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Roasting in Hell's Kitchen
Gordon Ramsay
Temper Tantrums, F Words, and the Pursuit of Perfection
Harper
November 2006
On Sale: November 7, 2006
288 pages
ISBN: 0061191752
EAN: 9780061191756
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Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude,
loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell
For the first time, Ramsay tells the full inside story
of his life and how he became the world's most famous and
infamous chef: his difficult childhood, his brother's
heroin addiction, his failed first career as a soccer
player, his fanatical pursuit of gastronomic perfection
and his TV persona—all of the things that made him the
celebrated culinary talent and media powerhouse that he is
today. In Roasting in Hell's Kitchen
Ramsay talks frankly about his tough and emotional
childhood, including his father's alcoholism and violence
and their effect on his relationships with his mother and
siblings. His rootless upbringing saw him moving from
house to house and town to town followed by the
authorities and debtors as his father lurched from one
failed job to another. He recounts his short-
circuited career as a soccer player, when he was signed by
Scotland's premier club at the age of fifteen but then,
just two years later, dropped out when injury dashed his
hopes. Ramsay searched for another vocation and, much to
his father's disgust, went into catering, which his father
felt was meant for “poofs.” He trained under some
of the most famous and talented chefs in Europe, working
to exacting standards and under extreme conditions that
would sometimes erupt in physical violence. But he
thrived, with his exquisite palate, incredible vision and
relentless work ethic. Dish by dish, restaurant by
restaurant, he gradually built a Michelin-starred empire.
A candid, eye-opening look into the extraordinary
life and mind of an elite and unique restaurateur and
chef, Roasting in Hell's Kitchen will change your
perception not only of Gordon Ramsay but of the world of
cuisine.
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