Gordon Ramsay

As a teenager, Gordon Ramsey seemed on the way to become a professional soccer player, but the Scottish born future chef abandoned that career at the age of eighteen in order to study Hotel Management and cooking. After expanding his skills, he began earning praise for his work at various restaurants including Aubergine, Harvey's, and Le Gavroche. He soon opened an eatery that he named after himself, and began publishing cookbooks. In 2004 he found fame in the UK on the television show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. His personality was so striking that executives established the competitive reality show Hell's Kitchen, in which his outsized personality allowed him to run roughshod over frightened young chefs attempting to impress him. The show migrated to the FOX network in the United States, where Ramsey's fame continued to grow. He expanded his television presence by being part of the provocatively titled cooking show The F-Word. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide