gordon ramsay
has been a star of our screens for years
and is probably one of the most
well-known chefs in the world from
michelin stars to BAFTAs he's one at all
but why are we so in love with this
shouty chef there's a million reasons
but here are the top ten reasons we
can't get enough gordon ramsay ramsey
started from the bottom and when you
have nothing in life you have nothing to
lose it might be hard to imagine seeing
how far he has come
but ramsey came from humble beginnings
although he is now a successful chef and
millionaire his early life was very
difficult his family moved often when he
was young
normally because of problems surrounding
his father they finally settled in a
council estate and stratford-upon-avon
where he lived with his three siblings
as a teen he worked as a pot washer for
a local Indian restaurant which was his
first real experience of the culinary
world however little Ramsay hadn't found
his passion for cooking yet and instead
aspired to become a pro soccer player
despite having a tryout with the Rangers
football club injuries prevented him
from achieving his dream and steered him
back into the kitchen he filled his time
with cooking and at 19 enrolled in a
course in Hotel Management he learned
fast first securing a job as a commis
chef in Wroxton house hotel before
taking charge of a large kitchen at the
Wickham Arms after sleeping with the
owner's wife he left his job and moved
to London to continue his culinary
career rising quickly through many
restaurants there he made the leap to
join Marco Pierre White steam at Harveys
he was a tough boss who was prone to
anger no I didn't make Gordon Ramsay
Troy he made himself cry
having learned all the important lessons
from the tough love of Marco Pierre
White Ramsay moved to Ligue of Roche led
by Albert Roux this was the first UK
restaurant to be awarded three Michelin
stars after proving himself as a
brilliant young chef he moved with Roo
to cook in the Alps from there he moved
to Paris to work for his greatest mentor
G Savoy for three years all these
experiences shaped him into a formidable
chef in less than ten years he went from
washing dishes to working in the best
restaurant in Paris I spent three years
working my butt off in a prison kitchen
and I know just how tough it can be Chef
Ramsay raises food standards
where's offended if you've seen Kitchen
Nightmares you'll know there's some
really gross restaurants out there from
moldy fish to cockroaches he's found
some pretty horrific stuff in his time
no one knows better than him what
happens when you let standards slip you
can kill people will be going giving me
a rancid scallop it is because of this
that he is so strict on quality control
one of the most remarkable changes that
he makes to all restaurants on the show
is that the chef's truly understand
their responsibility for the quality of
the kitchen rather than just send it
Gordon teaches them to take pride in
their food and only deliver the best
this isn't just true for Kitchen
Nightmares in Hell's Kitchen he refuses
to send out anything less than perfect
much to the annoyance of the chef's to
normal people like you and I slightly
too much salad on a dish seems like no
biggie but a slip-up like that could
cost you the competition in Ramsay's
kitchens and why not
it seems over the top but Ramsay was
taught to cook perfectly every time
why shouldn't teeth strive for the same
perfection in each of his shafts it's
worked so far Ramsay shares his insights
the king of all rice is light fluffy
delicious and I'm going to show you how
to cook it perfectly as we have heard
Ramsay has been taught by some of the
top chefs in the world and what does he
do with the knowledge he teaches others
not many top chefs would leave the
comfort of their Michelin star kitchen
to teach lost cooks in
restaurants how to do the basics in
Kitchen Nightmares Jiri trains the
shafts on how to organize and run their
kitchens while also teaching them how to
cook an entirely new menu he also shares
his skills and management
he often teaches the owners about how to
take care of their staff found to build
a customer base and how they should be
branding themselves it's no wonder he
does this it's exactly the kind of
guidance that he had as a young chef he
had a tough upbringing and he's been in
some tight spots so he knows exactly
what a push in the right direction can
do aside from helping restaurants in the
red he passes down his wisdom to the
next generation too he has handed down
his expertise to his daughter Matilda
who now has a cooking show entitled
Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch yes so who
is a better cook you or your dad Gordon
Ramsay the charity man charitable
donation yeah well there's a first time
for everything
lots of people may be surprised to hear
that Gordon has a soft side not content
with saving businesses Gordon also gives
his time and money to charities Gordon
has been an honorary patron of the
Scottish spina bifida Association since
2004 he was moved to help after a
conversation with dr. Margo whiteford a
sufferer of spina bifida the pair ran
together at the Great North Run where he
was inspired by her determination and
humor after learning about the condition
he began to campaign through celebrity
dinners marathons and appeals for
donations since then he has raised over
1 million pounds for the Association
which has given them funding to keep
running as well as building a family
support center he's done some amazing
work for spina bifida and that's not all
Ramsay worked with fellow chef Mudder
Joffrey to raise money for AIDS and HIV
in India through cooking his greatest
talent he also used his second greatest
talent playing soccer to raise money for
UNICEF through plane in soccer aid the
celebrity match pitted England against
the rest of the world with Ramsey plane
in the rest of the worlds team well how
can you
foot pole with those big feet his team
including stars such as Mike Myers and
Woody Harrelson won for the first time
ever against England he's still got
moves behind the rough shouty exterior
he really does care what a good guy
Gordon Ramsay speaks his mind today he's
been up and down like I'll beat it
Missy's knickers serve it please
remember that rough shouty exterior we
were just talking about one thing you
can bet on with Gordon is that he will
tell you the pure unadulterated truth
his honesty often offends chefs and
owners in his shows Kitchen Nightmares
Hell's Kitchen and hotel hell Gordon
butts heads with lots of desperate and
deluded people and so he uses tough love
to get them to see the reality of the
situation just like a normal person like
anyone in an interview with ABC News
about his approach he told them I'm firm
but by God I'm fair firm may be an
understatement there but certainly he
says what the chef's need to hear Gordon
is the human embodiment of the phrase
cruel to be kind
sometimes a Gordon Ramsay is needed to
make the owners confront the
uncomfortable truths that they cannot
carry on as they are
while some disagree with the upfront
approach they really can't argue that
he's not being honest and giving them
the advice that he believes is most
useful his cursing is part of his charm
what's true to the Scottish stereotype
woman Ramsay has a natural talent for
swearing many of his famous quotes
wouldn't make it past the watershed but
it does seem to be TV gold not everyone
is one over by the cursing though Ramsay
has been criticized for swaggering too
much by many people first by fellow
British cook Delia Smith after first
dismissing the criticism Ramsay was
shocked to see how much bad language he
uses after watching an episode of
boiling point don't get me wrong he did
say he's
doesn't mind the swearing but he did say
his mother was appalled don't have to
swear now he also got into hot water
with channel 4 after they received 51
complaints over Ramsey's language in
just one episode of Ramsay's great
british nightmare they had a point to be
fair in the first 40 minutes of the show
there were 115 f-bombs pretty impressive
channel 4 apologised but the fans want
what the fans want because of their
passion channel 4 ended up keeping
Ramsay on the air anyway keeping his
fans happy you cannot curse Gordon knows
what he's talking about Puccini and
Palma Hamlet Sonya was always a
favourite here when Ramsay talks about
restaurants you'd better listen he's
been in the business for roughly 40
years and knows it like the back of his
hand he started at the bottom and has
worked to create a family of restaurants
across the world his restaurants have
won 16 Michelin stars with his flagship
restaurant Gordon Ramsay holding three
Michelin stars since 2001 he's trained
in multiple countries learning many
different cuisines to the highest
standard it's not just his food
expertise that makes him such an expert
he also knows what it's like to run a
business he has had to close restaurants
and can learn from his mistakes and
that's why you can trust him to tell you
what is wrong not only has he seen it
all before but he's had first-hand
experience with how tough it is to close
the doors to your dream he really can
help - over all the seasons of hotel
he'll only four hotels have closed which
gives him a success rate of around 80
percent before he arrives the businesses
are destined to fail and to turn them
around after only a few days is an
incredible feat by Ramsey the biggest
successes are always those who listened
to Gordon and follow his advice even
the cameras leave Gordon doesn't take
any nonsense go on his no-nonsense
approach is one of his most well known
traits he doesn't accept anything shy of
100% commitment to the job and has a
very low tolerance for excuses he spent
years becoming a renowned chef and so at
the very least Heath deserves respect
the perfect example of Gordon drawing
the line can be found in season six
episode 16 of Kitchen Nightmares in this
infamous episode Gordon visits Amy's
Baking Company and soon finds that she
can't acknowledge criticism of her own
food she blames the camera crew the
staff and Gordon for ruining her food
she goes as far as to question Gordon's
understanding of the trade and his
honesty for Gordon this really took the
biscuit and he wasn't going to take it
for one more minute
he told Amy and the right thing for me
is to get out of it before leaving the
owner to deal with the mess on her own
the 63 year old loser glow could be
kicked out of the country this was the
first time he left a restaurant but it
sent out a message to all future Kitchen
Nightmares that he wasn't hanging around
for any nonsense he takes the same
approach in Hell's Kitchen and has been
known to take a chef's jacket from an
underperforming shaft
midway through service he doesn't leave
this attitude in the kitchen either his
parenting style is also very strict he
has said publicly that his children
won't inherit his fortune and aren't
allowed to fly in first class because he
doesn't want to spoil them he has a son
Gordon Ramsay is an excellent chef there
must be about three or four percent of
ingredients I still haven't discovered
yet
TV shafts are often 2% cooking skill and
98% TV personality Gordon Ramsay however
is the real deal Gordon Ramsay's first
TV show boiling point documented the
opening of his first solo restaurant in
1998 while entertainment was the aim of
the show
Gordon's biggest priority was the food
putting most of his energy
and talent into making the restaurant a
standalone success just two years after
opening this restaurant was voted the
top restaurant in the UK but is that
just because it was on TV I hear you ask
absolutely not
this same year the restaurant won its
third Michelin star joining the cuisine
world's Hall of Fame Michelin stars are
notoriously hard to achieve and are
judged based on many factors such as
quality of products flavor cooking
technique personality of the cuisine
value and consistency it's even more
impressive then when you understand that
Ramsay has been awarded a total of 16
Michelin stars throughout his career
Gordon Ramsay is extremely hard-working
nice to get up at 4 o'clock in the
morning I know the papers don't have to
often go on a paper round before school
we've already seen that Ramsay had a
tough start in life he worked since he
was a teenager and made his fortune on
his own his rags to riches story is an
inspiration to many people with equally
large ambitions while some people may
see his sweary persona as a poor role
model he is genuinely admirable for his
work ethic he has always believed in his
potential but never stops challenging
himself to become a better chef from
learning new disciplines to going
undercover and failing restaurants he
has dedicated himself to fully
understanding his field in a way that no
other chef has heard you might pass
rather than coasting on the training he
received when he was a young chef he has
put himself into increasingly difficult
situations such as trying to lead a
group of untrained chefs or traveling to
faraway countries to learn new ideas
this constant hard work allows him to
make his restaurants the best they can
be and motivate others to do the same
persistence is clearly something that is
important to him and something he
instills in those he coaches any regrets
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