100-831: Wandsworth Town ( / ˈ w ɒ n z w ər θ / ) is a district of south London , within the London Borough of Wandsworth 4.2 miles (6.8 km) southwest of Charing Cross . The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London . Wandsworth takes its name from the River Wandle , which enters the Thames at Wandsworth. Wandsworth appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Wandesorde and Wendelesorde . This means 'enclosure of (a man named) Waendel', whose name
200-614: A Ferrari F430 and a Range Rover Sport Supercharged, the latter replacing the Bentley Continental GT he previously owned. On 14 May 2006, he appeared on Top Gear in the " Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car " segment. Ramsay held the top spot on Top Gear' s celebrity leader board, with a lap time of 1.46.38 until overtaken by Simon Cowell . Ramsay starred in part of a National Blood Service "Give Blood" television advertisement in England, in which he said that he would have died from
300-528: A South West sub-region consisting of Croydon, Kingston, Lambeth, Merton, Sutton, Richmond and Wandsworth. In 2011 a new south London region was created consisting of Bromley, Croydon, the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames, Merton, Sutton, Wandsworth, Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham. South London is, like other parts of London and the UK in general, a temperate maritime climate according to
400-461: A US version of Hell's Kitchen produced by Granada Entertainment and A. Smith & Co. The show follows a similar premise to the original British series, showcasing Ramsay's perfectionism and infamously short temper. Ramsay had also hosted a US version of Kitchen Nightmares , which premiered on Fox on 19 September 2007. On 23 June 2014, Ramsay announced he was ending the series. In June 2018, Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back ,
500-870: A 69% stake, valued at £67 million in 2007. Whereas previous ventures acted as a combined consultant/brand, in November 2006 Ramsay announced plans to create three restaurants in the United States. These opened in 2006/2007 at the London Hotel in Manhattan , in October 2006, the Cielo in Boca Raton , Florida, and at the London Hotel in West Hollywood, California . Ramsay acts as a consultant to numerous catering organisations. In 2005 he
600-411: A bite, Ramsay said that it contained ham, laughing and asked if he wanted more. In 2003, when asked for his most recent lie, he said "To a table of vegetarians who had artichoke soup. I told them it was made with vegetable stock when it was chicken stock." In a 2007 interview, he joked: "My biggest nightmare would be if the kids ever came up to me and said 'Dad, I'm a vegetarian.' Then I would sit them on
700-805: A chef and restaurateur is to earn the third Michelin Star for Le Pressoir d'Argent , a French restaurant in France. In November 2007, Ramsay installed 29-year-old Clare Smyth as head chef at his three-Michelin-starred flagship restaurant on Royal Hospital Road. Smyth is the second high-profile appointment of a female chef by Ramsay, after Angela Hartnett . Smyth was the first three-Michelin-starred woman; she moved on to start her own restaurant in 2017. Ramsay has been criticised for his frequent use of strong language on his programmes, first by British celebrity cook Delia Smith , then, in relation to Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares , by Australian Senator Cory Bernardi , who introduced
800-556: A chef with a fiery temper, is loosely based on him. In 1998, following Ramsay's resignation from the Aubergine, A-Z restaurants sued him for £1 million citing lost revenue and breach of contract, but eventually settled out of court. In June 2006, Ramsay won a High Court case against the London Evening Standard newspaper, in which Victor Lewis Smith had alleged, after reports from previous owner Sue Ray, that scenes and
900-534: A considerable area of south-west London. The company's name evolved each time it merged with or took over neighbouring gas companies, but from 1936 it was the Wandsworth and District Gas Company . The company was nationalised in 1949 and became part of the South Eastern Gas Board . Wandsworth power station was built on The Causeway and supplied electricity to the district of Wandsworth from 1897 to 1964. It
1000-519: A guest appearance on New Girl episode "Operation: Bobcat". Ramsay made an appearance on 11 December 2017 broadcast of Please Take Care of My Refrigerator , a South Korean reality television show on JTBC . In November, Ramsay drew criticism for appearing as a brand ambassador for the mass-produced Korean beer Cass ; Ramsay defended it as unpretentious and affordable. Ramsay voices the character Bolton Gramercy in Big Hero 6: The Series . The character,
1100-523: A head chef position and 10% share in the Rossmore, owned by White's business partners. The restaurant was renamed Aubergine and won its first Michelin star 14 months later. In 1997, Aubergine won its second Michelin star. A dispute with Ramsay's business owners, who wanted to turn Aubergine into a chain, and Ramsay's dream of running his own restaurant led to his leaving the partnership in July 1998. He has described
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#17328483319841200-425: A judge on MasterChef Junior since 2013; in contrast to his interaction with adults, Ramsay states that he takes a more sensitive attitude when working with the underage contestants. Ramsay has previously expressed a dislike for vegetarianism and veganism . In the first episode of the second series of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (2005), he offered pizza to a vegetarian and said it was vegetarian. After he took
1300-473: A motion in the Senate to investigate broadcast standards as a result. In his autobiography, Ramsay himself said he was unaware of the extent of his swearing until he watched an episode of Boiling Point . While he stated he did not have a problem with it, "Mum was appalled". On 5 June 2009, Ramsay started trading insults with Australian A Current Affair journalist Tracy Grimshaw . The day after his interview, he
1400-403: A new series with a premise much like Kitchen Nightmares but a shorter timeline, premiered on Fox. Ramsay has presented five series of a food-based magazine programme titled The F Word ; it launched on Channel 4 on 27 October 2005. The show is organised around several key recurring features, notably a brigade competition, a guest cook competition, a food-related investigative report, and
1500-537: A producer and judge on the US version of MasterChef . (A second season of the show began in June 2011, again starring Ramsay.) On that same show, he was joined by culinary judges Graham Elliot and Joe Bastianich . He starred in a travelogue about his visit to India , Gordon's Great Escape followed by a series set in Asia. He hosted the series Ramsay's Best Restaurant , which was
1600-579: A restaurant on Brick Lane in the East End of London , which opened to the public for the two-week duration of the show. Although he was the creator of Hell's Kitchen , Ramsay only starred in the first series, as he signed a four-year contract with Channel 4, ruling out any possibility of him appearing on future episodes of the ITV-produced show. In May 2005, the Fox network introduced Ramsay to American audiences in
1700-646: A ruptured spleen had it not have been for another person's blood donation. On 13 October 2006, he was guest host on the first episode of the BBC's comedy panel show Have I Got News for You ' s 32nd series. On 27 December 2007, Ramsay appeared in the Extras Christmas special. In January 2008, Ramsay also guest featured on Channel 4's Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack as the Big Brother housemates took part in his Cookalong Live television show. Gordon spoke directly to
1800-548: A series-long project of raising animals to be served in the finale. The guest cook (usually a celebrity) prepares a dish of their own choosing and places it in competition against a similar dish submitted by Ramsay. The dishes are judged by diners who are unaware of who cooked which dish and, if the guest wins (as they have on numerous occasions), their dish is served at Ramsay's restaurant. The US version premiered on 31 May 2017 on Fox. In July 2006, Channel 4 announced that it had re-signed Ramsay to an exclusive four-year deal at
1900-495: A vegan roast. In 2022, on an episode of Master Chef: Back to Win , Ramsay said, "After all these years, I can finally admit, that I actually love vegan food." He was a head judge of MasterChef USA when Nick DiGiovanni came third place in season 10. On 11 May 2023, DiGiovanni, alongside Gordon Ramsay, broke the Guinness World Record for the largest beef wellington , which weighed 25.76 kilograms (56.79 pounds). This
2000-536: A year later, Laurier 1936 closed. In January 2014, Ramsay lost a high court case in relation to the York & Albany pub. Ramsay claimed that his father-in-law had misused a "ghost writing" machine to make Ramsay a personal guarantor for the £640,000 annual rent of that pub. Ramsay tried to nullify the 25-year lease, signed in 2007. The judge said that Ramsay had known about the guarantee beforehand but that he had total trust in his father-in-law, Christopher Hutcheson, and left
2100-457: A year, Roux invited him to work with him at Hotel Diva, a ski resort in the French Alps , as his number two. From there, a 23-year-old Ramsay moved to Paris to work with Guy Savoy and Joël Robuchon , both Michelin-starred chefs. He continued his training in France for three years, before giving in to the physical and mental stress of the kitchens and taking a year to work as a personal chef on
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#17328483319842200-857: Is also lent to the River Wandle. To distinguish it from the London Borough of Wandsworth, and historically from the Wandsworth District of the Metropolis and the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth , which all covered larger areas, it is also known as Wandsworth Town . At the time of the Domesday Book (1086), the manor of Wandsworth was held partly by William, son of Ansculfy, and partly by St Wandrille's Abbey. Its Domesday assets were 12 hides , with 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 ploughs and 22 acres (89,000 m) of meadow . It rendered £9. Since at least
2300-585: Is also popular with tourists. Ramsay explained his intention for the Fat Cow in a press release to signify the opening of the venue: "The concept for The Fat Cow came from my desire to have a neighbourhood restaurant that you could go to all the time to just relax and enjoy a terrific meal." The Fat Cow closed in 2014 amid legal issues. That year also saw the opening of Gordon Ramsay Steak in Las Vegas. The steakhouse concept has since expanded to other locations including
2400-431: Is built upon his goal of culinary perfection, which is associated with winning three Michelin stars. His mentor, Marco Pierre White , noted that he is highly competitive. Since the airing of Boiling Point , which followed Ramsay's quest of earning three Michelin stars, the chef has also become infamous for his fiery temper and use of expletives. Ramsay once famously ejected food critic A. A. Gill , whose dining companion
2500-542: Is improving the restaurant." In August 2007, the case was dismissed voluntarily and ordered into arbitration as stipulated in their contract. On 21 March 2012, Ramsay filed a $ 2.7 million lawsuit against his former partners of his restaurant in Montreal , Quebec, the Laurier Gordon Ramsay (since renamed The Laurier 1936), over lost licensing fees and defamatory statements made against him. On 16 April 2013, just over
2600-548: Is notably lower than other London area weather stations (by about 50–100 hours a year), suggesting Greenwich may be a fog trap in winter, and that the hillier land to the south may obscure early morning and late evening sunshine. The highest temperature recorded across south London was 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) on the same occasion at Kew Gardens. Although the Met Office accepts a higher reading from Brogdale in Kent, many have questioned
2700-437: Is on Garratt Lane. The library opened in 2009 and is located in the former court house, a listed building. The nearest railway stations are Wandsworth Town ; Wandsworth Common (one stop from Clapham Junction , and 12 minutes' train ride from London Victoria ); and Earlsfield , (one stop from Clapham Junction , and 12 minutes' train ride from London Waterloo ). Wandsworth Town is also served by Southfields tube station in
2800-512: Is that while there are more than thirty bridges linking the area with West London and the City , there is only one, Tower Bridge , linking the area with East London . Very little of London's underground rail network lies south of the river, largely due to the challenging geology; however, 21st-century technology makes tunnelling much cheaper (though stations are still expensive) and this may lead to an improved underground provision in south London with
2900-562: The Wandsworth Bridge . Wandsworth Common is set back from the river, at the top of East Hill, and is adjoined by an area known locally as "the Toast Rack" that has some of the most expensive townhouses in London, as well as the restaurant Chez Bruce , formerly Harveys , where chef Gordon Ramsay learned his trade, and for which co-owner Bruce Poole gained a Michelin star in 1999. Also in
3000-544: The Big Brother House via the house plasma screens, regularly checking on the progress of the contestants. In 2011, during the results show of American Idol , footage of the top 5 contestants taking on a challenge of cooking with Gordon Ramsay was shown. The Top 5 were given 10 minutes to make the best omelettes . In November 2011, Ramsay appeared on the Simpsons episode " The Food Wife ". In February 2017, Ramsay made
3100-510: The City of London , a sui generis local authority which is mainly located north of the Thames. The term 'south London' has been used for a variety of formal purposes with the boundaries defined according to the purposes of the designation. In 2017 the government asked the Boundary Commission for England to reconsider the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies. The commission's study,
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3200-513: The Crossrail 2 line proposed alongside extensions to the Northern and Bakerloo Lines . South London contains an extensive overground rail network and all of London's trams operate within the area. The 12 boroughs included, in whole or part are: (Outer London for statistics) A small area of land, on which the southern end of Blackfriars Bridge stands, is not part of Southwark. It forms part of
3300-827: The Dubai Creek and Connaught hotels followed, the latter branded with his protegee Angela Hartnett 's name. Ramsay has opened restaurants outside the UK, beginning with Verre in Dubai . Two restaurants, Gordon Ramsay at Conrad Tokyo and Cerise by Gordon Ramsay, both opened in Tokyo in 2005. In November 2006, Gordon Ramsay at the London opened in New York City, winning top newcomer in the city's coveted Zagat guide , despite mixed reviews from professional critics. In 2007, Ramsay opened his first restaurant in Ireland , Gordon Ramsay at Powerscourt, at
3400-468: The Köppen climate classification system . Three Met Office weather stations currently collect climate data south of the river; Kew, Hampton and Kenley Airfield, on the southern edge of the urban area. Long term climate observations dating back to 1763 are available for Greenwich, although observations ceased here in 2003. Temperatures increase towards the Thames, firstly because of the urban warming effect of
3500-561: The Las Vegas Strip , six other locations have either been opened or announced, with one in Dubai and the others in the United States. On 17 April 2018, Ramsay's first Street Pizza opened, situated in the downstairs area of his One New Change Bread Street Kitchen offering "bottomless" pizza. The second "Street Pizza" was opened at the chef's York and Albany restaurant, with further locations opening elsewhere later on in London, Dubai, and
3600-721: The Rotarians , to study hotel management . He described his decision to enter catering college as "a complete accident". In the mid-1980s, Ramsay worked as a commis chef at the Wroxton House Hotel. He ran the kitchen and 60-seat dining room at the Wickham Arms until he quit after having sex with the owner's wife. Ramsay then moved to London, where he worked in a series of restaurants until being inspired to work for Marco Pierre White at Harveys . After working at Harveys for two years and ten months, Ramsay, tired of "the rages and
3700-511: The Southfields area of the Town. All Saints' is the original parish church of Wandsworth, dating back to the 13th century, although the present building is mostly of the 18th century. St Anne's and Holy Trinity churches were built in the 19th century to accommodate a growing population. Built in 1851, Wandsworth Prison is a Category B men's prison. It is the largest prison in London and one of
3800-635: The 'Fastest time to fillet a 10 lb fish', achieving the record in one minute and five seconds. On 16 August 2017, Ramsay set a 'Guinness World Record for the Longest Pasta Sheet Rolled in 60 Seconds', which measured 1.45 metres. In June 2022, he was recognised by the International Hospitality Institute as one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality. On 11 May 2023, Ramsay along with Nick DiGiovanni set
3900-412: The 2001 BAFTA for "Best Factual TV Moment." In 2004, Ramsay appeared in two British television series. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares aired on Channel 4 , and saw the chef troubleshooting failing restaurants over one week. This series ran its fifth series in 2007. Hell's Kitchen , a reality show which aired on ITV1 , saw Ramsay attempt to train ten British celebrities to be chefs, as they ran
4000-497: The American versions of Hell's Kitchen (2005–present), Kitchen Nightmares (2007–present), MasterChef (2010–present), and MasterChef Junior (2013–present), as well as Hotel Hell (2012–2016), Gordon Behind Bars (2012), Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (2018–2020), and Next Level Chef (2022–present). Ramsay was appointed an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 New Year Honours list for services to
4100-497: The British television miniseries Boiling Point in 1999, Ramsay became one of the best-known and most influential chefs in the world. Ramsay's television persona is defined by his fiery temper, aggressive behaviour, strict demeanour, and frequent use of profanity , while making blunt, critical, and controversial comments, including insults and sardonic wisecracks about contestants and their cooking abilities. He combines activities in
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4200-634: The Fox network, Hotel Hell ; the series is similar to Kitchen Nightmares , except that it focuses on struggling hotels, motels, and other lodging establishments in the United States. Originally slated for debut 6 April 2012 and 4 June 2012, the series debuted 13 August 2012. In August 2021, he signed a deal with Fox. In September 2005, Ramsay, along with Jamie Oliver, Heston Blumenthal , Wolfgang Puck , and Sanjeev Kapoor , were featured in CNN International 's Quest , in which Richard Quest stepped into
4300-427: The Guinness World Record for largest Beef Wellington . It came in at a weight of 25.76 kg (56.79 lb). It also measured 2 ft 5 inches long by 13 inches wide and 8 inches tall. All of Ramsay's business interests (restaurants, media, consultancy) are held in the company Gordon Ramsay Holdings Limited, which was run in partnership with his father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson, and incorporated on 29 October 1997. Ramsay owns
4400-790: The Horseshoe Casino Lake Charles, LA ; Atlantic City, and Baltimore, with an announced location due in Vancouver in 2024. In partnership with footballer David Beckham , Ramsay opened the Union Street Café in the Southwark district of London, UK in September 2013. The Italian cuisine of the Union Street Café, with a menu that revolved on a daily basis, was overseen by Chef Davide Degiovanni. The Union Street Café's location in Southwark
4500-472: The Michelin reviewers. The guide's director Michael Ellis stated that he was served "some very erratic meals" and also experienced "issues with consistency." The loss followed the closure of another of Ramsay's restaurants, Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, in June 2013. In January 2018, Ramsay opened his first location of Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen restaurants , based on the television show. After that site opened on
4600-807: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Powerscourt, County Wicklow . This restaurant closed in 2013. In May 2008, he opened his first restaurant in the Western US, in The London West Hollywood Hotel (formerly the Bel-Age Hotel) on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles . The contract expired in 2015, closing the restaurant. On 9 August 2011, Ramsay opened his first Canadian restaurant, Laurier Gordon Ramsay (at
4700-596: The River Wandle upstream towards Earlsfield and further south to Wimbledon , is King George's Park . Wandsworth Museum previously occupied the former Victorian library in West Hill having been moved there in 2007. The museum closed in March 2015. The De Morgan Centre is currently situated in Wandsworth Museum and houses a collection of Victorian artwork. A green plaque to commemorate aviation pioneer Alliott Verdon Roe
4800-694: The Royal Standard, the East Hill and the Alma. East Hill is an area of large Victorian houses bordered by the west side of Wandsworth Common. From 2007 to 2014 the area was used as the location for the BBC TV series Outnumbered . Wandsworth High Street is dominated by the regenerated Southside shopping centre , cinema and restaurant complex (formerly called the Arndale Centre ). Behind the shopping centre, and following
4900-490: The St. Paul's area of London. In March 2021, Ramsay launched his own brand of California wines; produced in collaboration with Master Sommelier Chris Miller and International Wine Expert Nick Dumergue at Seabold Cellars in Monterey , California. The Gordon Ramsay Academy, a cookery school, opened in Woking , Surrey , in September 2021. The Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill Philippines opened in Newport World Resorts in August 2024. Ramsay's first documented role in television
5000-463: The USA by 2024. Those plans were slowed down by the COVID-19 pandemic : in December 2021 GRNA CEO Norman Abdallah stated in a new interview that their updated strategy was to open 75 new company-owned locations across the United States between 2022 and 2026. On 24 March 2020, Ramsay laid off more than 500 staff in the UK after a number of Ramsay's restaurants had to close temporarily under the coronavirus lockdown . Ramsay, whose personal net income
5100-405: The USA. On 26 June 2019, Chloe Sorvino from Forbes magazine reported that Ramsay had struck a $ 100 million deal with Lion Capital , a private equity firm headquartered in London. Together they formed a subsidiary of the Gordon Ramsay Restaurant group, with Ramsay and Lion each taking 50% ownership, naming it Gordon Ramsay North America (GRNA), and originally intended to open 100 restaurants in
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#17328483319845200-420: The University of St Andrews , but lost at the polls to Simon Pepper . Ramsay's flagship restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, was voted London's top restaurant in Harden's for eight years, but in 2008 was placed below Pétrus, a restaurant run by former protégé Marcus Wareing. In January 2013, Ramsay was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame. On 14 June 2017, Ramsay set a new Guinness World Record for
5300-421: The Year) and 2000 (Chef of the Year). The other two triple-winners are Michel Roux and Jacquie Pern. In September 2006, he was named as the most influential person in the UK hospitality industry in the annual Caterersearch 100 list, published by Caterer and Hotelkeeper magazine. He overtook Jamie Oliver , who had been top of the list in 2005. Also in 2006, Ramsay was nominated as a candidate for Rector of
5400-596: The accuracy of this and regard the Kew reading as the most reliable highest UK temperature reading. Gordon Ramsay Gordon James Ramsay OBE ( / ˈ r æ m z i / ; born ( 1966-11-08 ) 8 November 1966) is a British celebrity chef , restaurateur, television presenter, and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants , was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall and currently holds eight. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London , has held three Michelin stars since 2001. After rising to fame on
5500-493: The age of 12, but his early footballing career was marked by injuries; after a serious knee injury, he was forced to give it up. At the age of 16, he moved out of the family home and into an apartment in Banbury . Ramsay's interest in cooking began in his teenage years; rather than be known as "the football player with the gammy knee", he decided to pay more serious attention to his culinary education at age 19. Ramsay enrolled at North Oxfordshire Technical College , sponsored by
5600-405: The area is the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building , which now contains flats, a theatre school and a restaurant. The Tonsleys/Old York Road is a residential area of old Wandsworth close to the river and town centre, so called because many of the street names have the word "Tonsley" included. It has a village feel with the Old York Road's cafes and shops at its heart. The area has three notable pubs:
5700-421: The aspirations and failures of his father, who was an occasionally violent alcoholic; Ramsay described him as a "hard-drinking womaniser". In his autobiography, he revealed that his father abused and neglected the children and his mother. He worked as a pot washer in a local Indian restaurant where his sister was a waitress. He had hoped to become a footballer and was first chosen to play under-14 football at
5800-410: The borrowings to the company and paid the money back. Hutcheson said he had been "vaporised" and subjected to a "public hanging" by Ramsay, whom he described as a friendless egotist. In April 2017, Hutcheson pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to hack into the computers of Gordon Ramsay Holdings Limited. In October 2012, Ramsay opened The Fat Cow in Los Angeles at The Grove, a shopping area that
5900-428: The bullying and violence", decided that the way to further advance his career was to study French cuisine . White discouraged Ramsay from taking a job in Paris, instead encouraging him to work for Albert Roux at Le Gavroche in Mayfair . Ramsay decided to take his advice, and there, Ramsay met Jean-Claude Breton, who later became his maître d'hôtel at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. After Ramsay worked at Le Gavroche for
6000-511: The company Gordon Ramsay Holdings Limited announced that Chris Hutcheson had left his position as CEO. Shortly afterwards, Ramsay released a letter to the press describing how he had unravelled the " manipulative " Hutcheson's "complex life" after having had him followed by a private detective. His father-in-law's "away days," wrote Ramsay, "were rarely what I thought they were." Company accounts show Hutcheson borrowed up to £1.5 million from Gordon Ramsay Holdings, though Hutcheson says he reported
6100-480: The deal to him. The judge dismissed the case and ordered Ramsay to pay all legal costs and outstanding monies, in total more than one million pounds. In May 2022, A New York Superior Court judge ended an eight-year legal battle between Gordon Ramsay and his former business partner at The Fat Cow Gordon Ramsay restaurant in Los Angeles, Rowan Seibel, ruling that Gordon Ramsay should be paid $ 4.5 million (£3.6 million) in damages and court fee coverage. Ramsay's reputation
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#17328483319846200-481: The decision to set out on his own as "the most important day of my entire cooking career; the most important decision of my life". In 1998, Ramsay opened his own restaurant in Chelsea, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay , with the help of his father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson, and his former colleagues at Aubergine. The restaurant gained its third Michelin star in 2001, making Ramsay the first Scot to achieve that feat. In 2011, The Good Food Guide named Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
6300-594: The early 16th century, Wandsworth has offered accommodation to consecutive waves of immigration, from Protestant Dutch metalworkers fleeing persecution in the 1590s, Huguenots in the 17th century, to recent Eastern European members of the European Union . Between Wandsworth town centre and the river is the site of Young & Co's Ram Brewery . Shire horse -drawn brewery drays were still used to deliver beer to local pubs. Whilst brewing by Young's stopped in September 2006 when Young & Co merged its operations with Charles Wells of Bedford , brewing does continue on
6400-462: The fence and electrocute them." In 2016, when asked on Twitter whether he was allergic to anything, he wrote "Vegans" and followed up with: "It's a joke jack it's not vegans! It's vegetarians". In 2006, on the second series of The F Word , Ramsay showed a softened stance on vegetarianism after learning about intensive pig farming practices, including castration and tail docking , while letting two young family piglets live in an intensive farm. On
6500-411: The first UK series by Ramsay's own production company, One Potato Two Potato. Ramsay joined several other celebrity chefs in the 2010 series, The Big Fish Fight , where he, along with fellow chef Jamie Oliver and a few others, spent time on a trawler boat to raise awareness about the discarding of hundreds of thousands of sea fish. In March 2012, Fox announced the coming of Ramsay's fourth series for
6600-415: The former Rotisserie Laurier BBQ) in Montreal . In February 2012, Danny Lavy, the owner of the restaurant, announced the restaurant was disassociating itself from Ramsay, citing a lack of involvement and understanding on Ramsay's part. The restaurant closed in 2013. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, located at Royal Hospital Road, London, was voted Top Restaurant in the UK in the London Zagat Survey in 2001 and
6700-451: The general condition of Bonaparte's had been faked for Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares . Ramsay was awarded £75,000 plus costs. Ramsay said at the time: "I won't let people write anything they want to about me. We have never done anything in a cynical fake way." In June 2007, Ramsay's show was sued by the terminated general manager (Martin Hyde) of the New York restaurant Purnima (Dillon's), who also alleged fakery. Hyde had quit his position at
6800-424: The hospitality industry. He was named the top chef in the UK at the 2000 Catey Awards , and in July 2006 he won the Catey for Independent Restaurateur of the Year, becoming the third person to win three Catey Awards. Forbes listed his 2020 earnings at US $ 70 million and ranked him at No.19 on its list of the highest-earning celebrities . Gordon James Ramsay was born in Johnstone , Scotland, on 8 November 1966,
6900-505: The largest in Europe, with a similar capacity to Liverpool Prison . South London South London is the southern part of Greater London , England , south of the River Thames . The region consists of the boroughs , in whole or in part, of Bexley , Bromley , Croydon , Greenwich , Kingston , Lambeth , Lewisham , Merton , Richmond , Southwark , Sutton and Wandsworth . South London originally emerged from Southwark , first recorded as Suthriganaweorc , meaning 'fort of
7000-411: The men of Surrey '. From Southwark , London then extended further down into northern Surrey and western Kent . South London began at Southwark at the southern end of London Bridge , the first permanent crossing over the river, with early development of the area being a direct result of the existence and location of the bridge . Southwark was first known as Suthriganaweorc , the fortress of
7100-480: The men of Surrey , mentioned in the Burghal Hidage as part of military system created by Alfred the Great to defeat the Great Heathen Army of the Vikings. Southwark was also known as the Borough due to be it being an incorporated (nationally represented) Borough from 1295. From 1550 to 1899 it was administered as part of the City of London and referred to as the ward of Bridge Without . In 1720, John Strype's 'Survey of London' described Southwark as one of
7200-537: The network, running until July 2011. The series became one of the highest rated shows aired on Channel 4 each week. During one episode of The F Word , Ramsay cooked in Doncaster Prison in Marshgate for its inmates. The chef was so impressed by the speed at which a prisoner, Kieron Tarff, chopped vegetables that he offered him a job at his restaurant following his release in 2007. In 2010, Ramsay served as
7300-538: The only non-fictional boss. They cited his frequent loss of his temper and his harsh critiques, notably when he picks on something other than cooking ability, such as calling someone a "chunky monkey". Although Ramsay often mocks the French, one of his most trusted maîtres d'hôtel, Jean-Baptiste Requien (Royal Hospital Road), is French and Ramsay also speaks fluent French from his time in Paris . As of 2023, one of his final goals as
7400-554: The police. A 2005 interview reported Ramsay had retained 85% of his staff since 1993. Ramsay attributes his management style to the influence of previous mentors, notably chefs Marco Pierre White and Guy Savoy , and his father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson. Ramsay's ferocious temper has contributed to his media appeal in both the United Kingdom and the United States, where his programmes are produced. MSN Careers featured an article about television's worst bosses, which listed Ramsay as
7500-527: The private yacht Idlewild , based in Bermuda . The role on the boat saw him travel to Sicily and Sardinia , Italy, and learn about Italian cuisine . Upon his return to London in 1993, Ramsay was offered the position of head chef, under chef-patron Pierre Koffmann , at the three- Michelin-starred La Tante Claire in Chelsea . Shortly thereafter, Marco Pierre White reentered his life, offering to set him up with
7600-409: The programme, Ramsay commented: "It's enough to make anyone turn fucking vegetarian, for God's sake. And I've always sort of knocked vegetarians and vegans for missing out on the most amazing flavour you can get from meat. But you can see why so many people change instantly". In 2019, he launched a vegan menu at his restaurants for Veganuary , and introduced more vegan items to his restaurants, such as
7700-449: The purposes of progress reporting on the London Plan , there was a south London sub-region in operation from 2004 to 2008 consisting of Bromley, Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond and Sutton. In 2001 this area had a population of 1,329,000. This definition is used by organisations such as Connexions . Between 2008 and 2011 it was replaced with a South East sub-region consisting of Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley and
7800-410: The restaurant during the show, when Ramsay suggested that the owner hire top Indian chef Vikas Khanna as the consultant chef for Purnima. The lawsuit alleged that "unknown to the viewing audience, some or all of Kitchen Nightmares are fake and the so-called 'problems uncovered and solved' by Ramsay are, for the most part, created by Ramsay and his staff for the purpose of making it appear that Ramsay
7900-615: The second best restaurant in the UK, behind the Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire . After establishing his first restaurant, Ramsay's empire expanded rapidly. He next opened Pétrus , then Amaryllis in Glasgow (which he was later forced to close), and later Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's . He hired his friend and maître d'hôtel Jean-Philippe Susilovic , who works at Pétrus and also appears on Ramsay's US television programme Hell's Kitchen . Restaurants at
8000-605: The shoes of celebrity chefs. In 2006 and 2008, Ramsay took part in a television series for ITV , following the lead-up to Soccer Aid , a celebrity charity football match, in which he played only the first half, nursing an injury picked up in training. Ramsay captained the Rest of the World ;XI against an England XI captained by Robbie Williams . During his second appearance on the BBC 's Top Gear , he stated that his current cars were
8100-440: The site by a master brewer albeit in small amounts. A planning application to redevelop the site for residential and shopping/leisure "mixed use" was submitted in 2012 and approved in 2013. In 2019 it was announced that Sambrook's Brewery will continue to brew beer on the site moving from their brewhouse on York Road in 2020 with John Hatch (former master brewer of Youngs Brewery) taking an active role in tours. Wandsworth gas plant
8200-476: The son of Helen (née Cosgrove), a nurse, and Gordon James Sr., who worked as a swimming pool manager, welder, and shopkeeper. He has an older sister, a younger brother, and a younger sister. When he was nine years old, he moved with his family to England and grew up in the Bishopton area of Stratford-upon-Avon . He has described his early life as "hopelessly itinerant" and said his family moved constantly owing to
8300-529: The south than in areas north of the Thames . The opening of Westminster Bridge and other subsequent bridges to the west encouraged growth in the south-west, but only Tower Bridge was built to the east of London Bridge , so south-east London grew more slowly, at least until the Surrey Commercial Docks were built. The development of a dense network of railway lines in the mid nineteenth century significantly accelerated growth. The County of London
8400-466: The surrounding area, but secondly due to altitude decreasing towards the river, meaning the southern margins of south London are often a couple of degrees cooler than those areas adjacent to the Thames. Often snow can be seen to lie on the North Downs near Croydon when central London is snow free. The record high temperature at Greenwich is 37.5 °C (99.5 °F) recorded during August 2003. Sunshine
8500-456: The television, film, hospitality and food industries, and has promoted and hired various chefs who have apprenticed under his wing. He is known for presenting television programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as the British series Hell's Kitchen (2004), Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (2004–2009, 2014), and The F Word (2005–2010), with Kitchen Nightmares winning the 2005 British Academy Television Award for Best Feature , and
8600-448: The then four distinct areas of London; in it he describes the City of London , Westminster (West London) , Southwark (South London) , and 'That Part Beyond the Tower' (East London) . The area now usually referred to as North London developed later. As late as the mid 18th century, however, there were no other bridges crossing the river and as a result urban growth was considerably slower in
8700-400: Was Joan Collins , from his restaurant, leading Gill to state that "Ramsay is a wonderful chef, just a really second-rate human being." Ramsay admitted in his autobiography that he did not mind if Gill insulted his food, but a personal insult he was not going to stand for. Ramsay has also had confrontations with his kitchen staff, including one incident that resulted in the pastry chef calling
8800-578: Was DiGiovanni's 8th Guinness World Record and was broken in partnership with celebrity chefs: Max the Meat Guy, Guga Foods and The Golden Balance. Ramsay said in 2016 that he exercises semi competitively for his general well-being. He said he has seen overweight and unfit chefs collapse or become unable to move quickly around the kitchen. He often competes in Ironman events, marathons, and triathlons. He also eats very little per meal and prefers to graze throughout
8900-485: Was a guest feature at the Melbourne Food and Wine festival . While doing his display, he allegedly insulted Grimshaw and made insinuations about her sexuality. Grimshaw responded the next day, calling Ramsay an "arrogant, narcissist bully." Ramsay eventually apologised, stating that his behaviour "was a joke". TV Guide included him in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time. Ramsay has also acted as
9000-690: Was awarded its third Michelin star . He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 New Year Honours list for services to the hospitality industry, but almost missed the award ceremony when his plane was delayed. In July 2006, Ramsay won the Catey award for "Independent Restaurateur of the Year", becoming only the third person to have won three Catey awards . Ramsay's two previous Catey awards were in 1995 (Newcomer of
9100-456: Was built in 1834 against the River Thames near Wandsworth Bridge . The undertaking became the Wandsworth and Putney Gaslight and Coke Company in 1854 and was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1856. Coal for making coal gas was brought by sea from North East England and unloaded on the Thames beside the gasworks. The firm grew by a series of mergers and takeovers so that by 1936 it served
9200-592: Was confirmed that Ramsay's protege of 15 years, Marcus Wareing , was going solo, having opened and operated Pétrus at The Berkeley Hotel on behalf of Gordon Ramsay Holdings since 2003. With the name Pétrus owned by Gordon Ramsay Holdings, industry sources suggested it was likely to transfer to another restaurant in the group with the former La Noisette site identified as the most likely. In April 2010, Jason Atherton , executive chef of Maze restaurants worldwide, resigned to open his own venue in Mayfair . On 19 October 2010,
9300-517: Was estimated to be US$ 63 million in 2019 by Forbes , was criticised for the lay-offs. It was announced in 2019 that Ramsay would open his first restaurant in Macao , Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill , at the new The Londoner Macao hotel and casino (formerly the Sands Cotai Central ). As of 2022 the restaurant has not yet opened. On 3 December 2020, Ramsay's first Street Burger opened, in
9400-491: Was formed in 1899, which incorporated these boroughs south of the river: Wandsworth, Lambeth, Battersea, Camberwell, Southwark, Bermondsey, Deptford, Lewisham, Greenwich and Woolwich. During the first half of the 20th century, towns in the Home Counties such as Kingston, Croydon and Bromley gradually coalesced with South London, until Greater London was formed in 1965. A significant feature of south London's economic geography
9500-408: Was in two fly-on-the-kitchen-wall documentaries: Boiling Point (1999) and Beyond Boiling Point (2000), but he had appeared previously as a judge on a MasterChef-like series for young catering students in 1997, with his then restaurant partner. Ramsay appeared on series three of Faking It in 2001, helping the prospective chef, a burger flipper named Ed Devlin, learn the trade. This episode won
9600-479: Was owned and operated by the County of London Electric Supply Company Limited until the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. The power station was decommissioned in 1964. There is an operational 132 kV national grid substation to the east of the River Wandle. The former wharf area of the river-front is now lined with new apartment blocks, with several bars and restaurants including near
9700-729: Was recruited by Singapore Airlines as one of its "International Culinary Panel" consultants. In late 2006, Gordon Ramsay Holdings purchased three London pubs, which were converted into gastropubs . These are: The Narrow in Limehouse , which opened in March 2007, the Devonshire in Chiswick, which opened in October 2007 and The Warrington in Maida Vale , which opened in February 2008. Both The Devonshire and The Warrington were sold in 2011. In May 2008, it
9800-656: Was taken over in 2020–21 by two other Gordon Ramsay restaurants: Street Pizza, and Bread Street Kitchen & Bar. In December 2012, the Las Vegas opening of Gordon Ramsay Burger occurred. Other locations of the gourmet hamburger dining establishment would open up in the 2020s, Notably in Chicago, Boston, Seoul, and at Harrods Department Store in London. In October 2013, the Gordon Ramsay at The London restaurant in New York lost its two Michelin stars owing to issues encountered by
9900-451: Was to start with existing regions of England and then group the local authorities within that area into sub-regions for further sub-division. The south London sub-region included the 11 boroughs which lay south of the river, plus the parts of cross-river Richmond upon Thames that did so. An earlier 2013 study, whose recommendations were not adopted, took a different approach by including all of Richmond in its south London sub-region. For
10000-752: Was unveiled by Wandsworth Council and members of the Verdon-Roe family beside the A3 close to Wandsworth Fire Station on the site of Roe's first workshop in the stables of his brother's house at 47 West Hill. The underpass beneath the Wandsworth Bridge roundabout was the location for the scene in Stanley Kubrick 's A Clockwork Orange in which a tramp is attacked. There are several schools in Wandsworth including Shaftesbury Park Primary School. Wandsworth Town Library
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