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\n\tFox Entertainment<\/a>, which owns Studio Ramsay Global with chef Gordon Ramsay, is expanding its food-themed holdings with an equity stake investment in Chain<\/a>, the L.A.-based restaurant pop-up founded by The Office<\/em> alum B.J. Novak<\/a>. The agreement encompasses a first-look development deal with Chain Media.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAs FOX continues to expand its dominance across the food space, investing in Chain furthers our digital storytelling and content creation strategy with this deep partnership in a winning business model, where viral events advance creative possibilities,\u201d said Rob Wade, CEO of Fox Entertainment. \u201cStudio Ramsay Global\u2019s far-reaching, growing culinary empire and unmatched digital footprint, together with Chain\u2019s remarkable, proven impact, will strengthen, scale and deepen our connection to food fans everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe Chain partnership will be managed through Studio Ramsay Global. In addition to the first-look deal, it will entail IP integrations through Fox\u2019s portfolio of Gordon Ramsay series and its Bite entertainment platform, potential vertical video series through Fox\u2019s recently announced stake in Holywater and ad sales and sponsorships opportunities in addition to helping Chain expand its original IP and event portfolio and develop live experiences tied to Fox\u2019s existing culinary properties.<\/p>\n \n\tChain began as a West Hollywood parking-lot pop-up with a Michelin-starred chef cooking homages to nostalgic chain restaurant classics. In its first full year of operation, the company had collaborations with Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Jack in the Box, Pepsi, Dunkin\u2019, Panda Express, and Diageo, as well as with Paramount Studios for Scream VI<\/em> and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem<\/em>. Recent partners include Disney, McDonald\u2019s, Pernod-Ricard, Pop-Tarts and Tabasco.<\/p>\n \n\tIn December 2023, Chain debuted ChainFEST, a chain-food festival, which subsequently expanded to New York. ChainFEST will return to Los Angeles for its third year in Fall 2025.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cFood continues to define culture \u2014 it\u2019s how we celebrate, how we remember, how we connect,\u201d Novak said. \u201cNo one understands how to turn culinary storytelling into cultural obsession like Fox Entertainment and Studio Ramsay Global. We\u2019re excited to work together to bring Chain experiences to more people.<\/p>\n \n\tPrevious Chain investor Connect Ventures is re-investing alongside Fox in the financing round. Other prior Chain investors include Marshall Sandman\u2019s Animal Capital, Palm Tree Crew, Able Partners and Chrissy Teigen, who also serves as a strategic advisor.<\/p>\n \n\tChain was founded by Novak, producers and entrepreneurs Jack Davis, Abe Burns, Byron Ashley, Michelin-starred chef Timothy Hollingsworth, and Nicholas Kraft, who serves as Chief Creative Officer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source deadline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fox Entertainment, which owns Studio Ramsay Global with chef Gordon Ramsay, is expanding its food-themed holdings with an equity stake investment in Chain, the L.A.-based restaurant pop-up founded by The Office alum B.J. Novak. 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