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Gordon Ramsay

  • 05-04-2015 10:20PM
    #1
    Mint Aero
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    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.


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  • #2
    Deub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭Deub


    Richard Branson

    This guy has just understood how the commerce works.


  • #3
    riffmongous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,933 ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    He's a dirty perv that Ramsay

    NSFW!!

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


  • #4
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    "rest'r'nt"


  • #5
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


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


  • #6
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,727 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    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.


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  • #7
    ShoulderChip
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    Oscar, the Brazillian footballer.


  • #8
    Shandashey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭Shandashey


    the groutch wrote: »
    I see that Marco was a smug git even back then.

    Ah now. Love me some Marco!


  • #9
    Miall108
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭Miall108


    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


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
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    He's not just a chef though, he's now a tv presenter and restaurateur. He's got places all over the world.


  • #11
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,549 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    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 :p


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  • #12
    123balltv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭123balltv


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


  • #13
    ShoulderChip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    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.


  • #14
    PlainP
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    Gordon Ramsay is a knob!


  • #15
    ShoulderChip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    PlainP wrote: »
    Gordon Ramsay is a knob!

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


  • #16
    AllGunsBlazing
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    Deub wrote: »
    Richard Branson

    This guy has just understood how the commerce works.

    Hardly from humble beginnings though.


  • #17
    Fat Christy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Fat Christy


    I love Gordon Ramsay. *swoon*


  • #18
    Shandashey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭Shandashey


    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.


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    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.


  • #20
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    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.


  • #21
    Shandashey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭Shandashey


    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


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  • #22
    Sever Tomorrow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 158 ✭✭Sever Tomorrow


    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 :p

    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.


  • #23
    Oafley Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,545 ✭✭✭Oafley Jones


    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 :p


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


  • #24
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,837 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    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.


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Shandashey wrote: »
    There is something very sexy about him I find

    Absolute self-belief I expect. Confidence is attractive.


  • #26
    eeepaulo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭eeepaulo


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


  • #27
    ShoulderChip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    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?


  • #28
    eeepaulo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭eeepaulo


    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


  • #29
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,134 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    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


  • #30
    ShoulderChip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    eeepaulo wrote: »
    yes

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


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  • #31
    eeepaulo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭eeepaulo


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

    Do you just comment on it?


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