Product Description

In this, the first major biography of the undisputed king of celebrity chefs, Neil Simpson paints a fascinating picture of the man in full, and uncovers the secret tragedies that turned Gordon Ramsay into one of the most driven, successful and angry men in Britain. He details:; * The violent, alcoholic, absent father who died just days after the pair had been reconciled as adults.; * The best-friend and protege whose bizarre suicide came hours after the two had shared a final meal.; * The decade-long battle to save his younger brother from heroin addiction and crime.; * The real reason why Gordon wasn't at the birth of any of his four children - and has never changed a nappy in his life.; Sometimes hilarious and frequently heart-breaking, Gordon Ramsay's life story runs from the council estates of Glasgow and the picture post-card countryside of Stratford-upon-Avon to some of the finest and most expensive restaurants in the world. This is his incredible, inspiring story.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #210426 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-31
• Released on: 2006-03-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Review
"It may just turn out to be the brightest spot during the dark days of winter. I highly recommend it." --"Missoulian"

About the Author
Neil Simpson has been an award-winning journalist for nearly 15 years, working for the Daily Mirror, Sunday Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday. He has also written for the Daily Star and for magazines as diverse as Bella all the way through to Good Housekeeping.

Customer Reviews

This Souffle Hasn't Properly Risen
Gordon Ramsay is probably the finest chef Britain has ever produced but, sadly this book doesn't do justice to the man. The guy we all see on TV, this "celebrity chef" no doubt reflects part of Gordon's character but this part of him; the bit celebrated in Simpson's book, is far from the whole. For a better written, more insightful account of his rise to current prominence readers would be far better advised to buy Simon Wright's excellent book Tough Cookies. Neil Simpson here celebrates the cult of the celebrity and would have done a better job delving a little deeper into the passion and hard work which won Ramsay his fame.

Not up to Ramsay's quality
I adore Gordon Ramsay - he's just about perfect, but this book isn't! I suppose I should have known it was going to be quite shallow when I read that the author had also written the biography of Jade from Big Brother (what can he have written about her?!). It's almost as if one is being introduced to Gordon Ramsay as a television character whom you've never seen before - entire scenes are recounted from different programmes he's been in, and I felt that frankly, those of us who have watched some of his programmes want to know more about what makes him tick (apart from perfection, because I think we knew that already!) - well, there were insights into his personal life, but they were very few and far between. I wouldn't have considered NOT buying this book before reading it, as my love of all things Ramsay is fairly all-encompassing, but I simply found this a bit "lowest common denominator rubbish", frankly. I hope a higher brow writer will document Gordon's life at some stage in the future and we can all enjoy that. Put simply, I just wonder who the author was targeting the book at - certainly not the die-hards who already know something about Gordon.

Awful
I thought this book was awful. I had to read it really quickly just to get it over and done with and read something better, such as the back of a cereal box.

The author repeats himself a lot, which is boring, I don't need to be told the same thing over and over thanks !

It was interesting to get the basic facts on Gordon Ramsay's climb to the top, but too grueling to put up with the bland style of writing and frequent cliches.

I might read Humble Pie next, I hope that is better. Could not be worse.