Mediocre writers borrow; great writers steal.
Can you imagine the headlines if I gave someone food poisoning? They'd hang me off Tower Bridge by my ballbag!
I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get is a blindfold. They get blindfolded and they get sat down at the chef's table. . . Unless they can identify what they're tasting, they don't get to cook it.
Focus on your customers and make that restaurant synonymous to where you are in terms of area.
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.
As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.
I'm Gordon Ramsay, for goodness sake: people know I'm volatile.
The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.
I was really bummed when I got to the last one of Tony Hillerman Navajo detective books.
God often showcases his power on the stage of human weakness.
Screw the truth into men's minds.