>>> THIS MORNING ON "TODAY FOOD," CELEBRITY CHEF GORDON
RAMSEY.
RAMSEY.
>> HE RECENTLY LOST 50 POUNDS AND NATALIE MORALES WENT TO HIS
HOUSE TO FIND OUT HOW HE DID IT.
>> THIS IS A WALK-IN -- CAN YOU
SMELL THAT?
>> Reporter: HES THE IN-YOUR-FACE MASTER CHEF WHO
TELLS IT LIKE IT IS.
>> IT LOOKS [ BLEEP ]
DISGUSTING.
DISGUSTING.
>> Reporter: ITS HARD TO FIND ANYONE BIGGER THAN GORDONFIND
ANYONE BIGGER THAN GORDON RAMSEY.
RAMSEY.
>> WHERE IS THE BEEF? >> Reporter: WITH FOUR NATIONAL
TELEVISION SHOWS, 34 RESTAURANTS
WORLDWIDE AND HIS POth BOOK30th COMING OUT, YOU WOULD THINK HEh
COMING OUT, YOU WOULD THINK HE HAS SPREAD HIMSELF TOO THIN.
BUT YOU WILL FIND HIM AFTER HIS
WIFE, TANNA, PUSHED HIM TO LOSE
50 POUNDS.
50 POUNDS. WAS IT TANNA THAT WAS GIVING YOU
THE TOUGH LOVE OF HAVING TO LOSE
WEIGHT?
WEIGHT?
>> TO BE HONEST, YES.
>> Reporter: HOW WAS THAT
CONVERSATION?
THAT CAN BE TOUCHY.
>> GORDON IS FAMOUS FOR BEING
BLUNT.
I GAVE HIM SOME MORE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE AND SUGGESTED HE WASWN
MEDICINE AND SUGGESTED HE WAS GETTING A LITTLE WIDE AROUND HIS
MIDDLE.
MIDDLE. GOT REALLY ANGRY WITH ME.
I CAME UP WITH A SAYING, LITTLE
PICKERS WEAR BIGGER NICKERS.
>> THIS COMES ON AND OFF.
>> Reporter: RAMSEY MAY BE THE
BOSS IN THE KITCHEN.
WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING OUT,
TANNA RUNS THE SHOW.
>> WHY ARE YOU MAKING IT MORE
DIFFICULT?
DIFFICULT?
>> YOU HAVE ANOTHER O THE SECOND S> YOU HAVE ANOTHER O THE SECOND
S
SECONDS AND THEN WERE GOING TO DO YOUR ABS.THEN WERE GOING TO
DO YOUR ABS.
>> Reporter: THE HAZARDS OF BEING A CHEF IS YOURE ALWAYS
SAMPLING, RIGHT?
SAMPLING, RIGHT? THATS
THATS >> THATS THE JOB, GRAZING.
IM GOOD AT EATING SMALL
AMOUNTS.
AMOUNTS. ALL THAT WORK HAS PAID OFF,
RAMSEY WHO TIPPED THE SCALES AT
270 POUNDS, IS DOWN TO HIS
CURRENT WEIGHT OF 220 POUNDS.
>> I NEVER SHARED THIS WITH THE
KIDS.
KIDS.
BUT MY FATHER PASSED AT 53. AND THATS THREE YEARS AWAY FROM
WHERE I AM NOW.
>> Reporter: WHAT DID HE PASS
AWAY FROM?
AWAY FROM? >> HEART ATTACK.
>> Reporter: HOW OLD WERE YOU?
>> I WAS JUST COMING INTO 30
YEARS OF AGE.
A BIG INFLUENCE, GONE.
I NEVER GOT TO SPEND THAT TIME
WITH MY FATHER.
THAT MAN NEVER EVER ATE IN MY
RESTAURANT.
RESTAURANT.
AND IT PAINS ME TO THINK THAT
NOW. >> RUNNING RESTAURANTS AND
KNOWING IN THIS COUNTRY, PEOPLE
EXPECT LARGE PORTIONS.
DO YOU THINK WE HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH THE WAY WE EAT?
>> I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THE
LEVEL OF EXPECTANCY.
IF THEY TONED DOWN THE QUANTITY
AND HONED IN ON THE QUALITY, YOU
WOULD FEEL SO MUCH BETTER.
THE BIG THING THAT STRUCK ME
WHEN I CAME TO THE U.S., THERES
A LOT OF FOOD TO GO.
I REMEMBER BEING IN A JOURNALIST
IN A RESTAURANT AND SHE TOOK A
CAESAR SALAD TO GO.
I SAID, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW
CRAP THAT WILL TASTE AN HOUR
LATER.
LATER.
ITS ABOUT EATING BETTER AND EATING LESS AT THE SAME TIME.
>> Reporter: MEASURED ADVICE
FROM A MAN WHO HAS BEEN TO HELL
AND BACK.
AND BACK. FOR "TODAY", NATALIE MORALES,
NBC NEWS, LOS ANGELES.
>> LOOKS GREAT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> IMPRESSIVE.
>> IMPRESSIVE. >> 50 POUNDS.
>> ITS HARD TO LOSE WEIGHT WHEN
YOU WORK IN A KITCHEN.
>> AND HIS WIFE, TELLING HIM,
WIDE IN THE MIDDLE THERE.
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