Jocky Petrie (chef) Jocky Petrie (chef) James "Jocky” Petrie is a professional Scottish chef born in Duror in Scotland. He is best known for both his work alongside chef Heston Blumenthal as Head of Development of the Experimental Kitchen at The Fat Duck (one of five restaurants in Great Britain to have three Michelin stars), and his current work as Group Executive Development Chef for Gordon Ramsay. As a chef he has regularly appeared as mentor and judge on a number of television shows including Masterchef, Heston's Fantastical Food, In Search of Perfection and Top Chef Suomi. Petrie is the sous chef to
Top Chef (Spanish TV series) show was initially meant to air on Atresmedia's second channel laSexta, which at the time had the success of "Pesadilla en la cocina" (the Spanish adaptation of the "Kitchen Nightmares" franchise) to its credit. However, after seeing the success of similar format "MasterChef" on public channel La 1, Atresmedia decided to air "Top Chef" on its main channel Antena 3 instead. The first season premiered on October 2, 2013. "Top Chef" searches for the best professional cook in the country, who will get a cash money prize and supplies for his or her restaurant. In order to become the "top