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Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Chopped: Anthony Kelly and Gordon Ramsay's "Bad Boys Bakery"

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay enters London's Brixton Prison in 2012 in an attempt to teach a group of inmates to run a successful bakery. Would he succeed or would the men return to a life of crime once the cameras stopped rolling? 

Resources: 
"Mad for It" by Lynn Barber for The Guardian, May 13, 2001.

"From criminal to trainee cook: 'I owe Gordon Ramsay a lot'" by Erwin James for The Guardian, Aug 14, 2013. 

"Gordon Ramsay's Embarrassing Arrest Inspired Him to Set Up a Prison Bakery for London Inmates" by Sabrina Smith for Showbiz CheatSheet, Feb 19, 2021. 

Gordon Behind Bars: Season 1 (2012), Helen Simpson, Director, FilmRise Network.

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Patreon: www.patreon.com/onceuponacrime

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0:00.0

This podcast details true crime cases.

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It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.

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It is not intended for children.

0:09.0

Listener discretion is advised. Thank you for joining me for episode 199 of Once Upon a Crime.

0:25.2

In one week, Once Upon a Crime will hit the huge milestone of reaching our 200th episode.

0:30.9

We want to share the celebration with our listeners by putting you on the podcast.

0:35.0

I'll be releasing a special Ask Me Anything episode and we want your recorded questions to play on the show.

0:41.0

If you have a question about a case we've covered, my

0:44.8

thoughts on something I maybe haven't yet covered, a question about true crime

0:48.8

podcasting in general, or anything else, you can record your question and you might hear it played for our

0:54.7

audience. You can head over to our website truecrime podcast.com and once there just

1:01.6

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Please submit your question by March 31st for a chance to have it played on our upcoming special episode.

1:14.0

Thanks.

1:15.0

On the second installment of the series Chopped, I continued the theme of

1:22.0

chefs, cooks, and restaurateurs who turned away from the stove and toured a life of crime.

1:28.0

This time I'll tell you about a career criminal who was given a second chance in life by none other than celebrity chef Gordon

1:34.9

Ramsey. Ramsey, who himself experienced a rough upbringing, decided to use his fame to

1:41.1

train and mentor a group of hardened criminals to cook and run a successful

1:45.2

food service business. One of the men who Ramsey thought had promise was 33-year-old Anthony

1:51.2

Kelly, who had spent 16 years of his life in and out of prison.

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