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Gordon Ramsay

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  • #32
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Gordon Ramsey is to cooking what Jeremy Clarkson is to car designing.


  • #33
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,439 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    Cienciano wrote: »
    I heard he's bang on off camera


    Exactly, it's a persona, a performance for the cameras, playing up to the stereotype of "the mad chef". It doesn't make for a very pleasant individual IMO, but it makes for compelling drama on tv if you're into that sort of thing.

    I'd just rather see him cook than humiliating people for ratings.


  • #34
    ShoulderChip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    One eyed Jack wrote: »
    Exactly, it's a persona, a performance for the cameras, playing up to the stereotype of "the mad chef". It doesn't make for a very pleasant individual IMO, but it makes for compelling drama on tv if you're into that sort of thing.

    I'd just rather see him cook than humiliating people for ratings.

    what do you mean by the part in bold exactly?
    Are you okay with him cooking on tv once he doesn't get up to any antics, or would you prefer to see him cook in real life?


  • #35
    johnny osbourne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,017 ✭✭✭johnny osbourne


    he doesn't just save restaurants, he saves marriages


  • #36
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    Bit of red wine, some stock and thicken it with bitter chocolate. Mind blown.


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  • #37
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,439 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    ShoulderChip wrote: »
    what do you mean by the part in bold exactly?
    Are you okay with him cooking on tv once he doesn't get up to any antics, or would you prefer to see him cook in real life?


    Once he doesn't get up to any antics. There's no doubt he's a talented chef (they don't hand out Michelin stars like rubber medals), but I find his "angry bastard" persona grating. I mean, plenty of other celebrity chefs are able to display their talents and show people how to cook the most amazing cuisine, there's no reason Ramsay couldn't do the same, but nowadays he's more famous for his flare-ups than his food.


  • #38
    Links234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyL_cYxV6QA


  • #39
    Links234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    Seriously though, I must try this sometime

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy0HncHOQe0


    Those fish fingers look terrific


  • #40
    Iranoutofideas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Iranoutofideas


    Shame what happened to his dwarf double - Gordon Ramsey Sex Dwarf Found Dead in Badger Sett.


  • #41
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Shandashey wrote: »
    There is something very sexy about him I find
    It's the 'no ****s given' attitude and the confidence. I'd noisette his beurre, I'll tell you that much.


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  • #42
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Iranoutofideas wrote: »
    Shame what happened to his dwarf double - Gordon Ramsey Sex Dwarf Found Dead in Badger Sett.

    Possibly the most attention commanding headline in the history of headlines.


  • #43
    dickwod1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭dickwod1


    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 was The Stig and he was talking about Ramsey's wallet not his head :pac:


  • #44
    ShoulderChip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    Candie wrote: »
    Possibly the most attention commanding headline in the history of headlines.

    Nope this one is:
    http://www.espnfc.co.uk/story/337901/young-boys-wankdorf-erection-relief

    And don't worry it is safe for work etc


  • #45
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ShoulderChip wrote: »
    Nope this one is:
    http://www.espnfc.co.uk/story/337901/young-boys-wankdorf-erection-relief

    And don't worry it is safe for work etc

    Thought it was a spoof, but....:)


  • #46
    Aongus Von Bismarck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭Aongus Von Bismarck


    I have eaten in Ramsay's Gordon Ramsey restaurant in London. It was a fine meal, but it wasn't flawless. My crab starter was a beautiful plate of food to look at, but the crab itself still had that slight chill on the upper palette that indicated it had been taken off the ice half-an-hour too late for main service. I also remember my lamb main course having a piece of shoulder that shouldn't have made the pass. It has retained the 3-star status for over 20 years, but I've had far more memorable meals to be honest. I'd even rate a non-starred restaurant in Dublin (soon to change no doubt when the inspectors call around) as being more inventive and considered.


  • #47
    Miall108
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭Miall108


    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    I have eaten in Ramsay's Gordon Ramsey restaurant in London. It was a fine meal, but it wasn't flawless. My crab starter was a beautiful plate of food to look at, but the crab itself still had that slight chill on the upper palette that indicated it had been taken off the ice half-an-hour too late for main service. I also remember my lamb main course having a piece of shoulder that shouldn't have made the pass. It has retained the 3-star status for over 20 years, but I've had far more memorable meals to be honest. I'd even rate a non-starred restaurant in Dublin (soon to change no doubt when the inspectors call around) as being more inventive and considered.

    Are you Paulo Tulio in disguise?


  • #48
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Miall108 wrote: »
    Are you Paulo Tulio in disguise?

    Not sure how you're making that mistake since Paulo Tulio isnt a giant knob?


  • #49
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    I have eaten in Ramsay's Gordon Ramsey restaurant in London. It was a fine meal, but it wasn't flawless. My crab starter was a beautiful plate of food to look at, but the crab itself still had that slight chill on the upper palette that indicated it had been taken off the ice half-an-hour too late for main service. I also remember my lamb main course having a piece of shoulder that shouldn't have made the pass.

    Pics or GTFO


  • #50
    Iranoutofideas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭Iranoutofideas


    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    I have eaten in Ramsay's Gordon Ramsey restaurant in London. It was a fine meal, but it wasn't flawless. My crab starter was a beautiful plate of food to look at, but the crab itself still had that slight chill on the upper palette that indicated it had been taken off the ice half-an-hour too late for main service. I also remember my lamb main course having a piece of shoulder that shouldn't have made the pass. It has retained the 3-star status for over 20 years, but I've had far more memorable meals to be honest. I'd even rate a non-starred restaurant in Dublin (soon to change no doubt when the inspectors call around) as being more inventive and considered.

    You should have gone to Dorsia. If you could get a reservation that is.


  • #51
    michael999999
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,771 ✭✭✭michael999999


    Didn't he go bankrupt last year?


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  • #52
    carzony
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    I don't like how Ramsey treats his staff. if you look through youtube i'm sure you'll see him shouting and sometimes assaulting his staff.


  • #53
    Streetwalker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭Streetwalker


    carzony wrote: »
    I don't like how Ramsey treats his staff. if you look through youtube i'm sure you'll see him shouting and sometimes assaulting his staff.

    He's a bully and not a very nice person.


  • #54
    Schwiiing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,839 ✭✭✭Schwiiing


    Along with models, artists, musicians and sportsmen a lot of chefs are jumped up cretins who got rich and famous doing things that don't really matter in the grand scheme of things.


  • #55
    ShoulderChip
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    Schwiiing wrote: »
    Along with models, artists, musicians and sportsmen a lot of chefs are jumped up cretins who got rich and famous doing things that don't really matter in the grand scheme of things.

    what does matter in the bigger scheme of things?
    Are you thinking farmers and builders
    or a level above that and education and health workers
    or moving more into philosophers or theists?


  • #56
    Schwiiing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,839 ✭✭✭Schwiiing


    ShoulderChip wrote: »
    what does matter in the bigger scheme of things?
    Are you thinking farmers and builders
    or a level above that and education and health workers
    or moving more into philosophers or theists?

    I'm talking Doctors, Scientists and Engineers etc. People whose work makes a positive difference to society. Putting some ingredients in a pot and making them look pretty on a plate is not that important.


  • #57
    Miall108
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭Miall108


    Agricola wrote: »
    Not sure how you're making that mistake since Paulo Tulio isnt a giant knob?

    Are you calling Aongus Von Bismark a "giant knob"? Thats very uncalled for

    Plus Paulo Tulio is a posh twat


  • #58
    ShoulderChip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    Schwiiing wrote: »
    I'm talking Doctors, Scientists and Engineers etc. People whose work makes a positive difference to society. Putting some ingredients in a pot and making them look pretty on a plate is not that important.

    Okay, so how do you think we can bridge the gap between famous people outside of these fields getting so much money for their fame and art and talent compared to people in those fields?
    Or Are you hoping that society will adore their work instead and start giving extra funding to their fields? Or do you think it should be some forced methodology where there is a tax on lets say trashy magazines where x euros of each ones goes to the fields deemed by you as more important for society?
    In this scenario I just don't understand how you can answer the question that certain things benefit society more, what is the goal of society in order to measure benefits against?


  • #59
    diomed
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    Jamie Oliver is worth about €300 million ISYN


  • #60
    Bobby Baccala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,348 ✭✭✭Bobby Baccala


    Ramsay is comical! I watch hotel hell the odd time just to watch him having to interact with some of the absolute muppets that do be on it


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  • #61
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    diomed wrote: »
    Jamie Oliver is worth about €300 million ISYN

    I know but I don't really like him on first glance so haven't bothered checking his background. Anything interesting?


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