Gordon Ramsay is a cult figure in the world of haute cuisine, the famous English chef, the host of the Hell's Kitchen program, the owner of restaurants around the world. This is a shocking and incredibly charismatic chef, whose income has long exceeded millions of dollars.
Gordon Ramsay: Chef
There were no cooks in the Ramzi family, so the young man did not even plan to connect his future life with the kitchen. After graduating from high school, Gordo decided to go to police college, but for this he lacked a few points. To keep herself busy, the future culinary star enters the Technical College in Oxfordshire to study the hotel and restaurant business. It was this event that marked the beginning of Gordon Ramsay's wonderful career in haute cuisine.
After graduating from college, the young man leaves for London, where he enters an internship at the prestigious Harveys restaurant, run by the master Marco Pierre White. Gordon Ramsay had a wonderful experience, which was very useful to him in the future.
To further develop, the young chef decided to learn the basics of French cuisine. For this, he got a job as a chef at La Gavroche, it was in this place that Albert Roux became Gordon's mentor, who later left the restaurant and invited his student with him. So Gordon Ramsay ended up in France.
The young chef possessed irrepressible energy and wanted to constantly move and develop, which is why he arrived in Paris and lived there for 3 years, during which he studied with such masters of the culinary arts as Guy Sivois and Joel Robuchon. Then Gordon Ramsay returned to Albert Roux, who at that time ran the Rossmore restaurant.
In 4 years as a chef, Gordon was able to bring this restaurant 3 Michelin stars. To get to Rossmore, gourmets had to book a table 2 months in advance. Disagreements between the shareholder and Gordon led to the fact that he was forced to leave the restaurant, while taking his entire team with him.
In 1998, Gordon Ramsay opens his first restaurant Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road in London, already in 2001 this establishment had 3 Michelin stars. The restaurant business turned out to be so successful that in 2002 Ramsay opened Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road in Belgravia, which, after not even a year, received a Michelin star.
TV shows
In the late 90s, Gordon Ramsay decided to try himself as a showman. He shot the documentary Boiling Point, in which he spoke in detail about the opening and promotion of his first restaurant in London. The British were delighted with the picture of the chef, at the box office it collected a decent amount of money, having paid for itself several times.
After such success on television, Gordon Ramsay decided to promote himself as a host of culinary programs. He came up with and implemented several projects: "Hell's Kitchen", "America's Best Chef", "Nightmares in the Kitchen." The shows became very popular and quickly expanded outside the UK.
The scandalous, emotional and not restrained chef very quickly conquered the television of the United States, and then other countries. Gordon Ramsay's programs were broadcast on the Fox channel, the ratings were simply incredible. The producer of the show, Arthur Smith, noted that before that all culinary programs were boring, insipid, monotonous, and it was Ramsay who introduced an incredible zest, amazing the viewer with his approach to business, character and passion.
For one episode of the show about cooking, Gordon Ramsay makes more than $ 500,000. At the same time, he receives regular payments from the number of views and broadcasts, as the author of the idea.
In 2013, Gordon Ramsay releases a new talk show: America's Best Chef. Children . It breaks all records for the number of views. The program involves young chefs aged 8 to 12 years. The program has many clones, including “Master Chef. Children”in Russia.
Income
Now Gordon Ramsay has only 11 restaurants in London and has opened 3 pubs and 16 restaurants outside the UK. The average bill in the chef's establishments is about 150-180 euros per person, excluding drinks. Most of the visitors describe Gordon Ramsay's restaurants as expensive, but with excellent food and excellent service.
Restaurant revenues are major, but not the only ones for Gordon Ramsay. He has published 14 cookery books, and the chef receives regular royalties from the sale of each book.
Culinary collections are designed not only for chefs, but also for those people who are just starting to learn to cook. Most of the recipes are original, the average cost of one book is 1000 rubles. In these colorful and very beautiful publications, you can find recipes for the first, second courses, drinks and desserts. All photos were taken in the chef's kitchen, which is equipped with the latest technology.
In addition to culinary publications, Gordon Ramsay published autobiographical books, which also sold in large numbers.
Now Gordon Ramsay is one of the richest chefs in the world, his income is $ 118 million, most likely, this is not the limit. The empire of Gordon Ramsay is constantly growing, and his TV shows have already been released in several countries of the world, which speaks of the frenzied popularity of the idea. Thanks to the programs "America's Best Chef" and "Master Chef", several talented chefs have appeared, some of whom work in Ramsay's own restaurants.
The chef made such a dizzying career thanks to his talent, perseverance and incredible leadership and creative inclinations.
