| Gordon Ramsay is the British gourmet chef with the | | | | 100 most influential people in hospitality. Ramsay is |
| captivating personality which is brilliant. For me he is | | | | one of only two British chefs to currently own a |
| one of the most accomplished chefs and restaurant | | | | three Michelin-star restaurant and his group is the only |
| owners in the world, he has amazing restaurants | | | | one in the UK to hold a total of eight stars. Ramsay's |
| based in some of the biggest cities in the world, as | | | | 13 books have proved equally essential to |
| well as being the star of several TV shows. Gordon | | | | professional chefs and lay cooks while his TV series- |
| Ramsay is one of only three chefs in the UK to | | | | which include Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, and Hell's |
| maintain three Michelin stars for his restaurant (the | | | | Kitchen. |
| others being Heston Blumenthal and Alain Roux). | | | | Ramsay is also eyeing up Amsterdam, Prague and |
| Gordon Ramsay is a celebrity chef (as if you didn't | | | | Ireland for future ventures. Ramsay possesses an |
| know) who now has many books and TV programs | | | | innate sense of what makes a powerful brand. |
| to his credit. | | | | Ramsay mentioned that he's more excited about this |
| Ramsay is now looking for his next challenge, to | | | | season than any previous year, mainly due to the |
| profile a Boston restaurant for the American version | | | | level of professionalism among the chefs. He makes |
| of his show Kitchen Nightmares. Gordon Ramsay is | | | | the recipes easy but you will get restaurant quality |
| irrefutably, Britain's most successful and most talked | | | | results. He insists that his commitment to New York |
| about chef. | | | | is total. |
| Ramsay is, when he wants to be, a wonderful | | | | Gordon is a keen meat eater and has no time for |
| teacher, someone who is capable of making even | | | | vegetarians, and believes Chefs are going to serve |
| the most complicated of techniques instantly | | | | meat whether you like it or not. Chef Ramsay has |
| comprehensible, even to an inexperienced home | | | | become familiar to TV audience. His business skills |
| cook. Ramsay is growing as ubiquitous as another | | | | personality, restaurants, recipes and media ventures |
| tartan terror, Ronald McDonald, yet his inventive | | | | have made him famous on both side of the world. In |
| restaurant will become a destination for Brits enjoying | | | | his book, "Humble Pie" Gordon writes of seeing his |
| a weekend in this charming former seat of French | | | | father abuse his mother, and so today Ramsay is |
| government outside Paris. Ramsay, born in Scotland | | | | passionate about the fight against domestic violence. |
| but raised in England, was a promising footballer | | | | Some say that Ramsey is commonly regarded as the |
| before injury thwarted those dreams. Ramsay | | | | hardest man in Britain, in the kitchen. Hell's Kitchen |
| seriously damaged his left knee during a training | | | | was a reality show, which aired on ITV1, and saw |
| session and was ultimately told by the club that they | | | | Ramsay attempt to train 10 British celebrities to be |
| would not sign him. Ramsay was kept on as head | | | | chefs, as they ran a restaurant on Brick Lane which |
| chef at Aubergine and White -- who denies ever | | | | opened to the public for the two-week duration of |
| wanting the job and was cut out of the loop. | | | | the show. Hell's kitchen: Gordon Ramsay has been |
| Ramsay was nominated as a candidate for the | | | | blasted by fishermen for promoting 'unsustainable' |
| position of Rector at the University of St. Ramsay | | | | scallops Television shows, "Ramsay's Kitchen |
| has leap frogged fellow celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in | | | | Nightmares" and "Ramsay's Boiling Point," can be seen |
| the second Caterer Search 100, an annual list of the | | | | in the next season. |