He adds: "Who’s laughing now? The quickest ever two Michelin star restaurant to open anywhere in the world and it is in New York.

"So food critics? Love ’em. I’ll happily agree at my cost to do all the canapés at their funerals free of charge."



Restaurant issues on Gordon’s menu - Oct 23 2007
He has sorted out the nation’s kitchen nightmares one by one - now Gordon Ramsay wants to tackle an entire town.

The fiery TV chef is on the look-out for the town or city with the worst restaurants, and he already has an inkling of where it will be.

He’s just finished filming the new series of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares for Channel 4, and told the Radio Times: "I now want to expand the whole idea and try and sort out not just individual restaurants, but a whole town."

Asked if he was serious about such a huge undertaking, he replied: "Totally. I want people to nominate the worst eating out town in Britain, and I’ll go and sort it out. It shouldn’t be hard to find - there are plenty of them!

"Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a seaside town, somewhere like Bognor or Skegness. We’ll see."

Ramsay’s comment provoked a strong defence of Skegness’s culinary delights by its first citizen.

Mayor Ken Milner said: "He’s a cheeky sod. I don’t think that’s right at all. We have got a good mixture of different restaurants.

"I had a beautiful Sunday lunch on Sunday. And you can go and get the best fish and chips on the east coast here.

"If he wants to come up and have a look for himself, it would be a pleasure to have him."

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares begins next week.



My brother needs ’tough love’ says Gordon - Sept 27 2007
Gordon Ramsay said his drug addict younger brother needs "tough love" after being jailed in Bali.

Ronald Ramsay, 39, was jailed for 10 months for heroin possession at the Denpasar District Court in Indonesia on Thursday.

Gordon, 40, told CNN’s Larry King Live that drug use was a choice and his brother needed to take responsibility for his life.

He told Larry King: "I’ve had the most amazing time with my little brother.

"We’ve had undenied love from the whole family in supporting him through his addiction.

"Right now, Larry, it’s tough love. I cannot continue funding. It’s not helping him."

He added: "With his addiction, you know, anyone using drugs anywhere in the world has a choice. It’s not a disease. You start off as a normal individual.

"If you have some form of hurt or detriment or, you know, an emotional problem, then you can’t rely on that to play out your thoughts.

"Once you’ve paid for nearly six rehabs, seen your mother distraught and frustrated and watching her son waste his life with the abuse of drugs, they have to reach an all time rock bottom that’s got no dependency on drugs.

"They’ve got to have that self-belief internally that they’re strong enough to fight it."

Gordon also admitted it was "really tough" raising a family with his hectic schedule. He has four children with wife Tana - Megan, nine, seven-year-old twins Jack and Holly, and Matilda, five.

He added that his friends David and Victoria Beckham were "settling down well and enjoying it and having fun" in LA.