CHEF LAUNCHES SCATHING ATTACK ON GORDON RAMSAY
A British chef has labelled his compatriot Gordon Ramsay, as a once great chef who is now “a terrible ambassador for the industry.”
Ramsay has just launched a new show in the UK, called Gordon on Cocaine, in which he investigates the cocaine trade and its impact on the restaurant industry. In it Ramsay claims that the drug is the industry’s “dirty little secret.” And it’s personal for him: a close colleague, David Dempsey, a chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, died whilst under the influence.
However, Taking to Facebook, Neil Rankin, of London’s Temper restaurants, launched a scathing attack on Ramsay and the show, arguing the famously fiery chef should be presenting a positive image of the industry, rather than sensationalising the drugs angle. Response to the post has been largely positive, with 2000 likes, read it below.
Speaking to Big Hospitality, Rankin continued in the same vein, saying that Ramsay had become a caricature of everything the industry was “trying to get away from” and that chefs should be promoting positivity, equality and diversity, rather than focusing on the negatives at a time when restaurants are struggling to fill chefs positions. Drug use is no more prevalent in food than in other industries, susch as fashion or finance, says Rankin.
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