Gordon Ramsay

Background

Gordon James Ramsay, famously known as Gordon Ramsay, is a British chef who was born in Johnstone, Scotland. He was born to Gordon James Ramsay, his father, and Helen Cosgrove, his mother who’s a nurse. He has three siblings; Diane, his older sibling, and Ronnie and Yvonne, his younger siblings.

Ramsay enrolled at North Oxfordshire Technical College at 19 years to study hotel management after deciding he was serious about acquiring a culinary qualification. He worked at Harvey’s for Marco Pierre White before going ahead to study French cuisine. He then worked at Le Gavroche in Mayfair under White’s tutelage before moving to Paris and working under the mentorship of Guy Savoy. Ramsay then worked as a personal chef in Bermuda on a private yacht called “Idlewild.” In 1998, he opened his restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, in Chelsea after working some years at Rossmore. He appeared on “Faking It” and “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares,” in which he worked closely with chefs and owners of failing restaurants helping them restore their restaurants within a week. In 2010, Ramsay became the producer of “Masterchef United States,” as well as the judge on the show, and has written countless cookbooks during his time as a chef. He has a partnership with Waterford Wedgwood, and Royal Doulton, and has won numerous awards, including the Catey Award and the award for Independent Restaurateur of the Year.

Ramsay grew up abused and neglected by his father and became a pot washer when he was 16 years old. He tied the knot with Cayetana Elizabeth Hutcheson, better known as Tana, in 1996. The couple has four children; Megan, Holly, Jack, and Matilda, and they started the Gordon and Tana Ramsay Foundation which aims to make meaningful contributions to charities.