Weil Gotshal & Manges has taken the lead role on All3Media’s £40m acquisition of Optomen, the TV production company behind shows including The F Word, in a deal that will hand millions of pounds to celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.

The deal sees All3Media acquire Optomen and One Potato Two Potato, which was set up as a joint venture with Ramsay in 2008 and produces all of his hit TV series, including the US versions of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares and Hell’s Kitchen.