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'Being Gordon Ramsay' featuring dead pig!

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paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:10

Ffs! I'm just watching this Netflix show about Gordon Ramsay and his opening of a new restaurant with amazing views in the city. I'm not interested in him particularly, but thought I might go to this 'Lucky Cat' just for the views over London, if and whenever it opens.

BUT - then there is a scene where he is consulting with his head chef about the menu and there is a whole dead baby suckling pig on a plate. They are talking about making this a restaurant feature, requiring two chefs who carve it at your table.

AIBU to think this is obscene? Yes, I'm vegetarian, but I think even most meat eaters would balk at this?

If I were in his restaurant and that was going at the the next table, I would leave. Wtf is wrong with humans?

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user1473878824 · 27/02/2026 17:58

Why would it be bankers showing off? Have you ever been to a Chinese restaurant op?!?!

faerylights · 27/02/2026 17:57

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:50

"Pigs are grown for slaughter and for us to eat - what difference does it make at what stage in their lives they are slaughtered?"

Oh dear.

What an excellent, well reasoned response 😂

BB052028 · 27/02/2026 17:56

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:23

I am vegetarian but I'm not going to tell other people what they can or can't eat.

What I find obscene is the making a spectacle of the whole dead animal. Like it's supposed to be a 'wow' factor. What can possibly be 'wow' about a baby pig, slaughtered at birth. To me, it's totally unnecessary and actually depraved.

I feel the opposite- it's much more honest to eat a pig that looks like a pig. To me it's far more obscene to eat a chicken nugget shaped like a dinosaur or whatever.

user1473878824 · 27/02/2026 17:56

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:13

Not to mention that this will not exactly appeal to his potential Muslim customers.

What a bizarre thread and even weirder thing to highlight.

should all Asian restaurants stop selling pork?

DrPrunesqualer · 27/02/2026 17:55

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:23

I am vegetarian but I'm not going to tell other people what they can or can't eat.

What I find obscene is the making a spectacle of the whole dead animal. Like it's supposed to be a 'wow' factor. What can possibly be 'wow' about a baby pig, slaughtered at birth. To me, it's totally unnecessary and actually depraved.

Agree but then This is very Gordon Ramsay
complete lack of understanding of others
Being a shit is what’s made him famous

Meanwhile

‘ Gordon Ramsay's reputation as the tough guy of British cuisine will be severely dented tonight, following Channel 4's decision to screen footage of his pet pigs being taken to the abattoir.
Viewers of The F-Word will see Ramsay moved almost to tears, as he watches the Berkshire sows, Trinny and Susannah, go under the slaughterman's knife ‘

So he does get it he’s just too ignorant to translate that to how all of his customers may be affected by this pointless display

DrPrunesqualer · 27/02/2026 17:55

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:23

I am vegetarian but I'm not going to tell other people what they can or can't eat.

What I find obscene is the making a spectacle of the whole dead animal. Like it's supposed to be a 'wow' factor. What can possibly be 'wow' about a baby pig, slaughtered at birth. To me, it's totally unnecessary and actually depraved.

Agree but then This is very Gordon Ramsay
complete lack of understanding of others
Being a shit is what’s made him famous

Meanwhile

‘ Gordon Ramsay's reputation as the tough guy of British cuisine will be severely dented tonight, following Channel 4's decision to screen footage of his pet pigs being taken to the abattoir.
Viewers of The F-Word will see Ramsay moved almost to tears, as he watches the Berkshire sows, Trinny and Susannah, go under the slaughterman's knife ‘

So he does get it he’s just too ignorant to translate that to how all of his customers may be affected by this pointless display

DrPrunesqualer · 27/02/2026 17:55

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:23

I am vegetarian but I'm not going to tell other people what they can or can't eat.

What I find obscene is the making a spectacle of the whole dead animal. Like it's supposed to be a 'wow' factor. What can possibly be 'wow' about a baby pig, slaughtered at birth. To me, it's totally unnecessary and actually depraved.

Agree but then This is very Gordon Ramsay
complete lack of understanding of others
Being a shit is what’s made him famous

Meanwhile

‘ Gordon Ramsay's reputation as the tough guy of British cuisine will be severely dented tonight, following Channel 4's decision to screen footage of his pet pigs being taken to the abattoir.
Viewers of The F-Word will see Ramsay moved almost to tears, as he watches the Berkshire sows, Trinny and Susannah, go under the slaughterman's knife ‘

So he does get it he’s just too ignorant to translate that to how all of his customers may be affected by this pointless display

DrPrunesqualer · 27/02/2026 17:55

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:23

I am vegetarian but I'm not going to tell other people what they can or can't eat.

What I find obscene is the making a spectacle of the whole dead animal. Like it's supposed to be a 'wow' factor. What can possibly be 'wow' about a baby pig, slaughtered at birth. To me, it's totally unnecessary and actually depraved.

Agree but then This is very Gordon Ramsay
complete lack of understanding of others
Being a shit is what’s made him famous

Meanwhile

‘ Gordon Ramsay's reputation as the tough guy of British cuisine will be severely dented tonight, following Channel 4's decision to screen footage of his pet pigs being taken to the abattoir.
Viewers of The F-Word will see Ramsay moved almost to tears, as he watches the Berkshire sows, Trinny and Susannah, go under the slaughterman's knife ‘

So he does get it he’s just too ignorant to translate that to how all of his customers may be affected by this pointless display

faerylights · 27/02/2026 17:54

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:50

"Pigs are grown for slaughter and for us to eat - what difference does it make at what stage in their lives they are slaughtered?"

Oh dear.

What an excellent, well reasoned response 😂

faerylights · 27/02/2026 17:54

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:50

"Pigs are grown for slaughter and for us to eat - what difference does it make at what stage in their lives they are slaughtered?"

Oh dear.

What an excellent, well reasoned response 😂

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paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:54

Yes it is more honest. Nevertheless, no meat eater I know would order that.

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Original poster
paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:54

Yes it is more honest. Nevertheless, no meat eater I know would order that.

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Original poster
paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:54

Yes it is more honest. Nevertheless, no meat eater I know would order that.

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user1473878824 · 27/02/2026 17:54

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:13

Not to mention that this will not exactly appeal to his potential Muslim customers.

What a bizarre thread and even weirder thing to highlight.

should all Asian restaurants stop selling pork?

user1473878824 · 27/02/2026 17:54

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:13

Not to mention that this will not exactly appeal to his potential Muslim customers.

What a bizarre thread and even weirder thing to highlight.

should all Asian restaurants stop selling pork?

BIWI · 27/02/2026 17:53

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:50

"Pigs are grown for slaughter and for us to eat - what difference does it make at what stage in their lives they are slaughtered?"

Oh dear.

Is that all you can manage?! Grin

Pebbles16 · 27/02/2026 17:53

In some cultures it is a celebratory dish (particularly Spain and Portugal).
To me it is actually more honest than just buying meat in the supermarket which gives little indication that an animal has been involved in its production.

HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend · 27/02/2026 17:52

Are you trying to get outrage by using the term “baby”

I’ve watched the programme, the “baby” pig had to be wheeled in as it was a large pig and it took 3/4 men to carry/roll the meat in the restaurant on a cart.

The reality is animals are killed for human consumption, as a meat eater, this wouldn’t bother me nor would I imagine it would bother 90% of people who eat meat!

Jaffapedigree · 27/02/2026 17:51

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:37

If you ordered veal, would you want the cow's head on the table while you ate?

Yes, people know where meat comes from, but many of them don't like to dwell on it too much. No meat eater I know would be particularly delighted with the head of a lamb, pig or cow on the table while they ate. Let's be honest.

I once worked for Damien Hirst. Walked into work early one day to see a cow's head thawing on a tarp on the floor. He was recreating his "One Thousand Years" piece for a retrospective in the Tate.

Wasn't bothered. Bit amused, cool story to tell folks, and really, puts a suckling pig to shame! Now, the ethics of using dead livestock in modern art is certainly a very interesting debate.

(I used to do taxidermy too, OP would probably hate me!)

Bruisername · 27/02/2026 17:51

I too am a vegetarian and I completely disagree

I have no respect for meat eaters who are squeamish and don’t want to know where it comes from - so yes they should be eating their hamburger with a cows head eyeballing them!

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paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:50

"Pigs are grown for slaughter and for us to eat - what difference does it make at what stage in their lives they are slaughtered?"

Oh dear.

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paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:49

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 27/02/2026 17:48

City banker here 🙋🏼‍♀️

Would never take a client to this Gordon Ramsay restaurant 😂

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faerylights · 27/02/2026 17:48

Is anyone else really craving roast pork now? With crackling and apple sauce?

BIWI · 27/02/2026 17:48

@paloma7

But sitting eating pork with the pig's head in the table would not go down well with a lot of meat-eaters.

You do not speak for meat-eaters. Especially as you're a vegetarian!

Gordon Ramsay's restaurant, Lucky Cat, is Asian-inspired, and suckling pig is a classic Cantonese dish, usually served at banquets for special occasions. It's delicious.

Pigs are grown for slaughter and for us to eat - what difference does it make at what stage in their lives they are slaughtered?

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 27/02/2026 17:48

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:44

I will be city bankers etc ordering it to show off and be flash. Urghh.

City banker here 🙋🏼‍♀️

Would never take a client to this Gordon Ramsay restaurant 😂

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