grand Opening of the new One&Only Cape Town resort on April 2, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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