“Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.”
“Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.”
“I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.”
“Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.”
“My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I'm tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It's hilarious. So we decided that I'm going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support for the family.”
“I don't think it's a good advert for any restaurant, a fat chef, and secondly, who wants to eat a dessert when the chef's a fat pig.”
“When you're a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don't actually sit down and eat before you cook. So when I finish work, the first thing I'll do, and especially when I'm in New York, I'll go for a run. And I'll run 10 or 15k on my - and I run to gain my appetite.”
“If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite.”
“I'm Gordon Ramsay, for goodness sake: people know I'm volatile.”
“There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.”