Gordon Ramsay is well-known for being a hater.
As you’ve seen in our previous video, there are plenty of things that Gordon hates.
Some are simple, others are quite specific.
Of course, there are more than 10 things that the chef hates.
The world is big and full of things, after all.
So we searched even more, to be able to show you another top 10 things that Gordon hates!
Thin Mints and Samoas Girl Scout Cookies
There are few American traditions as popular as Girl Scout Cookies.
Little girls have been selling these delicious snacks since 1917, keeping people away from
their diets ever since.
Until he made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Gordon never eaten any of the cookies
before.
Jimmy Kimmel brought a platter of Tagalongs, Thin Mints and Samoa Cookies for the chef.
They even brought Ramsay a glass of milk, completing the whole experience.
From the first bite, everyone could see we were heading to a classic Gordon Ramsay reaction.
But it went all downhill from there.
Now was time for the Samoa cookies.
After his first bite, you could see Gordon was feeling the cookies.
The chef didn’t even swallow the cookie and chose to spit them out.
Thin mints didn’t fare much better, Ramsay then spat those out as well.
We’re just glad there weren't any girl scouts for Gordon to criticize.
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Being Asked What His Last Meal Would Be
Gordon has thousands and thousands of interviews under his belt.
With that in mind, he also has probably answered the same questions a few dozens of time.
This happened in a Reddit Q&A Gordon was doing to promote his mobile game.
At first, he pranked the question-asker, saying that this question was good.
Then, came the Gordon we all know and love - The chef stated that he had “been asked
that about 2,000 f*****g times."
First, the chef said that he wasn’t that bad to be on death row.
Some of the chefs under him might disagree though.
“If it was my last supper, ask me that question in 40 years' time when I'm 90 years of age,
I can't go to the bathroom properly, and I need my ass wiped on a regular basis.”
Shortcuts
Gordon is a true professional.
For years, he worked harder than most, honing his craft and eventually becoming one of the
world’s most famous chefs.
Gordon is nothing else but a hard and dedicated entrepreneur.
That’s the reason why the chef hates when people try to take shortcuts.
Ramsay is in love with the art of cooking and would never give up the years it took
to master his craft.
That’s why he’s so annoyed when he sees chefs doing this.
If you have the job done quicker, you’re removing the essence and the true passion
of why you’re a chef in the first place.”
“whether it’s a plumber, an electrician, or even a police officer, and getting it done
quickly for the sake of it is not the smartest idea.”
You can see this motto on his many shows, where he always believed in putting the time
and effort to get things right.
Like he said: “Do it properly or don't do it at all.”
Truffle Oil
Truffle oil is an ingredient that recently became famous - it is usually used to impart
the flavor and aroma of truffles into any dish.
Truffle oil has many fans, but also many people who are staunchly against it - Gordon, for
example.
Although the chef isn’t alone in hating the ingredient.
Many of his peers, like Anthony Bourdain and Joe Bastianich.
Ramsay, however, was probably the one that panned it the hardest.
Back in the season 2 of Masterchef, a contestant actually used truffle oil in her audition.
The contestant made a grave mistake by using the oil - and Gordon let her know that.
“the worst thing, to me, is truffle oil.
That thing needs to be let down.”
“they pour it, and it comes out in abundance.
This thing needs to be let out in tiny, tiny, little [amounts]."
Frozen Food
To many people, frozen food is a huge help.
They sit in your freezer for a long period of time, ready to be prepared whenever you’re
in a hurry.
All of this is nice and fine, but Gordon firmly believes that frozen food doesn’t belong
anywhere near a fancy, high-priced restaurant.
The chef might be belligerent, but one of his main concerns is always the consumer experience.
Take this episode of Kitchen Nightmares.
Gordon scolds the restaurant for using exclusively frozen food.
The way he solved the frozen food problem?
By throwing them away.
The restaurant relied so much on frozen food that Gordon found $12,000 worth of the stuff.
The only thing left in the freezer?
A single lime.
Gordon believes that food has to be as fresh as possible - and there’s just not getting
around that.
It might cost more, but it will also attract more customers.
Dinner Parties
Professional chefs of the highest caliber have failed in front of Gordon.
They made professional-grade dishes - and then were themselves chewed out by the chef.
So, it’s surprising that anyone was ever courageous enough to invite Ramsay to a dinner
party.
What’s less surprising, however, is the fact that Gordon loathes dinner parties.
The first time he voiced his discontent for these events, Gordon was more mannered.
“You have to be so diplomatic.
When the food is so crap, you can’t say anything.”
For an interview with Playboy, “I can’t sit there and pretend everything’s delicious
when it’s not”.
One year after the interview, it seemed like Ramsay’s hatred for dinner parties caught
on with his friends.
The chef stated that “thankfully on the back of my reputation I don’t get invited
to many.”
He said that, for dinner parties, he always checks to see if the hosts have any dogs.
That way, he can just feed the food to the dog and not have to suffer through it.
When it comes to food, Gordon surely won’t ever be diplomatic.
He even criticized the cake his mother made him for his birthday.
The chef said that all he wanted to do was “stick a rocket in the end and send it up.”
Vegetarians / Vegans
Vegetarians and vegans can be very passionate.
Some firmly believe in their cause and want to spread it to others.
Others just want to do what they think is best - not really caring about what others
do.
Throughout the years, Gordon has gotten a lot of flack for his views on vegetarianism
and veganism.
Being the meat lover he is, the chef seems resolute in teasing vegans and vegetarians
alike.
For example, when a fan sent a picture of her vegan lasagna to him.
The chef’s reply?
He said he was a member of PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals.
Sending a food pic to Gordon is similar to throwing yourself into the lion’s den, so
that doesn’t come as a surprise.
The chef also said that his biggest nightmare would be if any of their kids ever turned
vegetarian.
He said he would “set them on the fence and electrocute them.”
During one episode of the F Word, Gordon even had a little bit of a tense moment with the
pop girl group, Girls Aloud.
While this might have been in jest, it certainly wasn’t received that way.
Plus, when he was asked if there was anything that he was allergic to, do you know what
Ramsay said?
Vegans.
The Wagyu Fad
Have you ever heard about Wagyu?
It is a brand of beef cattle from Japan, and it is regarded as one of the best beef in
the whole world.
The wagyu beef is predisposed to intense marbling - meaning it contains a lot a fat inside the
muscle, making it look like marble.
Because of all this - and the big hype around it - the beef has a pretty high cost.
At some restaurants, 12 ounces of the beef costs over 160 dollars.
With Gordon’s fascination with meat, he should love it, right?
Gordon actually likes the meat so much, he wishes others would respect it more.
“it’s a special cut.
It needs to be treated with a little bit of respect.”
“Everywhere you go now, there's f*cking Wagyu meatballs.
Preserve it a little bit.
Rest it.
Allow it to become special."
This sounds just like Gordon, asking for the special kind of meat be given the respect
it deserves.
Ironically enough, Gordon does actually serve Wagyu meatballs at Hell’s Kitchen.
Foam on Food
For those who don’t know, foam has - over the years - become a part of molecular gastronomy.
The benefit of foam is that it can add flavor with little actual substance, When Gordon
was asked what food trend should die immediately, his response was “foam”.
“when a foam hits a plate, unless you've eaten it within 3 or 4 seconds, at the end
it looks like sort of toxic scum on a stagnant pool.”
To sum it up, Gordon said that we need to get rid of the foam, and keep foam for shaving.”
But Gordon revealed that the hatred wasn’t for all types of foam.
The latest one I had, I was in Saint Paul, someone gave me a bone marrow foam.
Now when I think about having bone marrow, I don't think about it as a foam.
Chef Mike
You might have a chef Mike of your own, just in the kitchen.
That’s your good, old microwave.
While Chef Mike might have helped you before, Gordon isn’t much of a fan.
Take this episode, where Gordon watched the staff of Michon’s using the microwave over
and over again.
Ramsay was literally facepalming.
When Ramsay showed the staff of Michon’s, you could see the difference between reheating
and cooking it fresh.
During Gordon’s visit to El Greco, Gordon found a kitchen where Chef Mike was by far
the most overworked staff member.
While the head chef didn’t seem to care, Ramsay was aghast.
The zucchini looked like something out of an Alien movie.
To save the restaurant, Ramsay made a dramatic gesture.
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