Gordon Ramsay, Gino D’Acampo, and Fred Sirieix take on the Moroccan desert in their new Christmas road trip special.
Rabat – Gordon Ramsay is returning to Morocco in a Christmas special for his top-rated television program “Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip.”
The series follows Ramsay and fellow celebrity chefs Gino D’Acampo and Fred Sirieix on excursions around the world to learn about different dishes and cultures.
The Christmas special, shot in Morocco, will show the chefs traversing the country and exploring its food and culture on their way to Marrakech.
“They find themselves on the back of three camels in the middle of the Agafay desert, but ‘Three Wise Men’ they are not,” the promotional video for the special quips.
The three European personalities shared Moroccan memories on social media ahead of the premiere.
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And on that note…. good night ? #gordonginoandfred @ITV pic.twitter.com/KwCw9kyEF5
— Fred Sirieix (@fredsirieix1) December 22, 2019
The hour-long special airs Monday, December 23, at 8 p.m. (GMT+1) on the British network ITV.
Ramsay’s first culinary journey in Morocco
The ITV Christmas special is not Ramsay’s first experience with Moroccan gastronomy.
Ramsay devoted an episode of his six-part National Geographic series “Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted” to Moroccan cuisine and culture in August 2019.
The chef began the episode in the Atlas Mountains, where he foraged for mushrooms with a local man named Abdullah.
He went on to visit Fez and sampled medfouna, Moroccan stuffed bread, with a local restauranteur named Najat Kaanache. Kaanache explained to Ramsay the history of the Amazigh (Berber) people, their land, and their dishes.
The experience then took Ramsay to an Amazigh village during their Yennayer (new year) celebration.
Ramsay was admittedly moved by his experience in Morocco.
“I’ve been humbled by these people’s incredible hospitality. I’ve learned techniques that go back centuries, and been reminded that you don’t need a fancy kitchen to produce truly outstanding cuisine,” he said at the end of the episode.
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