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Here is another great Gordon Ramsay interview, where he touches on some of the more recent dramas of the past six months, his experiences on hit television shows Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares and confirmation of Cookalong Live for the US in December of this year. This interview also gives some insight into what Australian and more specifically Melbourne can expect when he launches his internationally renowned ‘Maze’ restaurant early next year (and on the back of the very successful ‘Maze” launch in South Africa). This will be the fifth ‘Maze’ to be launched and their much doubt as to whether this would go ahead after Gordon ramsay’s own confirmation last week in a Times UK interview that his business was close to folding, which forced the very public sell-off of a number of his overseas ventures.

Gordon Ramsay’s first stop on his nationwide tour is Melbourne for this weeks Good Food and Wine Festival and will be appearing multiple times each day for the three day event – where organisers will be charging a premium to see him (every other chef and cooking demonstration is covered in the admission charge!).

It will be interesting to see if Gordon Ramsay is given the same ‘rock star’ treatment by the Australian public that he received when in Australia last year, considering all of the recent controversy that the last six months have brought him.

Here is the interview from today’s Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper, which will no doubt be the first of many interviews with Gordon Ramsay visiting Melbourne, Sanctuary Cove, Perth and Sydney over the next month. Stay tuned for complete coverage of the Gordon Ramsay Tour Down Under!

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

An article the Prague Daily Monitor – says yes!

I can’t wait until the Trashy Press gets this article and uses it to fuel the ‘Gordon Ramsay’ is going broke line of crap that they have all been towing lately. Business isn’t good, it’s time to consolidate and cut some losses – it doesn’t mean the ship is sinking!

Gordon Ramsay opened ‘Maze’ in Prague in November 2007 and the article reports that a lack of customers may have been the reason for the ‘revision of business relations’ despite a quote from the chef stating “We do not have fewer customers than our competition. Maze looks empty because it has a greater number of tables.”

Anyway check out the full article at Gordon Ramsay Leaving Prague

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