Gordon Ramsay kicked off the debut episode of MasterChef Australia: Back To Win on Monday night.

The British celebrity chef – known for his expletive-laden rants – had a spray at a team of contestants during a service challenge when they served up raw kingfish.

‘Who cooked the fish!’ he demanded, before unleashinga tirade, ‘Raw fish. Ice cold, raw fish.

‘May as well go to f***ing Nobu and serve those up as f***ing shushi!’

‘Help me out, please. The job’s hard enough. Please’ he went on, pleading with the team.

Viewers were amused by Gordon’s antics, with several pointing out he needed to be extensively bleeped from his first minute on screen.

Gordon Ramsay (pictured) kicked off the debut episode of MasterChef Australia: Back To Win on Monday night.

Ramsay made his long-awaited return to MasterChef Australia on Monday night.

Channel 10 earlier announced that Ramsay, 58, will be appearing as a guest judge on the new season’s Back to Win competition.

The notoriously hot-tempered Ramsay is joined in the kitchen by regular judges Andy Allen, Sofia Levin, Poh Ling Yeow and Jean-Christophe Novelli.

Ramsay last appeared on the hit cooking competition in 2018.

This season sees 24 past contestants come back to win the MasterChef trophy and $250,000 in prize money.

Among the cast are MasterChef fan favourites, including season one’s Andre Ursini, Sarah Todd from 2022’s season 14 and Tim Bone from season 11.

Also among the contestants is season 6 runner-up Laura Sharrad.

Andre Ursini, who made his TV debut in 2009 as a contestant on MasterChef Australia, recently announced his return to the show.

The British celebrity chef – known for his expletive-laden rants – had a spray at a team of contestants during a service challenge when they served up raw kingfish.

‘Who cooked the fish!’ he demanded, before unleashinga tirade, ‘Raw fish. Ice cold, raw fish.

‘May as well go to f***ing Nobu and serve those up as f***ing shushi!’ .

‘Help me out, please. The job’s hard enough. Please’ he pleaded with the team.

Already fans of the cooking competition have emerged with a theory about who will be crowned the winner.

Viewers have gone online to speculate that the producers have spoiled the show after dropping a promo poster showing just six of the 24 contestants who will battle it out in the kitchen.

The featured contestants are lined up in the image and appear in various sizes, including Laura Sharrad who starred in seasons 6 and 12.

Also appearing in the promo are season 16’s Savindri Perera and Darrsh Clarke as well as Tim Bone from season 11.

There’s also Declan Cleary from season 15, while the image of fan favourite Steph De Sousa from season 11 looms largest in the poster.

Many fans felt Laura Sharrad was a shoe-in based on her appearance on the poster.

A fan Reddit started the discussion by asking, ‘Do you think the winner is pictured?’

‘Considering that Laura is the only pictured contestant from before season 11, do you think she wins, or do you think that the winner is not pictured?’

‘I do think majority of them probably went far or did pretty well, while maybe at least one maybe goes out relatively early?’ said one fan.

Observed another: ‘It’s interesting that those are the ones chosen for it.

I do think just based on the trailers, it seems like Laura and Darrsh are the main characters so far.’.