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Next Level Chef is returning to FOX for its second season on Sunday, February 12th, following Super Bowl LVII, and the network has revealed the contestants participating in the cooking competition.

Gordon Ramsay returns and will be joined by fellow chefs Nyesha Arrington, and Richard Blais as team leaders and mentors. Next Level Chef takes place on a set over three stories high with each floor containing one of three very different kitchens. From the glistening top floor to the challenging bottom of the basement, the ingredients match the environment. Ramsay believes the true test of great chefs is not only what they can do in the best of circumstances, but what kind of magic they can create in the worst, Ramsay and his co-mentors leave no stone unturned, as they each recruit a group of the talented chefs and take them under their wings. In the end, one of the 18 contestants will win a $250,000 prize, a one-year mentorship from all three chef mentors, and the title of Next Level Chef.

The contestants set to appear in the FOX series are listed below.

SEASON TWO PREMIERES SUNDAY, FEB. 12, FOLLOWING SUPER BOWL LVII, WITH ITS TIME-PERIOD PREMIERE THURSDAY, FEB. 16 @ 8/7c ON FOX

TEAM RAMSAY

CASSIE YEUNG
Age: 28 Social Media Chef
Current City and
Hometown: South Brunswick, NJ

MARK MCMILLIAN
Age: 52
Home Cook
Current City: Henderson, NV
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

MICHELLE CALCAGNI
Age: 30
Home Cook
Current City: Washington Township, NJ
Hometown: Oradell, NJ

PRESTON NGUYEN
Age: 19
Professional Chef
Current City: Arlington, TX
Hometown: Dallas, TX

TUCKER RICCHIO
Age: 31
Professional Chef
Current City: San Francisco, CA
Hometown: San Jose, CA

VINCENT “VINNY” ALIA
Age: 42
Home Cook
Current City: Westminster, MA
Hometown: Columbia, SC

TEAM ARRINGTON

ALEX MORIZIO
Age: 48
Home Cook
Current City: Miami, FL
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

APRIL CLAYTON
Age: 39
Home Cook
Current City: Muscle Shoals, AL
Hometown: Henderson, TN

NURI MUHAMMAD
Age: 22
Professional Chef
Current City: Upper Marlboro, MD
Hometown: Bowie, MD

OMALLYS “OMI” HOPPER
Age: 39
Social Media Chef
Current City: Providence, RI
Home Country: Rio Grande, PR

PILAR OMEGA
Age: 38
Professional Chef
Current City: Los Angeles, CA
Hometown: Detroit, MI

SHAY SPENCE
Age: 32
Social Media Chef
Current City: Key West, FL
Hometown: Austin, TX

TEAM BLAIS

CHRISTOPHER SPINOSA
Age: 29
Professional Chef
Current City: West Palm Beach, FL
Hometown: Long Island, NY

DARRYL TAYLOR
Age: 52
Professional Chef
Current City: Atlanta, GA
Hometown: Memphis, TN

KAMAHLAI STEWART
Age: 41
Home Cook
Current City: Pittsburgh, PA
Hometown: Washington D.C.

MATT GROARK
Age: 44
Social Media Chef
Current City: Medford Lakes, NJ
Hometown: Erial, NJ

MEHREEN KARIM
Age: 27
Home Cook
Current City: Brooklyn, NY
Hometown: Auburn, AL

TINEKE YOUNGER
Age: 20
Social Media Chef
Current City: Evans, GA
Hometown: Frederick, MD

Check out a preview for Next Level Chef season two below.

What do you think? Are you excited about the second season return of Next Level Chef on FOX? Will you be watching after the Super Bowl?