‘I am Sir Yellsalot!’ Gordon Ramsay is a knight in shining armour as he dons shimmering protective gear for jousting competition with MasterChef Junior judge Aarón Sánchez

Gordon Ramsay was a knight in shining armour for one contestant on MasterChef Junior on US network Fox during Thursday’s episode of the show.

The celebrity chef, 55, was seen in his shimmering silver protective covering in the scene titled Sir Yellsalot to play on his notoriously booming voice.

The episode, which was called All’s Fair at Ren Faire, saw the remaining 14 young aspiring chefs visit a local Renaissance Faire in Los Angeles, where they cooked away from the MasterChef kitchen for the first time during the current eighth season.

Gordon was seen wearing metallic medieval costume and raising his voice to the contenders after hopping on a horse to engage in some jousting with another knight.

The television personality was seen charging across an arena while holding a lance in one hand and a green and yellow shield in another.

Looking on, the shows contestants were left open-mouthed as they watched the action unfold from a raised platform, unaware of who was under the helmet.

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Fellow judge and chef Aarón Sánchez stepped down off his horse after the match and stood next to Gordon, prompting the kids to clap and cheer.

Gordon then stepped forward to declare: ‘I am Sir Yellsalot!’ as all the young hopefuls laughed.

Not to be outdone, Aarón announced: ‘And I am Dir Snoresalot!’

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The pair were joined by third judge, pregnant Daphne Oz, who was dressed as a princess in a sweeping green gown and a crown.

The trio gave the young contestants their task this week and they split were into two teams to cook a middle age-style dinner involving a meat on the bone main course and scotch eggs for starters for a total of 51 people.

The Lords and Ladies who dined on the blue team and red team meals then voted with the red team the winners of this challenge.

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It comes after Gordon was seen taking a daring plunge into the sea as he leapt from a helicopter in last night’s episode of Future Food Stars on the UK’s BBC One.

In Thursday’s instalment of the show, which is billed as the culinary version of The Apprentice, Gordon dramatically introduced himself after launching himself out of the aircraft before getting his aspiring chefs to jump off a cliff.

Television star Gordon gave his Instagram followers a glimpse at the programme by sharing a clip of the gripping moment, filmed in Newquay, on Instagram ahead of the episode.

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In the video, the restauranteur was seen gingerly stepping onto the landing skids of a black helicopter as it hovered above the sea, the water rippling below as the chopper’s blades forced air downwards.

Looking on open-mouthed, one contestant asked: ‘What the heck?’, as he straightened his legs and stood upright once out of the door.

As another contender declared: ‘Oh my goodness, he’s going to jump,’ Gordon threw himself through the air and down into the water below him, prompting cheers from the onlookers.

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The businessman was then seen frantically swimming to shore, to which another show hopeful said: ‘Good entrance, isn’t it!’

Once on shore, Gordon ran across the golden sand and shouted: ‘Guys, so nice to meet you all! Is everybody ready?’

He captioned the clip on Instagram: ‘I’m taking a leap of faith on #FutureFoodStars tonight at 9 PM on @bbc to see which UK food and drink entrepreneur will impress me to get my £150,000 investment. Trust me….this won’t be easy Gx #ffs.’

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