Born: Gordon James Ramsay on 8 November 1966, in Johnstone, Scotland.

Gordon Ramsay, OBE is a celebrity chef, television personality and entrepreneur. He has been awarded a total of twelve Michelin stars, and is currently one of only three chefs in the UK whose restaurant is rated at three Michelin stars. He is famous for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food such as Hell's Kitchen and The F-Word.

I may have a bit of a side to me that enjoys banter but nine times out of ten it is someone else who throws the first punch.

He is best known in the United States as the host of FOX's Hell's Kitchen, which premiered in May 2005, and of Kitchen Nightmares, which premiered in September 2007, based on his successful British show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.

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