Gordon James Ramsay is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, television presenter, and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall and currently holds eight. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, has held three Michelin stars since 2001. After rising to fame on the British television miniseries Boiling Point in 1999, Ramsay became one of the best-known and most influential chefs in the world.
Ramsay in 2006
Ramsay cooking in 2006
Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's restaurant
Ramsay on The F Word Series 3 in 2007
A celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become a celebrity. Today, chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations, usually through the media of television and radio, or in printed publications. While television is ultimately the primary way for a chef to become a celebrity, some have achieved this through success in the kitchen, cookbook publications, and achieving awards such as Michelin stars, while others are home cooks who won competitions. In South Korea, a celebrity chef is referred as a cheftainer.
Alexis Soyer's image was used to market a range of sauces produced by the Crosse & Blackwell company.
Doña Petrona giving a cooking class in Buenos Aires, 1938
Jamie Oliver's campaign on the quality of school dinners changed the government standards in the United Kingdom.