Personal Details of Gordon James Ramsay

Gordon James Ramsay is a Scottish chef and television personality. He was born in 8 November 1996 at Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and raised in Stratford-uponAvon, Warwickshire, England from the age of 5. At the age of 16, Ramsay moved out of the family house into a flat in Banbury.

Gordon James Ramsays Family

He has an older sister, Diane, a younger brother, Ronnie and a younger sister, Yvonne. Ramsay's father Gordon has a job at various times, as a swimming pool manager, a welder, and a shopkeeper. His mother, Helen Cosgrove have been nurses. Ramsay has described his father as an alcoholic. His father was a died in 1997.

Education of Gordon James Ramsay

Ramsay played football and was first chosen to play under-14 football at age 12. He was chosen to play for Warwickshire. His football career was marked by injuries, causing him to remark later in life, "Perhaps I was doomed when it came to football". In mid-1984, Ramsay had a trial with Rangers, the club he supported as a boy. He seriously injured his knee, smashing the cartilage during training. Ramsay continued to train and play on the injured knee, tearing a cruciate ligament during a squash game. Ramsay has claimed to have played two first team games for Rangers. According to his autobiography Ramsay played "a couple of non-league matches as a trialist" for Rangers and was signed by the club at the age of 15. Allan Cairns, the photographer who took the picture in September 1985, said the photo was not one of Rangers first team but a side picked to play a testimonial match. A Rangers spokesman said: "Ramsay was a trialist in that testimonial game. He trained with us for a few months after that but then got injured.

Career of Gordon James Ramsay

By this time, Ramsay's interest in cooking had already begun, and rather than be known as "the football player with the gammy knee", at age 19, Ramsay paid more serious attention to his culinary education. After weighing his options, Ramsay enrolled at North Oxfordshire Technical College, sponsored by the Rotarians, to study Hotel Management. He describes his decision to enter catering college as "an accident, a complete accident". In the early 1980s, he worked as a commis chef at the Wroxton House Hotel then ran the kitchen and 60-seat dining room at the Wickham Arms, until his sexual relationship with the owner's wife made the situation difficult. Ramsay then moved to London, where he worked in a series of restaurants until being inspired to work for the temperamental Marco Pierre White at Harvey's. After working at Harveys for two years and ten months, Ramsay, tired of "the rages and 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. (While at Le Gavroche, he met Jean-Claude Breton, now his matre d' at Royal Hospital Road.) After working at Le Gavroche for a year, Albert Roux invited Ramsay to work with him at Hotel Diva, a ski resort in the French Alps, as his number two. From there, Ramsay moved to Paris to work with Guy Savoy and Jol 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 the private yacht Idlewild, based in Bermuda.

Achievement of Gordon James Ramsay

Opened in 1998, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay was Ramsays first solo restaurant, located at Royal Hospital Road, London. In 2001, it was voted Top Restaurant in the

U.K. in the London Zagat Survey and was awarded its third Michelin star, making Gordon Ramsay the first Scottish chef to win three Michelin stars. Though he spends more time on television than in the kitchen, Gordon Ramsay's Chelsea restaurant still managed to retain its three Michelin star status according to the latest edition of the guide. Ramsay is one of only four chefs in the UK to maintain three Michelin Stars for his restaurant (the others being Heston Blumenthal, Alain Ducasse and Alain Roux). He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2006 honours list for services to the hospitality industry, but almost missed the award 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, the biggest awards of the UK hospitality industry. Ramsay's two previous Catey awards were in 1995 (Newcomer of 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 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 food bible Harden's for eight years, but in 2008 was placed below Petrus, a restaurant run by former protg Marcus Wareing.

Astra Awards Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s) Favourite International Personality or Actor for: "Hell's Kitchen" (2005).

2009

Won

Astra Award

2008

Won

Astra Award

Favourite International Personality or Actor for: "Hell's Kitchen" (2005).

BAFTA Awards Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)

Best Features for: "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" (2004). 2005 Nominated BAFTA TV Award Shared with: Patricia Llewellyn Christine Hall

BAFTA Awards, Scotland Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)

2008 Nominated Audience Award Most Popular Scottish Presenter

National Television Awards, UK Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)

2005 Nominated

National Television Award

Most Popular TV Expert for: "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" (2004).

People's Choice Awards, USA Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)

2011 Nominated

People's Choice Favorite TV Chef Award

Teen Choice Awards Year Result Award Teen Choice Award Category/Recipient(s) Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star for: "Masterchef" (2010/II) and "Hell's Kitchen" (2005).

2013 Nominated

2012 Nominated

Teen Choice Award

Choice TV Personality: Male for: "Hell's Kitchen" (2005).

Television and Radio Industries Club Awards Year 2008 Result Won Award TRIC Award Category/Recipient(s) TV Personality

Opened his first wholly owned restaurant at the age of 31. Published his first cookbook, Passion for Flavour, in1996.

Was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2006.

Since 1996, Ramsay has written 21 books. Ramsay also contributes a food-and-drink column to The Times' Saturday magazine.

Gordon Ramsays Passion For Flavour (1996) Gordon Ramsays Passion For Seafood (1999) Gordon Ramsay A Chef For All Seasons (2000) Gordon Ramsays Just Desserts (2001) Gordon Ramsays Secrets (2003) Gordon Ramsays Kitchen Heaven (2004) Gordon Ramsay Makes It Easy (2005) Gordon Ramsay Easy All Year Round (2006) Gordon Ramsay's Sunday Lunch and other recipes from the F word (2006) Humble Pie (2006) (Autobiography) Roasting in Hell's Kitchen (2006) (US title for Humble Pie) Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food Recipes from the F Word (2007) Playing With Fire (2007) (Follow up to Autobiography) Recipes From a 3 Star Chef (2007) Gordon Ramsay's Three Star Chef (2008) Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food (2008) Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite (2008) Cooking for Friends: Food from My Table (2008) Gordon Ramsay's On Top of The World (2009) Gordon Ramsay's World Kitchen: Recipes from "The F Word" (2009) Ramsay's Best Menus (2010) Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape: 100 of my favourite Indian recipes (2010) Gordon's Great Escape: 100 of my favourites South-east Asia recipes (2011) Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course (2012)