Gordon Ramsay is being mocked by his fans for saying he begged his father-in-law for £20,000 for a flat deposit when he was ‘skint’, only to be told to sell his Porsche.
The celebrity TV chef, who has an OBE, said he and his wife Tana went to her father for a loan so they could buy a flat they ‘fell in love with’.
However, the 56-year-old said Chris Hutcheson, who was later jailed for hacking Gordon Ramsay, told him to sell his 911 Porsche instead.
Gordon Ramsay, who married Tana in 1996, told the High-Performance podcast it was ‘the best advice he ever gave me’ and he sold the car so they could purchase a flat.
However, the chef, who now owns homes in Bel Air, California and Wandsworth, South London, has been roasted on social media for being so out of touch.
Gordon Ramsay, whose net worth is estimated to be £610 million, founded his restaurant group in 1997 and has since been awarded seventeen Michelin stars.
He married broadcaster and author Tana, now 49, in 1996, whose father Hutcheson, became chief executive of Gordon Ramsay’s empire before a bitter feud saw him imprisoned for six months, accused of attempting to steal £1.4 million from his son-in-law.
However, Gordon Ramsay revealed the ‘best advice’ he received from his father-in-law was ironically regarding his finances.
He told the High-Performance Podcast that they were young, they were stupid and they were skint.
He said that he remembered going to ask his father-in-law if he could borrow £20,000 for the deposit for a flat that they fell in love with, and that he thought all was going well. They had a good lunch and then he asked about the deposit, saying that they had half of it but that they needed another twenty grand and said that he would pay him back in a year.
‘He said, ‘Okay, here’s what I’ll do. I’ll have another lunch with you when you sell your Porsche’.
‘I thought, ‘You f***er but you clever f***er’.
He said there he was driving around in a flash 911 and they didn’t even have a house, they didn’t have a flat, they didn’t even have a roof over their heads, but that it was the best advice he’d ever given him, sell the Porsche.
I’m not sure what Gordon Ramsay is being criticised for. His father-in-law gave him sound advice and as a young man, Ramsay took it.
He might have been a bit of a fool when he was younger, but at least he admitted it, and it also shows that Ramsay is a very reflective guy.
Yet he owned a Porsche, couldn’t he see that owning a ridiculously pricey car was living above his means, and how could he not figure out for himself that selling the Porsche would give him the funds for their dream home?
Gordon Ramsay does come across as a bully to his young chefs who are trying to do their best
However, he is an amazing culinarian who’s worked hard at his craft. However, we only really see him in Hells Kitchen USA, and many of the contestants have said how incredibly supportive he can be, and that the shouting et cetera is for the benefit of the programme.
He might be a potty mouth, but he is a millionaire and he’s worked hard for it, but he’s like Marmite, you either love him or you hate him!
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