Gordon Ramsay
Overview
Gordon James Ramsay, OBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

 (born 8 November 1966) is a Scottish chef
Chef
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...

, television personality and restaurateur
Restaurateur
A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of the restaurant business.-Etymology:The word...

. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars.

Ramsay is known for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as the British series Hell's Kitchen, The F Word, Ramsay's Best Restaurant
Ramsay's Best Restaurant
Ramsay's Best Restaurant is a television programme featuring British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay broadcast on Channel 4. During the series restaurants from all over Britain competed in order to win the "Ramsay's Best Restaurant" title...

, and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is a television programme featuring British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning programme debuted on Channel 4 in 2004....

, along with the American versions of Hell's Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen (U.S.)
Hell's Kitchen is an American reality-television cooking competition broadcast on Fox...

, Kitchen Nightmares
Kitchen Nightmares
Kitchen Nightmares is an American reality television series broadcast on the Fox network, in which Chef Gordon Ramsay spends a week with a failing restaurant in an attempt to revive the business. It is based on the British show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. The show is produced by ITV Studios...

, and MasterChef.
Gordon Ramsay was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire
Johnstone
Johnstone is a town in the council area of Renfrewshire and larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.The town lies three miles west of neighbouring Paisley and twelve miles west of the centre of the city of Glasgow...

, Scotland, and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...

, Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...

, England from the age of 5.
Quotations

THAT is absolute dog shit.

Describing one contestant's "absolute penne"

I think you're a plank.

To one contestant after he presented undercooked salmon

I think you have a palate like a cow's backside. That is disgusting.

Hell's Kitchen (US version)

Get back in line.

Hell's Kitchen (US version)

That looks like a dog's dinner.

Hell's Kitchen (US version)

This is fucking painful!

To two contestants who panicked during the evening service, causing Gordon Ramsay to shut down the service that episode

It looks like King Kong's fucking condom!

In relation to bad Yorkshire pudding

Every time I see you it's like this! Like a baby rhinoceros trying to take a shit!

On a maître d's posture problems

Oh, fuck me senseless!

Hell's Kitchen (US version)

If you haven't tasted your own fucking food, what chance have you got? I'd rather fuck off for a burger!

Hell's Kitchen (US version)

 
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