Humble Pie
Gordon Ramsay
Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, driven, stubborn. But this is his real story…In this fast-paced, bite-sized edition of his bestselling autobiography Ramsay tells the real story of how he became the world’s most famous and infamous chef: his difficult childhood, his brother’s heroin addiction, his failed first career as a footballer, his fanatical pursuit of gastronomic perfection and his TV persona - all the things that have made him the celebrated culinary talent and media powerhouse that he is today. Gordon talks frankly about:• his tough childhood: his father’s alcoholism and violence and the effects on his relationships with his mother and siblings• his first career as a footballer: how the whole family moved to Scotland when he was signed by Glasgow Rangers at the age of fifteen, and how he coped when his career was over due to injury just three years later• his brother’s heroin addiction.• Gordon’s early career: learning his trade in Paris and London; how his career developed from there: his time in Paris under Albert Roux and his seven Michelin-starred restaurants.• kitchen life: Gordon spills the beans about life behind the kitchen door, and how a restaurant kitchen is run in Anthony Bourdain-style.• and how he copes with the impact of fame on himself and his family: his television career, the rapacious tabloids, and his own drive for success.
Humble Pie
Gordon Ramsay
To Mum, from cottage pie to Humble Pie – you deserve a medal.
Table of Contents
Cover Page (#uc969b226-6e6a-5b39-8461-8523d9b6beaa)
Title Page (#u98606797-b462-5537-a3a0-f77f6fbe4bcb)
Dedication (#u677eaf7f-4f6b-56d8-acca-abf40e4c2dd2)
Foreword (#u7b53c234-b8b4-54e5-bed8-2e0b6f9c9794)
Chapter One Dad (#u9ed69999-3457-55c8-980d-9272e2eb8520)
Chapter Two Football (#u5b26b43a-394e-5f9e-a9fa-68c78ef99679)
Chapter Three Getting Started (#u71a37105-4be0-5123-8b7c-2a73855da075)
Chapter Four French Leave (#uefc4f290-af1f-5b76-9379-cb13121b0995)
Chapter Five Oceans Apart (#ud18458bf-a799-5609-a96f-75a4655f61b2)
Chapter Six A Room of My Own (#uf50f8fba-5d69-557a-8573-46afdd9871f3)
Chapter Seven War (#u35cb6ac2-310a-5515-92e9-2508f945dccc)
Chapter Eight The Great Walk-Out (#u00525a9e-ee04-5523-ab25-8158434334bf)
Chapter Nine The Sweet Smell of Success (#u555fe78c-c082-57c9-8442-f88d16d8f8ce)
Chapter Ten Welcome to the Small Screen (#uea36f42e-0495-59f3-8d65-2e9c5e4f0a7c)
Chapter Eleven New York, New York (#u311fd59e-7d3c-55e3-a11c-f17680a92fa7)
Quick Reads (#u69c3e7e6-989f-5ee3-9300-3199a03ec58d)
Other resources (#u0b7dbcff-ed48-55d7-85c6-20c62ff04ee0)
Copyright (#uebb8aec6-18a5-5edf-b874-10c0af70ce60)
About the Publisher (#ub9387637-08a8-51a5-bba8-16c9dadcd014)
Foreword (#ulink_c2bdc7e9-b5a7-5d9d-93ed-3198338348e4)
In my hand, I’ve got a piece of paper. It’s Mum’s handwriting, and it’s a very long list of all the places we lived until I left home. It’s funny how few of them I can remember. In some cases, that’s because we were hardly there for more than five minutes. But in others, it’s because, as a boy, I was often afraid and ashamed, and always poor. And you don’t dwell on the details of a house if you connect it with being afraid, or ashamed, or poor.
I don’t think people grasp the real me when they see me on television. I’ve got the wonderful family, the big house, the flash car. I run several of the world’s best restaurants. I’m running round, cursing and swearing, telling people what to do. They probably think: that flash bastard. But my life, like most people’s, is about hard work. It’s about success. Beyond that, though, something else is at play. I’m as driven as any man you’ll ever meet. When I think about myself, I still see a little boy who is desperate to escape, and keen to please. I just keep going, moving as far away as possible from where I began. Work is who I am, who I want to be. I sometimes think that if I were to stop working, I’d stop existing.
This, then, is the story of that journey – so far. I’m just forty-one, and it seems, even to me, such an amazing and long journey in such a short time.
Will I ever get there? You tell me.
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