Gordon Ramsay Maze and Maze Grill opening in Melbourne Australia on March 29. Now bookings can be made exclusively via “Dimmi’ and the the Australian Good Food & Travel Guide – that’s right, no phone booking are permitted.
Get in ahead of the vast queues expected using this service which is free and reserves the time, place and table and number of guests immediately and at any time of the day!
In the latest edition of ‘Restaurant Magazine’ in the UK, former right hand man Mark Sargeant is featured on the cover and talks about, among other things how he cried when telling his mentor that he was leaving Gordon Ramsay Holdings.
“Sarge” as he is affectionately called was quoted as saying “It was the hardest decision of my life, like getting divorced,” when discussing his agony over leaving the company with which he made his name after thirteen years of loyal service. He stepped down from Gordon Ramsay at Claridges early last year and then broke all ties in November, although he denies that it was on bad terms.
I’ll have to ‘go to the videotape’ but I’m fairly certain that Sarge was one of the two chefs being blasted and matched against each other one one of Gordon’s first television shows (which aired last millenium!) – Gordon Ramsay’s Boiling Point.
Gordon Ramsay appeared on the Ellen Degeneres Show on Tuesday 24th Feb and as he relayed via his Twitter account (@gordonramsay01) gave himself quite a nasty cut while demonstrating his Spicy Vegetable Stir Fry. In his Tweet Gordon said “Wow while on @TheEllenShow I sliced my finger and nail chopping an onion. haven’t done that in 10 years”.
Just got this email from gordonramsay.com – so I thought I’d reproduce the press release here in full!
It is with great delight that we announce the re-opening of Pétrus on 29th March. The re-birth of Pétrus builds upon the successful and prestigious provenance of this restaurant now under Head Chef Sean Burbidge who will offer a modern European menu. He will be working closely with Mark Askew who has excelled as the Executive Chef of Gordon Ramsay Holdings over the past decade.
The new location at 1 Kinnerton Street in Knightsbridge will display a stunning open cellar in the centre of the dining room bringing to view over two thousand bottles of wine. Within the wine list will be thirty-four Pétrus vintages. Read more…
