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Exclusive intervie\N Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. C4 . Tuesday , r -rJ .J Prepare to feel the heat. Bad boy chef Gordon Ramsay has not just one but two new 1V series. But, whatever you do, don't call him a 1V chef bully who bulldozes his way through everything! But I'm not here to be smanny. The thing about me is, when things go wrong, they get fixed straightaway.' Gordon, 37, has two new shows this year, Ramsay'sKitchenNightmareson C4 and Hell's Kitchen on !TV!. The first is a four-part series that follows Gordon as he visits struggling restaurants and advises how to turn them around. He does some tough talking - and, being Gordon, there are dramatic confrontations. The first episode takes him to Bonapartes, a restaurant in West Yorkshire. Here, he meets Tun, 21, who has talked his way into the position of Head Chef. But Gordon finds that Tun, who prides himself on his 'fine dining menu', can't even cook an omelette and has rotting food in his kitchen. 'The guy couldn't even tell the difference between lamb, pork and beef! He put an omelette in the ****ing oven. I was like, "What the hell are you doing?" I was horrified!' In his second show, Hell's Kitchen (to be shown later this year), 10 celebs will spend just one week being trained by Gordon. Then they'll move into the kitchen of an 80-seater restaurant, where the nation can watch them cope. 'This show is going to be big, and there an some formidable characters involved! We're going to crack those egos into a pan, season with rock salt, and you're guaranteed a ****ingdisaster! So does Gordon now see himself as a TV chef? 'No! I'm more sought after for the food I deliver to customers than fO cooking on TV.My restaurant do exceedingly well and I work bloody hard. 'I think KitchenNightmares will illustrate what I'm about. came into cooking as a second option after a footballing injury [he played for Glasgow Rangers], and now I'm here, I will damn well try my hardest Anyone who comes into this industry thinking it's a job, is wrong - it's a passion.' And Gordon is passionate - not only aboul his food but about life too. 'I come from a big family and we didn't really have much, and everything I have now I've worked for.At my funeral I want everyone walking round with a glass of pink champagne and a chocolate fondant. ****ing indulge - I did!' Aspen Weatherbun . Ramsay's Kitchen Heaven is the tie-in cookbook for Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Available from 6 May, priced £20. Gordon will also be on Parkinson (BBC1, Saturday) T here's no way I'm going round the country showing people how to make a Cornish pasty. Frankly, it doesn't interest me. And appearing on Ready Steady T***is not my style!' Multi Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay is as well known for his volatile personality and colourfullanguage as he is for his spectacular food, as was apparent in his Channel 4 show BoilingPoint, in which he rained abuse on his staff. And, last year, he got a few people's backs up when he appeared on Room 101. 'I decided to send taxi drivers into Room 101... but it was a joke! I wasn't going to sit there and be ****ingcheesy.I'd had abad experience with a taxi driver a couple of weeks before I went on the show, and it was one of those things that just sprung to mind'. So how does he ~ feel the public , perceives him? 'As a 151/2st Working in this industry isn't a job - it's a passion' oj .c a. <i: in o '0 .c Q. 16

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Exclusive intervie\N Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. C4 . Tuesday

, r-rJ.J

Prepare to feel the heat. Bad boy chef Gordon Ramsay has not just onebut two new 1V series. But, whatever you do, don't call him a 1V chef

bully who bulldozes his way througheverything! But I'm not here to be smanny.The thing about me is, when things gowrong, they get fixed straightaway.'

Gordon, 37, has two new shows this year,Ramsay'sKitchenNightmareson C4 andHell's Kitchenon !TV!. Thefirst is a four-part series thatfollows Gordon as he visitsstruggling restaurants andadvises how to turn themaround. He does sometough talking - and,being Gordon, there aredramatic confrontations.

The first episode takeshim to Bonapartes, arestaurant in West Yorkshire.Here, he meets Tun, 21, whohas talked his way into theposition of Head Chef. ButGordon finds that Tun, who prides himself onhis 'fine dining menu', can't even cook an

omelette and has rotting food in his kitchen.'The guy couldn't even tell thedifferencebetween lamb, pork and

beef! He put an omelette in the ****ingoven. I was like, "What the hell areyou doing?" I was horrified!'

In his second show, Hell'sKitchen(to be shown later this

year), 10celebswill spend justone week being trained by

Gordon. Then they'llmove

into the kitchen of an 80-seater restaurant,where the nation can watch them cope.

'This show is going to be big, and there ansome formidable characters involved! We'regoing to crack those egos into a pan, seasonwith rock salt, and you're guaranteed a

****ingdisaster!So does Gordon now see

himself as a TV chef? 'No! I'mmore sought after for the foodI deliver to customers than fOicooking on TV.My restaurantdo exceedingly well and Iwork bloody hard.

'I think KitchenNightmareswill illustrate what I'm about.came into cooking as a secondoption after a footballinginjury [he played for GlasgowRangers], and now I'm here, Iwill damn well try my hardest

Anyone who comes into this industrythinking it's a job, is wrong - it's a passion.'

And Gordon is passionate - not only aboulhis food but about life too. 'I come from a bigfamily and we didn't really have much, andeverything I have now I've worked for.Atmy funeral I want everyone walking roundwith a glass of pink champagne and achocolate fondant. ****ingindulge - I did!'

Aspen Weatherbun. Ramsay's Kitchen Heaven is the tie-incookbook for Ramsay's Kitchen NightmaresAvailable from 6 May, priced £20. Gordon will

also be on Parkinson (BBC1, Saturday)

There's no way I'm going round thecountry showing people how tomake a Cornish pasty. Frankly, itdoesn't interest me. And appearingon Ready Steady T***is not my style!'Multi Michelin-starred chef

Gordon Ramsay is as well known for hisvolatile personality and colourfullanguageas he is for his spectacular food, as wasapparent in his Channel 4 show BoilingPoint,in which he rained abuse on his staff.And,last year, he got a few people's backs upwhen he appeared on Room101.

'I decided to send taxi drivers into Room101... but it was a joke! I wasn't going to sitthere and be ****ingcheesy. I'd had a badexperience with a taxi driver a couple ofweeks before I went on the show, and it was

one of those things that justsprung to mind'.

So how does he~ feel the public

, perceives him?'As a 151/2st

Workingin this

industryisn't a job- it's apassion'

oj.ca.<i:ino'0.cQ.