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Gordon Ramsay Biography

Gordon James Ramsay Jr., OBE (born 8 November 1966) is a British chef, restaurateur, and television personality. Born in Scotland, Ramsay grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon. His restaurants have been awarded 16 Michelin stars in total. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, has held three Michelin stars since 2001. First appearing on television in the UK in the late 1990s, by 2004 Ramsay had become one of the best known chefs in British popular culture, and, along with other chefs such as Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson, and Delia Smith, he has influenced viewers to become more culinarily adventurous.

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The essence of Reality TV is all about drama. So, I think bringing pressure is healthy whether it's a professional chef or a domestic chef. Because the only way ever to really identify the true purpose of how good they are is submerging them under pressure. So I say it's no different than a live football game because it's about the intensity.

Drama, Essence, Football, Pressure, Submerging, Thinking

I'm actually not really a breakfast person.

Actually, Breakfast, Person, Persons

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

Character, Characters, Environments, Incredibly, Kitchen, Strong

[ Full English breakfast] it's what we grew up with! It is the one big treat that the kids get on the weekend - it's good family time.

Breakfast, English, Family, Kids, Time, Weekend

I think when we opened in 2001, it was holy ground. There was nothing here. Back then, being on the Dubai Creek was an amazing position, and I would come one or two times a year, max. Now it's so different. The travel dilemma has disappeared and it is so easy to get to Dubai. What is it, seven hours from London? It's pretty easy.

Amazing, Come, Dubai, Holy Ground, Thinking, Times

Chefs don't do ponytails and we shouldn't do them because I guarantee that whenever there's a discovery of hair in the food, it's guaranteed it's from the chef's ponytail.

Hair, Discovery, Guarantees That, Whenever, Guarantee

It's quite weird knocking that out of them and telling them to forget cooking for chefs; forget what chefs say about your food.

Chef, Chefs, Cooking, Forget, Knocking, Weird

Customers should complain more. You know, food's expensive nowadays. And these sommeliers come along with their thousand-page wine list and practically throw it in your lap. They're all businessmen and know that customers get intimidated and buy something overpriced. I say, always put them on the spot. 'You come back to me with a red wine at $30, $40. Come back to me with a choice. '

Choices, Lap, Overpriced, Say, Success, Wine

I am what I am. A fighter.

Fighter, I Am What I Am

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

Giving Up, Hard Work, Head, Make, Wait, Waiting

I spend more time in the kitchen than I have in the dining room, for obvious reasons, however, I just want to sit and indulge.

Dining, Kitchen, Obvious, Room, Want

I am well aware that a chef is only as good as his last meal.

Aware, Chef, Good, Lasts, Meal, Meals

Jack, my 16 year old, was in knots a couple of months back, studying for Latin. I said, "Mate, you've got no interest in Latin. You don't want to go into it after, so drop it. " He said, "No, I can't. I'm going to get bullied at school because all my mates are in there. " There's a prime example of why no one cooks at school. You're studying Latin, you've got no interest.

Couple, Latin, Prime, School, Studying

I was a naturally aggressive left-back, a cut-throat tackler.

Aggressive, Cutting, Naturally, Tackler, Throat

Stopping the junk food and Eating well is partially about cooking well and having the skills to do that.

Skills, Eating Well, Cooking, Stopping, Food, Junk

I think, to Chelsea's [Handler] point, I still need directing because sometimes I go a little bit off beat in a way that it's like, rein it in. I welcome that kind of support.

Directing, Like, Needs, Support, Thinking

[I spend a] lot [time travelling]. Between the restaurants, filming for TV, producing MasterChef, seeing the kids. . . it's pretty constant.

Filming, Kids, Pretty, Restaurants, Time Travel, Tvs

Focus on your customers and make that restaurant synonymous to where you are in terms of area.

Customers, Focus, Restaurant, Restaurants, Synonymous, Where You Are

I grew up in a funny way.

Funny, Grew, Grew Up, Way

It has always stood for f***ing great food.

Food, Great Food, Stood

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