Gordon Ramsay's Mouth; Reporters Surprised by Chef's Foul Mouth

[DontSayBanana]

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55828Y20090609?feedType=RS

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Foul-mouthed British chef Gordon Ramsay was rebuked on Tuesday by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who said the celebrity reflected "a new form of low life" for insulting a high-profile female television reporter.       Ramsay sparked the latest row on Saturday when he showed a food-fair audience a photo of a nude woman on all fours, with multiple breasts and a pig's face, and said the image was of Australian television journalist Tracy Grimshaw.       Grimshaw, who had interviewed Ramsay the previous night on her national current affairs program, hit back by describing Ramsay as an "arrogant narcissist" and "bully," with Rudd backing Grimshaw on Tuesday.       "All I could describe his remarks as reflecting is a new form of low life. I just think that's off, and offensive. Good on Tracy Grimshaw for coming out and giving him a left upper cut," Rudd told Australian radio.       Ramsay, the star of reality programs such as Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares which showcase his hot temper, foul language and fine cooking skills, is no stranger to controversy in Australia.       In 2008 he prompted a flood of complaints and a parliamentary review of broadcasting guidelines after an episode of Kitchen Nightmares in which he used a four-letter expletive more than 80 times in 40 minutes.       After the episode in early 2008, parliament told the television networks to review the way they rate programs and how they consider coarse language.       (Reporting by James Grubel)

I'm mostly amused that they felt this was worthy of an article. While they usually don't do it in front of cameras, chefs can have some of the worst foul mouths out there- meeting Georges Perrier when my uncle was working for him was somewhat of an eye-opener.

[Grey Fox]

Ramsay impresses me in his ability to insult you in most innovative ways while looking you straight in the eyes an inch away from your face without blinking.

[DontSayBanana]

Ramsay impresses me in his ability to insult you in most innovative ways while looking you straight in the eyes an inch away from your face without blinking.

It seems a lot of chefs have a talent either for insulting or intimidating. My uncle had a suddenly-former-dishwasher come at him with a frying pan over getting fired for talking on his cell phone at work only to find himself looking at the business end of the largest knife in the kitchen.

[Martinus]

Ramsay impresses me in his ability to insult you in most innovative ways while looking you straight in the eyes an inch away from your face without blinking.

He just called some chick "an ugly lesbian" (she wasn't either). That's not innovative even by Languish standards.

[Grey Fox]

Never watched Hells Kitchen or Kitchen Nightmare have you?

[Neil]

Never watched Hells Kitchen or Kitchen Nightmare have you?

Only retards watch that sort of shit.  Martinus' brain might be defective, but his intellect isn't.

[Barrister]

Never watched Hells Kitchen or Kitchen Nightmare have you?

Only retards watch that sort of shit.  Martinus' brain might be defective, but his intellect isn't.

I find Gordon Ramsay mildly entertaining.  It's the kind of show I might have on the TV while I do something else.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

I like him on the show where he takes over some kitchen of a restaurant and revamps the menu/staff. But the stupid competitive chef show irritates me and makes me want to take a cleaver to him and pretty much everyone of the whiney assholes competing to work for him. So I don't watch that show.

[DontSayBanana]

I like him on the show where he takes over some kitchen of a restaurant and revamps the menu/staff. But the stupid competitive chef show irritates me and makes me want to take a cleaver to him and pretty much everyone of the whiney assholes competing to work for him. So I don't watch that show.

It's annoying, but seems to be the closest to "reality TV" that they've got on the air. A lot of restaurants at that level have that kind of competitiveness between personnel, at least in both the NYC and Philly restaurant scenes.

[The Brain]

Never watched Hells Kitchen or Kitchen Nightmare have you?

Only retards watch that sort of shit.  Martinus' brain might be defective, but his intellect isn't.

I find Gordon Ramsay mildly entertaining.  It's the kind of show I might have on the TV while I do something else.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

I like him on the show where he takes over some kitchen of a restaurant and revamps the menu/staff. But the stupid competitive chef show irritates me and makes me want to take a cleaver to him and pretty much everyone of the whiney assholes competing to work for him. So I don't watch that show.

It's annoying, but seems to be the closest to "reality TV" that they've got on the air. A lot of restaurants at that level have that kind of competitiveness between personnel, at least in both the NYC and Philly restaurant scenes.

Oh that atmosphere is everywhere. Doesn't make it any more appealing to me. My alcoholic stepfather was a chef & I worked in a lot of kitchens as a youth. Toxic. Motherfucking toxic and retarded. I much prefer to be a customer.

What I don't like about reality TV is that encourages the kind of Lame-ass high school politics that we should outgrow as adults. (So it's not Ramsay I object to but the whiny ass bitches who are on his show competing, screwing each other over. ) It's way more about the personalities than the cooking. I watch food shows for the food porn.

[DontSayBanana]

Oh that atmosphere is everywhere. Doesn't make it any more appealing to me. My alcoholic stepfather was a chef & I worked in a lot of kitchens as a youth. Toxic. Motherfucking toxic and retarded. I much prefer to be a customer.

What I don't like about reality TV is that encourages the kind of Lame-ass high school politics that we should outgrow as adults. (So it's not Ramsay I object to but the whiny ass bitches who are on his show competing, screwing each other over. ) It's way more about the personalities than the cooking. I watch food shows for the food porn.

Yeah, it's certainly scared me off from taking advantage of the potential nepotism- I love working with food, but how any restaurant can pull off a coherent image with that much paranoia rampant between kitchen staff and colleagues (and kitchen staff and everyone else) just baffles me.

To date, Michael Wray is probably the best guy they've had on Hell's Kitchen; he didn't seem to be too thrilled with the politics, either, and I think that had a hand in him backing out of working with Ramsay in London.

[Grey Fox]

Of the Winners of the HKs (Atleast the US version) only 1 is still actually a Chef for Ramsay.

[DontSayBanana]

Of the Winners of the HKs (Atleast the US version) only 1 is still actually a Chef for Ramsay.

What I find interesting was going back through the descriptions of the prizes for the seasons, and they've been getting successively worse.

Wray was offered to cook alongside Ramsay in London, subsequent winners received the title "executive chef," but worked under Ramsay for a year, and this latest didn't even get the "executive" tacked onto her name.

[Grey Fox]

I blame the Economy or maybe the show doesn't create good chef at all. It's just fun to watch.