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Gordon Ramsay More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

8 November 1966, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Birth Name

Gordon James Ramsay

Height

6' 1½" (1.87 m)

Spouse

Tana Ramsay

(21 December 1996 - present) 4 children

Trade Mark

Heavy use of bad language in the kitchen

Multi-furrowed forehead

Pencil behind the left ear

Trivia

Celebrity chef

[1982-1985] Professional footballer with Glasgow Rangers FC.

Has 4 children: Megan Jane Ramsay (born 1998), twins Holly Anna and Jack Scott Ramsay (born 2000) and Matilda Elizabeth Ramsay (born 2002).

Admires fellow chefs Rick Stein and Jamie Oliver

He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for his services to culinary.

Born in Scotland but moved to England when still a boy and raised there.

Close friends with David Beckham & Victoria Beckham.

Has size 15 feet, which require all his shoes to be custom-made for him.

Besides cooking, his hobbies include martial arts; he's a real-life black belt.

Is fluent in French.

Is a huge fan of "American Idol" (2002) and is sometimes shown being in the audience.

Personal Quotes

From an early age I understood that cooking was never going to be a job, it's a passion. Poor old Antony Worrall Thompson, poor old Delia Smith, I don't think the penny's dropped yet!

I may have a bit of a side to me that enjoys banter but nine times out of ten it is someone else who throws the first punch.

I have to laugh when someone calls me an a*****e. I've been called far worse than that.

Some can handle it, and some can't. I'm not interested in the ones who can't.

Tana and I have a great marriage, even though we spend very little time together. The time we have together is quality, rather than quantity.

I'll often say certain things just to motivate people or to get something else out of them. People who work for me, and with me, learn very quickly not to take everything I say at face value.

When you're running a restaurant, you have to change with the times; otherwise, the times will change you.

For me, the primary tell-tale sign that I'm on my kids' bad side is when they refuse their allowance.

I wouldn't resort to cannibalism, never mind if I was starving. I'm just not interested in that.

Even if I were single, I could never maintain a relationship with a vegetarian. Their breath is just too smelly.