Gordon Ramsay Quotes

121 Gordon Ramsay Quotes

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Food is a very sensual thing.
Gordon Ramsay

There’s something strangely sensual about making ravioli.
Gordon Ramsay

Cooking is like having the most massive hard-on plus Viagra sprinkled on top of it and it’s still there 12 hour hours later.
Gordon Ramsay

I would run down along the Thames totally alone, watching the patterns on the water from the embankment and from the bridges. It’s so quiet when there’s not much traffic, a magical, beautiful experience.
Gordon Ramsay

Running gives me fresh air, freedom and quiet time to myself. It’s the best way of de-stressing.
Gordon Ramsay

Chef’s don’t sit and eat proper meals during the day – we graze – and that’s a bad way to live and eat. By running, I am able to enjoy eating without putting too much weight on.
Gordon Ramsay

You need to give it everything you have from the start…
Gordon Ramsay

[On him reflecting on some of his African visit.] Waste now makes me sick, knowing how appreciated that would be over there. So Tana and I decided that we’ll give the kids half portions. If they want more, they’ll ask.
Gordon Ramsay

What happened between me and my dad will never happen between me and my children.
Gordon Ramsay

[On his kids.] Whatever they choose to do in life I will be behind them one hundred percent. All I want for them is that they’ll be happy…
Gordon Ramsay

I tell Jack if he doesn’t eat spinach his widger won’t grow.
Gordon Ramsay

That’s a load of bollocks.
Gordon Ramsay

I don’t think customers are tough enough.
Gordon Ramsay

I’m Gordon Ramsay, for goodness sake. People know I’m volatile.
Gordon Ramsay

I will only start worrying if my customers start complaining.
Gordon Ramsay

Don’t judge me, judge my food.
Gordon Ramsay

This month I have served Kylie Minogue, George Clooney and my little sister. They all got the same treatment as every other customer.
Gordon Ramsay

Any time a good new restaurant opens up, anywhere in the world, we check it out. Five years ago, we could afford to do this just in Britain. But now, to stay in front, we have to respond to the amazing changes happening in say, Asia and Australia… Then we start incorporating the best ideas into what we do.
Gordon Ramsay

[In response to whether he does all the cooking in all of his restaurants.] Is that an Armani suit you are wearing? [‘Yes it is.’] Cost about five hundred quid? [No, $2,500.] That’ a lot of money for a suit. When you bought it, did you ask if it was f*cking Giorgio who did all the stitching. Next question.
Gordon Ramsay

It’s always been my ambition to come to America and open a restaurant. But you’ve only got one shot at it, so you have to get it right.
Gordon Ramsay

Eating out can be a pain in the arse.
Gordon Ramsay

I could never take my children and spend 22 pounds a head just to sit and have afternoon tea, it’s not apt, it’s wrong and I can’t think any differently. My mum would be mortified.
Gordon Ramsay

I haven’t lost the plot and I don’t want anyone else to either.
Gordon Ramsay

We have a vegetarian menu in all my restaurants now…
Gordon Ramsay

I am still learning – that’s the beauty of my food, I’m still getting better. I still consider myself a cook but it takes years to become a great chef.
Gordon Ramsay

[On what he would like to come back as in his next life.] Prime Minister.
Gordon Ramsay

I’ve just kept my head down, my mouth shut.
Gordon Ramsay

I’ve been at the coalface for 20 years, which you can probably tell by the depth of the lines on my face.
Gordon Ramsay

I cook, I create, I’m incredibly excited by what I do.
Gordon Ramsay

[In November 2009] I’ve still got a lot to achieve.
Gordon Ramsay

If you read everything it would drive you insane.
Gordon Ramsay

I’m back in the ring now.
Gordon Ramsay

I want to run a property kitchen with a pair of bollocks, not stand there and wish everybody a merry Christmas and pat them on the back every time they do a good job.
Gordon Ramsay

I’m a fighter. I will fight to the last minute.
Gordon Ramsay

My life, like most people’s, is about hard work. It’s about success.
Gordon Ramsay

Work is who I am, who I want to be. I sometimes think that if I were to stop working, I’d stop existing.
Gordon Ramsay

People often ask me whether there’ll ever be a day when I’ve got enough restaurants in my group and enough Michelin stars under my belt. The answer to both questions is no.
Gordon Ramsay

I think good food is important. It can be life-changing. Just look what it’s done for me.
Gordon Ramsay

The day that I walk into a kitchen and think of the money and forget my standards is the day I retire.
Gordon Ramsay

Bonus

[On Gordon Ramsay and his swearing.] Wherever he learned to talk like that, it certainly wasn’t at home. I always make sure he says sorry if he uses any bad language in front of me.
Gordon Ramsay’s mother

[On Gordon Ramsay] He lets people make their own mistakes and then pulls them up for it. It may look horrible at times but it is effective.
Marc Atherton (Occupational Psychologist)

Gordon’s an amazing guy and he’s helped me save my business.
Alex

Gordon taught me how to kick ass.
Charita Jones

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