HOST Gordon Ramsay peppered his debut on The Nightly Show with foul ­language — using the F-word 16 times in half an hour.

But the celebrity chef’s trademark swearing failed to spice up the ITV slot, with more than 300,000 viewers “desserting” it while he was on.

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Ramsay, 50, was also hit by a technical glitch which kept him off air for three minutes on Monday.

While on camera, he targeted rival chef Jamie Oliver with a string of jibes — calling him a “fat f***”.

Ramsay, who also used other blue language, claimed Oliver was trying to solve the UK’s obesity problem by eating all the junk food himself.

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During a taste test competition he joked that the loser “gets a table at Jamie’s Italian”.

And on childhood obesity, he said “hit the chubby little f***ers with the stick”.

There was also a volley of swearing ­during a prank where Ramsay pretended he had cut his hand in a blender.

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The 10pm episode began with 1.5million viewers but fell below 1.2million by the end. The Nightly Show, whose previous hosts include David Walliams and John Bishop, has had poor reviews and low ratings since its launch.