Gordon Ramsay’s Biggest Kitchen Nightmare | 4

Diss and Tell

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.2 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Step into the sizzling world of culinary giant Gordon Ramsay, a titan of taste with 7 Michelin stars, 58 restaurants, a slew of TV shows, and a whopping 37 million TikTok followers. But he wasn't always the king of the kitchen. Back in 1988, he was just a protégé to Marco Pierre White, the original celebrity chef superstar. We'll dive into the heart of their raucous feud, where insults and plates flew as fast as the dishes they were cooking. Even after Ramsay broke free from White's influence, their feud continued to boil for decades. From media takedowns to a mystifying theft, their tactics left the world in shock. They came to shape the fiery image of chefs and the culinary culture we know today. The kitchen has always been a cauldron, but these two made it... hellishly hot.

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0:00.0	A listener note, this episode contains adult language.
0:09.0	Have you ever eaten at a Michelin Star restaurant?
0:12.8	Sort of?
0:16.0	So you have started out question.
0:18.3	No, I worked for a startup that would go into empty five-star restaurants during the day
0:23.3	and set up mobile drop-in work spaces.
0:26.5	And so I was there all day and the chef of one of the restaurants,
0:31.1	he would cook me things in the kitchen and then like have me try them sometimes.
0:35.9	So I guess.
0:37.1	Yeah, I guess that counts.
0:39.6	Well, speaking of fancy kitchens, I want you to imagine the, like, most intense kitchen that you can.
0:47.1	Like, a dozen chefs.
0:48.9	They're all working on the line.
0:50.8	They're making all of this fancy kind of food.
0:53.9	Roasted quail, foie gras, truffles are all over
0:58.0	the place, bone marrow. And the king of this kitchen is a very difficult executive chef. I'm sure
1:07.3	you know the exact type that I'm talking about. The kind who like screams at his workers, like throws a huge fit over every small detail.
1:16.7	He gets like really creative with insults though to the point where you're like kind of impressed more than you're insulted.
1:22.0	Yeah, exactly.
1:23.9	And this executive chef has decided to take out his fury on one specific assistant chef.
1:30.6	Okay.
1:31.3	And this assistant thought he was going to get a head start on the service by making the sauces for the day.
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