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    Roasting in Hell's Kitchen: Temper Tantrums, F Words, and the Pursuit of Perfection
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    Roasting in Hell's Kitchen: Temper Tantrums, F Words, and the Pursuit of Perfection

    By Gordon Ramsay

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    About this ebook

    Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell

    For the first time, Ramsay tells the full inside story of his life and how he became the world's most famous and infamous chef: his difficult childhood, his brother's heroin addiction, his failed first career as a soccer player, his fanatical pursuit of gastronomic perfection and his TV persona—all of the things that made him the celebrated culinary talent and media powerhouse that he is today.

    In Roasting in Hell's Kitchen Ramsay talks frankly about his tough and emotional childhood, including his father's alcoholism and violence and their effect on his relationships with his mother and siblings. His rootless upbringing saw him moving from house to house and town to town followed by the authorities and debtors as his father lurched from one failed job to another.

    He recounts his short-circuited career as a soccer player, when he was signed by Scotland's premier club at the age of fifteen but then, just two years later, dropped out when injury dashed his hopes. Ramsay searched for another vocation and, much to his father's disgust, went into catering, which his father felt was meant for “poofs.”

    He trained under some of the most famous and talented chefs in Europe, working to exacting standards and under extreme conditions that would sometimes erupt in physical violence. But he thrived, with his exquisite palate, incredible vision and relentless work ethic. Dish by dish, restaurant by restaurant, he gradually built a Michelin-starred empire.

    A candid, eye-opening look into the extraordinary life and mind of an elite and unique restaurateur and chef, Roasting in Hell's Kitchen will change your perception not only of Gordon Ramsay but of the world of cuisine.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061828584
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    Roasting in Hell's Kitchen: Temper Tantrums, F Words, and the Pursuit of Perfection
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    Gordon Ramsay

    Gordon Ramsay has launched a string of internationally celebrated restaurants in London with ten Michelin stars between them, and has restaurants in Dubai, Tokyo, New York and Florida, with more planned. The author of numerous bestselling cookery books and two autobiographies, Humble Pie and Playing with Fire, Gordon is one of the biggest television personalities in the UK with his hit shows, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Hell's Kitchen and The F Word. He was awarded an OBE in 2006.

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    • 4/5
      Gordon is a very smart man and is actually much nicer than people tend to give him credit for. He reminds me of my late father in some ways. My father was also a good person who clung to some butt-headed opinions and refused to consider the fact that he might be wrong.
      Gordon expresses disdain for fat chefs, but I haven't seen him treat larger people poorly on his shows. He seems to think that because he was able to lose weight and keep it off through strenuous exercise, everyone else should be able to do the same. Not everyone has the same physical abilities and some people have metabolic problems. Gordon also does not take into account the fact that chronic dieting tends to lead to weight gain in the long run and, over time, an inability to lose weight. He was fortunate to lose the weight the first time and have good physical strength and a decent metabolism so he could keep it off.
      Gordon also expresses the opinion that addiction is not a disease. Research has shown that an addict's brain is physically different than the brain of someone who is not prone to addiction. He states that addicts are selfish people. I disagree. Addicts are people with a serious problem. Unfortunately, not all addicts are able to stay clean. I think Gordon would do well to read The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx.
      In fairness, Gordon does have ample experience dealing with someone whose addiction to heroin destroyed his own life and has the potential to destroy the lives of those around him. Gordon's brother Ronnie honestly seems like a scary person. I wouldn't want him in my home. He has a propensity for violence and he steals to feed his addiction. I'm not saying living with an addict is easy. Often, it's impossible. I'm only saying that I don't think addiction is born of selfishness, and I don't think it's a choice. Not everyone is wired the same way.
      Gordon is a strong person who is not prone to psychological problems. I think it is well and good to encourage people to be their best selves, but I disagree with expressing disdain for those who don't measure up to your own exacting standards for yourself. We don't all respond to things in the same way.
    • 3/5
      Well, it certainly reads like Ramsey wrote it himself. There was no ghostwriter. This is a very very short book, but interesting if you want to know more about his life up to now.
    • 4/5
      After reading this autobiography, I feel like I have a much better sense of what drives Gordon Ramsay in his relentless pursuit of excellence and I have even more respect for him that I did before.
    • 3/5
      When Montaigne met his King, Henry told him he liked his book. "Then," replied Montaigne, "your Majesty must needs like me, for I am my book". And Gordon Ramsey could say the same about 'Humble Pie'. It's brash, self serving, full of what one's mother used to call 'vulgar language', over the top reactions to what seems like the just criticism of others, arrogant self-righteousness and large doses of special pleading. In other words, it's a great read!At the risk of contradicting the comments I have just made, I have say that it is an honest book. After all, it's Gordon Ramsey's book, so who expects anyone to be really hard on himself in his own book? Especially someone like Ramsey, whose ego is as big, or even bigger, than one of those huge kitchens he describes and in which we spend a lot of time as he takes us through the politics of 'high-end' cooking. And what politicking there is! Creepy Italians, dodgy London geezers, supercilious French master chefs. And Gordon himself. No angel. But he's a man, for a' that. And what a man! ploughing through conspiracies, the slings and shots of outrageous fortune, and his own inability to suffer fools gladly.The book tears along at a furious pace. Unlike many 'celebrity' autobiographies, there's very little padding and no boring stories about other cooks and what a great joy it was to work with them. There are stories about other cooks, but they're NOT boring!). I think you may feel his father gets a fairly rough innings in this book, maybe a little too rough. But you will certainly be touched by his efforts, extending over years, to help his brother out of trouble, and you will admire his absolute determination never to settle for second best as a chef. Also I am sure you will end up seeing through the make-up and getting a glimpse of the warts underneath. At all events, you will be struck by how much the book resembles the man himself. I think Montaigne might have liked it.
    • 4/5
      It took me a while to start reading this one. I bought it for my Kindle for a couple of bucks. I am a fan of Ramsay, otherwise I wouldn't have bought it. I always figure, if someone takes the time to write a memoir, they had it pretty bad or why bother, who would care? Well Ramsay's childhood was pretty messed up, and this book shows why he is who he is. Growing up with the obstacles he did, will either make you or break you. In his case, he made it. There is coarse language in the book, but I did expect that as he doesn't hold back on TV either. Pretty well written and informative. Now I have a softer spot for him. I understand his need for perfection comes from, I understand what drives him, I understand why he expects so much from others.
    • 4/5
      I'm a sucker for chef bios, and I loved Ramsay in 'Hell's Kitchen'. The book wasn't particularly well-written, I thought, but I enjoyed the story. it was very raw and genuine. The sort of book that makes me glad I didn't opt to be a chef. Interesting.
    • 3/5
      Gordon Ramsay is not a great writer but he does manage to write well enough to convey the essence of his puppy rotweiller personality movingly and his story - Glasgow abused child to billionaire chef -is an inspiring one. The cusine ladder he climbs to achieve his aim is fascinating and takes you from London, to Paris, to West Indies. The deals are mafia cum Dragons Den. I found it very genuine especially the section on the inadequacies he feels in coping with his junkie brother and how it feels like history repeating itself.Just wish he would stop fucking swearing all the time in the book. I can just about allow it in the pressure of a busy kitchen in a reality TV show but in a book!! Not cool. Not clever.
    • 3/5
      It considered it a good read, not because it was such a good book, but because it gave me a good background on Gordon Ramsay. And this is what biographies should do. It was written in a style which you can expect from the master chef with the F-word on his "toque" :-).
    • 4/5
      Gordon's childhood is tragic and heartbreaking. After reading this, I have a new respect for him. Self made man really describes him.
    • 4/5
      I'm a sucker for chef bios, and I loved Ramsay in 'Hell's Kitchen'. The book wasn't particularly well-written, I thought, but I enjoyed the story. it was very raw and genuine. The sort of book that makes me glad I didn't opt to be a chef. Interesting.