Chef Gordon Ramsay

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Internationally renowned, multi-Michelin starred chef Gordon Ramsay has opened a string of successful restaurants across the globe. Gordon has also become a star internationally, with shows such as Kitchen Nightmares, Hell’s Kitchen, Hotel Hell and MasterChef US.

Here's a bit about Chef Ramsay:

  • 1966
    - Born in 8 November in Scotland.
  • Football career
    - Ramsay played football and was first chosen to play under-14 football at age 12. He was chosen to play for Warwickshire. His footballing career was marked by injuries, causing him to remark later in life.
  • Early cooking career
    - Ramsay's interest in cooking had already begun, and rather than be known as the football player with the gammy knee, at age 19. In the mid-1980s, he worked as a commis chef at the Wroxton House Hotel, then ran the kitchen and 60-seat dining room at the Wickham Arms. Ramsay then moved to London, where he worked in a series of restaurants until being inspired to work for the temperamental Marco Pierre White at Harveys. He trained in France for three years, before taking a year to work as a personal chef on the private yacht Idlewild. The role on the boat saw him travel to Sicily and Sardinia, Italy, and learn about Italian cuisine.
  • 1998
    - Restaurant Gordon Ramsay was Ramsay's first solo restaurant, located at Royal Hospital Road, London. In 2001, it was voted Top Restaurant in the UK in the London Zagat Survey and was awarded its third Michelin star.
  • 2004–2009
    - Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.
  • 2005–present
    - Hell's Kitchen US Fox.
  • 2007–2014
    - Kitchen Nightmares
  • 2010
    - Gordon's Great Escape
  • 2010–present
    - MasterChef US
  • 2012–2016
    - Hotel Hell.
  • 2017
    - The F Word US
  • 2018
    - Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell & Back
  • 2019
    - Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted
  • GORDON & TANA RAMSAY FOUNDATION
    - The Gordon and Tana Ramsay Foundation is delighted to be working with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. During the festive periods, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants supporte the fundraising efforts of the Gordon and Tana Ramsay Foundation by adding a voluntary a donation to guest bills.

If you want to know more about this amazing Chef, check on his own page Gordon Ramsay.