JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Who doesn’t know this one celebrity chef? His face often paced back and forth in the world television program.
Starting from “Hell’s Kitchen”, “The F Word”, “Kitchen Nightmares” and “MasterChef”. One television program guided by him was “Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted”.
The program aired on the National Geographic channel was filmed in West Sumatra, and is scheduled to air on Monday, June 29, 2020.
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On the program he performed, Ramsay was famous for having special characteristics that could not be separated from the eyes of the audience.
Ramsay was seen as a perfectionist, smart, nimble cook in food processing and did not hesitate to criticize his protégé chefs.
But behind the display, Ramsay is known as a friendly, humorous and very fond of his family.
Following is the profile of Gordon Ramsay, from the moment he was born, to being an athlete, to being able to tread his career as a professional chef at this time.
Had become a soccer player
Born in Scotland on November 8, 1966 under the real name Gordon James Ramsay.
Launch Showbiz Cheat Sheet, who would have thought this worldwide cook is a dropout from Glasgow Rangers, a professional soccer club in his home country, Scotland.
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Ramsay’s plunge into the world of football is one of the escapees, because as a child Ramsay often got bad treatment from his father.
The soccer game he watched with his uncle made him fall in love with the sport.
Ramsay practiced soccer from when he was a child until the age of 15. The talented Ramsay joined the Glasgow Rangers, a professional soccer club.
But in 1985 he suffered a knee injury and finally ended his soccer career.
Forced he had to start from scratch, Ramsay returned to school, and finally earned a degree in hotel management in 1987.
Become a successful chef and entrepreneur
Launch Biography after completing his studies, Ramsay worked under the direction of some of Europe’s top chefs.
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His apprenticeship program was completed with Marco Pierre White at Harvey’s in London, then he worked for Albert Roux at Le Gavroche, and later worked under main chefs Joel Robuchon and Guy Savoy in France.
The results of his hard work were realized from his own restaurant Gordon Ramsay Restaurant, which opened in 1998 in London, England.
This restaurant was praised by top-class culinary lovers and eventually received a three-star rating from Michelin.
His ambition was seen when he opened several new restaurants, including Peter and Gordon Ramsay both in London, and finally Verre in Dubai.
Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant in London, England. –
He also won the Chef of the Year award at the Catey Awards 2000 and the Independent Restaurateur of the Year in 2006.
The same year Ramsay brought his restaurant business to the United States in 2006 with the opening of two companies in The London, New York City.
Ramsay expanded again by expanding its reach throughout the world, bringing its brand to countries such as South Africa, Australia and Canada.
Gordon Ramsay became a television star
Ramsay, also starting his career in television shows, began in 1996 with his appearance as a judge on the BBC’s competitive cooking show, MasterChef.
In 1999, he became the focus of the mini British documentary series, “Boiling Point”. The program re-recorded his work life when he opened the first restaurant.
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The success of the documentary gave birth to an advanced mini series, “Beyond Boiling Point”, in 2000.
Ramsay was contracted to hold two programs in the spring of 2004: Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. The program shows how the famous chef tried to turn the restaurant around that failed.
Then there was the Hell’s Kitchen, which increasingly catapulted his name. He is known as an angry chef and educates participants with sharp words.
The reality program at that time managed to make it even more famous. In May 2005, “American Hell’s Kitchen”, debuted on FOX.
Meanwhile, he launched another culinary series in England, “The F Word”.
Strong ratings on American television launched a new program called “Kitchen Nightmares”, which debuted in September 2007.
Chef Gordon Ramsay and his son, Oscar.-
Then followed by a very famous American television production, namely “MasterChef (2010) and MasterChef Junior (2013)”, with Ramsay as the jury leader.
Along with his work on TV and in his restaurant, Ramsay has written more than 20 books. Its various businesses have been consolidated into “Gordon Ramsay Holdings Limited”.
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Honored for his impressive achievements, Ramsay was appointed as Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2006. In 2013, he was appointed to the Culinary Hall of Fame.
Ramsay married Cayetana school teacher Elizabeth “Tana” Hutcheson in 1996. They have four children, namely Megan, twin brothers Holly and Jack, and Matilda.
In 2014, the couple established the Gordon and Tana Ramsay Foundation to help support the Great Ormond Street Children’s Charity Hospital.
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