Fox has ordered up "Master Chef," a new reality show that will pit amateur cooks against one another in a battle for culinary supremacy.

Gordon Ramsay, star of the network's other food-centric hours, "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares," will co-produce and headline "Master Chef," based on a format that originated in the U.K. but more recently shattered ratings records in Australia.

In the Australian version, according to The Hollywood Reporter, contestants -- home cooks, not professional chefs -- audition by creating a dish for a panel of three judges to earn spots as semifinalists. The remaining contestants compete each week by way of team-based and individual cooking challenges until only one remains. A premiere date has not been set for the Fox show.

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