Questions about Gordon Ramsey...

[Twiglett]

has anyone else noticed he can't actually cook?

• his guest 'sleb-chefs' he goes up against in the f word always win ... and he grated zest of Lemon into his Irish stew .. wtf is that about?

what exactly is that circular scar thing on his chin?

it's from my stiletto

Ignore Tutter the tart......

Believe me, he can cook, he has me firing on all cylinders...............

No complaints here.

Lovely to see you again Tana, it's been ages, how are the kids? Killed any turkeys lately?

All that stuff about his food coming off worst in the battle in f word seems to have been swept under the carpet.

He is just another person who knows that if you tell (or can get the press to tell) people you are the best for long enough they will start to believe it. Emperor's new clothes and all that.

SueW

How very dare you.....

Carmenere..............

The kids are fine.....thank you.

I need to cut back on the fizz, had a dream last night that I was eating homemade chutney and cheese which came from the back garden.

Nah he is technically excellent. Even though he has sold out for telly he has the respect of proper chefs for his cooking and ideas. However the realy genius of GR is that he is an excellent manager. He inspires his staff to excellence and maintains it to a world class level and if something(a business) isn't working he bins it fast. I think he is a very interesting person.

agree he is an excellent manager and self-publicist

I don't think he's inspirational though ..I think he's rude and fear-inducing (on Hell's Kitchen anyway) .. and I thought it was hysterical when the tables turned and he just couldn't take it (that bloke who said he only let the girl through cos he had a 'hard on for her' .. made me ROFL)

of course you can tell that I enjoy him as a meedja-star

but I wouldn't want to eat in any of his restaurants nor buy any of his cook books

I think he is a very interesting person and an excellent chef - to say he can't cook is just daft - of course he can. I think his drive and ambition, combined with his management skills have 'made' him into what he is - he is inspiring. All the rudeness etc is just a bit of a gimmick I think - and he always has lots of sensible things to say, it's not just rudeness for the sake of it. As for the food competitions on the f-word - I wonder how much of his failure is down to people with no 'taste' or appreciation of food being the judges?!!

I'm hoping for his autobiography (Humble Pie) for Christmas. I'm interested in his personality - I think he'd have succeeded in whatever field he chose - he just puts his mind to something and gets stuck in until he achieves it.

And, it's ramsAy not ramsEy....

But Twig I worked as a chef for about 7 years and believe me that is just the way most professional kitchens work although that is a bit hammed up for the cameras. Kitchens are run in a very specific way and a dinner service is an incredibly high pressure situation, there is literally no time for the ordinary niceties that exist in the normal working environment. timing is everything when cooking and if something goes wrong or is late it is all f*cked so a bit of cursing is really no big deal.

He has a reputation in the business for being tough but very fair and quite a personable chap. And he does inspire excellence. Do you think a professional person like Angela Hartnett would continue to work for someone who was all hype? And do you think a hotel like Claridges would have one of his restaurants on hype alone? No, his fame doesn't do him any harm but there is a lot more to him than just his media portrayal. He just makes money out of being portrayed as a bastard.

Twiglett - Jamie Oliver's beef stew (Jool's Favourite Beef Stew) has grated lemon zest added at the end and is seriously delicious.

I did cheer when Janet Street-Porter gave him an earful for overly rich and fatty thigh-busting deserts. She's right - and so was Edwina Curry (things I never thought I would do: agree with Edwina????) when she didn't want to poach a chicken breast in goose fat as she said people tend to chose chicken as a 'healthy' option.

And I enjoyed GM's series where he helped turn ailing restaurants around. Haven't got any of his books though - tend to assume he's too high falutin' for the likes of EmmyLou.

GM? Grrr...I mean GR.