Chelsea Clock: gordon ramsay restaurants

Sunday 7 October 2012

gordon ramsay restaurants

Gordon Ramsay Restaurants

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, also known as Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, is a three Michelin star restaurant owned and operated by Gordon Ramsay, located at Royal Hospital Road, London. It opened in 1998 and was Ramsay's first solo restaurant. In 2001 it made Gordon Ramsay the first Scottish chef to have won three Michelin stars. Critically it has been both praised and criticized, with particular criticism coming from the Harden's restaurant guide.Gordon Ramsay opened Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in 1998, as his first solo restaurant. The location previously housed Michelin starred restaurant La Tante Claire.

It gained its third Michelin star in 2001, making Gordon Ramsay the first Scottish chef to have done so. In September 2006 a £1.5 million refurbishment was completed.

Current head chef Clare Smyth was appointed in January 2008 and is the only female chef in the UK to hold three Michelin starsShe took over from Simone Zanoni, who had been head chef since 2003 before moving to France to oversee the opening of new restaurant Gordon Ramsay Au Trianon