Cook Tim Gray believes his savaging by TV chef Gordon Ramsay could turn him into a media celebrity.

The 21-year-old whose cooking at Bonaparte's bistro, in Silsden, made Ramsay sick, hopes his next career move will be away from the kitchen and in front of a camera.

"I'm happy with the situation -- I want to be a celebrity. I want to work in the media," said Tim, whose ineptitude in the kitchen was exposed in Ramsay's first programme of the Channel 4 new series Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, on Tuesday.

He added: "I want to get into TV production -- to write for TV -- working in presentation would be ideal. I can talk on camera without feeling shy and a lot of that was missed on the programme."

He is now working as a junior chef at rival restaurant The Grouse, in Silsden, and his new boss, Matthew Greaves, said: "The programme exposed Tim's faults and they had an agenda to do that. He realised he was out of his depth."

He is now working as a junior chef, carrying out basic tasks and learning about hygiene and cleanliness under close guidance.

Down the road in Kirkgate, at Bonaparte's, owner Sue Ray is hoping all publicity is good publicity and the programme will spark a boom in custom.

Speaking on Wednesday she said: "It was exposure for us and I don't think it will do us any harm. People have been ringing up ever since the programme and we were fully booked last night and have plenty of bookings for tonight. The show was completely tongue in cheek -- it was hilarious.

"It was a very contrived and staged programme, which was a bit naughty but I don't think we came across that badly," she added.

Since Ramsay's visit, she has scrapped the "fine food" menu set up Tim Gray and replaced it with more basic fare like steak and chips.

Ironically, the bar was awash with customers on Tuesday night to watch the show on television, and among them was the new head chef, Lee Simmonds, 22, of Brookfield Road, Bradford.