Now Available on Apple App Store and Google Play,
Players Unlock Never-Before Available Recipes Created by Award Winning Chef
DUNDEE, SCOTLAND - January 14, 2021 - Outplay Entertainment, the largest independent mobile game developer in the UK, is releasing the match-two puzzle game Gordon Ramsay’s Chef Blast (Chef Blast) globally for iOS and Android devices. Created in close collaboration with Ramsay and Chinese co-development partner, iDreamSky, and inspired by the “Culinary Genius” television show, Chef Blast takes the sights, sounds, and joy of cooking and dishes them up in a fun, fresh, and accessible casual puzzle game. As players jostle their way to the top of the leaderboard, they are cheered on in ways that only Ramsay could as they try to unlock exclusive recipes created by him.
“When the team at Outplay told me the idea behind Chef Blast, I was immediately sold on it,” said Gordon Ramsay. “I can’t wait to turn up the heat on everyone and see how they do.”
Chef Blast challenges players in fun and innovative ways as a cartoon version of Chef Gordon Ramsay offers encouragement or the occasional virtual kick in the backside. By completing challenges, players are able to unlock some of the chef’s favorite recipes as well as new exclusives that have never been available online or in any of his top-selling cookbooks.
Additional Chef Blast features include:
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CHEF RAMSAY – Fun animations and hundreds of lines of voice-over from the Chef himself provide an authentic Ramsay experience every step of the way.
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BEEFY BOOSTERS – Players can use the satisfying kitchen Hammer, Peeler, Knife, or Whisk to help slice and dice their way to success.
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RECIPE BOOK – With new recipes unlocking every two weeks, players have the opportunity to win and keep them within their very own Recipe Book.
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GENIUS LEAGUE – Top players can compete in the exclusive Culinary Genius™ tournament to earn trophies and rewards.
“It’s been an absolute thrill and a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the entire team at Outplay getting to work with Chef Ramsay on Chef Blast,” said Outplay Entertainment Co-Founder and President Richard Hare. “I’m incredibly proud of what everyone has accomplished in bringing Chef Blast to players worldwide, especially during this chaotic time, and we can’t wait for players to get their chance to experience it for themselves.”
Gordon Ramsay’s Chef Blast is now available worldwide on the Apple App Store and Google Play. For more information on Outplay Entertainment and Chef Blast, follow the organization via its official website here, and on Twitter and Facebook.
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ABOUT OUTPLAY ENTERTAINMENT
Founded in 2010 and based in Dundee, Outplay Entertainment is the largest independent mobile developer in the UK. To date, the studio’s games have received over 150 million downloads, have been featured multiple times as Apple’s Editors’ Choice, receiving multiple BAFTA nominations and being recognized as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the UK. With a passionate focus on making the best games, our talented and dynamic team has developed several critically acclaimed and award-winning games. With an exciting pipeline of future titles in development and continued growth on our existing games, Outplay is just getting started.
ABOUT IDREAMSKY
iDreamSky, as a digital entertainment platform in Mainland China, deeply integrates online and offline channels, digital retail, culture and technology, developing a new entertainment ecosystem featuring online games, physical entertainment, neo-culture creativity and internet services to enable users to enjoy exceptional entertaining experience anytime and anywhere.
Since established, iDreamSky successfully launched Subway Surfers, Temple Run and Gardenscapes through iDreamSky Games; for physical entertainment, it has established the first entertainment complex “Great Moments Voyage”. Through refined game operations based on source codes and domestic know-hows, iDreamSky is able to prolong game life cycles drastically, thus deriving more LTV from customers. The Company also self-developed high-quality titles like Cross Gate and FIFPro World Player’s Union, in which iDreamSky act as the content provider. iDreamSky was listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 6 December, 2018. The Group is the constituent stock of the MSCI China All Shares Small Cap Index.
ABOUT GORDON RAMSAY
Renowned for highly successful and award-winning original programming, Emmy-nominated Ramsay produces TV shows on both sides of the Atlantic seen by audiences worldwide in more than 200 territories, and he is the only talent on air in the U.S. with four prime-time national network shows. He hosts and executive produces “Hell’s Kitchen,” “MasterChef,” “MasterChef Junior” and “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back” all on Fox, in addition to yearly “MasterChef Celebrity Showdown” specials.
His multimedia production company Studio Ramsay is behind several hit shows in both the U.S. and the U.K., with a growing slate of new shows and development. Launched in 2016, Studio Ramsay was created to develop unscripted, digital and scripted programming, focusing on new formats and innovative programming as well as fostering new talent. Studio Ramsay is behind the highly successful FOX series “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back,” which was the highest rated food show of 2019, and just aired its third season. It’s also behind “Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted” on National Geographic Channel, which airs in 172 countries and 43 languages worldwide, accompanied by a first-of-its-kind stand-alone Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted digital and print magazine. The series has been picked up for a third season. In the U.K., Studio Ramsay produces the BAFTA-nominated “Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip” for ITV, which just aired a Christmas Special and then starting its third season. The Studio is also behind the ITV series ‘The Savoy’, a fixed rig of the prestigious London hotel. Studio Ramsay also has shows in various stages of production and development for the BBC, other top UK Broadcasters as well as key US Cable outlets.
Studio Ramsay’s Digital Division is behind all of Ramsay’s original content on his highly successful YouTube Channel, which has made Ramsay the most subscribed chef on the platform. The 18-34 dominated channel launched the trending interview series “Scrambled” is also behind the highly successful Ramsay in 10, which went live during the global Covid pandemic and will return in 2021. Studio Ramsay Digital oversee and creates content for all behind the scenes moments from Studio Ramsay linear programming and has also produced content for National Geographic and MasterClass.
Studio Ramsay was behind the daytime cooking series “Culinary Genius,” which premiered on ITV in the U.K. and syndicated on FOX stations in the U.S.; the ITV series “Gordon on Cocaine”; and FOX’s “The F-Word Live With Gordon Ramsay.” The highly popular children’s series “Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch,” starring Tilly Ramsay for U.K. children’s channel CBBC, is also produced by Studio Ramsay.
Ramsay also executive produced Bravo’s “Best New Restaurant” and Food Network’s competition series “Food Court Wars.” In the U.K., he’s produced “Gordon Ramsay Behind Bars” and “Gordon’s Great Escape” for Channel 4; food biography and nostalgia series “My Kitchen” for UKTV’s Good Food Channel; and two instructional cookery series, “Ultimate Home Cooking” and “Ultimate Cookery Course,” for Channel 4.
For more information, please visit www.gordonramsay.com or follow Gordon Ramsay on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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Nick Valente
B/HI, on behalf of Outplay Entertainment