He comes from a very poor family. His father was an alcoholic who beat him and his mother (he once poured hot tea over her and put her in hospital several times), his brother is a drug addict, he literally built an empire out of nothing.
He credits his mother as his biggest inspiration and often has her cooking in his shows.
When he left his first restaurant he pulled a successful Jerry Maguire
– the entire kitchen staff went with him. That tells you what he’s like to work with.
He was one of the first to give a restaurant to a female chef.
He went to prison (Gordon Behind Bars) and taught inmates to bake and they opened a bakery (Bad Boys Bakery) that is still running. He hired one of them when he got out.
He did documentaries about the cruelty of shark hunting and cocaine. (when he discovered cocaine was used by his staff he didn’t fire anyone but made sure they are offered treatment)
His kids are a treasure.
He is always ALWAYS kind to servers.
When one of his partners (Marcus Wareing) wanted to leave they got into a fight and settled it in court, they no longer speak to each other but this is what Marcus said about him after the fight:
I feel bad that the first association to him for a lot of people is this shouty TV chef when he’s truly a wonderful person.
never forget that the reason he’s “shouty and angry” on his tv show is that he’s yelling at people who ignore the rules of courtesy and food safety and basically feed their customers poison, something which would enrage any good person
gkdkskskjd im watching kitchen nightmares and gordon has this twink waiter that is CLEARLY like. in love with him (as all twinks are) and he’s just incredibly fucking oblivious. he just complimented him on how “enthusiastic” he is. gordon,
im watching season 17 of hell’s kitchen now and he. he asked nick who the woman he was married to was. nick, the very clearly gay man. gordon ramsay really has NO gaydar huh
kickstarter so I can meet gordon ramsay and let him know when he’s talking to a twink that’s uncontrollably flustered in his presence. example a will be me
Can confirm, Gordon Ramsay is an excellent man with absolutely 0 gaydar and about .5 ability to tell when someone is flirting with him.
What’s best is I love all three portrayals, basically anything with this man in it he’s so precious.
UK Gordon Ramsay is dealing with sensible people and edible food. US Ramsay is dealing with people who have actual health code violations in their restaurants yet claim to be good chefs running an acceptable business. Masterchef Junior Ramsay is teaching kids how to cook. No fucking WONDER there’s a massive difference.
Ah yes Gordon Ramsay, american chef Gordon Ramsay, the chef from america, known for being american, that Gordon Ramsay
Actually, this is the American form of Ramsay. The British form says nice things to children and prepares meals for his friends and family.
The American form is a gaping hellmaw from which anger flows like a broken dam.
The British form appears on kids’ TV baking biscuits with his youngest daughter and the actual Cookie Monster.
British Gordon Ramsey is the purest thing on TV. American Gordon Ramsey is terrifying.
I just marathonned through all of Kitchen Nightmares US and let me tell you… US Gordon Ramsay is not that terrifying. Honestly, he really only yells when people don’t listen to him when he speaks normally or when he needs to express the gravity of something (like contaminated food). Even in Hell’s Kitchen his yelling is because people don’t listen to him when he speaks normally.
The main difference between British Gordon Ramsay and American Gordon Ramsay are the people he’s talking to.
I’d be a screaming anger-ball if I had to fix the hellhole that is American restaurants too.
Gordon Ramsay is a survivor of childhood abuse too and works with anti-abuse organizations in the UK, he might cuss a lot in the kitchen on his shows but he’s a fucking decent person and I am not surprised at all that he would be decent about this and not mock it at all
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