Marcus Wareing leaves Gordon Ramsay's new show in chaos by quitting - after pair vowed to put aside their 16-year feud to work together

Marcus Wareing has left old nemesis Gordon Ramsay's new show in chaos after pulling out of filming. 

The MasterChef judge had been set to host a new BBC cooking show, being made by Gordon’s production company Studio Ramsay, having finally called an end to their 16-year feud to work together. 

Yet work on the show, which was said to 'combine home cooking with extraordinary human stories', has now been halted after Marcus allegedly told producers that he wants no part of the programme. 

While it's unclear why Marcus, 56, pulled out, there is not believed to be another feud brewing with former mentor Gordon, 59.  

A source said: 'Sadly, the format has already fallen apart. Last week, Marcus told the producers he didn't want to do it anymore, leading to the show being halted.

'It's a shame as there was so much excitement about the reunion.' 

The insider added to The Sun: 'It all feels pretty final, but the BBC could try to rescue it in another way. They liked the concept and the talent involved.'

Marcus previously told of his excitement for the project, announcing last year: 'This is a fantastic opportunity to work alongside Gordon again.

'It's been many years since we last shared a kitchen, and I can't wait to get started.'

BBC declined to comment. The Daily Mail has contacted the broadcaster as well as representatives for Marcus and Gordon for comment. 

The setback comes after Gordon and Marcus publicly called an end to their bitter feud, having spent nearly two decades bumping heads, with Marcus even saying he hoped he would never have to speak to Ramsay 'for the rest of my life'.

But in 2025, the chefs buried the hatchet, reuniting for an amicable make-up dinner with both stars posting a photograph of them together in a mystery kitchen on social media.

The chefs worked together for 15 years, with Marcus considered Gordon's protégé after working as sous chef at his Aubergine restaurant. 

They were once so close that Gordon was best man at Marcus's wedding and is godfather to his eldest child. 

In 1999, they opened a joint venture, Pétrus, with Marcus as head chef. It earned two Michelin stars but was to be the undoing of their friendship.

In 2008, Marcus wanted to go solo and take over the lease at London's Berkeley Hotel, sparking a legal fight. In the end, Gordon kept the Pétrus name and Marcus opened his own place at The Berkeley.

Marcus once admitted: 'It was me who started it. I picked a fight. I no longer wanted to be kept in a corner, so I spoke up. And, well, it got nasty.' 

He retired from the restaurant game last year, but remains a judge on BBC's MasterChef: The Professionals.

He previously detailed the spat during an interview with Weekend Magazine in 2011, explaining: 'Gordon verbally kicked the s*** out of you. Then he would buy you a beer. He put me through mental torture.

'I'd be first in in the morning, and I'd lock up at night. All day, there'd be Gordon being Gordon. It's a wonder we all survived.'

The chef added that the pair came close to physical violence, adding: 'B***dy close. Once, about six months before we finished, he came into the kitchen on a Saturday night. We had a conversation.'

In 2023, Marcus said their feud was 'the best thing that ever happened to them'.

He admitted that his row with Gordon proved to be the making of them both, telling the Daily Mail's Richard Eden it pushed him to find 'another ambition'.

The father of three said: ‘It was the best thing that ever happened to both of us. 

'I wanted to be in his shoes and I can’t be in his shoes — they’re too big. 

'I knew I couldn’t fill them and I think I had another ambition and I had another goal. So I had to try.’