Gordon Ramsay's independent production company "One Potato Two Potato" has appointed Adeline Ramage Rooney to run their newly opened LA office.
As One Potato Two Potato Inc's Vice President, Programs and Development, Ramage Rooney will oversee all US production, Executive Producing major projects including FOX's new Gordon Ramsay series, "Masterchef", which is being co-produced with Reveille and Shine TV. Ramage Rooney will work closely with the OPTP development team to create and pitch new series for all US channels.
Adeline's last UK role was as a commissioning editor in the Features department at Channel 4 in the UK where she oversaw "Gordon Ramsay's F Word" as well as working on the development and piloting of a wide range of major new unscripted series in the fashion, interior design and lifestyle arena.
Before joining Channel 4's commissioning team, Adeline was an acclaimed Series Producer working across two series of the much lauded and headline-grabbing "Sex Education Show" (Channel 4), nominated for both RTS and Banff World Television Awards, and BBC3’s "Spendaholics". Adeline's previous credits as a Producer/Director include the revamped "Masterchef" (BBC2) and other popular prime-time shows like "How to Look Good Naked" and "10 Years Younger" (C4), "Arrange Me A Marriage" (BBC2), "You Are What You Eat" (C4), "Wedding Day" (ITV1) and "The Insider - Size Zero, Who's to Blame?" (C4).
One Potato Two Potato's US expansion follows recent successes in Britain and the USA. In December 2009, One Potato Two Potato launched the US version of "Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live" on FOX and got vast numbers of people all across America cooking along with Gordon. Viewers cooked a three course meal in 60 minutes alongside celebrity guests Whoopi Goldberg, Cedric the Entertainer, LeAnn Rimes and Alyson Hannigan. In the UK, the company's three part documentary series "Gordon's Great Escape", has just finished airing on Channel 4. The series – which saw Gordon travelling through India for the first time on a voyage of culinary discovery – aired to strong ratings and critical acclaim and One Potato are now developing a 4 x 60' follow up series for C4.
Gordon Ramsay, Director of One Potato Two Potato said "I very much enjoyed working with Adeline in the UK and I’m excited about what we can do together in the US. I'm hoping she's related to her namesake Wayne Rooney so she'll score a lot of goals for One Potato."
Pat Llewellyn, Director of One Potato Two Potato, said "We're delighted Adeline has agreed to spearhead One Potato Two Potato's push into North America. She has a wicked sense of humour and a brilliant intuitive grasp of what makes great TV shows work. We're very excited about what we can achieve together in the future."
Adeline Ramage Rooney, OPTP’s Vice President, Programs and Development said, "I'm a huge admirer of Pat and Gordon's boundless creative energy and a massive fan of their TV output to date. It's an absolute honour to be thrusting One Potato Two Potato forward in one of the most colourful and legendary media markets in the world. We have big plans."