Boost Juice founder Janine Allis reveals secret connection with Celebrity chef and co-host Gordon Ramsay: ‘We fell in TV love’

He’s the TV celebrity chef known for his volcanic temper.

And when Boost Juice founder Janine Allis agreed to join Gordon Ramsay to co-host his Food Stars reality show, she admitted she was ‘nervous’.

But Allis, 59, has since revealed that the team-up was ‘love’ at first sight.

‘I was just hoping that we’d have a connection because I’ve worked with other people in the past and it hasn’t quite gelled,’ she told Yahoo Lifestyle.

‘But as soon as we met we fell in TV love and it was all good from there.’

Ramsay, 56, features alongside Allis in the Apprentice-style cooking competition.

Contestants are out to win $250,000 worth of investment to kick start their businesses.

The former Shark Tank Australia star addeds that she was not prepared for Ramsay’s fame.

The high-profile chef used a high-level of security during public appearances during filming.

‘We were doing one gig at Melbourne Central with all these security guards and I said, ”Oh for god’s sake. Mate, you’re not that important. Is this not overkill? Like seriously, do you need this much security or is it just for me?”,’ she said.

In Food Stars Ramsay and Allis are each responsible for a team of hopefuls who will pitch their best ‘food and drink’ business ideas to the food gurus.

Each team must compete in high-pressure challenges to prove their worth, with the losing side confronted with a brutal takedown by Ramsay and Allis.

The competitors will be tested on key values essential to all successful businesses, including customer service, sales, marketing, branding and event management.

It comes after reportedly dropped $17million on a mansion next door to Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky’s Byron Bay home.

Allis who is also a Director of Michael Hill Jeweller, is believed to be the new owner of a 948sqm block at Wategos Bay in northern New South Wales.

The property, which was marketed as ‘meticulously crafted’, has five bedrooms and three bathrooms.

Raised at Knoxfield in outer suburban Melbourne, Allis left school at 16 and her first part-time jobs were picking strawberries and as a Target checkout chick.

She became a media assistant for advertising agency McCann-Erickson and has worked as a gym instructor, door girl and model.

Boost Juice began when Janine was on maternity leave from a publicity job after giving birth to her third son.