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All Gordon Ramsay – All the time – News for Feb 10

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Lets kick it off with the Gordon Ramsay’s Healthy Appetite Tour of Canada and the US.

Gordon Ramsay Hitting Up Toronto – andPOP – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
(andPOP) – Hell’s favorite chef, Gordon Ramsay, is set to make a pit stop in Toronto next weekend. According to E! News, the celebrity chef- known for his …
Quote – According to E! News, the celebrity chef- known for his popular programs of Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, and the F-word- will be doing a publicity circuit in support of his latest book ‘Healthy Appetite’.

Gordon Ramsay titillates Toronto – Toronto Life – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
If Gordon Ramsay is in Toronto, who is making culinary train wrecks cry on reality television? The famed British restaurateur—known as much for his Michelin …
Top Quote – Ramsay’s previous interviews with Toronto’s own George Stroumboulopoulos cooked up much amusement—it turns out that Ramsay’s loose-tongued manner is not an act. He talks straight (and sometimes dirty) on his own eating habits, troubled boyhood and celebrity status. Perhaps this time, he will let loose on being cast as a Christian role model.

Here’s a heads up for people who buy Foodie magazines and may get sucked into this one because the name Gordon Ramsay appears on the cover!
The Food Magazine- Well Fed Network – USA
The story teasers on the front read like a who’s who of the culinary world: Mario Batali, Gordon Ramsay, Ina Garten, Nigella Lawson. … After reading through the whole issue, most of the recipes are reprints from coobooks. Gordon Ramsay’s “Healthy Appetite,” Nigella Lawson’s “Nigella Express: Good Food Fast,” and Ina Garten’s “Back to Basics.” There’s very little original recipe development in this publication. I don’t mean that as a criticism, necessarily; if you were considering one of these books for your collection, this magazine would give you access to a couple of recipes you could try for yourself, and then make your decision.

This is a bit of a nothing article – more just a survey, but the links another have a good rundown of previous Hell’s Kitchen episodes featuring our favourite Chef Gordon Ramsay!
Have You Ever Shucked a Scallop? - YumSugar.com – San Francisco,CA,USA
On last Thursday’s episode of Hell’s Kitchen, Gordon Ramsay showed the chefs how to shuck scallops. I found the brief lesson to be incredibly informative, …

A detailed article about the impact of the financial crisis on top chefs like Gordon Ramsay and lesser locations too!
Munch crunch: Britain’s restaurant crisis
Independent – London,England,UK
Martin Hickman and Tim Walker report on a simmering kitchen nightmare GORDON RAMSAY: The chef’s global restaurant chain has a reported overdraft of £10.5m. …
Top Quote – Last month alone, more than 100 British restaurants went out of business. But it’s not just the Michelin brigade who are in hot water. Martin Hickman and Tim Walker report on a simmering kitchen nightmare

Interesting commentary from a new Gordon Ramsay Employee on the New Season of Hell’s Kitchen – last years winner Christina
Hell’s Kitchen’ Insider: “Chef Ramsay Loves a Fighter” – BuddyTV – Seattle,WA,USA
For those living in LA, it is restaurant week, and we have been busier than ever at The Gordon Ramsay. I was once asked, “Why would you want to work fifteen …
Top Quote – I cannot tell you how many sizzle reels there are of me falling from last season. In one clip, we were racing against the boys to complete a dinner service. I was bringing the last dessert order to the pass, and felt myself going down. I looked at the two items in my hand, a souffle and a creme brulee, and decided to save the souffle, as it took 20 minutes just to bake. The floor is treacherous. It is not like a real kitchen. It is more like industrial linoleum, where any water or food scrap is a potential hazard. You learn this as you advance in Hell’s Kitchen, and try to work around it. It just angers me that such a stupid accident took out one of this season’s strongest competitors so far.

This is Getting F$%king Old and F%@king Boring
Ramsay under investigation after breaking record for swearing – Britain News – London,London,UK
London, Feb 9 : British chef Gordon Ramsay has come under the scrutiny of the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom, after he broke the world record for swearing on …

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