Los Angeles, May 20 : Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper is reportedly taking cooking lessons from well-known Scottish chef Gordon Ramsay to prepare for his role in director John Wells's "Chef".

Cooper is playing a cook named Adam Jones, who destroys his career with drugs before getting clean and trying to open a restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.

Ramsay, who also hosts TV cookery shows, was the first Scottish chef to get three Michelin stars for his restaurant - Gordon Ramsay in central London.

"Gordon jumped at the chance to be involved in this," thesun. co. uk quoted a source as saying.

"He has a lot of showbiz pals in Los Angeles through being mates with the (David and Victoria) Beckhams. So it was only a matter of time before he got involved in the movie business out there. Gordon's going to be giving Bradley a crash-course in cookery and teaching him some flash tricks like knife-work so Bradley looks like an experienced chef," the source said.

"He's used to being in front of the camera, so who knows? A cameo in 'Chef' would be the perfect start if he wanted to dip his toe into acting," the source added.

Ramsay and the actor are signed to work with Creative Artists Agency here. (IANS)