Gordon Ramsay has revealed that he had a very close call after plunging off a 280ft high cliff in Iceland whilst filming for his TV show, ‘The F Word’.

Gordon told The Sun last night: “I thought I was a goner.

“They say cats have nine lives. I’ve had 12 already and I don’t know how many more I’ll have.

“I remember thinking, ‘Oh f***’. My boots and my waterproofs were dragging me down.

“I’m an extremely good swimmer, but I couldn’t get to the surface. I was panicking and my lungs were filling with water.

“When I got to the top after getting my boots off I was dazed and my head was totally numb.”

When he didn’t emerge for 45 seconds the TV crew threw him a rope and pulled him to safety. Read more & comment »

In the penultimate programme of the current series, Gordon meets supermodel Erin O’Connor to find out what models really eat; Janet Street-Porter spit roasts one of the veal calves she has raised in a field near her home.

Gordon teaches a group of London Underground emergency workers how to cook a delicious low-fat breakfast; and Jon Snow takes on Gordon in the recipe challenge with his salmon fillet dish. Plus, in the restaurant, Emma Bunton and her family help Gordon cook three simple and tasty recipes everyone can cook and enjoy at home.

Tuesday 22 July 2008, Channel 4

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Gordon Ramsay has revealed that he plans to turn his back on a massive TV career, and emigrate to Australia, where he will open just one restaurant.

The star of F Word and Kitchen Nightmares told The Sun: “I want to quit while ahead and move on. I’m 41 — how long can I go at this pace?

“Another ten years then I’ll f*** off to Australia and retire. Read more & comment »

The Sun has reported that Gordon Ramsay reportedly ate a conteastants thumb on Hell’s Kitchen USA.

The cook sliced the tip of his thumb whilst preparing a dish and then left the kitchen to get it dressed. Unknown to him, his fellow chefs fried the thumb along with the rest of the meat and served it to Ramsay as part of a challenge.

When Gordon, 41, realised, he said: “Oh God – finger pancetta.” But he didn’t stop the challenge and sampled the dish, saying: “It tastes weird.”

In tonight’s second programme, Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy and his family are faced with cooking for 50 hungry diners. Kate Garraway challenges Gordon to beat her recipe for bread and butter pudding.

Janet continues her struggle to rear veal that will match Gordon’s exacting standards; and Gordon gets into the ring with champion boxer Ricky Hatton to hit home with some straight talking about his eating regime, and takes his son Jack on a hunt for ra Read more & comment »

The irrepressible Gordon Ramsay returns for a new 12-part series of television’s most entertaining food magazine. As ever, the action takes place against the backdrop of a working kitchen staffed by Gordon and his kitchen brigade, but this time his staff are made up of celebrities and their friends and families.

Tonight, the first in the kitchen is Coronation Street’s Wendi Peters’. Geri Halliwell challenges Gordon to beat her recipe for Spanish meatballs, Gavin and Stacey star James Corden Read more & comment »

Gordon Ramsay blasted Delia Smith on GMTV last Friday, saying he was ‘insulted’ by her lazy cooking.

“You know, it’s really hard for me because she was an icon,” Said Ramsay. “She removed all that intimidation out of food, gave the nation an amazing amount of joy for years, and you know it’s a real insult now. So more than anything I’m frustrated that we have to teach the nation to cook from a tin – tinned mince. Tined mince! So I’m insulted and I share that view with a lot of top chefs in this country that are fed up with that level of laziness.”

The top TV chef also revealed he’ll be hanging up his apron on his Kitchen Nightmares series. Speaking to GMTV’s Michael Underwood about his American show, Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA, he said: Read more & comment »

Hell’s Kitchen star, Gordon Ramsay has revealed that next year’s London Marathon will be the last one he runs.

Ramsay completed his ninth marathon yesterday in central London in just three hours and forty five minutes.

He told the Daily Star: “I always said I’d do ten for the charities, so next year is the last one.

“There were thousands of people who came out – they were fantastic. As I was coming over Tower Bridge, someone shouted, ‘Run, fat boy, run’ – I don’t know if they were talking to me.”

Celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay, has revealed that he tried to get ‘Posh Spice’, Victoria Beckham to appear on his last series of Hell’s Kitchen USA.

Ramsay told Access Hollywood: “I thought about having Victoria on as one of the ladies from Beverly Hills in [a] cooking lesson.

“She decided to tour with the Spice Girls. It was a shame because we missed each other by literally a week, otherwise…it would [have been] quite nice to see her attending one of the cooking classes in the kitchen with me breathing down her neck.”

Gordon also shed some light on his friendship with the Beckhams saying: “They’re great foodies. Victoria eats…in a very healthy manner, nothing over-drizzled with olive oil, fat, cream or butter and things lightly steamed. Read more & comment »

Celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay has offered to teach his pal David Beckham how to hone his cooking skills.

He told the Daily Star: “David absolutely loves his food. You’d be surprised, but Victoria’s a real foodie too. David has mentioned a few times he would love to be able to cook properly.

“I think he could be very good and I wouldn’t hesitate to give him a helping hand in the kitchen.”

A source said: “Apart from cooking, one of Gord’s favourite things is helping others improve their cooking skills. He knows David loves his grub – and he loves entertaining when he’s not on the football pitch or working out. Read more & comment »

The Olde Stone Mill in Tuckahoe, New York, is run by Dean who succeeded in converting the old mill into a restaurant but failed at the next stage: getting customers through its door. Yet despite being up to his neck in debt and owing nearly $1,000,000, Dean’s chief obsession is himself.

Gordon discovers that he’s more interested in how he looks than how his food tastes. And when Gordon challenges Dean to prove he’s not a fake, a screaming match ensues that looks set to run for eternity. Can Dean swallow his pride, or will he throw away the chance of a life line? Read more & comment »

Hell hath no fury like an angry chef, and no chef has a sharper temper than Gordon Ramsay when things go wrong in the kitchen. Now Gordon has taken Kitchen Nightmares across America, giving some of the worst restaurants Stateside a wake-up call they’ll never forget.

Lela’s is a fine dining restaurant in Pomona, California, run by inexperienced owner Lela and young chef Ricky. The fatal combination of her ineptitude and his arrogance has resulted in a business so rocky that it’s about to close down for good. Gordon’s recipe for rescuing Lela’s disastrous finances sets him on a collision course with the kitchen but also unearths darker problems with light-fingered staff. Can he put them back on the straight and narrow, or is Lela’s beyond redemption? Read more & comment »

Robbie Williams and his friend Max Beesley are said to be considering appearing on a celebrity version of Gordon Ramsays hit cookery TV show, Ramsay Kitchen Nightmares.

The Sun has reported that the pair will go into a failing restaurant and try to turn it around under the watchful eye, and foul mouth of super chef, Gordon Ramsay.

Beesley, who is currently staying with Robbie in LA revealed:

“There are plans for me and Robbie to work together. Read more & comment »

Hell hath no fury like an angry chef, and no chef has a sharper temper than Gordon Ramsay when things go wrong in the kitchen. Now Gordon has taken Kitchen Nightmares across America, giving some of the worst restaurants Stateside a wake-up call they’ll never forget.

The venue for tonight’s programme is The Secret Garden, a romantic French restaurant in the heart of Moorpark, California, run by French chef Michel Bardavid. But business is far from bon in this Gallic outpost where Michel’s pompous, over-complicated cuisine is keeping the customers away. On the brink of bankruptcy, he needs drastic action to create a dramatic turnaround. But when Gordon advocates a radical revamp, he meets with total resistance from staff and owner alike. Read more & comment »