Gordon Ramsay > Quotes

“Don't just stand there like a big fucking muffin!”
― Gordon Ramsay

“Don't take it personally. Just take it seriously.”
― Gordon Ramsay

“The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.”
― Gordon Ramsay

“eh! All of you! come here!! taste it! taste it, taste it, taste it!!!”
― Gordon Ramsay

“That's common sense Joe! And your tiny mind is not common!”
― Gordon Ramsay

“To walk into an office and have your ‘good morning’ returned with a grunt and no eye contact is not my idea of a happy house. There is always time to acknowledge that Someone is more important than Something, even if it takes a couple of precious minutes.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay’s Playing with Fire: The no-holds-barred autobiography of the star chef

“Addicts are selfish, the most selfish people you’ll ever meet. And self-pitying. And manipulative. Always making promises they’ll never keep. They disgust me.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Roasting in Hell's Kitchen: Temper Tantrums, F Words, and the Pursuit of Perfection

“But I love women chefs: they are intelligent, they are fast learners, and they can be tough. As for the effect the have on the boys, its entirely positive. Put a woman in a kitchen and discipline will improve, if anything: the guys have being told off in front of the girls. It's a playground thing - they just find it embarrassing.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Humble Pie

“I don't think people grasp the real me when they see me on television. I've got the wonderful family, the big house, the flash car. I run several of the world's best restaurants. I'm running round, cursing and swearing, telling people what to do. They probably think: that flash bastard. But my life, like most people's, is about hard work. It's about success. Beyond that, though, something else is at play. I'm as driven as any man you'll ever meet. When I think about myself, I still see a little boy who is desperate to escape, and keen to please. I just keep going, moving as far away as possible from where I began. Work is who I am, who I want to be. I sometimes think that if I were to stop working, I'd stop existing.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Humble Pie

“Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.
Gordon Ramsay”
― Gordon Ramsay

“You’ve got to kiss arse to get somewhere, to learn. Clock-watchers are no good at kissing arse.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Roasting in Hell's Kitchen: Temper Tantrums, F Words, and the Pursuit of Perfection

“Where's the lamb sauce?!”
― Gordon Ramsay

“I recall when we opened in New York how the designer locks were impossible to slide shut, often leading to a difficult encounter no matter which side of the door you were on.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay’s Playing with Fire: The no-holds-barred autobiography of the star chef

“A recipe is a guideline. Adding, subtracting, evolving it - that is part of the pleasure.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Cooking for Friends

“Put on a fireman’s uniform and walk past the fire because it’s your lunch break, and you are dead. Grab a bucket and start throwing water over the blaze and you are seen to be God’s little helper.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay’s Playing with Fire: The no-holds-barred autobiography of the star chef

“you need to know what you’re aiming for in order to reach it.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay’s Playing with Fire: The no-holds-barred autobiography of the star chef

“Loo doors without a decent, large hook are as infuriating as a lock that doesn’t offer you full protection.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay’s Playing with Fire: The no-holds-barred autobiography of the star chef

“But sometimes you have to question even the best and greatest. Cookery is quite a journey. Take nothing for granted.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Cooking for Friends

“Adapting a recipe's ingredients is completely in your hands. But the method is what really matters. The techniques in cooking are rigorous and imperative: They are your passport to a successful dish. Cooks must practice, practice, practice. Anyone can learn, but you need focus, proper understanding, and to go at the right pace, not running before you can walk.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Cooking for Friends

“Finding great talent, looking after staff and nurturing their talent is what we learned to do well. Losing good people is symptomatic of only one thing: truly crap, appalling and abysmal management.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay’s Playing with Fire: The no-holds-barred autobiography of the star chef

“Now I was lucky, in a way, because my money didn’t come overnight. It started with a gradual easing of housekeeping restraints so that Tana could shop without working out the sums beforehand. She could impulse-buy and fill the kitchen shelves with things that were fun to buy, even if they never saw the light of day again. Norwegian wooden toothpicks, plastic swords for the olives, pink loo paper with the imprint of raspberries”
― Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay’s Playing with Fire: The no-holds-barred autobiography of the star chef

“Well, I was not scared of Edwina Currie – a bully who shagged the prime minister.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Humble Pie

“The important thing is to try and enjoy cooking. It shouldn't be something that you dread. What is there to be scared of?

You only learn through making mistakes so they are not something to be afraid of. I still get it wrong sometimes and I am still learning new things - that doesn't stop and you shouldn't either. Keep going until the fear is gone!”
― Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay's Sunday Lunch: And Other Recipes from the F Word

“Personally, I never cut corners when it comes to flavor, but there are many tricks that I’ve learned over the years for saving time while cooking”
― Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay Quick and Delicious: 100 Recipes to Cook in 30 Minutes or Less

“Addicts are selfish; it’s always, ALWAYS about them.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Humble Pie

“Baking with chocolate is similar to cooking with wine. You get out what you put in.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Cooking for Friends

“I was not scared of Edwina Currie - a bully who shagged the prime minister. It was music to my ears when she finally got kicked out. The silly cow.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Humble Pie

“After a while, Dad went off to Spain, and I didn’t see him for many years. I was too busy trying to make a success of my life, but even if I hadn’t been working every hour God sent, I had no real wish to see him.”
― Gordon Ramsay, Humble Pie

“There was no way I wanted to be a pathetic dreamer like him for the rest of my life. I wanted to be the best at whatever I did. The only question was: what would that be?”
― Gordon Ramsay, Humble Pie

“Living with an addict is a 24/7 business. It’s a bit like having a baby. You’re joined at the hip, and every five minutes you’re hit with that paranoia: where is he? What’s he doing? What’s he up to? If he was going somewhere, we made him call us as soon as he arrived; if a journey was supposed to take ten minutes, and he took twenty, we’d be going: why are you late?”
― Gordon Ramsay, Humble Pie