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channel in today's video we're gonna dive into some fascinating Gordon Ramsay facts that you need
to know about if you're a fan so sit back relax and without further ado let's get right into the
content guys not a bully enrolling into the north oxfordshire technical college at the young age of
19 Ramsay first studied in hotel management this is where he was led into working as a communist
chef which is essentially a chef who prepares the food to be cooked at the roxton house hotel
holding this job for a while he eventually had to work somewhere else since he had a very
awkward relationship with the owner's wife soon after Ramsay began working for a man named marco
pierre white at harvey's who is a very tempered man Ramsay's way of acting can be linked to his
time with white since he often got angry when he did things wrong and was generally a tough teacher
although after three years of working for this hard man he decided that he had enough of the
harsh treatment and went to study french cuisine elsewhere persuaded into working for albert who at
legath rush which was the first restaurant to gain three michelin stars he gained a ton of experience
eventually to get an even more authentic learning experience he moved to paris to work under gi
savoia who is Ramsay's supposed mentor over the course of three years he was molded into
the exceptional chef that we know today though succumbing to the overwhelming stress of being
a continuous chef in the kitchen he lived his life on his private yacht for a while why this
is an important detail that even ramsay sees how much pressure there is as a professional chef
he was frequently bullied by those he worked for and treated harshly which yes did thicken his skin
but also turned him into the same tough teacher like white even if it may seem like he's trying
to bully others when he screams at them at heart he really just wants them to succeed like he has
iron man competition many might not expect this but ramsay is extremely athletic
so much so that he's competed in over 15 marathons this includes three ultra marathons
four half ironmans and the absolute toughest iron man marathon which is in hawaii of course you can
tell by how many marathons that he's been in that he absolutely loves competing which you can also
use to justify why he's such a remarkable chef he's expressed that he takes pride in knowing
that while he's at work training his butt off that the rest of his competition is sleeping pressure
is what helps him thrive loving exercise ramsay knows it's damn near essential to be fit as a chef
especially when keeping up with the demands of a line cook he's seen on several occasions chef that
couldn't keep up with the stress of the job and collapse due to overheating their weight really
prevents them from moving quickly and pushes them to need more breaks furthermore the first time
ramsay ever participated in a marathon was in 2001 which he completed in less than five hours then in
2004 he improved even more finishing it in three and a half hours enjoying how these competitions
made him feel he began to train for triathlons with will usher who also taught him self-defense
in his first training session with this crazy man he had to cycle for four hours in
the freezing cold with frostbitten feet but he never quit what's more for his first triathlon
he chose one of the hardest ones available called kailula kona getting through it like a champ one
of the most grueling things ramsay has gone through while competing is losing 22 pounds
of water weight in the blazing heat during the iron man 70.3 you can say his body has been to
hell and back through all this but because of it cooking is no longer stressful and rather relaxing
long marriage for the longest time 26 years in fact gordon ramsay has been married to
the love of his life cayetano elizabeth ramsay and things are still going strong
their time together is rather divided since they spend some of their days living in
wandsworth common in london and other times they choose to reside at their home in los angeles
they have a wonderful family with five children megan holly jack matilda and oscar who all have
strikingly similar features to their father his son jack in particular looks so much like him to
the point that you could almost call him gordon jr especially when you consider the fact that he
has a lot of similar interest to his father like running marathons and cooking while they seemingly
live a life that many would die for it wasn't always cupcakes and candy for the ramsey family
when his wife tana was expecting another boy who they were going to name rocky back in june of 2016
something went horribly wrong unfortunately before they could welcome the beautiful
baby boy into their family tana suffered a miscarriage which was incredibly disheartening
to add a little more complication into their life ramsay's father-in-law chris hudson was
responsible for the business side of ramsay's empire but abused his position in 2017 he was
jailed after being found guilty of conspiring to hack into a computer system that had sensitive
information about ramsay's business interests accused back in 2010 he allegedly tried accessing
the computer systems over 2000 times with the help of his sons thankfully through all these hard
times the couple has remained faithfully married to one another how cute fishing investigation
at the age of 44 ramsay traveled all the way to costa rica to discover the illicit trade of
shark fins as a part of the big fish fight tv show with this being an industry worth billions
of dollars in costa rica it was a market that was extremely dangerous and unregulated one story that
the famous chef mentioned was an incident that occurred one day prior to his arrival
he witnessed the crew who masqueraded a ship full of hammerhead sharks to protect their shipment of
bales of cocaine supposedly the people who are running the trade there have fort like complexes
in order to keep people out so they won't see the thousands of finns that are getting ready to trade
a fearless man like ramsay took it upon himself to break into one of these forts but things went
horribly wrong as he began walking down the stairs the crew caught sight of his curiosity and tipped
a barrel of gas over him trying to abduct him ramsay escaped in the nick of time but wouldn't
expect what would happen when he visited another boat involved with the illegal trading as well
managing to convince them that he was trustable he dove around the boat to explore but found a
bag under the kneel that contained hundreds of shark fins the crew was not very pleased with
the fact that they had practically been exposed potentially on national television since the
cameras were following ramsay once the boat docked things escalated very quickly people with rifles
in their sights at ramsay and ordered his crew to stop filming ultimately kicking them out of the
country thankfully he didn't get into any legal trouble or get hurt from this event especially
considering the fact that he was dealing with the brutal underground market of fin fishing
you have to give the famous chef credit for being able to keep his cool in such a
stressful situation it's most likely thanks to his time in the kitchen that made him so brave
different aspirations yes gordon might be an extremely successful chef who has
decades of experience under his belt but it isn't exactly what he initially wanted
as a younger boy he grew up doing what most people his age would do which is participate
in sports more specifically the young gordon was in love with soccer or as it's called in the uk
football and he was really good at it to prove this he was chosen to be an under 14 side at
the early age of 12 which you can say really showed his promise as a player on top of this
due to his tremendous skills in the sport he was drafted into the warwick shire for a short stint
however he received many rough injuries throughout his playing career which plagued him during his
teenage years moreover back in 1984 he received the opportunity to try out for one of his absolute
favorite clubs the rangers ramsay played a handful of non-league matches with them and
did some training sessions to debut his skills to the coaches tragically though during said training
session he shattered the cartilage in his knee which put him out of playing for good disappointed
with the fact that he wouldn't be able to play his favorite sport in the world for a long time
he turned to other hobbies if you couldn't already guess this is when he began to take an interest
in the art of cooking which we know now he enjoys just as much in a way while it is sad that he had
to give up such an important part of his life we have to thank his knee for giving birth to
one of the most respected chefs in the industry rather than being a professional football player
he has a collection of award-winning restaurants so it didn't turn out too bad right cooking must
although chef ramsay has mastered what it means to be a chef becoming one of the best
in his profession he has some interesting thoughts to share like how he believes that
absolutely everyone should be able to master five simple dishes just for the sake of a good life
he believes that it's absolutely essential to be able to craft the perfect burger regardless of how
someone asks for it to be the ultimate partner you need to know how to make a great breakfast
for your loved ones and that means making perfect scrambled eggs next you need to know how to make
good use of chicken whether that be to make delicious fried chicken or mouth-watering
grilled chicken you'll need to learn how to make an impressive braised dish which he has many
videos about on his youtube channel so last but not least you'll need to know how to bake a nice
sweet cake since most chefs agree you shouldn't skip out on dessert well that will be all for
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