Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay is one of those rare figures who built a genuine culinary empire and then somehow became even more famous for yelling at people on television — and I mean that as a compliment. The man earned 17 Michelin stars across his restaurant group, which is a staggering achievement that tends to get lost amid all the "IT'S RAW!" clips, but that's the genius of his brand: he made fine-dining credibility accessible to a mass audience. Hell's Kitchen, MasterChef, Kitchen Nightmares — he ran the gauntlet of reality TV formats and dominated every one of them. The OBE in 2006 felt like the British establishment finally acknowledging what everyone already knew. Even his YouTube pivot landed, earning a Diamond Play Button. Love him or find him exhausting, he changed how the world thinks about professional kitchens.

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Name (English)

Gordon Ramsay

Name (Japanese)

ゴードン・ラムゼイ

Reading

ごーどん・らむぜい

Born

November 8, 1966 (age 59)

Origin

Johnstone, United Kingdom

Occupation

television presenter / chef / writer / businessperson / YouTuber

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

High school

Stratford-upon-Avon High School

Awards & achievements

• 2006 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Diamond Play Button

• Official sitehttps://www.gordonramsay.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gordongram/
• Xhttps://x.com/GordonRamsay
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Ramsay
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BC%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15280

Tags

• television presenter
• chef
• writer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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