'Being Gordon Ramsay' featuring dead pig!

[paloma7]

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?

Wonder if he’s got a new team now 3

Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant empire has faced significant financial struggles, with The Times reporting pre-tax losses rising to £15.5 million in late 2025 despite high sales. Key issues included closing multiple Street Burger/Pizza locations, cutting nearly 200 jobs, and high operating costs [1The Sun]. The group is restructuring amid a tough hospitality environment.

I have never eaten a hog roast or suckling pig. I have eaten veal (rose).

However, my mum did get a pigs head some years ago that we had to burn the hairs off and cut in half (with a hacksaw) to be able to fit in the oven. The cheeks were delicious - but I already knew that I would like them as I love guanciale.

I think it's important if you're a meat eater to make sure you're not only eating the finest cuts; I believe that's more of a disservice to the animal.

FYI - lobsters, crabs and prawns are classified as sentient beings according to the UK government, so there is little difference in eating a pig and an unpeeled prawn, as was discussed further up the thread.

Gordon Ramsay is a pig just an old one with Botox

A whole dead turkey, chicken or salmon is seen frequently. Its literally no different from any other piece of meat. Why do you think that a bit cuf off eg a pork chop is somehow more acceptable than the whole carcass the chop came from? The pig doesn't donate the chop and trot off to enjoy the rest of its day. If anything seeing the whole animal is more honest.

My son at the age of 4 did, on seeing a leg of roast lamb for dinner remark 'but mummy, can the lamb still walk without its leg?'

But a 1/16 of an animal chopped up is ok?

I didn’t say that in my post

But if whole animal on platter is bad, does that mean bits of animal on plate is ok?

Or are you objecting to any meat being served at all?

What part of my post about vegetarians inflicting their views on others ( in This GR context ) is confusing to you

My Christmas turkey does tend not to have his or her head still attached.... so no.

I'm not vegan or vegetarian but I'm with you on this. Wouldn't want to see that either.

Know what's really vile? The sheer ignorance and arrogance of vegetarians...

A suckling pig is one of the least wasteful meals, everything is eaten, even the leftover bones can be used for broth afterwards.
On the other hand the amount of wild animals those of us on fruit/veg farms have to kill to sow, grow, protect and harvest food for people like you while you stand there and judge the food choices of others is ridiculous.
The animals that died to feed you have been poisoned, shot or snared and are now rotting in a ditch at the end of the field while you look down on meat eaters for not wasting any part of the animals that died to feed them.

The production of your veg dinner is no less bloody than a steak but we keep the reality from you so you can live in your bubble believing the lie that no animals were harmed for your plant based meals.

At least a meat eater will look a sucking pig in the face and be grateful for the meal it provides them whereas vegetarians and vegans will not even acknowledge the countless deer, rabbits, birds etc.. or the native ecosystems that are destroyed on a daily basis just to fill your judgemental bellies.

You're welcome.

Wow, your comment says a lot more about you than Gordon, whom you've never even met.

I didn't like seeing it. When they put the flowers on it's eyes, it just reminded me of that fucked up Midsommar movie

👏👏👏.

Even the aphids, worms, beetles, caterpillars, snails etc that die for vegetables to be harvested don't seem to count to vegans.

I couldn't get upset about the pig, but after seeing the prices I would be upset at £20 for egg fried rice and £16 for a bowl of broccoli!

I don't know why food preferences need to become a competition of morality. And the extreme examples given are ludicrous. 🤦‍♀️
Three are moral quandaries to all food production and consumption, aren't there 🤷‍♀️
FWIW just the term suckling pig makes me want to cry at the thought of eating it. I couldn't. I also think not all things need to be eaten -- it's just gluttony. I do think we in the west over indulge in meat (often poor quality), too and stats support that, I believe.
But, no one needs to lecture about it.
Personally, I don't eat pork, but do eat beef and bison occasionally, moose on rare opportunities and consume chicken, salmon prawns and crab regularly. We're all different.
i was pretty much vegetarian at one time and I think I could go that way again quite easily, I just honestly feel better when animal protein is in my diet. But, I've gone way off course here-- just no to suckling pig, Gordo. 😥

Why can't you answer the question rather than continually referring back to a previous post. It wouldn't be because you...hmm.. can't answer without contradicting yourself now, could it?

I love suckling pig 🐷 it's the best! Of course there's going to be dead animals on a food show! 😂

I would hate it but as a vegan I only eat in vegan restaurants, sometimes a restaurant that serves vegetarian as well. I can’t stand Gordon Ramsay anyway. There are other ways to get good views over London.

Animal husbandry is a hugely important life lesson; raising and caring for the thing which will sustain you, and being mindful of the circle. That’s what we’ve lost with factory farming and packaged meat which bears no resemblance to the original animal.

As a vegetarian, where do you stand on almond milk and avocados? Or do you just eat seasonal, British (assuming you are in Britain) produce?

Other omnivorous and carnivorous animals would have no problem with eating a human baby. Pigs are known to eat human flesh. We’re omnivores, just with enough awareness to choose what we eat and when.

I eat meat 2-3 times a week but I don't like eating baby animals, I get you, OP. I picked up what I thought was venison in Waitrose the other week and realised at the checkout that it was veal, so I put it back. There's a limit for me!

The vast majority of the meat you buy from a supermarket will be from a baby animal

Most chickens are slaughtered at 3-5 months.
Deer between 12-24 months.
Pigs before the age of 1.
Cows between 18-24 months.
Turkeys between 12-26 weeks.