Chef Gordon Ramsay

[fingercuffs]

If you store food the way some restaurants do on the show they deserve getting screamed at lol.

I've never owned a restaurant but I know what temperature food should be at. I'm no beer snob in terms of owning but I know what temp it needs to be at.

 

[TheWobbler]

Have you seen Boiling Point, the Gordon Ramsay documentary from 1999?

This was when he was a star chef in London and notorious in the food world, but not yet an international TV personality.

Spoiler: He is not a nice guy. He is an utterly driven boss and brutal with anyone he considers underperforming. His goal is to achieve Michelin stars and woe to those who he considers to be keeping him from that goal.



The person you see on Hell's Kitchen is an amped-up caricature, but it is based on how Gordon really worked.

All that said: Boiling Point was more than 20 years ago, and Gordon has changed A LOT. Having a family and massive global success will do that to a man.

The start of that video is hilarious.

Ramsey said its important to not put the staff on edge because that transfers to the dining room yet hes constantly putting them down.

 

[KnightTemplar]

All the crazy, over the top shit he does is for American tv. Watch the UK version of kitchen nightmares...hes still blunt and doesn't take any shit but he's not going ballistic like in the US versions

IIRC, there's a disclaimer at the beginning of Kitchen/Hotel Nightmares that points out that the scenes are edited for maximum drama.

Ramsey is a Chef de Cuisine. French cooking is traditionally taught in a highly regimented and disciplined manner. Chefs do not suffer fools gladly, and expect their staff and/or students to obey instructions quickly and to the letter. A kitchen is not a democracy: when the Chef tells a member of staff to jump, the only acceptable response is, "How high sir?!" Ramsey was trained in that system, and no doubt got his own arse kicked many times while learning his trade.

 

[griffithberserk]

Can we all note that he has 3 Michelin stars.

Anyone saying he's "overrated" clearly has no idea what they're talking about.

He'll always be a chef 1st, tv star 2nd

 

[MusterX]

Do you know who Marco Pierre-White is? He was the one who yelled at Ramsay and made him cry during his training. It's because of him we have the Gordon we have today. One of my favourite meals ever was at his L'Escargot before it lost its star.

Marco is a better chef, in my estimation. Marco is Gordan's daddy in every way.

 

[Henry Swanson]

Marco is a better chef, in my estimation. Marco is Gordan's daddy in every way.

Love MPW. Even his newer stuff, he’s still very engaging and charismatic.

i laugh at all the “experts” in YouTube comments giving him shit for jumping the shark and using knorr stock cubes.

 

[MusterX]

Love MPW. Even his newer stuff, he’s still very engaging and charismatic.

i laugh at all the “experts” in YouTube comments giving him shit for jumping the shark and using knorr stock cubes.

Yea, people call him a sell out for the Knorr cube stock but he's a GOAT level chef. He wore Gordon Ramsey's ass out and made him what he is today.

 

[TenderLoving]

Love MPW. Even his newer stuff, he’s still very engaging and charismatic.

i laugh at all the “experts” in YouTube comments giving him shit for jumping the shark and using knorr stock cubes.

Whats this about Knorr stock cubes?

 

[Spounman]

The other post here asking if yelling motivates you, made me think about Gordon Ramsay.
What do you all think of him? Everyone says it's entertainment, and he's a nice guy in real life. But if Gordon Ramsay really is like that, I have the feeling people would be defending him anyway. I know several who think that is how he is in real life and think he's the greatest thing ever.

I think he's great, laugh my ass off when he's going off on people

 

[Henry Swanson]

Whats this about Knorr stock cubes?

Years ago he signed an endorsement deal with knorr. So they released a bunch of short cooking videos featuring him and in each of them he would use some sort of knorr product.
Here’s an example. Uses knorr stock to season the water he cooks the pasta in.

 

[fingercuffs]

Marco is a better chef, in my estimation. Marco is Gordan's daddy in every way.

I bought two GR books but have yet to read them, I couldn't take my nose out of MPW's it was that engaging. I've got maybe a dozen of GR's cook books though, they're excellent. I don't know if you watch Masterchef Australia, but I look forward to Marco week when he's on it.
I'm not doing GR a disservice, he's still fantastic.

 

[fingercuffs]

Years ago he signed an endorsement deal with knorr. So they released a bunch of short cooking videos featuring him and in each of them he would use some sort of knorr product.
Here’s an example. Uses knorr stock to season the water he cooks the pasta in.

FFS, lol. All it needs is salt!
Funny.

 

[Henry Swanson]

FFS, lol. All it needs is salt!
Funny.

It’s a promotional video by knorr. Some of them are hilarious. There’s one where he makes steaks and instead of seasoning with salt and pepper he uses a stock cube. His salesmanship is cheeky. “I used to use salt and pepper but then one day my fascination with stock cubes took over and I thought why not try seasoning my steaks with knorr rich beef stock cubes instead? And I tell you! The stock cube tastes better!”

Edit. Found it.

 

[fingercuffs]

It’s a promotional video by knorr. Some of them are hilarious. There’s one where he makes steaks and instead of seasoning with salt and pepper he uses a stock cube. His salesmanship is cheeky. “I used to use salt and pepper but then one day my fascination with stock cubes took over and I thought why not try seasoning my steaks with knorr rich beef stock cubes instead? And I tell you! The stock cube tastes better!”

Edit. Found it.

And it'll actually get some people believing it. Clever marketing.

 

[buffpants22]

He isnt probably like that in real life just makes for good American tv.
People who yell and scream especially at jobs have never had the fuck beat out of them. Id imagine in come fueled kitchens verating someone would end in fisticuffs.

 

[90 50]

Years ago he signed an endorsement deal with knorr. So they released a bunch of short cooking videos featuring him and in each of them he would use some sort of knorr product.
Here’s an example. Uses knorr stock to season the water he cooks the pasta in.

I use a bunch of knorr stuff to speed things up I the kitchen during the week.

If used properly can make good food.

 

[90 50]

It’s a promotional video by knorr. Some of them are hilarious. There’s one where he makes steaks and instead of seasoning with salt and pepper he uses a stock cube. His salesmanship is cheeky. “I used to use salt and pepper but then one day my fascination with stock cubes took over and I thought why not try seasoning my steaks with knorr rich beef stock cubes instead? And I tell you! The stock cube tastes better!”

Edit. Found it.

WTF??

Ok that’s rediculous

 

[MicroBrew]

The other post here asking if yelling motivates you, made me think about Gordon Ramsay.
What do you all think of him? Everyone says it's entertainment, and he's a nice guy in real life. But if Gordon Ramsay really is like that, I have the feeling people would be defending him anyway. I know several who think that is how he is in real life and think he's the greatest thing ever.

It's all seems like 'try hard' behavior and putting on a facade for the camera. If he really is like this in real life - which I sort of doubt it - it wouldn't be helpfull to up and coming student chefs.

 

[90 50]

Those steaks look like shit I wouldn’t eat that.

 

[cincymma79]

Hot damn he was fine. I had a filthy dream about him while I was reading his book.

I have an idea for a bedroom nightmares series where comes over to couples houses and yells at them for fucking wrong then shows them how to do it with lots of salt and cream fraiche.
Oh come on you donut
No here let me show you
Alright we hold the leg this this ,ya. Then thrust from the hip like this ya.