And demonstrators dumped a tonne of horse manure on the pavement outside his restaurant at London hotel Claridge’s after the show carried a feature on eating horse meat.


Ramsay ’goes commando’ in kitchen - June 4 2007
Gordon Ramsay has revealed his big secret - he has cooked while going commando.

The abrasive chef, who is trying to win over New York diners with his new business, said it was common practice in the restaurant world.

He told Friday Night with Jonathan Ross that stripping off his pants was the perfect way to cool down during a hot shift while training with Albert Roux in London eaterie La Gavroche.

The 40-year-old said: "I’ve gone commando, everyone does it. You don’t want to cook in hot, sweaty pants. It’s a chef thing."

Gordon added of his Manhattan venture: "It’s a tough place. They want to discover you, not confirm you. They’re hard to please."

The presenter of The F-Word opened The London after planning his assault on the fiercely competitive US restaurant scene for four years.

But the £5 million restaurant failed to impress the city’s most feared critic, who said The London was "built on familiar French ideas and techniques that have been executed with more flair, more consistency and better judgment in restaurants with less-vaunted pedigrees".

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross is being shown tonight at 10.35pm on BBC One.

Gordon takes ’at risk’ fish off menus - May 31 2007
An endangered species of tuna fish is being pulled from Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant menus.

Northern bluefin, which was on the menu at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s, is in decline due to over fishing, according to the Marine Conservation Society.

A spokeswoman for the Gordon Ramsay Holdings restaurant group said bluefin tuna would be replaced with sustainable yellowfin tuna from June 1.

"There were plans to take bluefin off the menu for a while. It just takes a while because of the number of restaurants in the group," she said.

"Bluefin tuna won’t be used anywhere across the group. It follows advice from Gordon Ramsay Holdings’ suppliers."

Northern bluefin tuna grow slowly but can reach more than 4.5m in length and 680kg in weight, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said.

The fish has a maximum age of up to 30 years and was traditionally popular in sushi dishes.

MCS fisheries officer Bernadette Clarke welcomed the decision to pull bluefin tuna from Gordon Ramsay restaurants.

"We are delighted that he has finally taken a responsible attitude and removed the species from his menus," she said.

"Other restaurants have already taken the initiative. There is no reason whatsoever for someone like Gordon Ramsay to be continuing to sell this species."



Manure has an impact on Gordon - May 21 2007
Gordon Ramsay has admitted the protestors who dumped a tonne of horse manure outside his Claridge’s restaurant last week have "got a point".

Demonstrators dressed as horses from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) carried out the smelly stunt in opposition to an episode of the chef’s TV show The F-Word, which explored the possibility of eating horse meat.

It featured journalist Janet Street-Porter offering the meat to racegoers at the Cheltenham Festival, and Gordon said he was taking the flack for her actions.