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Life of a celebrity chef: Gordon Ramsay factfileBorn November 8, 1966, in Glasgow, Scotland.
Played professional football at age 15. A Glasgow Rangers scout spotted him while playing for Oxford United. Three years later he gave it up after suffering from a knee injury, went back to college and completed a course in Hotel Management.
One of only three chefs in the U.K. to maintain three Michelin Stars for his restaurant. Michelin sparingly awards one to three stars to a small number of restaurants of outstanding quality.
Has opened nine restaurants worldwide, with the tenth set to open in New York this September. His London restaurants include Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, Pétrus, Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, Angela Hartnett at the Connaught, The Savoy Grill, Banquette, Boxwood Café and Maze.
Married to Tana, a trained Montessori schoolteacher. They met when she was working as an assistant manageress at a restaurant near Tower Bridge. At the time she was 18 and engaged to Ramsay's best friend.
The couple has four children – Matilda, 5, twins Jack and Holly, 6, and Megan, 8. Ramsay was not present for the births of any of his children because he feared the sight of Tana delivering might ruin their sex life.
He has published six books on cooking, appeared in two kitchen documentaries (Boiling Point and Beyond Boiling Point), three television series (Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Hell's Kitchen and The F-Word) and contributes to a food column in The Times.
In April 2006 Ramsay completed his 7th Flora London Marathon in 3 hours, 46 minutes and 10 seconds
In June of this year he won a High Court case against the London Evening Standard newspaper, which had alleged that scenes had been faked in Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.
He drives a Ferrari F430 (they start at around $170,000) and a Range Rover Sport Supercharged.
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