Ramsay’s father Gordon (died 1997) was, at various times, a swimming pool manager, a welder, and a shopkeeper; his mother, Helen Cosgrove, and Yvonne have been nurses. Ramsay has described his early life as “hopelessly itinerant”, as his family moved constantly due to the aspirations and failures of his father, who was violent. in past public interviews, Ramsay has declined to describe his father as an alcoholic; however, his autobiography, Humble Pie, describes his early life as being marked by abuse and neglect from this “hard-drinking womaniser”. Ramsay has claimed to have played two first team games for Rangers.

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Ramsay has described his early life as “hopelessly itinerant”, as his family moved constantly due to the aspirations and failures of his father, who was violent. in mid-1984, Ramsay had a trial with Rangers, the club he supported as a boy. After weighing his options, Ramsay enrolled at North Oxfordshire Technical College, sponsored by the Rotarians, to study Hotel Management.

Ramsay is known for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as the British series Hell’s Kitchen, The F Word, Ramsay’s Best Restaurant, and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, along with the American versions of Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, and MasterChef. Ramsay’s father Gordon (died 1997) was, at various times, a swimming pool manager, a welder, and a shopkeeper; his mother, Helen Cosgrove, and Yvonne have been nurses. Ramsay has described his early life as “hopelessly itinerant”, as his family moved constantly due to the aspirations and failures of his father, who was violent. in 1976, they finally settled in Stratford-upon-Avon where he grew up in the Bishopton area of the town. At the age of 16, Ramsay moved out of the family house into a flat in Banbury. Ramsay played football and was first chosen to play under-14 football at age 12. He seriously injured his knee, smashing the cartilage during training. He never fully recovered from the double injury.

Ramsay is known for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as the British series Hell’s Kitchen, The F Word, Ramsay’s Best Restaurant, and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, along with the American versions of Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, and MasterChef. At the age of 16, Ramsay moved out of the family house into a flat in Banbury. in mid-1984, Ramsay had a trial with Rangers, the club he supported as a boy. Ramsay has claimed to have played two first team games for Rangers, according to his autobiography Ramsay played “a couple of non-league matches as a trialist” for Rangers and was signed by the club at the age of 15. (While at Le Gavroche, he met Jean-Claude Breton, now his maître d’ at Royal Hospital Road.) After working at Le Gavroche for a year, Albert Roux invited Ramsay to work with him at Hotel Diva, a ski resort in the French Alps, as his number two. Upon his return to London in 1993, Ramsay was offered the position of head chef at La Tante Claire in Chelsea. Ramsay has now begun opening restaurants outside the UK, beginning with Verre in Dubai. Situated in the former Bel-Age hotel on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, the hotel has been renovated and re-named The London West Hollywood.