Chef Hothead, Gordon Ramsay

Decked in Michelin stars, Chef Gordon Ramsay is best known in the mainstream for his sharp Scottish rebukes of chef-students and general on-screen hot-headedness. His television personality has definitely been nurtured to be incendiary and drama-inciting.

Ramsay actually ended up studying culinary arts with no serious direction at all, so his subsequent success has been serendipitous. However, he is one of the UK’s top entertainers—a food TV/reality TV personality, cookbook author, restaurateur and chef/owner.

Ramsay’s Storied Career

The sharp-tongued Chef Ramsay spent his early culinary days in various kitchen stints, none that proved beneficial. He formally pursued French cuisine working with a number of influential chefs. He relocated to France for a stint as a chef in a ski resort and then followed that with a to-die-for job as private chef aboard a privately owned yacht.

He went back to London a few years later and built his reputation for perfection in various popular restaurants with a goal in mind: to own his own restaurant. Ramsay’s first foray into restaurant ownership was with his flagship Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road a three-time Michelin star winner. Since this success he has launched nearly 2 dozen restaurants, including Petrus, The Boxwood Café, and Verre in Dubai.

Chef Ramsay’s Executive Chefs at some of his restaurants include talented chefs such as:

• Mark Sargeant Executive Chef at Claridge’s. He studied Hospitality at West Kent College and worked with Ramsay initially as sous chef.
• Angela Hartnett, Executive Chef Murano also a distinguished chef and author in her own right. Chef Hartnett received her chef training on the job. She went to work in one of Ramsay’s kitchens in 1994 and in 2008 opened Murano.
• Stuart Gillies, Executive Chef The Boxwood Café.

Ramsay’s culinary empire is now managed under the auspices of Gordon Ramsay Holdings Ltd. His personality has bought him legions of fans not only those particularly interested in food TV, but those intrigued by dramatic reality TV, a medium in which Ramsay is particularly at home.