160 Quotes by Gordon Ramsay

We’re fragile, fragmented souls who are very sensitive to criticism.

Eating out doesn’t have to be a formula. Eating out is about having fun. I get really frustrated when it’s badly done.

Addicts are selfish, the most selfish people you’ll ever meet. And self-pitying. And manipulative. Always making promises they’ll never keep. They disgust me.

I quite like that jeopardy, those up-against-the-wall odds. I don’t like it when it’s over-comfortable, too easy, something that can be done in two or three weeks. I like a challenge.

Find what’s hot, find what’s just opened and then look for the worst review of the week. There is so much to learn from watching a restaurant getting absolutely panned and having a bad experience. Go and see it for yourself.

To walk into an office and have your ‘good morning’ returned with a grunt and no eye contact is not my idea of a happy house. There is always time to acknowledge that Someone is more important than Something, even if it takes a couple of precious minutes.

I’m not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

A recipe is a guideline. Adding, subtracting, evolving it – that is part of the pleasure.

There’s a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.