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Gordon James Ramsay OBE (born November 8, 1966 in Johnstone, Scotland) is a Scottishcelebrity chef and currently one of only three chefs in the UK whose restaurant is rated at three Michelin stars. He has been awarded a total of twelve Michelin stars^[1] for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food, and improving cooking and restaurants around the country; he is best known in the . He is famous in the UKUnited States as the host of FOX's Hell's Kitchen series , which debuted in May 2005. On September 19, 2007, he debuted in a new FOXKitchen Nightmares.

Awards

Ramsay is one of only three chefs in the UK to maintain three Michelin Guide stars for his restaurant (the others being Heston Blumenthal and Alain Roux). He was appointed OBE in the 2006 honours list "for services to the hospitality industry".

In July 2006 Ramsay became 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) & 2000 (Chef of the Year). The other two triple-winners are Michel Roux and Andrew 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.

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Gordon moved to London where he joined Marco Pierre White in the early days of Harvey's in Wandsworth. After a couple of years Gordon moved to Le Gavroche to work alongside Albert Roux. This was followed by three years of working in France in the kitchens of Guy Savoy and Joël Robuchon. Here he was able to enhance his expertise in classic French cooking.

In October 1993, Gordon became chef of the newly opened Aubergine where he won many accolades including two Michelin stars within three years of opening.

Filmography

• Boiling Point (5 part documentary) (Channel 4, 1998)
• Beyond Boiling Point (6 part documentary) (Channel 4, 2000)
• Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (Channel 4, 2004 - Present)
• Hell's Kitchen (UK) (ITV, 2004)
• Hell's Kitchen (US) (Fox, 2005 - Present)
• The F-Word (Channel 4, 2005 - Present)
• Kitchen Nightmares (Fox, 2007)
• Extras Christmas Special (BBC Two 2007)

2007 has been an equally eventful year kickstarted by the award of one Michelin star to La Noisette in Knightsbridge and a second star for Pétrus in the Michelin Guide 2007. In March Gordon opened his first pub, The Narrow in London’s Limehouse (44 Narrow Street, London E14 8DP). Located in a Grade II-listed building on the banks of the Thames, The Narrow serves classic British dishes in a relaxed environment. Gordon’s second pub, The Warrington will open in Maida Vale (93 Warrington Crescent, London W9 1EH) later this Autumn following a major restoration and renovation.

This summer, Quadrille published Gordon Ramsay’s Fast Food which is Gordon’s eighth cookbook and follows the success of Gordon Ramsay's Sunday Lunch. In it, Gordon shows readers how to prepare great tasting, real fast food in less time than it would take to have a take away delivered taking its cue from the latest BAFTA nominated series of Channel 4’s hit food show, The F Word. FAST FOOD shows Gordon at his most compelling as he creates outstanding dishes which are not only fast but fresher and healthier than ever before.

2008 sees many more exciting projects for the group with the launch of Gordon Ramsay at The London, West Hollywood and the opening of a restaurant at the newly built Heathrow, Terminal 5.

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