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Here’s todays summary for all things in the news that are Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay Heading Down Under for Cooking Demonstrations – 1 Story

Chef Gordon Ramsay jetting in for food and wine events
Food Week – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
… is bringing international chef Gordon Ramsay to Australia to headline the LG Celebrity Theatre at the Melbourne and Sydney Good Food & Wine Shows. …

Gordon Ramsay in Hot Water for swearing During Gordon Ramsay’s Great British nightmare – 9 stories

Chef Gordon Ramsay Under Fire For Using F-Word 187 Times on 2-Hour … FOXNews – USA
AP One of his television shows is called The F-Word, but celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s famous use of the expletive has landed him in hot water with British …

The 9 0′Clock News – Mon 2 Feb
heatworld – London,England,UK
He’s never been one to hold his tongue, but has Gordon Ramsay gone too far this time? Ofcom are in the process of investigating the sweary chef, …

Susie Rushton: Banking on a spot of fashion rebellion
Independent – London,England,UK
I see that Ann Widdecombe is leading the calls for Channel 4 to give Gordon Ramsay the chop after the chef swore 243 times in a special edition of Kitchen …

Ramsay sets swearing record
Broadcastnow – London,UK
Gordon Ramsay has set a new record – for the most swear words in a TV show. Gordon’s Great British Nightmare aired on Channel 4 on Friday night as part of …

Gordon Ramsay in more hot water over swearing – Sky News Australia – Australia
After landing in hot water over his use of the F-word in Australia, Gordon Ramsay is now under fire in his own country. Viewers to one of his television …

Ramsay swearing attacked – for more hospitality stories, see what … CatererSearch – Sutton,England,UK
Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay stirred up furious protests from Channel 4 viewers and MPs after his Friday night show served up 312 swear words in just …

Reality TV Information » Ramsay sparks swear-word storm, again By Reality TV
Published on February 2, 2009 by Reality TV. ONE of his television shows is called The F-Word, but celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s famous use of the expletive – and others – has landed him in hot water with British audiences. Read more… …
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This Just In: Gordon Ramsay Has A Dirty Mouth Sometimes | Hecklerspray By Stuart Heritage
Until now, Gordon Ramsay’s biggest achievement was that he’d become famous despite looking like a pensioner’s ballbag.
Hecklerspray – http://www.hecklerspray.com/

Middle England call for Ramsey sacking after TV swearathon … By profreedan
Gordon Ramsey is a hothead TV chef who’s main drawing point is his foul mouth and his habit of constantly turning the air blue. His main purpose is to cook up controversy more than tasty dishes. This latest outrage from the Daily Mail …
Mediasnoops – http://mediasnoops.wordpress.com/

Gordon Ramsay and Posh Spice – Not Friends, Are Friends (more tabloid crap) – 3 stories

Posh takes “down-in-the-dumps” Gordon Ramsay out clubbing | Sindh … By Sindh Today
London, Feb 03 (ANI): Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has dismissed rumours that she’s keen to cut her friendship with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay following his alleged affair with Sarah Symonds – by taking him out clubbing.
Sindh Today – http://www.sindhtoday.net/

SWEARS THE WIFE, GORD? – Daily Star – London,UK
By Nigel Pauley VICTORIA Beckham tried to help lift down-in-the-dumps Gordon Ramsay’s spirits by taking him out clubbing. The telly chef has come under fire …

Hospitality News and Careers: Posh Spice and Chef Gordon Ramsay … By Hospitality Hellraiser
Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has dropped celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay as a friend.Victoria Beckham has ended her friendship with chef Gordon Ramsay after reports that he had an affair with author Sarah Symonds. …
Hospitality News and Careers – http://hospitalityjobsafrica.blogspot.com/

More Crap about Gordon Ramsay’s Empire Falling (who isn’t suffering at the moment??) – 1 story (still!)

Ramsay’s Empire Cooked?
Radar Online – New York,NY,USA
It looks like the empire of insult-hurling Hell’s Kitchen star Gordon Ramsay may be toppling. According to the New York Post, the 42 year-old chef’s main …

Reviews of Episode 1 of Season 5 for Gordon Ramsay in Hell’s Kitchen – 2 stories
Notes from ‘Hell’ – Glens Falls Post-Star – Glens Falls,NY,USA
And then there is Gordon Ramsay. Powerful energy to be around, awesome chef but better degrader and bully. Loves to yell … You all know me, …

‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Insider: First Impressions – BuddyTV – Seattle,WA,USA
… odds to win of the fourth season of the notorious show, becoming the executive sous chef at Gordon Ramsay at the London West Hollywood Hotel. …

That’s the Gordon Ramsay News for today!

David Driscoll
The Plonker Club

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Wow, some Brits turned on Gordon Ramsay’s show and didn’t like the swearing, what did the F%#$wits expect? Apparently Great British Nightmares featured 243 F-words and 312 swear words and I F%#$king loved it. It was also great to see it appeared on the torrents within hours of screening, so the rest of the world could get their dose of QUALITY Gordon Ramsay programming!

After putting up with the crappy Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares US version, this programme, which was essentially two Kitchen Nightmares Episodes mixed together (with real follow-ups as the UK version usually does!).

That’s right, I loved the $h!t out of it – clasic Gordon, he really cares, puts in 100% effort and does eveything he can – lots of great ideas and messages for restaurant and business owners alike! He so often seems more passionate than the business owners themselves and more often ready to put the hard work in!

Some of the swearing stats include:
F-word was used 240 times
312 swear words in 103 minutes – that’s one every 20 seconds
37 obscenities in 95 seconds…one every two and-a-half seconds.
The first F-word 31 seconds into the show
Complaints from 49 viewers who rang Channel 4
In the two-hour show Ramsay swore 243 times, 187 of them using the F-word.
The chefs and restaurant owners swore 69 times
The worst swearing comes 29 minutes into the show after Ramsay tells restaurant boss Justin Rowntree where he is going wrong.

When Justin doesn’t accept the criticism, his childhood pal Richie Russell – the restaurant’s chef – explodes in a 95-second outburst, telling Justin to listen to what Ramsay is saying.

At the height of hypocrisy, one newspaper printed many of the ‘offensive’ exchanges – how can you be outraged and then replace a few letters with other characters and think that is ok?

Here is quote from the article; the chef (not Gordon Ramsay strangely enough, which seems to contradict their position!) to the business owner and best friend.

“He says: “You’ve got to cut the f***ing bulls***. Why the f***are you still trying to make out you’ve f***ing got something when the f***ing, when the damage has been done.

“We already look like a couple f***ing t*ts so shut your f***ing mouth and f***ing listen. If you tried to turn it around at 2pm today me and him are f***ing off.

“I ain’t f***ing staying here. Just cut the f***ing crap to turn things around.

“He’s here to f***ing turn it round. You can do it without me or f***ing with me because I’ve had enough of

this f***ing charade because I don’t need this f***ing s***.

“I’ve got to stand next to him and show my tubs of f***ing s*** that I’m f***ing cooking. You’re f***ing… you’re not f***ing listening to him, he’s trying to f***ing tell you.

“I’ve tried to tell you for two years about every f***ing thing. Food, bands, and I told you that, but you don’t f***ing understand so show him some f***ing respect or else I’m f***ing going at 2pm that’s the… f*** it, that’s it, no f***ing bull****.

“F***ing dangle me like a f***ing puppet. Don’t take the f***ing p*** out of me any more. F*** this s***.”

Richie storms off and Ramsay says: “The dynamics of the top tier of your business is f***ed.”

Then he comforts Richie, telling him: “F***ing hell… well you got that off your chest.”

Just reporting the news Sunday Mirror – what bullsh!t

David Driscoll
The Plonker Club

The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
www.theplonkerclub.com

Within a day of Gordon Ramsay bringing back Hell’s Kitchen to US audiences, he will be appearing on Channel 4 in the UK for Ramsay’s Great British Nightmare, which sees Gordon hits the streets, campaigning for viewers to eat locally.

I can only hope our UK cousins embrace torrents a little faster than they did with Cookalong Live. I didn’t see this fantastic Gordon Ramsay show for weeks after it aired. Shows from the US I can normally get within an hour of the show finishing – so get to work of English friends – so the rest of us can get our fix or Gordon Ramsay post haste!

This show is part of the Great British Food Fight (check out their very funny ad here ) and according to the Channel 4 website, in Ramsay’s Great British Nightmare, Gordon Ramsay will be campaigning for viewers to start patronising local restaurants. One that is featured, was part of the ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, fillmed in the middle of last year and hoepfully airing soon!

With a global, multi-million pound, restaurant empire and a constellation of Michelin stars under his belt, Gordon knows a thing or two about running a successful commercial kitchen. But other eateries are not so fortunate and, all too often, ambitious dreams turn to kitchen nightmares as the practicalities of getting punters in and keeping them loyal, prove too difficult to pull off.

Gordon’s brought his own brand of tough love to failing kitchens on both side of the Atlantic and tried to turn the fortunes of dozens of restaurants, from curry houses to soul-food shacks, by changing the way they’re managed.

This time it’s the diners he’s reaching out to, encouraging the man on the street to put his money where his hungry mouth is.

He will also be passing on tips to restaurant owners on how best to cope with the credit crunch.

Watch Ramsay’s Great British Nightmare, coming to Channel 4, Friday, 30th January, 9pm.

Two new Gordon Ramsay shows in one month (not including the stray Kitchen Nightmares Episode from the US) – this will be a great year. I wonder of Gordon has an special recipes to celebrate the Chinese year of the Ox?

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

For the second time in as many years, reports are that Gordon Ramsay will be again involved in the Great British Food Fight.

The Channel 4 show from the UK will continue following the “eat ethically’ theme and will again feature Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver alongside Gordon Ramsay as well as the newest recruit -Heston Blumenthal.

Gordon Ramsay’s contribution will be a call for Brits to start patronising local restaurants. Gordon will also be bringing his restaurant running experience to the aid of local eateries who are struggling with the current economic client. Unfortunately, it won’t be in time to save one of his Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares’ restaurants who have already succombed. See Another Gordon Ramsay lover Goes Under for the details on that one!

Gordon Ramsay also Has another new showing coming in 2009 Ramsay’s Great British Nightmare, which sounds like it has a similar theme to his contribution to the aforementioned show. It may even be part of the show, the reports on the web and the Channel 4 site are a little confusing.

For a full wrap of the program and how the four star chefs will be contributing, go to the source – Channel 4 at their website.

The show airs in January and will no doubt be hitting the torrents and youtube shortly after, so the rest of the planet can enjoy it!

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