It looks like Gordon Ramsay is branching out from his main career as a foul-mouthed chef.

The British television star was seen filming promo for a documentary that he's starring in about the Colombian drug trade — in London of all places.

Ramsay was photographed in a bulletproof vest next to a military-style van marked "Policia" in Wimbledon Common.

ITV insist the footage shot in London is just for the series trailer, and that the actual documentary was filmed in Colombia earlier this year according to The Telegraph.

While it might just have been more convenient and cost-effective to shoot near home, Ramsay did publicly admit his concerns about filming in Colombia earlier this year.

"I've been in a safety briefing all morning for something pretty hostile — we're going into Colombia," Ramsay told the Scottish Mail on Sunday. "They're putting me under a trauma test for the sake of being shot and being kidnapped."

There's no word yet on why the chef's new TV show is about global politics instead of food, but we guess we'll find out when the two-part documentary airs on ITV this autumn.

From: Delish US
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Lyndsey Matthews is the Destination News Editor for AFAR; previously she was a Lifestyle Editor across all of Hearst Digital Media's brands, and a digital editor at Martha Stewart Weddings and Travel + Leisure.