Gordon Ramsay was pictured leaving his £313,000 Ferrari parked on double yellow lines as he visited a friend.
In Padstow, Cornwall, the famous chef, 57, was seen driving his Ferrari Purosangue.
He was rumoured to be paying a visit to his protégé, Paul Ainsworth, who manages the fishing port’s No. 6 restaurant.
The restaurant has four AA Rosettes and was given a Michelin star in 2013.
But Ramsay swerved the main car park in the town and instead left his supercar on double yellow lines under a sign saying ‘no parking’ on N Quay Parade overlooking the harbour.
The father-of-six, host of TV shows such as Kitchen Nightmares and Hell’s Kitchen, was snapped by Guy Wilson, who shared his pictures on the Private Number Plate Spotters group on Facebook.
One member of the group quipped: ‘Double yellow lines must not count when the car is so expensive.’
The chef, who was born in Renfrewshire, faced criticism earlier this week after he posted a video of a “full Scottish” burger being made at his flagship restaurant in Edinburgh.
Observers took issue with the £18 cost of the square sausage burger, as well as the fact it contains salad, despite being labelled ‘full Scottish’, and lacks key elements of a traditional Scottish breakfast such as haggis, potato scone, and black pudding.
A short video shows the burger being made at the Gordon Ramsay Street Burger restaurant in Edinburgh’s St James Quarter.
It features lettuce, a tomato slice, a hash brown, eggs, and Lorne sausage.
The 57-year-old shared the clip to social media on Wednesday with the caption: ‘Try the full Scottish at Gordon Ramsay Street Burger Edinburgh—with Lorne sausage, a hash brown and an over easy egg.’
More than 1,100 people liked Ramsay’s post, while more than 700 people commented, making fun of the celebrity chef’s most recent culinary innovation.
Gavin Brewis said: ‘Full Scottish with no tattie scone, haggis or black pudding and with a hash brown, which is not actually full Scottish content.’
Another said: ’18 quid for a sausage and egg doubler—no Scottish person would put salad on a breakfast roll.’
At the moment, Ramsay owns and runs around 58 restaurants worldwide.
They include restaurants in the US, France, Dubai, Singapore, and a few in the UK.
Gordon Ramsay’s reps have been approached by MailOnline for comment.
For what reason does Gordon Ramsay think he can park on a yellow line? Maybe since he’s rich, it makes him feel like he’s above the law.
He probably doesn’t believe he’s above the law; he just thinks that the parking ticket will cost him buttons anyway.
Fines should be proportionate to the wealth of the owner. Make it 6 per cent of his annual income, then let’s see if he does it again.
Celebrity chef? The jury is still out on that one. He’s foul-mouthed, but he can cook.
Whether or not you have the money to pay the fine is irrelevant. The idea is that without everyone abiding by the law, anarchy would envelop the entire nation, but then money doesn’t buy good taste.
Not shocked at all, as all these overpaid so-called celebrities think that only common people like us are subject to the rules, and I’m not sure how he can justify paying all that money for one car. After all, it only takes you from A to B. Arrogance personified.
These wealthy people have too much money to care about fines. That’s the problem with rich people. They live under a different rock than the rest of us.
With untold wealth comes untold arrogance.
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