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Tana Ramsay will be appearing at this weeks Good Food and Wine Show, not along side her husband, but will be signing her own books on Saturday and Sunday.

On Saturday and Sunday she will appear in the Celebrity Chef Book Signing area from 12-10pm to 1pm. For those who are unaware, Tana (whose full name is Cayetana)Ramsay is a prolific cookbook author and television chef in her own right.  Her show ‘Market Kitchen’ has been shwon all over the world and she has many cookbooks including;

Tana Ramsay’s Family Kitchen – Simple and Delicious Recipes for every family

Homemade – Good Honest Food Made Easy

Tana Ramsay’s Real Family Food – Delicious Recipes for Everyday Occasions

At least Gordon ramsay knows that he could retire if he ever had the inkling (and had lost his mind to such an extent that he started listening to Australian and British tabloids!!)

Chief Plonker
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Here’s a quick clip of Gordon Ramsay giving a tip backstage on how to make the perfect souffle!

Looking forward to seeing Gordon Ramsay at the 2009 Good Food and Wine Show at Darling Harbour this weekend!

Chief Plonker
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This is the title of the advertising campaign that the Good Food and Wine Festival for Sydney are running to promote this weekends show in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper. In fact there has been a distinct lack of publicity surrounding Gordon Ramsay’s return to Australia after the ridiculous controversy of last month.

Within days of landing, Gordon Ramsay had done four or five major television interviews and it would have been hard to know that he wasn’t in town for Melbourne’s Good Food and Wine Festival only four weeks ago. This time around, is has been reported that Gordon Ramsay and wife Tana have quietly slipped into the country for a few days off in Queensland before they both are manning autograph booths at Sydney’s Darling Harbour this coming weekend.

We can only hope that reports that event organisers have put a leash on Gordon Ramsay, turn out to be false. The Plonker Club contacted the publicity agency after being referred there by the Good Food and Wine Show organisers, but haven’t received a reply confirming or denying whether we will see the REAL Gordon Ramsay on show!

We can only hope!

Chief Plonker
The Plonker Club
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Gordon Ramsay was due to appear in Perth, Western Australia for two charity events on June 24 and 25, but the promters, Diablo events have recently announced their cancellation.

Their official statement reads as follows “Diablo Events has exercised its rights of termination under the Celebrity Appearance Agreement between Diablo Events, Gordon Ramsay Holdings and Gordon Ramsay. Consequently, Gordon Ramsay will no longer be appearing in Perth for Diablo Events for either the breakfast function on 24 June 2009 or the Black Tie Dinner on 25 June 2009.

We will be in contact regarding refunds in due course and apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

No doubt the Ramsay bashers and trashy media will link this to the ridiculous spectale that was made of Gordon Ramsay’s jokes about Tracey Grimashaw (and not other celebrities who took it better and didn’t have the platform to launch their bitter and mis-informed responses). I’m not sure how these events normally work, but the story in other media related to slow ticket sales – not cancellations.

Possibly it is normal to sell many of the tickets at the last minute and that the bad press removed this option, either way the people of Perth and charities involved are the big losers.

As I type this, Gordon Ramsay is in Queensalnd, helping Sanctuary Cove celebrate their 21st birthday, where he will be joined with his wife Tana. Hopefully we here something positive coming out of this event.

Chief Plonker

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Gordon Ramsay arrives in Melbourne Thursday for the start of his extensive Australian culinary tour. In interviews conducted days prior Gordon Ramsay has confirmed that his ‘Maze’ restaurant, will still be opening at the Crown Casino complex next year and he will be checking on progress while completing his duties at the local Good Food and Wine festival this weekend.

Despite Gordon Ramsay’s admission of tough economic times severely hitting his restaurant empire, Gordon Ramsay Holding, and the forced sell-off of several overseas ventures, it seems that Maze will still be going ahead> It will be following Gordon’s Ramsay’s mantra of featuring local produce including Australian Seafood. In extensive interview with the Herald Sun Newspaper Gordon Ramsay was quoted as saying;

“It’s a tremendously exciting project for me where I’ll be among some of the best and most creative chefs in the world – Tetsuya, Matt Moran, Neil Perry and Shannon Bennett. “And bugger me, I’ll be in Melbourne, the food capital of Australia. What a place to open.”

Gordon Ramsay also stated in the same interview;

“Australia is home to some of the most spectacular produce in the world,” and that “seafood is in abundance, which is refreshing in comparison to some of the problems we’re having in the UK.”

The full interview can be seen at Gordon Ramsay opening new restaurant.

Gordon Ramsay will be appearing at the Melbourne Good Food and Wine Festival on the following dates, after which it is off to host fund-raising events at Sanctuary Cove (rumoured to be followed by a short Queensland holiday) and then Perth.

Friday 5th June
Gordon Ramsay Live 12:45pm – 1:15pm
Gordon Ramsay Live 6:00pm – 6:30pm
Gordon Ramsay Live 8:00pm – 8:30pm

Saturday 6th June
Gordon Ramsay Live 9:30am – 10:00am
Gordon Ramsay Live 12:00pm – 12:30pm
Gordon Ramsay Live 3:45pm – 4:15pm

Sunday 7th June
Gordon Ramsay Live 9:30am – 10:00am
Gordon Ramsay Live 12:30pm – 1:00pm
Gordon Ramsay Live 4:15pm – 4:45pm

Monday 8th June
Gordon Ramsay Live 9:30am – 10:00am
Gordon Ramsay Live 12:30pm – 1:00pm
Gordon Ramsay Live 3:00pm – 3:30pm

It is unclear where Gordon Ramsay will be after his final Perth date of June 25, since he will be back in Sydney for their Good Food and Wine show in early June.

Stay tuned to the Plonker Club for all of the latest Gordon Ramsay news and views.

David Driscoll
The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
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