Profession:Celebrity chef Place/Date of Birth:Johnstone, Scotland, 08 November 1966
F Word sea bass episode faked - C4 - July 16 2007 An episode of Gordon Ramsay's The F Word which appeared to show him spearing sea bass off the English coast was faked, Channel 4 has admitted.
The celebrity chef headed into the sea to bag some bass for a beach barbecue in one of the series' "action" items and was shown returning to shore holding several large fish he seemed to have caught.
But while Ramsay did take part in the fishing expedition off the Devon coast, spending around an hour trying to spear a fish, in reality he failed to catch anything, Channel 4 said.
Spearfishing expert Dave O'Callaghan told the Sunday Times he had caught the fish the celebrity chef cooked on an open fire in the episode.
"I went in 20 minutes before everyone else to make sure we had fish to put on the barbecue.
"I caught about four and then Gordon got in and we spent about an hour in the water. When we came back in we threaded the fish onto a stringer and he carried them."
A spokeswoman for Channel 4 said the broadcaster had looked into the incident and discovered the show's makers had misrepresented what had happened.
"The production company Optomen has informed us that, after investigation, regrettably it appears that one part of the sea bass VT gave viewers an inaccurate impression about Gordon's involvement.
"We are working with Optomen to ensure this does not happen again."
She added: "Channel 4 does take such errors of judgment seriously and we regret that viewers may feel they were let down on this occasion."
Gordon accused of faking scenes for TV - June 20 2007 Gordon Ramsay has been accused in a lawsuit of faking scenes for an American version of his reality TV show Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.
The lawsuit was filed yesterday in US District Court in New York by Martin Hyde, a former general manager at Dillons, a restaurant in Manhattan.
Hyde claimed Ramsay, known for his foul-mouthed outbursts on screen, humiliated him.
Hyde said Ramsay forced him to quit his job to avoid further abuse.
The lawsuit said Ramsay featured the restaurant as part of a new US show, to be distributed this autumn by the Fox Broadcasting Co.
Ramsay was supposed to makeover failing restaurants in a week’s time as his confrontations with staff were captured by hidden cameras and microphones, according to the lawsuit.
But, in reality, he staged events, falsely claiming meat was spoiled, using a defective chair to imply Dillons’ furniture was shoddy and even hiring actors to pose as customers to make the restaurant look busy at the end of the week, the lawsuit said.
Hyde asked for millions of dollars in damages and a court order to stop the show airing.
James Curich, a Ramsay spokesman, said he couldn’t comment on the lawsuit because he hadn’t yet seen it.
As for allegations about fabrications, Curich said: "It is a reality show and as far as I know it’s not something they do."
Jennifer Sprague, a Fox Broadcasting spokeswoman in Los Angeles, said she couldn’t comment.
Andrew Blackmore, a manager at Dillons, said he’d signed a release stating he couldn’t talk about the show to the media.
Gordon in ’buffalo herding’ crash - June 11 2007 TV chef Gordon Ramsay has crashed a car while trying to herd water buffalo in Scotland.
He got behind the wheel of a rented 4x4 while filming an episode of his Channel 4 show The F Word.
He was visiting farmer Steven Mitchell at his home in Fife to make Scottish buffalo mozzarella.... read more
By rights Scottish born Gordon Ramsay should have been a professional footballer but injury cost his career with Glasgow Rangers FC. But footballs loss was cookery’s (and shouty sweary reality TV’s) gain.
Following his injury Ramsay signed up for catering college, passing with flying colours and going on to work under legendary chefs Marco Pierre White and Albert Roux. After honing his skills in kitchens around the UK and France, Ramsay went on to become a personal chef for an Australian TV star before flying back to London as part owner of Aubergine. But, in true Ramsay style Gordon had a bust up with the backers of Aubergine, causing him to walk out and take his staff with him to form his eponymous restaurant in Chelsea, the only London eatery to gain three Michelin stars.
He has also opened restaurants in Claridges and the Connaught as well as Petrus in Mayfair, Amaryllis in Glasgow and Verre in Dubai. Ramsay is also a TV celebrity, currently starring in Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares on Channel 4, a reality TV show which gives the Osbournes a run for it’s money in the ******* **** stakes.
