Gordon Ramsay – Who Is He Part 2
His culinary career was established in London, where he joined Marco Pierre White in the early days of Harvey’s in Wandsworth. After a couple of years, Ramsay moved to Le Gavroche to work alongside Albert Roux.
This was followed by three years of working in France in the kitchens of Guy Savoy and Joël Robuchon, where he enhanced his expertise in classic French cooking.
In 1998 at the age of 31, Gordon set up his first door: Gordon Ramsay, on the former site of La Tante Claire in Chelsea. A year later he opened Pétrus with his protégé Marcus Wareing as Chef Patron, in St. James’s. Within seven months it had won a Michelin star.
In 2000, this led to Ramsay taking the Chef of the Year Award at the Cateys. His restaurant Gordon Ramsay was voted the Top Restaurant in the UK in the 2001 London Zagat Survey and was also named as the best Fine Dining Restaurant in the 2001 Harden’s Guide. These ratings continued in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
On Jan. 19, 2001, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay gained its third Michelin star in the Michelin Red Guide Great Britain & Ireland.
In October 2001, Ramsay opened Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s, which gained a Michelin star in 2003.
May 2004 saw Ramsay star in “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares,” a series of four one-hour programs later awarded a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award.
Ramsay was then given two weeks to direct a group of celebrities toward Michelin-standard cooking in the ITV series “Hell’s Kitchen.”
2005 confirmed Ramsay as one of the UK’s major television talents. A second season of “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares” was followed by the very successful U.S. version of Hell’s Kitchen for FOX.
November brought the debut of “The F Word,” which shows cooking, food campaigns and celebrity guests.
In November Ramsay made his U.S. restaurant debut with the opening of Gordon Ramsay at The London, in The London NYC Hotel in New York. Formal dining takes cues from Restaurant Gordon Ramsay on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, whereas The London Bar offers a more casual dining and bar experience, modeled on the small-plates concept of Ramsay’s latest British restaurant, Maze.
In March 2007, Ramsay opened his first pub, The Narrow in London’s Limehouse. Located in a historic building on the banks of the River Thames, The Narrow serves classic British dishes in a relaxed environment.
Gordon’s second pub, The Warrington, will open in Maida Vale later this year, following a major restoration and renovation.
2008 will see many more exciting projects, including the launch of Gordon Ramsay at The London, West Hollywood, and the opening of a restaurant at the newly built Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, London.
Hell’s Kitchen airs January 29th at 9:00 p.m. on Fox.
Monsters and Critics joined a select group of online journalists and asked Hell’s Kitchen Gordon Ramsay all about cooking, food and his new season.
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