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- What does Gordon Ramsay do for a living?
- Who are Gordon Ramsay’s parents and siblings?
- What are Gordon Ramsay’s interests and hobbies?
- Is Gordon Ramsaymarried or does she have a boyfriend?
- Does Gordon Ramsay have any children?
- Where is Gordon Ramsay now?
- How tall is Gordon Ramsay?
- How much money does Gordon Ramsayearn?
- What is Gordon Ramsay’s net worth?
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Who is Gordon Ramsay?
Gordon Ramsey (Gordon James Ramsay OBE) is a British chef, restaurateur, television personality, and author. He founded Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, his global restaurant group, was founded in 1997. It has received a total of 16 Michelin stars, with seven still remaining. Moreover, he rose to prominence in the UK after he appeared in the British television miniseries Boiling Point I 1999. As of 2004, Gordon had established himself as one of the most known and influential chefs in the country.
He is also known for his bluntness, fiery temper, strict demeanor, and frequent use of profanity. In addition, he has won three Catey awards and he is the third person to have won three awards. Moreover, Forbes listed his earnings at $70 million for the previous one year and ranked him 19th-highest-earning celebrity in the world
Gordon Ramsay Career
Gordon started his career in the mi-198s where he worked as a commis chef in Wroxton House Hotel. Ramsey ran the kitchen and 60 seat dining room at the Wickham Arms. After that, he moved to London and worked in series of restaurants until being encouraged to work for the temperamental Marco Pierre White at Harvey
Gordon was tired of “the rages, the abuse, and the aggression” at Harvey’s after two years and ten months on the job, he decided to study French cuisine to advance his career. However, Ramsay was advised by White to avoid taking a job in Paris. He was instead advised to work for Albert Roux at Le Gavroche in Mayfair, where he met Jean-Claude Breton, who would later become his maitre d’hotel at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay.
After a year at Le Gavroche, Albert Roux invited Ramsey to join him as his number two at Hotel Diva. A ski resort in the French Alps. Ramsay moved to Paris at the age of 23 to work with Michelin, where Guy Savoy and Jol Robuchon were featured. Guy Savoy was Gordon Ramsey’s trainer, according to episode 18 of Master Chef Season 3. He continued his education in France for another year. Before giving in to the physical and mental stress of the kitchen. After that, he took a year to work as a personal chef on the private yacht Idlewild based in Bermuda. In addition to his role on the boat, he traveled to Sicily and Sardinia, Italy. and learn about Italian Cuisine.
Working as a Head Chef
Ramsay was hired as the head chef of the three-Michelin-star La Tante Claire in Chelsea in 1993. After a disagreement with business owners who wanted to turn Aubergine into a chain, he left the job in 1998. He described his decision to go it alone as “the most important day of my entire cooking career” and “the most important decision of my life.”
With the help of his father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson, and former Aubergine colleagues. Ramsay started his own restaurant which was called Restaurant Gordon Ramsay located in Chelsea in 1998. In 2001, the restaurant received its third Michelin star, making Ramsay the first Scot to do so. The Good Food Guide rated Restaurant Gordon Ramsay as the second best in the UK in 2011. Ramsay’s empire expanded quickly after he established his first restaurant.
After that, he opened Pétrus, Amaryllis in Glasgow however, it was later closed, and Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s. He recruited Jean-Philippe Susilovic, a friend and maitre d’hotel who works at Petrus. Jean Philippe also appears on Ramsay’s US TV show Hell’s Kitchen. The restaurant at the Dubai Creek and Connaught hotel followed. They were later branded with his protegee Angela Hartnett’s name. In addition, Gordon has opened restaurants outside the UK, starting with Verre in Dubai. He has opened two of them at Conrad Tokyo and Cerise by Gordon Ramsay both opened in Tokyo in 2005.
After that, Gordon Ramsay at the London opened in New York City in November 2006. On top of that, it won the top newcomer in the city’s coveted Zagat Guide, despite mixed reviews from professional critics. In 2007, Ramsay opened Gordon Ramsay at Powerscourt, his first restaurant in Ireland, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Powerscourt. He opened his first restaurant in the Western United States in May 2008, at the London West Hollywood Hotel (formerly the Bel Age Hotel) on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. However the contract expired in 2015, and the restaurant was forced to close. On August 9, 2011, Ramsay opened his first restaurant in Canada.
Ramsay Holdings
All of his business interests are joined in the company Gordon Ramsay Holding Limited. He owns a 69% stake, valued at £67 million in 2007. Gordon announced a plan to open three restaurants in the United States in November 2016. Gordon was recruited by Singapore Airlines as one of its” International Culinary Panel” consultants.
In 2006, Gordon Ramsay Holdings purchased three London pubs which were later converted into gastropubs. In 2008, it was confirmed that Ramsay’s protege of 15 years, Marcus Wareing, was going on his own. Jason Atherton, an executive chef of Maze restaurants worldwide, resigned in April 2010, with an aim to open his own venue in Mayfair.
Gordon Ramsay Holding Limited announced the departure of Chris Hutcheson on 19, October 2010. Hutcheson was the CEO of the company. Gordon wrote a letter to the press describing how he had comprehended the “manipulative” Hutchson’s “complex life”. In October 2012 he opened the Fat Cow in Los Angeles. He partnered with footballer David Beckham, Gordon opened the Union Street Cafe in the Southwark district of London in September 2013. However, the Gordon Ramsay at the London restaurant in New York lost its two Michelin stars in October 2013.
In April 2018, Ramsay opened his first Street Pizza, which was located in the downstairs area of his One New Change Bread Street Kitchen. On 26 June 2019, Chloe Sorvino from Forbes Magazine reported that Ramsay will receive $100 million from Lion Capital. The money was to open 100 restaurants by the year 2024. However, on March 24, 2020, Ramsay’s restaurants closed temporarily due to coronavirus lockdown.
Television Shows
His first documented role in television was in two fly-on-the-kitchen-wall documentaries in 1999. Gordon has appeared in two British television series, Hell’s Kitchen and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. In addition, he hosted a US version of Kitchen Nightmare, which aired on Fox on September 19th, 2007. After that, he announced that he was ending the series of food based magazine shows in June 2014. He x was then introduced to U.S audiences by Fox network in a US version of Hell’s Kitchen.
In July 2006, Channel 4 confirmed that Ramsay had been re-signed to a four-year deal that would last until July 2011. Ramsay worked as a producer and judge on the American version of MasterChef in 2010. Hotel Hell, Ramsay’s fourth series for the Fox network, was announced in March 2012.
Awards
In 2001, the London Zagat Survey named Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant on Royal Hospital Road as the best in the United Kingdom. He became only the third person to win three Catey awards when he received the “Independent Restaurateur of the Year” award in July 2006. Ramsay was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame in January 2013. Ramsay set a new Guinness World Record on June 14, 2017. In 1 minute and 5 seconds, Gordon set a new Guinness World Record for the ‘Fastest time to fillet a 10 pound fish.’ He set a ‘Guinness World Record’ for the Longest Pasta Sheet Rolled in 60 Seconds in August 2017.
Gordon Ramsay Education
Gordon attended the North Oxfordshire Technical College. Ramsey was sponsored by the Rotarians to study hotel management. However, he termed his decision to proceed with catering as a ” complete accident”.
Gordon Ramsay Family
Gordon Ramsay Parent’s
He is the son to Gordon Ramsay Sr and Hellen Cosgrove. His dad died in 1997, he grew up in Stratford.
Ramsay’s Siblings
He was raised together with two sisters and a brother. His younger brother is in imprisonment for heroin possession, his sister and mother are nurses.
Gordon Spouse
In 1996 Ramsay married Cayetana Elizabeth Hutcheson, a Montessori- trained schoolteacher. The two divided their time between Wandsworth Common, London, and Los Angeles.
Ramsay Children
The couple has five children: Megan, Holly, Jack, Matilda, and Oscar.
Gordon Ramsay Home
Ramsay owns three properties in Cornwall, totaling £11 million: a £4 million mansion in Trebetherick, a £4.4 million property in Rock purchased in 2015, and a £2 million grade II-listed property in Fowey purchased in 2017.
Gordon Ramsay Interest and Hobbies
Apart from cooking and playing football. He is also an avid football fan and supports Scottish Premiership club Rangers and English Premier League club Chelsea.
Gordon Ramsay Age
Ramsay was born on 8th November 1966 (age 54 years) in Johnstone, United Kingdom
Gordon Ramsay Height
He stands at 1.8m tall.
Gordon Ramsay Net Worth
Ramsay has a net worth of $220 million and a salary of $60 million per year.
