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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Multi Michelin-starred chef GORDON RAMSAY is back with his trademark mix of tough talking and inspirational leadership in a feature length, one-off special for Channel 4’s Great British Food Fight season.
Irrepressible and irresistible, Gordon has a well-earned reputation for offering a radical approach to fixing failing restaurants, taking viewers to the heart of the harsh reality of running a business, forging cast-iron recipes for success and offering the owners the chance of redemption, even in the most unpromising situations.
In Ramsay’s Great British Nightmare, Gordon supersizes Kitchen Nightmare stakes on two struggling ventures – on in the North and one in the South – to help transform them in difficult times. Gordon has always believed that the best place to eat should be your local independent restaurant, but now they need all the support and acumen they can muster in the face of the credit crunch and fierce competition from corporate chains.
‘Now more than ever it’s essential for restaurants to get it right and be at the top of their game’ he says. ‘Trust me, I should know. You have to react instantly to changes in trading conditions, it’s something I’m very aware of in my own business.
‘But just as importantly, local restaurants are the heart and soul of their community and I want to show it’s absolutely vital and possible for them to offer fantastic value, great food and for their customers to reward them with their loyalty.’
The venues are The Runaway Girl, a tapas bar-cum-nightclub in Sheffield city centre, run by two best friends at war with each other; and The Dovecote, a bistro in the heart of rural Devon run by a family at breaking point. Both are on the brink of collapse, losing money by the bucket-load and they’ve run out of customers, money and hope.
Enter Gordon, who makes his first visit to each venue for a torrid time putting them on the road to recovery, and then leaving them – armed with his recipe for resuscitation – to go it alone. Come the autumn, both are sticking to his rules and business is booming, but then with the advent of the credit crunch, suddenly they’re struggling to get customers through their respective doors. Gordon is on hand to help his restaurateurs weather the storm with a credit crunch menu solution designed to take on the chains in Sheffield whilst in Devon Gordon leaves the comfort of the restaurant to doorstep the locals in a bid to get their support.
With soaring food prices, thrifty clientele and unrelenting competition from the high street chains, Gordon is determined to galvanise the owners, the staff and the local community to ensure their survival and keep customers coming back for more.
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This is from a recent Gordon Ramsay Interview
Scottish-born chef Gordon Ramsay has had a whirlwind life in the last few years. His mettle has been tested; first with a brother arrested overseas on drug charges, and then an alleged mistress surfacing in England; despite this, Ramsay has not slowed down nor buckled from the heat of his personal life.
Ramsay is full bore on FOX once again, his runaway hit “Hell’s Kitchen” airs the premiere episode of the new season tonight, and promises to be a compelling watch, given he has separated the boys from the girls in competing teams.
Ramsay is a top chef, savvy businessman and a profane wordsmith who has less of a tether on him in the UK versions of his show, which allow the colorful banter to flow. His first career break came while playing football for Oxford United, where he was spotted by a Glasgow Rangers scout in an F.A. youth club match. He was signed by the Scottish champions at the age of 15. Three years later he had given up professional football and gone back to college to complete a course in hotel management.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/features/article_1456611.php/Hells_Kitchens_Gordon_Ramsay_the_full_interview
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