Gordon Ramsay

Mint Aero · 05-04-2015 10:20PM #1

The chef AH. Is Worth about €160 million. He's a chef.

This is a video from the tube of you

In it we can see a rather timid wee Gordon from 1988. I didn't know much about this guy, I assumed he was just some celebrity who shouldn't really be, because well he's just a chef.

But I watched a few more of his videos, read up a bit on him and you can see he comes from humble beginnings, and just worked really hard to get where he is.

I've huge respect for the Michelin stars this guy got. Don't really know much about it but I can appreciate the professionalism, work ethic, attention detail that must be required. I think it's cool.

Are there any other filthy rich buggers out there from humble beginnings that you admire? Who got where they are from working hard.

Deub · 05-04-2015 10:24PM

Richard Branson

This guy has just understood how the commerce works.

05-04-2015 10:26PM

He's a dirty perv that Ramsay

NSFW!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIesCd4I4hU

The King of Moo · 05-04-2015 10:26PM

"rest'r'nt"

the groutch · 05-04-2015 10:27PM

I see that Marco was a smug git even back then.

kowloon · 05-04-2015 10:29PM

I'd like to be good at something, that makes that video a bit of a double tap when it comes to the comfort eating.

ShoulderChip · 05-04-2015 10:30PM

Oscar, the Brazillian footballer.

Shandashey · 05-04-2015 10:30PM

the groutch wrote: »

I see that Marco was a smug git even back then.

Ah now. Love me some Marco!

Miall108 · 05-04-2015 10:31PM

But in fairness to Gordon Ramsey as he has risen to the top of his profession his ego has also inflated out of control. Some say he can barely fit his head through the door of a kitchen these days

05-04-2015 10:31PM

He's not just a chef though, he's now a tv presenter and restaurateur. He's got places all over the world.

One eyed Jack · 05-04-2015 10:32PM

Mint Aero wrote: »

This is a video from the tube of you

Christ please don't let that expression catch on!

That said, there are many wealthy people I admire who came from humble beginnings -

Bill Gates
Michael Dell
Steve Jobs
Hillary Clinton

Ahh fcuk it there's a few more, but that's enough to be going ahead with

123balltv · 05-04-2015 10:32PM

Working class lad who done well I hope his Mother and Brother who is a
drug addict is benefiting

ShoulderChip · 05-04-2015 10:33PM

Miall108 wrote: »

But in fairness to Gordon Ramsey as he has risen to the top of his profession his ego has also inflated out of control. Some say he can barely fit his head through the door of a kitchen these days

That's his prized asset, that is what he has worked on, what gets him shows. He saw that is was what he needed to use to elevate himself from a chef to a name who could do so much more. No less valid than a model working on her looks, or a carpenter improving his hammer time, or oscar practising one two's.

PlainP · 05-04-2015 10:34PM

Gordon Ramsay is a knob!

ShoulderChip · 05-04-2015 10:35PM

PlainP wrote: »

Gordon Ramsay is a knob!

so what? no one here is debating that are they?

AllGunsBlazing · 05-04-2015 10:36PM

Deub wrote: »

Richard Branson

This guy has just understood how the commerce works.

Hardly from humble beginnings though.

Fat Christy · 05-04-2015 10:37PM

I love Gordon Ramsay. *swoon*

Shandashey · 05-04-2015 10:37PM

123balltv wrote: »

Working class lad who done well I hope his Mother and Brother who is a
drug addict is benefiting

He's done all he can for his brother, I think he's gone down the tough love route now, nothing more he can do. I admire his openness regarding his brothers addiction, and I think he is genuinely heart broken about it.

05-04-2015 10:39PM

Fat Christy wrote: »

I love Gordon Ramsay. *swoon*

He's got a face that looks like a toddler designed him out of play dough. I like him though, he takes no crap from no one.

The King of Moo · 05-04-2015 10:44PM

ShoulderChip wrote: »

That's his prized asset, that is what he has worked on, what gets him shows. He saw that is was what he needed to use to elevate himself from a chef to a name who could do so much more. No less valid than a model working on her looks, or a carpenter improving his hammer time,or oscar practising one two's.

I don't see how singing would help a carpenter.

Shandashey · 05-04-2015 10:45PM

Candie wrote: »

He's got a face that looks like a toddler designed him out of play dough. I like him though, he takes no crap from no one.

There is something very sexy about him I find

Sever Tomorrow · 05-04-2015 10:45PM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Christ please don't let that expression catch on!

That said, there are many wealthy people I admire who came from humble beginnings -

Bill Gates
Michael Dell
Steve Jobs
Hillary Clinton

Ahh fcuk it there's a few more, but that's enough to be going ahead with

I had a gander at the backgrounds of those lads (and lassie). All of them came from middle class backgrounds, some of them definitely upper middle class.

Oafley Jones · 05-04-2015 10:45PM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Christ please don't let that expression catch on!

That said, there are many wealthy people I admire who came from humble beginnings -

Bill Gates
Michael Dell
Steve Jobs
Hillary Clinton

Ahh fcuk it there's a few more, but that's enough to be going ahead with

Gates made his own fortune, but I wouldn't describe his background as humble.

osarusan · 05-04-2015 10:46PM

He reminds me of Conor McGregor - guys playing the tough-talking bollox because that's what sells.

Although I suspect he also uses that role to some extent as a way to indulge his inner wanker - the wanker we'd all like to be at times but don't have the profile to get away with it.

05-04-2015 10:48PM

Shandashey wrote: »

There is something very sexy about him I find

Absolute self-belief I expect. Confidence is attractive.

eeepaulo · 05-04-2015 10:49PM

He can cook, i love his ramsays home cooking series, lovely cheap easy food without using every utensil in the kitchen

ShoulderChip · 05-04-2015 10:50PM

eeepaulo wrote: »

He can cook, i love his ramsays home cooking series, lovely cheap easy food without using every utensil in the kitchen

did you just see the thread title was 'Gordan Ramsey' and decide it was therefore free ground to make any comment here about him?

eeepaulo · 05-04-2015 10:51PM

ShoulderChip wrote: »

did you just see the thread title was 'Gordan Ramsey' and decide it was therefore free ground to make any comment here about him?

yes

Cienciano · 05-04-2015 10:52PM

Miall108 wrote: »

But in fairness to Gordon Ramsey as he has risen to the top of his profession his ego has also inflated out of control. Some say he can barely fit his head through the door of a kitchen these days

I heard he's bang on off camera

ShoulderChip · 05-04-2015 10:53PM

eeepaulo wrote: »

yes

Ha ha

I guess people like you make the world go round, fair fecks

:D:D

eeepaulo · 05-04-2015 10:54PM

ShoulderChip wrote: »

Ha ha
I guess people like you make the world go round, fair fecks :D:D

Do you just comment on it?

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