Gordon Ramsay – a Worldwide Renowned Chef

Gordon Ramsay has 16 Michelin stars and net worth over $118 Million USD. Gordon is a very terrifying person in kitchen, some say he is just overreacting, that said there are always people who can’t stand Gordon. Writer is going to talk about an interesting fact about Gordon and he also nominated as Top 10 Celebrity Chef in the world. Gordon has bunch of TV’s shows, such as: Hell’s Kitchen, Hotel Hell, The popular MasterChef which award the winner A Quarter Of Million USD. Less but not least writer will also talk about how this 51 years-old Chef make it to the top of the chart and about his life. The writer will dive-in deeper about all these things that has been mentioned above in this essay.

Gordon James Ramsay was born on November 8, 1966, in Glasgow, Scotland. At the age of 5 he moved and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Ramsay was fall in love with soccer, set his sight on becoming professional player on soccer league. The Glasglow Rangers, a pro club was the first team that Ramsay joined at the age 15. He spanned 3 years with his team, until 1985, a knee injury ended his career. Returned to study and to earn a degree in hotel management from North Oxon Technical Collage in 1987, honing his culinary skills in London under Chef Marco Pierre White at restaurant Harvey’s and then worked under chef Albert Roux at La Gavrouche.

Followed by three more years of training in France, he became a personal chef aboard in a luxury yacht in the Bahamas. France, In early 1990s, Ramsay prepared classic French cuisine in the kitchens of Chef Joel Robuchon and Guy Savoy. Becoming a head chef of Aubergine in 1993 at London, “Gordon two of a maximum of three stars from the Michelin Guide, a highly regarded hotel- and restaurant-ranking publication”. Ramsay of to set a culinary empire, after the Aubergine’s success. First in Dubai, then followed by overseas eaterie establishments in Tokyo, New York, and LA. At the same time he was becoming more popular not just on British TV, he also first appeared on small TV show in 1998 with Boiling Point, he then continued his quest for more Michelin star.

Aside from his multimillion-dollar restaurant business, Ramsay also became famous both in US and Internationally, with “our top-rated FOX shows that air in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide such as Hell’s Kitchen, Masterchef, Masterchef JR, and Hotel Hell, The F-World, Kitchen Nightmares as well as UK shows: Gordon Behind Bars, Ultimate Cookery Course, Gordon’s Great Escapes and Gordon On Cocaine”. Writer will only elaborate the most popular and hits TV shows around the globe, the first one is about Hell’s Kitchen and Second is MasterChef which both of the show is still on continuation until today.

The world’s first Hell’s Kitchen restaurant is at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Inspiration from global hit TV show, starring Gordon Ramsay, Hell’s Kitchen will make the guests feel like on the studio set where there are cameras, crew, and other properties used on TV shows. “The restaurant itself more than 300 guests including two chef’s tables, floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the famous Las Vegas Strip, red and blue design details in the show kitchen, a private dining room and a contemporary bar serving the latest trends in mixology”. Hell’s Kitchen dishes will be served by both teams, red and blue where the signature dishes of Hell’s Kitchen will be made with the highest quality of ingredients and under Chef Ramsay’s observation.

MasterChef Kitchen is filled with 3 judges and other 16 contestants fighting for the title of ”Winner of MasterChef” and total grand prize of $250, 000 USD. The main judges is Gordon Ramsay as well as the director of this show, there are also other judges, Aarón Sánchez, Joe Bastianich, Graham Elliot, and Christina Tosi.

Chef Gordon Ramsay is not yet on his retirement days, he is still doing TV shows and running his restaurants. There is no ordinary things on every restaurants that Chef Ramsay owned and for that reason some restaurant of his deserved Michelin stars. For example, on Ramsay’s restaurant in Chelsea, London, has held three Michelin stars since 2001, and some of his restaurant also lost stars. Located in New York, in 2014. There is Ramsay’s restaurant losing from two Michelin stars. The total of Chef Ramsay’s Michelin stars is currently 16 based on 26 September 2018 record placing him on 3rd position of the world’s chef with most Michelin stars.

Ramsay’s fearful reputation, high standards make this 51-year-old Scot manage to get $118 Million net worth, “with 16 Michelin Stars in total, GHR (Gordon Ramsay Holdings) manage Ramsay’s business enterprises regularly achieves yearly 8-figure revenues”. The money doesn’t only come from his incredible success in the kitchen, fiery personality on TV shows such as, Kitchen Nightmares, Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef, and The F-World manage to attract regular millions viewers on every shows Ramsay starred in. Talking about harsh, fiery, and some people call it ”over-acting” personality on Ramsay’s TV Shows, there are people who can’t stand Ramsay’s attitude.

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