Gordon Ramsay praises Aussie cuisine: ‘best in the world’

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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has praised Australia’s world-class food scene, recalling a close encounter with a baby great white while diving for lobster.

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00:00I fell in love with Australia because of the uniqueness in their cuisine.

00:09Produce-led.

00:10I couldn't quite believe the standard of fish, shellfish, lamb, beef.

00:20It was incredible.

00:22They produce some of the best whiskey in the world in Tassie.

00:25There's more whiskey distilleries per square mile in Tasmania than anywhere else in the world.

00:30But what I was blown away with was the spiny lobsters.

00:34These things were like four foot long.

00:37And I went diving there and it was in the middle of the Great White Highway.

00:43And I'm bedding down in amongst all this kelp.

00:46I'm on aerated tanks from the boat.

00:48And it's the first time I'd spotted a great white shark.

00:52And I just stayed calm.

00:54I had my hand on the spiny lobster.

00:56And I thought, I've got the prized asset.

00:59I'm about to be eaten by a great white.

01:01I put my tummy on top of the spiny lobster.

01:05I laid down on the kelp and I waited for this 12, 14 foot great white shark past me.

01:13I got up on the boat and I said to my dive buddy, did you see the size of that shark?

01:19He said, no, are you talking about the juvenile?

01:22The baby great white.

01:23I'm like, oh my God, that's the baby one.

01:26So yeah, Tasmania all day long.

01:28Tasmania all day long.

01:29Tasmania all day long.

01:30Tasmania all day long.

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