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The Hot-Tempered Head Chef: The Early Years of Gordon Ramsay - Click To Read Article
He may be known in the UK for his Michelin star-rated restaurants, but Ramsay is better known the world over for being the confrontational and brash host on the television shows “Hell’s Kitchen,” and “Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.” Those shows are just two of the business interests controlled by Gordon Ramsay Holdings, of which Ramsay owns a 69 percent stake valued at £55 million. A successful entrepreneur, Ramsay has come along way from his time as a boy who dreamed of nothing but football.

Hell’s Kitchen Heats Up: Ramsay The Chef Is Born - Click To Read Article
It was a tough blow for Ramsay, not being able to play football anymore. But, in cooking, he found solace. At the age of 19, Ramsay went to work as a commis chef at the Roxbury House Hotel. Subsequently, he went to work at the Wickham Arms, where he was placed in charge of his first kitchen and its 60-seat dining room.

Lesson #1: Standards Are The Staple of Any Business - Click To Read Article
“When you start spreading yourself too thinly, you can fail to meet the same standards the second or third time round,” says Ramsay. “We've worked hard at this and now have 12 restaurants across the world.”

Lesson #2: A Strong Team Leads the Trail to Tomorrow - Click To Read Article
“I’m only as good as my team,” says Ramsay. “Building a team is part of the foundation of a good business.”

Lesson #3: Do Not Let Your Business Become Static - Click To Read Article
“Keep moving all the time,” says Ramsay. “That’s the exciting thing about cooking in this country: we are seasonal, so every three months there’s a move. We’re moving from spring into summer and suddenly the food becomes a lot lighter.”

Lesson #4: Discipline Yourself So Your Customers Do Not Have To - Click To Read Article
“Discipline yourself, become hard on yourself,” says Ramsay. “I’ve never had dinner in my own restaurant. I’ve never sat and had a glass of champagne with customers. Don’t indulge yourself in your business – treat it as a business.”

Lesson #5: Know Whose Dish You Are Serving - Click To Read Article
“The secret of a successful chef is to put yourself in the customer’s position,” says Ramsay. “By that I mean thinking about what they want.”

Sampling Success: How Bad Chef Ramsay Makes Good - Click To Read Article
“Chefs are s*** at running businesses,” says Ramsay. “When you look at the f***-ups with Marco [Pierre White] and [Jean-Christophe] Novelli, and what they’ve done in terms of how their businesses have disappeared without a trace, it’s because they’ve tried to run those businesses themselves.” Ramsay may be the exception to his own rule. An internationally renowned chef and a successful entrepreneur, Ramsay’s global empire shows no signs of disappearing. How did this temperamental man who once dreamed of playing professional football become one of the most celebrated chefs today?

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