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You never get the impression that he's hiding anything, and his stories are well-chosen and often highlight his flaws rather than his successes.Overall, Ramsay's book is a quick, entertaining read that humanizes the televised caricature into a warm and immensely talented person. His book gives a great deal of background of the making of the person of today, from his loves to his family issues. Highly recommended. Anyone who knows Ramsay only from Hell's Kitchen commercials will be very surprised at the person that is found in this text. Rather than being a simple (and rather crude) person, Ramsay's lived quite a life and given up a lot for the simple goal of becoming very good at cookery.
He shagged his boss's wife, well, why didn't the boss stay home. He didn't have a contract, he was inexperienced, his best friend died and he made inappropriate comments, blame it on his youth, his passion, his ambition. I liked Gordon, believed I understood his passion. He was young. Stay out of his way, not many survive with a good reputation. What a relief to know he is just another whiner, I can save my admiration for those more worthy. He can and does excuse everything, every fault, every failing, it's his father's fault, his brother's, his business partner's, his friend's, he is responsible for nothing that could be called a personal, or business failure.
It's high pressure and non-stop pretty much 7-days a week, so he's entitled. Well, I read this book in about 2 1/2 days, which is quite unusual for me, as I'm not an avid book reader. I would say if you're a fan of Chef Ramsay, then you'll enjoy this book. I enjoyed the fact that he was honest about his early business deals and how they were not successful, but he learned a lot from them and even though he did not succeed at first, he kept going. I was intrigued to find out that Chef Ramsay's upbringing was far from perfect, and this pushed him to become successful. He does do a bit of bragging in the book, but working in the culinary industry is very difficult.
In almost classic fashion he made it past a harsh childhood and family problems to become who he is, and explains the fact that underneath the gruff and rough persona that is alot of what you see on television, when it comes down to it he really does care. If you ever have seen Gordan Ramsey on TV you know what he is about, rough, gruff, mean and likes to curse.If you watch Kitchen Nightmares, he really seems like, well a bad guy. But it also comes across that he really does care about the people he is trying to help, and it becomes more clear as each episode goes on.This book ties it all together in an honest book that goes through his life and the challenges he has faced getting where he is now.
His story is inspirational. This book is an easy read, although perhaps having a good understanding of cooking and the culinary profession may enhance the read, anyone might love it. This is a good read, however it does jump around a bit. The tonelity and language assure it is his words, in terms of how he comes off on television, but what this book is really about are the experiences he went through as a child to becoming a Celebrity Chef, which are remarkable.
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