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Tana Ramsay, 35 TV Chef, cookbook author and mother to Gordon Ramsay’s four children has been eliminated from the UK show ‘Dancing on Ice’. She was partnered with  professional Skater Stuart Widdall and was the fourth contestant eliminated while Gordon looked on in the audience! Tana entered the TV show wanting to follow in the footsteps of her mother, who she’d stated was a great skater.

Tana said ‘I’ve had such a fantastic, fantastic time. I’m going to miss skating with Stuart. I’m exhausted’.

One of the implications of the elimination is the widelyh reported deal that Gordon had struck up with Tana, that if she won, the couple would try for their fifth child. Gordon had said in one interview that ‘‘I’ve always wanted five babies and so has she’ – no it appears that she might be off the hook!

For more information and photos see this article http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1247518/Dancing-On-Ice-Gordon-Ramsays-wife-Tana-gets-chop-losing-skate-Danny-Young.html

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It has been confirmed that Gordon Ramsay’s popular Cookalong Live television show, will be coming to US audiences this year, December in fact, according to a report in Australian newspaper the Herald Sun.

The setup of the very popular UK show is simple; viewers cook live with Gordon Ramsay having pre-bought and prepared ingredients as instructed via the internet. In an effort to get more people to cook at home, the wanna-be chefs invite friends around for a dinner party with their Head Chef Gordon Ramsay barking orders at them via the television. A number of viewers also have cameras in their house following their progress as Gordon and his celebrity come sous chef prepare for the live audience and guests and regularly cross over to see how poorly they compare!

The show is brilliant to watch but definitely less enjoyable for the chef in each home as they desperately try to keep up with Gordon Ramsay’s hectic pace. In the UK the shows were an hour, so with this one-off two hour show, the pace should be a little more relaxed – although it may allow the chef and guests to get more drunk in the process!

For a taste of what to expect, here is a sample of what was on the menu for the last series of Gordon Ramsay’s Cookalong Live UK.

In a demonstration of how professional and passionate Gordon Ramsay is about this show and his effort to get Britain cooking at home again (which at first sounds counter intuative for a man who owns a bunch of restaurants) episode number four was shot days after the infamous claims of him having an affair with serial offender Sarah Symonds. As seen in the video, Gordon at the top of the show merely mentions that it has been a tough week and continues on with the same amazing energy and zest.

Gordon Ramsay is the man – look out American wannabe home chefs (and Fox censors) Gordon Ramsay is coming your way in December 2009!

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

Here is the Gordon Ramsay News wrap for Feb 27

Gordon Ramsay in Hell’s Kitchen Previews and Summaries including one from Malaysia!

To Watch Tonight: Gordon Ramsay’s Sadomasochism – - Village Voice – New York,NY,USA
There’s a new episode of Gordon’s Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen on tonight, and if it’s anything like last week’s episode, which involved a meat processing plant, …Funny article – they asked Mistress Christian, a professional dominatrix with Manhattan clients who’s been working in the biz for over a decade and the author of The Domestic Dominatrix, to watch last week’s show and give us her thoughts. Our conversation is after the jump.

What’s on TV Thursday night
– New York Daily News – New York,NY,USA
Let’s hope chef Gordon Ramsay watches his tongue.The F-bomb-happy host leads the teams of chefs as they produce breakfast for 50 kids from a local youth …

Fort Lauderdale chef from Ocean 3030 restaurant competes in … – Sun-Sentinel.com – Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
Today she is single and appearing on Hell’s Kitchen with Gordon Ramsay at 9 pm Thursdays on Fox (WSVN-Ch. 7, WFLX-Ch 29). The show was taped in Los Angeles …

Thursday’s Highlights – Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
MOST IMPORTANT MEAL: On “Hell’s Kitchen,” Gordon Ramsay instructs the chefs to prepare breakfast for 50 hungry football players and cheerleaders, …
Beware the Ides of March – unless your show’s on Thursday – Globe and Mail – Canada
Thursday is also the new home for the lovably belligerent Gordon Ramsay, whose reality cooking series Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, 9 pm; CITY-TV, 10 pm) is holding …

Cooking up a storm – New Straits Times – Persekutuan,Malaysia
By : Farwin Hamid The reality series has chef Gordon Ramsay, known for his temper, putting 12 contestants through the wringer as they learn aspects of …

Gordon Ramsay going head to Head with Delia Smith in new Cookbook Launch
Ramsay and Delia in cookery competition – The Bookseller – London,England,UK
The first publishing bunfight of 2009 will take place next week with Gordon Ramsay and Delia Smith going head to head. Delia’s Complete How to Cook (BBC …
In sales terms, Ramsay lags far behind Delia, with lifetime sales of his books valued at £24.8m, compared to Smith’s £56.1m.
Not much Gordon Ramsay News today, someone might have to cook up a scandal or two??!!

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

Thanks to the UK Times – we now have a teaser for Gordon Ramsay’s soon to be released cookbook- Great British Pub Food. According to the review, this book delivers ‘simple and delicious dishes, featuring reasonably priced food that you can cook at home without fuss’.

Rest assured that these recipes will soon be uploaded to the Internet’s Largest Gordon Ramsay Recipe Database as we approach 500 recipes – as found on the homepage (soon to be moved) at the Plonker Club – The home of the Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fan Club. The homepage also has a countdown to the release of Gordon Ramsay’s Great British Pub Food.

Here are the recipes that were released;
Roast lamb with rosemary, garlic
and anchovies
Fennel and roasted
red pepper soup
Baked bream fillets
with fennel and orange
Marinated chicken with minted broad beans and peas
Smoked salmon and watercress tart
Clementine cakes with cranberry sauce
Treacle tart

The Plonker Club wiull be launching a competition this week to be one of the first people to own Gordon Ramsays Latest cookbook.

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

A few more Gordon Ramsay interviews from his junket promting Gordon Ramsay’s Healthy Appetite. Gordon Ramsay must have been really impressed with the restaurant in Whistler and how they sourced eveything locally – I think he has mentioned it on every interview!

Gordon Ramsay on Cityline (Canada)
Gordon Ramsay on Greens and Healthy Eating as well as Hell’s Kitchen and paying out on another host with too much bodyfat (in his opinion!)
http://www.cityline.ca/video/?bcpid=3215207001&bclid=4589259001&bctid=13312664001

Gordon Ramsay on Rachael Ray
This teaser is called audience Taste test 10 audience members presenting their signature dishes (and spat the bad ones into a bucket) and he doesn’t hold back on these women!
http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/show/segments/view/gordon-ramsays-audience-taste-test

A Short backstage clip where Gordon Ramsay reveals his Favourite Meal, Worst Job and Craziest Restaurant Moment (involving women’s underwear as a side dish!)
http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/show/segments/view/backstage-gordon-ramsay

Hopefully the actual segment from the show will be posted shortly!

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