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As the (lack of) controversy dies down, maybe we can get back to the normal Gordon Ramsay news – oh no, wait – trashy ‘exposes’ is what is normally dished up!

Hopefully this is the end of the Glasgow Rangers and Gordon Ramsay Story

Gordon Ramsay: He shoots, he scores, he tells whoppers, but don’t … – Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Gordon Ramsay: He shoots, he scores, he tells whoppers, but don’t we all?
As Gordon Ramsay’s football fantasies are exposed, we examine the human tendency to embellish the past
For such a silly, unnecessary lie, Gordon Ramsay’s claim to have played first-team football for Glasgow Rangers, before his career was cut short by an injury, fooled an awful lot of people for an awfully long time.
The claim was not just exaggerated, but patently ridiculous. The Rangers first-team coach who released him, according to the chef, was manager of Dundee at the time. Ramsay seems to have played in one testimonial match, and that was it. But the myth of the tragically injured football star who re-invented himself as a chef grew and grew. It just seemed so plausible. It even explained all those f-words.

Bono blasted for tax dodge – Vancouver Sun – British Columbia, Canada
Loud-mouth celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has had to eat some crow: turns out his claim to have played briefly for Glasgow Rangers, a prominent soccer team, is just plain false.
He has said for years, and wrote in his autobiography, that he played three first-team games with the club, then suffered an injury that made him turn to other work.
Bono flees taxes – Windsor Star – Ontario, Canada
Ramsay’s response: “Any inaccuracies regarding the details of this period,” his public relations guy said, “can be explained by the fact that all this occurred nearly 25 years ago.” Hmm

If Losing it Is Good For You – Gordon Ramsay Must Be a Healthy F$#@ker

Janet Street-Porter: A good tantrum can be better than diplomacy – Independent – London,England,UK
Now we regard a good tantrum as an important part of a good night’s entertainment. Millions tune in to marvel at Gordon Ramsay abusing lousy chefs and second-rate restaurateurs. Kitchen Nightmares USA has replaced boxing as a top combat sport – it’s unmissable. Even better, the hapless Yanks Ramsay abuses pathetically call him Chef Ramsay as they snivel into their sleeves and take the public dressing-down as a life-enhancing experience.
Every episode ends with these pitiful people thanking Ramsay, pictured, for ranting at them about their appalling cooking, their filthy kitchens and their poor interpersonal skills. It’s the modern equivalent of the Papal Inquisition, but instead of thumb-screws we have profanities galore, and instead of heretics, chefs who resort to the microwave and frozen ingredients.

More Wraps for Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares

Do you like to eat? – RantRave | Published Opinion. – Lynnwood,WA,USA
Now, anyone who knows me, knows that one of my passions is culinary arts. So I watch a lot of shows related to that interest. One such show is Gordon Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares.” Why? Because, if you really watch it, and absorb it, you realize that this show is, most the time, about fixing more than just a failing restaurant.

Now, I know how show-biz works, Ramsay is probably the most successful restaurateur on the planet, and deity among chefs, but he’s not a psychologist. Great motivator, but not a psychologist. I’m sure he has a huge stable of advisers for the show, but still…

TV DVD’S – Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA
RAMSAY’S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES: COMPLETE SERIES ONE. Profane chef Gordon Ramsay slaps around struggling restaurateurs in eight episodes of his initial UK series, plus four whatever-happened-to update episodes; $25 for two discs, Acorn.

THE F WORD: SERIES ONE. In Ramsay’s follow-up UK show, he berates staffers at his own cafe (Series Two hits shelves March 17); $30 for 9 episodes on three discs, BFS.

David Driscoll
The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
www.theplonkerclub.com

Still the amazing revelation (In case you can’t tell, I was being sarcastic – H. Simpson) about Gordon Ramsay which has no bearings on his entertainment value nor ability to cook! March 3 Gordon Ramsay News is here!

Same Old Stories about Gordon Ramsay’s (lack of) Football Career
So did Gordon Ramsay ever play for Rangers? – Reuters UK – UK
LONDON (Reuters) – Chef Gordon Ramsay has admitted there may have been “inaccuracies” in accounts of his football-playing past after a weekend newspaper report said he had lied about appearing for Rangers.
The News of the World said Ramsay, 42, never actually signed for the Glasgow club and questioned whether he had ever played in the first team.
The article quoted Ramsay — one of the world’s most famous chefs who runs a string of acclaimed restaurants and appears on reality television cooking shows — as telling a radio show in 2002 that he played three first-team games.

Gordon Ramsay admits claims about his Rangers career may be inaccurate = Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Knox told a Sunday newspaper: “The first time I ever saw Gordon Ramsay was in 1996 when he launched his first book. But he didn’t know me from Adam because we’ve never met.”
The only evidence of Ramsay’s Rangers career is a photo in his book of him in a Rangers squad which also included Rangers legend Ally McCoist.
However 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.

Ramsay explains football career errors – RTE.ie – Ireland
Gordon Ramsay has admitted there may have been inaccuracies in accounts of his football career, but attributed it to the passing of time.
Ramsay spoke out following allegations that he lied about signing for Rangers football club and playing in its first team.
The News of the World newspaper reported that Ramsay misrepresented his career both in his autobiography Humble Pie, in interviews and on BBC Radio 4′s Desert Island Discs in March 2002.

Ramsay ‘fabricated’ soccer career – Adelaidenow – Australia
CELEBRITY chef Gordon Ramsay has been accused of lying about playing professional soccer to fight his way to the top of the food chain.
The foul-mouthed chef allegedly fabricated his much publicised soccer career with top European club Glasgow Rangers, with club officials saying it never happened.

Tough love: Rihanna, Brown reunite – Arizona Republic – Phoenix,AZ,USA
A British tab says claims by TV chef and donkey spotter Gordon Ramsay of having been a budding soccer star for the Glasgow Rangers are as rotten as last week’s risotto.
News of the World quotes Rangers historian Robert McElroy as saying Ramsay never had a contract with the team.
The tab also says Ramsay once told chef Marco Pierre White that his Rangers career was nonsense.

Will Tana Ramsay and The Kids being Joining Gordon Ramsay in the USA?

Stateside calls for Gordon Ramsay and his wife Tana – Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
After having to deny claims he cheated on his wife, and also being caught embellishing his early football career, Gordon Ramsay may be about to forsake this …
Tana, the chef’s long-suffering wife, says she has become rather partial to the United States where she has been filming a cookery programme and catching up with their close friends, David and Victoria Beckham.
She reckons the television programme could be the start of “something special” for the family.
“Our children are settled in the UK but the US has some great schools,” Tana tells Closer. “It would be great to work in America, but we’ll see.”

Gordon Ramsay Can Still Cook Says Michelin in France!!

Gordon Ramsay wins Michelin stars for first restaurant in France – Times Online – UK
Gordon Ramsay weathered the disdain of French critics today, emerging as one of the winners in the 100th edition of the Michelin Red Guide, the bible of gastronomy.
Ramsay, 42, was given two stars for his first French restaurant, Gordon Ramsay au Trianon, at Versailles, which opened a year ago. This makes him the first British chef to be awarded deux macarons on Michelin’s home soil in the 109 years since the guide was first published.

Newspapers Minding Gordon Ramsay’s Business!
Gordon Ramsay Holdings finally ‘files’ 2007 accounts – Quick Bites – London,England,UK
It seems that Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH) is finally getting around to filing its 2007 accounts, only a few months late. Correction: it seems that GRH has …
As to the sales figures for 2007 themselves, as reported by Bloomberg, they are a lot less impressive that they were said to be as recently as last October. Just four months ago, Chris Hutcheson – CEO of, and 31% shareholder in, GRH – told the Evening Standard that “turnover grew strongly again in [the year to 31 August] 2007 to reach £46 million”.
This would have represented growth of 20.7% from the £38.1m reported for 2006.

Ramsay’s Restaurants Report Profit Increase in Overdue Accounts – Bloomberg – USA
Gordon Ramsay, the chef known for his gourmet eateries and television tirades, said net income for the year ended Aug. 31, 2007, jumped to 1.37 million pounds ($1.92 million) from 112,103 pounds on gains for Maze and other venues.
Sales advanced 9.2 percent from a year earlier to 41.6 million pounds, Gordon Ramsay Holdings Ltd. said today

Where have you been Award – Little and Big Gordon Ramsay to Team Up

Gordon Ramsay : Gordon Ramsay hires 9-year-old ‘Little Gordon’ for … – Entertainment and Showbiz! – Baroda,India
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has hired a nine-year-old to be a part of his show after being impressed with the lad’s hilarious mimicking of him on cyberspace.
Child-actor Felix Light had done three videos in a “Little Gordon” advertising campaign for restaurant recruiting firm Caterer.com.

Come back tomorrow for all of the Gordon Ramsay news!

David Driscoll
The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
www.theplonkerclub.com

Here’s the blurb from the official press release – 2 days until release – Gordon Ramsay ‘s latest cookbook – Great British Pub Food.

‘Keep it simple and make it tasty’, that’s the mantra behind Gordon Ramsay’s pubs designed to give the public great tasting British food, served alongside a good pint, that won’t break the bank. In his new cookbook, GORDON RAMSAY’S GREAT BRITISH PUB FOOD, Ramsay teams up with fellow chef Mark Sargeant to help you recreate some of the classic pub dishes at home.

GORDON RAMSAY’S GREAT BRITISH PUB FOOD features over 120 recipes based on the dishes served at Gordon Ramsay’s own critically acclaimed pubs – classic British dishes that have stood the test of time. All the recipes are simple but delicious and range from the traditional such as Crab Cakes, Venison Stew and Treacle Tart to more unusual dishes such as Potato, Bacon and Oyster Soup, Citrus Spatchcocked Quail with Sautéed Potatoes and Pimms Jellies.

GREAT BRITISH PUB FOOD’s simple and user-friendly format makes it both accessible and a pleasure to read. Chapters are split into pub favourites including Bar Food, Soups and Broths, Catch of the Day, Comfort Food and Puddings, the latter containing as wonderful a selection of dishes as you would expect from a nation famous for its hearty desserts, including Sussex Pond Pudding, Jam Roly Poly and Gypsy Tart.

The book encourages the use of easily sourced and traditional ingredients, as well as some economical cuts of meat, to create a range of affordable and tasty British dishes. Crowd pleasers such as Toad-in-the-Hole, Steak and Kidney Pie and Hake in Beer Batter with Mushy Peas are included in the book, alongside Potted Hough (shin of beef), Fried Sprats and Rabbit Hot Pot.

Beautifully illustrated with Emma Lee’s stunning photography, all shot in natural light and revealing the simplicity of each dish, GORDON RAMSAY’S GREAT BRITISH PUB FOOD is the perfect book for anyone seeking relaxed, homely and comforting cooking at its best.

About the authors:

Gordon Ramsay, Michelin starred chef, global restaurateur, best-selling author and television star, is one of the UK’s most recognizable personalities. Since launching his eponymous restaurant in Chelsea, which currently holds 3 Michelin stars, Gordon has established a world-renowned culinary empire. During Gordon Ramsay’s 17-year career he has published eleven bestselling recipe books and has starred in hugely successful television series including Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, Hell’s Kitchen, The F Word and Cookalong Live.

Mark Sargeant first worked with Gordon Ramsay at Aubergine before spending three years as Sous Chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea. He left to open the highly acclaimed Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s where he is Executive Chef. Most recently, Mark has overseen the opening of Gordon Ramsay’s London pubs, The Narrow, The Devonshire and The Warrington.

David Driscoll
Chief Plonker at The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
www.theplonkerclub.com

It is a massive day for news about Gordon Ramsay mostly centred around the earth-shattering news that Gordon Ramsay may have exaggerated his football exploits – amazing front page news that must be for some trash mags! Anyway here is the Gordon Ramsay news for March 2 – 2009

Let’s get The Gordon Ramsay Football News Out of the Way

Gordon Ramsay admits claims about his Rangers career may be inaccurate – Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
The chef Gordon Ramsay has been forced to admit that boasts he has made about his footballing past playing for Glasgow Rangers may be “inaccurate”.

Ramsay football statement – TeleText – Scotland,UK
Gordon Ramsay has said any inaccuracies in accounts of his football career are due to the passing of time. The chef spoke out following reports he lied …
A statement from Gordon Ramsay Holdings said: “Any inaccuracies regarding the details of this period can be explained by the fact that all this occurred nearly 25 years ago.” Rangers Football Club said they had no comment.

Gordon Ramsay tells porky pies – Melbourne Herald Sun – Australia
CELEBRITY chef Gordon Ramsay has been caught out lying again – this time to fight his way to the top of the food chain. The foul-mouthed chef has been …
CELEBRITY chef Gordon Ramsay has been caught out lying again – this time to fight his way to the top of the food chain.
The foul-mouthed chef has been exposed lying about his much publicised soccer career with top European club Glasgow Rangers.

Gordon Ramsay’s Rangers claims questioned – Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Knox told the News of the World: “The first time I ever saw Gordon Ramsay was in 1996 when he launched his first book. But he didn’t know me from Adam …
Ramsay, 42, has said on a number of occasions that he was a member of the first team squad at the Ibrox club playing three games, before injury cut short his career.
But his claims have been dismissed as “complete and utter nonsense” by Rangers historian Robert McElroy.

Ramsay admits inaccuracies – TeleText – Scotland,UK
Gordon Ramsay spoke out following allegations that he lied about signing for Rangers football club and playing in its first team. …

British newspaper attacks chef Gordon Ramsay
– Gold Coast News – goldcoast.com.au – Molendinar,Queensland,Australia
THE reputation of foul-mouthed Gold Coast-bound chef Gordon Ramsay has taken another hit, with revealations he lied about his professional soccer-playing past.
Ramsay has always insisted injury ruined his professional career with noted Scottish club Glasgow Rangers.

How Gordon Ramsay told porky pies about his past to raise his … – Daily Mail – UK
Gordon Ramsay lied about his past as a professional footballer to drum up publicity for his restaurants, it has been claimed.
The foul-mouthed chef has been accused of cooking up a series of lies about the brief period he spent training with Glasgow Rangers.
Rangers officials demolished his boasts that he played professional football matches during three years at the club.

Did Ramsay fib about his football? – Blatherskite – London,UK
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has made much of his cruelly-interrupted football career, claiming to have played a couple of times for Rangers’ first team before injury ended his career.
But the News of the World, which ‘exposed’ Ramsay’s affair with serial mistress Sarah Symonds, now claims he did no such thing, appearing just once in an unofficial testimonial game as an anonymous trialist.

UK chef Ramsay never played top-grade soccer – Thaindian.com – Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand

Chef Gordon Ramsay has always relished boasting about his glory days as a budding soccer star with Glasgow Rangers, but a News of the World report reveals that he never signed up for the team and never played first team games for them, despite saying so on radio, in his autobiography and in a series of interviews. In fact, he was such a liar, fellow cooks nicknamed him Billy Bull***t. He even secretly confessed to top chef Marco Pierre White that his Rangers career was boloney, adding: But it just came out of my mouth and it was a good story at the time.

Ramsay ‘lied about pro-soccer career’ – Ninemsn – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has repeatedly spoken about being signed to top soccer team Glasgow Rangers — but a new report says he made it up.
The News of the World newspaper alleges that Ramsay lied about being signed to the Rangers and playing for their first team.
In truth, the newspaper said, the celebrity chef trialled briefly with the club, playing one testimonial game but never securing a permanent contract.
Ramsay also blamed legendary Rangers

More News About Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Maze in South Africa

Avant-garde and Kitchens – The Times – Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa

Sol Kerzner’s new Cape Town joint will feature a Nobu and a Gordon Ramsay Maze. I have mixed feeling about this. If we are to import high-end dining brands, …

Two Michelin Stars in Less Than One Year For Gordon Ramsay Restaurant in France

Michelin honours Ramsay – Straits Times – Singapore

PARIS – THE Michelin restaurant guide marked its 100th edition on Monday with honours for one of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s favourite hotels and for British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s first French adventure.

Three Michelin stars for Sarkozy’s favourite chef is a fix, says … – Independent – London,England,UK

The British chef, Gordon Ramsay, will jump straight to two stars for his new restaurant in Versailles but there will be – somewhat unusually – only one new, three-star chef in the 100th version of the Big Red Book.
Both Fréchon and Ramsay’s promotions by Michelin are controversial in France.
Simon has also repeated his earlier criticism of Ramsay’s restaurant at the Hotel Trianon Palace in Versailles, which opened almost a year ago. He says that any real food lover should object to the award of two stars to the “stereotyped” and “déjà vu” cuisine of the Trianon Palace. The quality of Ramsay’s food, he says, is “not bad at all” but nothing original.

Gordon Ramsay Hasn’t paid some bills – WOW – More Dirt Digging

Gordon Ramsey’s restaurant empire being chased over unpaid bills – Sunday People – UK

TV Gordon pays £315K rent at last, but still owes his suppliers £109K Take one angry chef, add a soupcon of furious suppliers & one large credit crunch, but..
Telly chef Gordon Ramsay is facing his own kitchen nightmare – as his restaurant empire is chased for thousands of pounds in unpaid bills.
Angry food suppliers, property landlords and the taxman are all breathing down Gordon’s neck as his upmarket eateries struggle to cope with the recession.

A Gordon Ramsay Football Story with a Difference – Satire

Gordon Ramsey A Closet Celtic Fan – The Spoof (satire) – UK
Gordon Ramsey, celebrity chef, serial philanderer, foul mouthed hooligan and Scotsman has been revealed as a secret Celtic supporter. …

A Gordon Ramsay Hotel Review

Out of the frying pan – WA today – Perth,WA,Australia
Gordon Ramsay’s first hotel is big on thread count as well as food, writes Saska Graville. Gordon Ramsay is good in bed. I say this with some authority, not because I’ve been reading the recent revelations in the tabloid press but because I’m testing the mattress in one of the rooms of his first hotel venture, the York & Albany in London’s Camden.

David Driscoll
The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
www.theplonkerclub.com

A New month and a new round of Gordon Ramsay news stories.

Only a brief mention of Gordon Ramsay, but an interesting article

What’s Masterchef got to do with food? – guardian.co.uk – UK

Now, while it’s somewhat satisfying to see one of the legions of highly paid and highly visible TV chefs take what Gordon Ramsay would call a kick to the …
But then, it’s becoming clear that there’s an inverse relationship between the broadcasting of cookery programmes and the nation’s ability to cook.

Some Success for a former Gordon Ramsay Protégé

Tickling the tastebuds with Gordon Ramsay chef – Hucknall Today – Hucknall,UK
With the help of former Gordon Ramsay chef James Crossman, food from different countries has been put on the school menu. …
James, who worked with Gordon Ramsay at his restaurant in Claridge’s Hotel, London hails from Nottingham and is now head chef at the Season restaurant in Beeston.

Another Chance to Win Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay DVD competition – Gloucestershire Echo – Cheltenham,England,UK
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has gone down a storm in the US with the American version of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. His new DVD Ramsay’s Kitchen …

More Great Press for Verre by Gordon Ramsay

Verre By Gordon Ramsay’s Second Serving At ’Taste Of Dubai’ 2009 – Dubai City Guide – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Verre By Gordon Ramsay at the Hilton Dubai Creek, today announced their return to the Taste of Dubai festival for 2009, following last year’s successful participation in the award winning inaugural event.
Building on last year’s success, Verre promises to encore their magic once again with a new menu of Ramsay inspired, signature dishes.

Here’s the start of the Gordon Ramsay Media Bashing Again! – Starting with the source of all of the lame controversy

MOUTHY CHEF LIED ABOUT RANGERS CAREER – News of the World – London,England,UK
By Carole Aye Maung and Nicola Stow, 01/03/2009 CHEATING chef Gordon Ramsay always relishes boasting about his glory days as a budding Rangers star. …

Ramsay ‘lied about pro-soccer career’ – Ninemsn – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
By ninemsn staff Gordon Ramsay has been accused of lying about his illustrious career as a soccer player. (AAP) Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has repeatedly …

Expect more of this story for days (and hopefully not weeks!)

David Driscoll
Chief Plonker at The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
www.theplonkerclub.com