I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.
GORDON RAMSAYI act on impulse and I go with my instincts.
GORDON RAMSAYCooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it’s too assertive to the naked eye.
GORDON RAMSAYKitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.
GORDON RAMSAYIn any situation, location is crucial.
GORDON RAMSAYWhen you cook under pressure you trade perfection.
GORDON RAMSAYIf you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that’s exactly what I did.
GORDON RAMSAYI think pressure’s healthy, and very few can handle it.
GORDON RAMSAYCooking today is a young man’s game, I don’t give a bollocks what anyone says.
GORDON RAMSAYIf 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.
GORDON RAMSAYTwo key ingredients in any successful chef: a quick learner and someone with a sharp brain.
GORDON RAMSAYI still love football, though, and I think cooking is like football. It’s not a job, it’s a passion. When you become good at it, it’s a dream job and financially you need never to worry. Ever.
GORDON RAMSAYPut your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.
GORDON RAMSAYChefs are nutters. They’re all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.
GORDON RAMSAYThe level of jealousy and insecurity in this industry [restaurant] is far greater than ever before.
GORDON RAMSAYI cook for a living; I’m not a scheduler.
GORDON RAMSAYI don’t run restaurants that are out of control. We are about establishing phenomenal footholdings with talent.
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