In past public interviews, Ramsay has declined to describe his father as an alcoholic; however, his autobiography, Humble Pie, describes his early life as being marked by abuse and neglect from this “hard-drinking womaniser”. He seriously injured his knee, smashing the cartilage during training. (While at Le Gavroche, he met Jean-Claude Breton, now his maître d’ at Royal Hospital Road.) After working at Le Gavroche for a year, Albert Roux invited Ramsay to work with him at Hotel Diva, a ski resort in the French Alps, as his number two. He continued his training in France for three years, before giving in to the physical and mental stress of the kitchens and taking a year to work as a personal chef on the private yacht Idlewild, based in Bermuda. Upon his return to London in 1993, Ramsay was offered the position of head chef at La Tante Claire in Chelsea. in 1998, Ramsay opened his own restaurant in Chelsea, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, with the help of his father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson.

In mid-1984, Ramsay had a trial with Rangers, the club he supported as a boy. He describes his decision to enter catering college as “an accident, a complete accident”. Ramsay then moved to London, where he worked in a series of restaurants until being inspired to work for the temperamental Marco Pierre White at Harveys. Restaurants at the Dubai Creek and Connaught Hotels followed, the latter branded with his protégé, Angela Hartnett ‘s, name. Ramsay has now begun opening restaurants outside the UK, beginning with Verre in Dubai. The restaurant is called Boxwood. in 2010, Ramsay is expected to preside over the Savoy Grill at the newly re-opened Savoy Hotel. The other two triple-winners are Michel Roux, and Jacquie Pern.

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Ramsay is known for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as the British series Hell’s Kitchen, The F Word, and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, along with the U.S. versions of Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, and MasterChef. He was chosen to play for Warwickshire. in mid-1984, Ramsay had a trial with Rangers, the club he supported as a boy. He never fully recovered from the double injury. in series 4, episode 12 of The F Word (originally aired on 29 July 2008), Ramsay visited his old stomping grounds Ibrox, the home playing field of his favourite childhood team, Rangers, and exclaimed, “Home, Sweet Home” and said, “My dream came true when I was spotted in the mid-80s and I joined the youth team here in Ibrox.” He related that one of his fondest memories is playing alongside one of Scotland’s football legends, Ally McCoist, who said about Ramsay, “I remember him well and the one thing that never ever will change is that he’s a competitive so-and-so and wants to do and be the best that he can.” Ramsay recalled that, “the pain of being released on the back of an injury” was only assuaged many years later, “after receiving third Michelin Star”, and concluded that, “without the upset at Ibrox, I would not be the chef I am today.” By this time, Ramsay’s interest in cooking had already begun, and rather than be known as “the football player with the gammy knee”, at age 19, Ramsay paid more serious attention to his culinary education.

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He has been awarded 12 Michelin stars. His football career was marked by a number of injuries, causing him to remark later in life, “Perhaps I was doomed when it came to football”. Ramsay then moved to London, where he worked in a series of restaurants until being inspired to work for the temperamental Marco Pierre White at Harveys. Shortly thereafter, Marco White re-entered his life, offering to set him up with a head chef position and 10 share in the Rossmore, owned by White’s business partners. Despite the restaurant’s success, a dispute with Ramsay’s business owners and Ramsay’s dream of running his own restaurant led to his leaving the partnership in 1997. Whereas previous ventures acted as a combined consultant/brand, in November 2006 Ramsay announced plans to create three restaurants in the United States in partnership with private equity firm Blackstone Group, who are refurbishing each of the chosen hotels into five star locations at a cost of £100 million per hotel.

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