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You just gotta love Ramsay.
French food critic dumps on Ramsay
March 25, 2008 - 9:44AM
Source: ABC
Gordon Ramsay has a habit of yelling obscenities at chefs on his TV show (file photo).
Photo: Getty Images
British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay will add a jewel to his crown on Wednesday with the launch of a restaurant in the royal city of Versailles, but an acid review by France's most feared food critic has threatened to sour the occasion.
Scottish-born Ramsay cut his chef's teeth in Paris, working three years in the kitchens of giants Guy Savoy and Joel Robuchon.
"I came here when I was 22 and got my arse kicked in Paris under the top chefs in the world," Ramsay told AFP in the dining rooms of the Trianon Palace, a luxury hotel overlooking the grounds of the Chateau de Versailles.
The 42-year-old footballer-turned-chef says he jumped at the chance to take over the kitchens at the Trianon, which houses a fine dining restaurant and sister brasserie the Veranda.
"I'm not coming here now to teach the French how to cook ... but I am here to compete," he said.
"From a chef's point of view, I can't think of a better playing field, of anywhere more difficult, more demanding, more sought after, more finicky, more fickle, more arrogant."
But Ramsay's guns-blazing approach - and habit of yelling obscenities at trainee chefs on television - fell foul of Francois Simon, food writer for Le Figaro newspaper.
Simon savaged Ramsay's project in an acerbic pre-launch review.
"You are in the heart of a brand with its label: Gordon Ramsayland," he wrote of the Trianon.
"Our advice: go to the brasserie ... instead - but honestly, there are hundreds of tables just as good."
Though he concedes Ramsay is an "excellent chef", Simon accuses him and his French mentors - Robuchon and Alain Ducasse - of spreading themselves too thinly across their Michelin-starred empires, leaving sous-chefs in charge of the kitchens much of the year.
"Do I look bothered? ... F***'em! I got my n*** kicked in when we opened up in New York - we won two Michelin stars in 10 months," Ramsay fired back.
Between his eponymous restaurant in Chelsea, London, and eateries across Britain, the United States and Asia, Ramsay holds a total of 10 Michelin stars worldwide.
Simon also sniffed at Ramsay's out-of-the-way Versailles location, suggesting he will woo rich foreign tourists but not real Parisians.
"Of course the place won't be frequented by Parisians in the middle of summer, because it will be full of tourists," Ramsay admitted.
"But everybody's welcome.
"Am I oozing to be on the Champs-Elysees or in the 17eme in Paris? If this works, I would look at a second restaurant in Paris without a doubt. But I want to get one right first."
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Channel Nine has confirmed the network is in talks with Ramsay to make a reality TV series about opening a resturant in Australia.
French food critic dumps on Ramsay
March 25, 2008 - 9:44AM
Source: ABC
Photo: Getty Images
British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay will add a jewel to his crown on Wednesday with the launch of a restaurant in the royal city of Versailles, but an acid review by France's most feared food critic has threatened to sour the occasion.
Scottish-born Ramsay cut his chef's teeth in Paris, working three years in the kitchens of giants Guy Savoy and Joel Robuchon.
"I came here when I was 22 and got my arse kicked in Paris under the top chefs in the world," Ramsay told AFP in the dining rooms of the Trianon Palace, a luxury hotel overlooking the grounds of the Chateau de Versailles.
The 42-year-old footballer-turned-chef says he jumped at the chance to take over the kitchens at the Trianon, which houses a fine dining restaurant and sister brasserie the Veranda.
"I'm not coming here now to teach the French how to cook ... but I am here to compete," he said.
"From a chef's point of view, I can't think of a better playing field, of anywhere more difficult, more demanding, more sought after, more finicky, more fickle, more arrogant."
But Ramsay's guns-blazing approach - and habit of yelling obscenities at trainee chefs on television - fell foul of Francois Simon, food writer for Le Figaro newspaper.
Simon savaged Ramsay's project in an acerbic pre-launch review.
"You are in the heart of a brand with its label: Gordon Ramsayland," he wrote of the Trianon.
"Our advice: go to the brasserie ... instead - but honestly, there are hundreds of tables just as good."
Though he concedes Ramsay is an "excellent chef", Simon accuses him and his French mentors - Robuchon and Alain Ducasse - of spreading themselves too thinly across their Michelin-starred empires, leaving sous-chefs in charge of the kitchens much of the year.
"Do I look bothered? ... F***'em! I got my n*** kicked in when we opened up in New York - we won two Michelin stars in 10 months," Ramsay fired back.
Between his eponymous restaurant in Chelsea, London, and eateries across Britain, the United States and Asia, Ramsay holds a total of 10 Michelin stars worldwide.
Simon also sniffed at Ramsay's out-of-the-way Versailles location, suggesting he will woo rich foreign tourists but not real Parisians.
"Of course the place won't be frequented by Parisians in the middle of summer, because it will be full of tourists," Ramsay admitted.
"But everybody's welcome.
"Am I oozing to be on the Champs-Elysees or in the 17eme in Paris? If this works, I would look at a second restaurant in Paris without a doubt. But I want to get one right first."
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Channel Nine has confirmed the network is in talks with Ramsay to make a reality TV series about opening a resturant in Australia.
