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Being Gordon Ramsay - Season 1 - Episode 01
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00:07You
00:08Roll your swords
00:10Draw stand on here stand on here. I'm on a true swords boom boom boom, you know, we are leaving
00:16in 15 minutes
00:18Why do you want to swap? Well, this one's broken
00:28Oscar today mommy daddy gonna look at the new restaurant look we've got to wear. How cool is
00:34You're a proper little Bob the Builder come here just in case there you go
00:43Oscar if you put bits of pancake on his tray and then you can just feed him that
00:48Let him finish what's in his mouth darling. I think those pancakes are too thick. They actually weren't for you
00:53Oscar are those pancakes a little bit too thick
00:57In America the thick pancakes in the UK they're called
01:01crepes say crepes
01:07They are great for waiting the door open
01:18Right I'm gonna get my shoes and socks
01:26Those pancakes were a little bit thick darling. Could you just give it a rest? They were absolutely fine
01:37You're so weird
01:38Morning. Darling, people don't know what you think you're so weird
01:51You're so weird
02:02Huge undertaking and really the biggest thing you have done to date
02:08But it's not just your average restaurant
02:10This could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I'm not messing around now. You just have to see
02:15it first
02:18There is at the back see I can see do you see it I see it
02:23Thoughts?
02:24It's high
02:31At this later stage of your career you know my want is for you to slow down a bit
02:37Later stage of my career when I come about to retire
02:39You're like nearly 60
02:41Nearly 60 my ass
02:43Or how old are you?
02:44How's that nearly 60?
02:46Can you count?
02:51It's like 30 years that we started dating
02:54Shut the front door
02:55Listen to what I'm saying 30 years since we got together
02:58And what little coffee shop there just bought for a
03:01So not go past a coffee shop without getting what I was trying to say to you
03:04I'll come back hold that moment for one thought
03:06Support your local coffee shops
03:08Come on Jesus Christ
03:09Let's get off
03:11He drives me mental
03:14Good morning
03:15Can I have an extra hot oatmeal latte please?
03:19Thank you
03:29Good morning
03:31Good morning
03:32We are late
03:33Unbelievable
03:34I mean shocking
03:35I'm not late
03:36Good morning
03:38Good morning
03:38Good morning
03:39Good morning
03:39Good morning
03:39Good morning
03:39Good morning
03:50Good morning
03:51Oh my god
03:52Come on
03:53Yes
03:55It's so low
03:55I never plunge into a sofa and just like
03:59You do?
04:00No I do not
04:03There you go
04:05There you go
04:06There you go
04:14I
04:14Need just one more cushion behind
04:17He's like the princess in the peace
04:19Oh, it's your mind. Oh my god. Sorry
04:23There you go. Nick should be taking your trousers off. Oh my gosh, right HR
04:32Let's go come on
04:34First of September 1998 every law refreshing girl Gramsley
04:3830 seconds gone. She said to me 25 years ago. Hey, guess what? You're gonna have three stars
04:45You have an empire multiple businesses. I
04:49Don't think I'd beg to understand just the vastness of what has been done
04:57Service is
04:58Today we're running up over 95 restaurants to our thousand staff
05:04The one and only
05:06Chef Gordon Ramsay
05:10We have restaurants in Asia
05:13North America
05:15UK and France
05:18Still growing
05:21And then there's the media run the fucking food now
05:25Something I've done in 19 fucking years from a TV program to a TV ad to a podcast to a
05:33social media video
05:36Millions of followers across the globe
05:40It's got huge
05:42How's it going man? You good?
05:44You gotta start beating like this
05:47This is a big one
05:5022 bishop's gates is the most difficult high-pressurized ambitious project I've ever ever opened in my entire life
06:02I'm opening five independent businesses under one roof in an iconic address
06:10There was so much riding on this
06:14Reputationally
06:16Financially
06:16And
06:17If Bishopgate was to fail
06:19Yeah, I'm fucked
06:20There's no two ways about that
06:24We've got a hundred and fucking twenty guests in here
06:26Yeah, yeah, yeah
06:27And about now it's time we have two hundred and forty guests
06:30Talented fucking chefs need to dig in
06:34I think people think that they know Gordon because they see him everywhere
06:39Young man, if I can fucking run the plates, so can you
06:41Come on you can do it
06:44He's known for being opinionated for saying it straight
06:48It's just a little bit too straight-laced
06:51And I want everything on those fucking tables you need
06:53Does it need to be that big?
06:55They're big fucking oyster shells aren't they?
06:57It's just not good enough
06:58Yeah
06:58Not good enough
06:59Common sense is not that fucking common tonight
07:03But
07:04Do they know you when you're at home behind closed doors?
07:07No
07:10The real Gordon is when we are on our own with our family
07:16That's the real us
07:21For Gordon, the most important thing is the kids
07:24Have you done a poo-pum?
07:25Have you done a poo-pum?
07:26You also don't do that right
07:27Look, you're missing all this
07:28No, that's called piff
07:30Piff off
07:32You're such a nod
07:33Yeah
07:34So when Bishop's Gate first came up
07:37The enormity of it is what made me so nervous
07:42And I'm always going to worry at him taking on more
07:54Take a look at this beauty
07:58Whoa
08:01Look at that
08:03You ready?
08:05Come on
08:05Let's go
08:07You know I'm scared of high
08:09No, I know
08:09Oh shit, you tell me now
08:1422 Bishop's Gate
08:17Keeps me up at night
08:18These spaces just don't come on the radar
08:23It's an iconic building in the middle of the city
08:26It's an iconic building in the middle of the city
08:26And it sticks out like a sore thumb
08:31It's humongous
08:3527,000 square feet
08:38It's like opening a restaurant in the middle of fucking Wembley Stadium
08:42And I've got big plans for this place
08:47First off, right at the very top
08:50A 60-seater rooftop garden
08:54With a retractable roof
08:56Underneath that
08:58Lucky Cat
08:59A 250-seater
09:01Asian-inspired restaurant
09:03Alongside that
09:04Restaurant called Ramsey High
09:06A 12-seater unique dining experience
09:10And then underneath us, you know, our beautiful all-day brasserie, Bread Street Kitchen
09:15And then finally number five, the Academy
09:17A stunning culinary school
09:20It's incredible
09:22It is incredible
09:24And I want to be in there
09:26Doors opening
09:28Okay, this is
09:30This is the 59th floor
09:31So this is
09:33Bread Street Kitchen
09:35So one of five
09:36And every guest
09:38Yeah, every guest
09:39You ready?
09:40Yes
09:40Every guest will have to come up through here to get up to
09:43Okay
09:44So
09:46Look at that
09:48Shit
09:49Whoa
09:50I know
09:52It is
09:54Enormous
09:59Look how far you can see
10:03Look at the aeroplanes
10:06How low they are?
10:07Well, I think we're sort of on a level with them
10:09I know
10:12There's the shard
10:14Which looks tiny
10:16Look down there
10:18Oh
10:18No, no, come on, come over
10:20Come over
10:21Seriously
10:23Look how small everything looks
10:27God, does that not make you feel a bit funny?
10:29No, God, no
10:30No, no, no
10:32London Eye
10:33Houses of Parliament
10:35St. Paul's Cathedral
10:40It looks like a
10:41It looks like a
10:41It looks like some kind of game, doesn't it?
10:43Everything's so tiny
10:46But also down over there
10:48Yeah?
10:49Just after Tower Bridge
10:51It's where we first met
10:53In Tower Bridge?
10:54Pond de la Tour
10:55Oh, Pond de la Tour
10:56Yeah, sorry
10:57Shit, is that it in front of us?
10:58You brought your fiance in to meet me
10:59Stop fucking around
11:01Jesus Christ
11:03Honestly
11:03Why did you bring that shit up now?
11:05I'm only telling the story
11:07Fucking hell
11:10The first time I met Tana
11:12I was mates with her boyfriend at the time
11:15And they picked me up
11:16And I was with my girlfriend from Paris
11:18To come to our mate's wedding
11:20And Tana was driving the car
11:24And I was sat in the back seats
11:25And I'm looking at my mate thinking
11:27Oh my God
11:28Your girlfriend is fucking gorgeous
11:32Yeah, she looked like a young Julia Roberts
11:35And she brought a level of excitement like no other
11:40I'm not too sure if that's what Tana said when she first met me though
11:43But I get the feeling that she wasn't a big fan
11:48I didn't like him
11:49I thought he was really arrogant
11:53Really full of himself
11:54So, yeah, he used to really irritate me
11:57But then there's that whole thing where
11:59Did I not like him because maybe I really liked him?
12:02I don't know
12:03It took about a month
12:04And then we were both single
12:08She knew I didn't have a pot to piss in
12:10And so, I'll be honest
12:12I honestly thought for many months that Tana was out my knee
12:19But then, yeah, we ended up sort of chatting one night
12:23And chatted all night
12:26I guess I must have fancied him
12:29I won her over with food, thank fuck
12:34The amazing ambition was there, absolute dedication
12:38He's always been someone who dreams big
12:43But you know what? He's just...
12:47He's just Gordon to me
12:48I mean, I've known him since I was 18
12:51So, you know, we've sort of grew up through this time together
12:55If you look at us on pen and paper, I know
12:58But she is the foundation, there's no two ways about that
13:03It would have been quite strange, I think, to meet someone
13:07Who was already in the public eye and not understand
13:11What it was like before
13:13You know, we've gone through that together
13:15And I'm always very grateful for that
13:21Right, I'm dying to take you up to the top floor, shall we?
13:24Yes
13:25Wait till you see this
13:27You ready?
13:28Don't worry about waiting for me
13:30Sorry, floor 61, I'm excited
13:33I can't tell
13:34Oh my God
13:35You ready?
13:37Fuck, which key is it?
13:39You always swear more when you get nervous
13:41Sorry
13:44Don't worry, it's just the wind
13:48Fucking hell
13:49Are you faking that?
13:50I'm not, I'm not fucking around
13:52Think how high we are
13:53Right
13:54No, no, you go out first
13:55No, after you
13:56No, no, because I'll close the door, the door slams
13:58You go first
14:00There's no floor there
14:01Oh fuck off
14:05So this is going to be a beautiful terrace
14:08We'll have a retractable roof on top
14:12We're going to hold your 60 up here
14:14I think it will be yours first
14:16Isn't yours like next year?
14:18Oh my God, look at this baby
14:24It's incredible isn't it?
14:25It is incredible, it's a big pressure
14:28Well, for now it's a shell
14:30But it's not that far away
14:32I was going to say
14:32We're a matter of months as opposed to years
14:34So everybody in this building needs to understand
14:37You know, we're up against it time-wise
14:39Yeah
14:40And for every week this place doesn't open
14:42You know, you're losing a hundred grand
14:44So it's got to open
14:46And it will open
14:47It will open
14:53Let's put things in perspective, right?
14:56Bishop's Gate is high risk but high reward
15:00I'm 57
15:01I'm not getting any younger
15:03I never thought I'd say this
15:05It's sort of one of my final stakes in the ground
15:08You know, something that I'm going to be best remembered for
15:13The budget is £20 million
15:16And I'm doing that personally
15:18With the help of the bank
15:21It scares the shit out of me, man
15:26I grew up on a council estate in Stratford-Avon
15:28And I still remember my school uniform
15:30Having black patches on my second-hand trousers
15:35I remember my mum saying to me
15:37That these nice leather patches on my trousers look great
15:40It was only because there was holes underneath those patches
15:44The way that I multitask is watching her multitasking
15:48Three jobs
15:50You know, a cook
15:52You know, a night nurse and a cleaner
15:55And one minute she's cooking food for us
15:59And the next minute she's got her hands inside a urinal
16:02Cleaning the place
16:05And I'll be honest with you
16:07There's always that little
16:10Needle
16:12Of fear
16:13You're going to lose it
16:14And I hold on to that needle
16:16You know, I want that little prod
16:18Just to remind myself
16:21That's why I'm a hard and difficult person to work for
16:24I want to make sure everything's perfect
16:26And I don't ever want anything to slip
16:31So it's sort of all or nothing
16:36I want to make sure that this building
16:38Has some of the best restaurants in the world
16:42And to get there
16:43We go through so many tiny details
16:47Even down to the napkins
16:51You know, is that an open kitchen?
16:53Does it need something more intimate?
16:56First impressions
16:57It needs a wow factor
17:00Phenomenal chefs
17:01Massive brigade
17:02The uniforms
17:05Menu size
17:06The flower display
17:07The size of the water bottle
17:12I am the biggest pain in the arse
17:13Because I'll scrutinize everything
17:20But before we do anything
17:21We've just got to build the thing
17:35I'm actually not from London
17:37I'm from Birmingham
17:37I live in a place called Sturtley
17:40So it's about
17:42Three and a half hour journey
17:43Every Monday morning for me
17:46Up to three o'clock this morning
17:48On the trine and across the tubes
17:50Up to Bishop's Gate
17:54I don't get much time at home
17:56On the weekend
17:57About Friday afternoon
17:58On my weekend spent
18:00Shopping really
18:01With the wife
18:01Then we'll probably have
18:02One of the grandkids on Sunday
18:04And then
18:05I'm in bed at nine o'clock
18:07And up for three
18:08Half three again Monday morning
18:18This is the fourth build I've worked on for Gordon
18:22This is another level
18:23This is a big job
18:25But at the end of the day
18:26I hope to think he remembers me
18:28As the man that can get the job done
18:30On time, every time
18:34And write every time
18:35Without any issues
18:38Just get that one up first
18:40To level 60
18:42And the rest is level 59
18:43Yeah?
18:44All right, brother
18:46Biggest issues are the deliveries
18:48You know, we're the highest building in the city of London
18:51There's only one lift that comes to this floor
18:54The size of the lift
18:55You can only get the materials in that are three metres long
18:58So you're up and down the stairs all day
19:00To make sure that the next delivery can come through
19:04It's hard work
19:05It's hard graft
19:06It really is
19:07But we are proud to be working on it
19:10We really are proud
19:16Christ, this place is busy
19:18You good?
19:19When Gordon visits
19:21It's always a nerve-wracking time for us
19:24And the team on site
19:26This should be in the next day
19:28And what is this underneath here?
19:30Is that wood?
19:32Yeah, there's a lot to do
19:35But the guys are throwing all the resource they got at it
19:40What happens to this, by the way?
19:42It's a structural beam
19:43It'll be part of the fear
19:44The sushi bar
19:46And do you not think we should paint it black?
19:48Preference
19:49It's whatever you prefer
19:50I think it'll be more glamorous painted, right?
19:52Could you put that on your list?
19:54I will do, yes
19:55Yep
19:57Somebody was extremely driven, extremely focused
19:59What's this area here?
20:00Pot wash
20:01Is that right?
20:01Pot wash being so close to the
20:03It is a door there
20:03No, I'm just talking about the noise
20:04Oh, noise-wise
20:09It doesn't leave any ambiguity on what is expected of us as a team
20:16What's this in here?
20:17It's a private dining room
20:18Private dining room
20:19I think it's all glass on it
20:20Yeah
20:21Smoked glass
20:22It can be if you want it smoked
20:24I think it should be lightly smoked
20:26Don't you?
20:27Well just for privacy
20:28If it's called a private dining room
20:30You've got no privacy
20:30Yeah
20:31Then how is it fucking private?
20:32Yeah
20:33So...
20:34Especially when you've got people walking past to the toilet
20:35Yeah
20:36I don't want it looking like the zoo
20:37Don't I mean?
20:38So can we lightly smoke that?
20:39Please
20:43We've got 22 weeks basically to get this finished from over the line
20:47This is the setting out plan
20:48We're 30 mil short here
20:50You do get a lot more pressure because it's a high profile job
20:53Especially who it's for being Gordon Ramsay
20:55And at the end of the day it's his job
20:57It's his restaurant
20:59So it's Gordon's rules
21:01You know that wall you built?
21:03Take it out
21:05They don't want it now
21:15Are these your sons?
21:18I think they look like you
21:20Thank you very much Gordon
21:21I don't think I'm that old yet
21:22No I didn't tell you
21:23I'm not far off
21:23But they look like your sons
21:25The only question I want to know
21:26Are we on time?
21:27No
21:27No
21:29What?
21:30Love it
21:31Keep it in front
21:32Thanks bud
21:33Good to see you
21:34Thanks for that lads
21:50Mate
21:51Alfie's gonna be here in a minute
21:52Are you ready for a haircut?
21:53Shall I show you what Nanny used to do to me?
21:56See she used to put a bowl on my head
21:58Round like that
21:58And then cut all those bits here
22:00So it looked like a proper helmet
22:02Would you like that as well?
22:04Yeah
22:04Yeah
22:04Yeah
22:08Gordon works a lot
22:09But when we're home
22:11It's always a really happy time
22:14Because he is most relaxed
22:16When things are just very normal
22:18Come on let's go there
22:19Whose is this?
22:19Whose is this?
22:20Oh no T don't do that
22:21I mean no one grounds you more than having kids do they?
22:25Yeah mini me's I call them
22:26I fucking love it
22:27Ooh
22:29We've got six kids
22:30We've got our very own brigade
22:32Megan the eldest
22:3327 years of age
22:34Then there's the twins
22:35Holly and Jack
22:3725 years old
22:39Matilda at 23
22:41Oscar at 6
22:42Jesse James at 18 months
22:45Did I miss any of them?
22:46No you didn't
22:47No thanks for that
22:48You said
22:49I don't like my head
22:50Just how it is
22:51No but wait
22:52You need a tiny trim because you don't like me brushing it
22:55And you can't go to school and you'll not be able to see
22:57And listen it's school time
22:58Okay
22:59We're going back to school so you've got to look nice and smart
23:02Being with them gives you an incredible uplift
23:06It's real special time
23:08That was a good one
23:12You know I sadly had a torrid relationship with my father
23:14I just couldn't wait to spend time out of the house away from him
23:19You know it's fair to say you weren't his favourite son
23:23He used to take joy in sort of saying things he knew you'd rebel against
23:28Yeah
23:29My father called me a snob once
23:31I said no no definitely not a snob
23:33I just want to get out of the shit mess I was born in
23:36I had to sit there you know at weekends and almost watch him ruin his life through alcohol
23:44It's hard isn't it when someone's an alcoholic
23:46It's very hard to relate to that because you just you're nervous
23:51You're worried about you know hitting the end of the bottle and seeing that bottle of Bacardi disappear
23:57Because you know what happens at the end of that
23:59So in many ways I'm using that awful relationship to become a better dad
24:06Oh there's a door is Alfie you go and get it
24:08Morning Alfie
24:09Morning morning Alfie
24:12A bowl goes on my head and then you cut all around here
24:15What how big's the bowl gonna be?
24:17I'll show you
24:18I mean
24:19Let's try this one
24:20Let's try this
24:21Oh mate
24:22There you go
24:24A proper bellend
24:27Don't say that
24:29Don't say it
24:30Imagine if he goes to his teacher
24:32Do you like my hair cut?
24:33I'm a bellend
24:35Do you want to come with me to make a coffee?
24:38Is it nice?
24:41Tilly and Gordon are very similar
24:43Probably the most similar out of all the kids
24:47They have this whole connection with Tilly's love of food
24:50And I think the fact that it does seem as if she's going to go into that industry
24:55Has made him really happy because at one stage it looked like no one was interested in that
25:01Let's make stir-fry noodles
25:04I started cooking when I was very young
25:07When dad was filming used to see me watching through the door and he used to just prop me up
25:12on the side
25:13And very slowly he started saying oh can you mix this or can you add a pinch of salt here
25:18I think for me it was really exciting being part of everything he did
25:25So I definitely got the bug for cooking at a young age
25:28But now I'm about to have a chance to go to culinary school and learn things by myself
25:34You know get my own knowledge and tell dad some things that I learnt that he might not know
25:41Yeah my little girl's going for a fitting to get her first set of chef whites
25:45Which I mean in many ways I put them on her back at the age of I think it was
25:51four
25:51I got her a little pink chef's coat years ago
25:54And then thought no that's too forceful
25:56You know
25:58Get them if you want it
26:00And she's arse
26:03It's quite an important moment
26:05Not as daunting as seeing your daughter in a wedding dress
26:07But it is fucking out there
26:09It is out there
26:10It's like shit
26:11You know a mini me
26:15Tills
26:16Let's go girl
26:18Jump in
26:21You've got no space
26:22Tills
26:23Wait for mum just wait
26:24Now you're overreacting
26:26Dad
26:27Come on Tills
26:28I think you're on Jack's car
26:29I am not on it
26:30You are
26:31Let's go sexy bitch
26:33Dad
26:36You're in drive right?
26:37This is careful
26:38Tilly seriously I'm in drive
26:39Really?
26:41Seriously
26:46This cookery school has got one of the best reputations in the world
26:49Really?
26:49Not just in Ireland
26:51How do you think it compares to other ones that you know you've visited, you've seen?
26:56This is the real deal
26:57You won't want to leave
26:58No
26:58You will not want to leave
27:01I do feel quite nervous, you know
27:03It's the first time I'll be in a proper professional setting like that
27:07And I know I'm only learning but I like things to go well
27:11But you are going to make mistakes
27:13And being nervous is quite a cool thing
27:16Yeah
27:17If you weren't nervous I'd be a bit worried
27:19But sponge
27:21Get over the mistake
27:22And don't dwell on it
27:25Yeah
27:27What's the hardest kitchen you worked in?
27:30Which one?
27:31I mean, I'll be honest, Marcus was brutal
27:34Was that the hardest?
27:35But in an incredible way
27:36And the hardest because I was learning the most
27:41When I started cooking
27:43I didn't have a father that guided me in my career
27:49I had a father that told me, you know, cooking was for women
27:53And it wasn't a man's job
27:57But then I got into a kitchen with the first ever pretty chef to win three stars
28:04The most prolific chef in the country
28:07Marco Pierre White
28:10And he was like, in fact, a father figure
28:16He had the gift of this Picasso
28:20He put food on a plate like no other
28:22And so your fingers had to become so disciplined
28:25And you had to follow quickly
28:27Because if you didn't, you know, step up and match what he wanted
28:30You're fucking toast, man
28:32And that scared the crap out of me
28:35And I was Marco's right-hand man
28:38I went to hell and back every day of my life for him
28:4118 hours a day, six days a week
28:45But the level of skill I was learning was at a rate of knots
28:49And so I became good very quickly and he brought that natural talent out of me
28:57Do you ever remember any of your biggest first mistakes in the kitchen?
29:01Oh, massive fuck-ups
29:02I remember the pasta machine, two exact same machines
29:07But for what some reason on zero, the pasta went thinner
29:11On the older one that had a blue plaster on there
29:14So we made that for the raviolis
29:16And I remember halfway through the raviolis
29:17And Marco said, pasta's a bit thin
29:19See, it went through twice, Marco
29:21He said, using the blue plaster machine
29:23I said, yeah, yeah
29:24So we finished making them, he turned the machine upside down
29:26It was the wrong machine
29:27And we're talking about millimetres, millimetre difference
29:31He then made me pay for those raviolis
29:34I never made that mistake again
29:35You had to pay for all of them?
29:37And he sold them that night in the restaurant as well
29:40Honestly, ridiculous
29:44Motherfucker
29:48It's on your right, coming up soon
29:51Let him come out
29:54Thank you
29:59Oh, fuck!
30:01Fuck!
30:03Was that me?
30:05Oh, shit!
30:06Oh, fuck!
30:11Oh, shit!
30:14I did not see him
30:15He's coming out to get you
30:16Don't worry, I'll get him
30:18Say sorry
30:19Sorry, I didn't see you on the side there
30:21My fault entirely
30:22Can I give you my details, please?
30:25Sorry
30:26What a fucking nightmare
30:27It was so far left, of course I didn't see it
30:28No reverse sensors
30:30Oh, well, this is going to be an expensive fucking trip
30:33I only want a pair of chef whites
30:35Dad, you need to park
30:36Oh
30:36Yeah
30:43Fucking hell
30:44And in your mum's car as well
30:45Fuck's sake
30:48Bollocks
30:53Go on in
30:55Hello
30:56Hello
30:56How are you?
30:57Thank you
30:57Good, here for some chef jackets, please
31:00Downstairs
31:01Thank you
31:04Out of all the kids, Tilly knows me
31:06And she's very good at unlocking that defence mechanism
31:09And she knows how to really get straight to me
31:13Is there a chef's discount for my...
31:16I'm sure there is a chef's discount for you
31:17Well, we'll just smash the car, so any...
31:20Any short change
31:21We?
31:21Wasn't we?
31:22Any short change would be greatly appreciative
31:23Am I able to try on?
31:25You are, of course, able to try on, yeah
31:26Amazing
31:27I think just try some on down and have a look
31:28They've got to be white
31:29Yes
31:30Yeah
31:35The way Dad is in the kitchen is, you know, he's in a stressful environment
31:39He reacts the way he does for perfection
31:43At home, he is the complete opposite
31:46He manages to juggle a lot
31:48And I think that's one thing I've always admired about him
31:52Is he can be the busiest, the busiest man ever
31:56But if any of us needed
31:57I know I can text him, call him, any time
32:01Jesus, it's like going back to school
32:02So we've got two little ones going back to school
32:04And we've got their eldest going back...
32:06The culinary school
32:07Jesus, when did...
32:08When did...
32:09No, eldest daughter
32:10No, sorry, youngest
32:11Why are we getting changed?
32:13He's emotional when he's proud, for sure
32:15There are those signs you can always see
32:17Kind of, like, long blinks
32:19And then he looks up
32:20And then he won't face you
32:21And he goes...
32:21And he looks around
32:23And he just...
32:23He doesn't want people to see him cry
32:25Are you ready?
32:26I am ready
32:27Let's go, girl
32:28Hit me!
32:29I'm here
32:30Oh, my God
32:32What do you think?
32:33I love that
32:35I've tucked it up because it's quite long
32:36No, they need to be long
32:37Really?
32:38Yeah, they'll insist
32:39Safety
32:40That looks amazing
32:40Come here
32:41Oh, my God
32:43Yeah, you never tuck that up like that
32:44That's why I double-breasted
32:46It looks amazing
32:47Oh, my God
32:48The blue trousers as well
32:50I love the blue
32:51No, it's such a...
32:52Such a...
32:53Such a chef's look
32:54Girl, you look frickin' amazing
32:57I'm gonna wear these trousers
32:59That jacket looks lovely on you
33:00It's nicely fitted as well
33:02How do you wear this bit?
33:04Yeah, so that jacket there
33:06The little button that gets done up in there
33:09So that stops that from slipping down
33:11Mm-hmm
33:12Right
33:13Oh, my God
33:14Oh, my God
33:15And then that one doubles up
33:15But the cool kids go there
33:17But that's...
33:18That's your Dad's bit
33:19Let me just take a picture
33:20I cannot believe you like that
33:22And I'll send it to Mum
33:23My little girl's going all chef-y
33:25Go
33:27Ta-da!
33:29Send it to family
33:30Incredible
33:31Look
33:33Look
33:33Oh, my God
33:35Shoot
33:35Now I look like you
33:37Huh?
33:38Now you just need to fucking cook like me
33:42Hey, how are you?
33:44I've crashed the fucking car
33:50London is, for me, one of the culinary capitals
33:54Not just in Europe, but in the world
33:57It's a hot spot
33:58It's a destination for incredible food
34:02So, for 22 Bishopsgate to stand out in amongst that competition
34:06We need to put phenomenal chefs at the coalface
34:12But it's also exciting because it's a unique opportunity for nursing talent
34:23But Breast Street Kitchen is one of our mainstream, all-day concepts
34:27Lucky Cat is an Asian-inspired, Japanese influence
34:31And that's why I want to experiment with that hybrid
34:35And develop something magical
34:39And Michael is an incredible, young, talented, hungry chef
34:44Late 20s
34:45He hasn't hit his prime yet
34:47This will be the beginning of his prime
34:50He's still in the transition from head chef to executive chef
34:54And I think it will be one of the biggest moves in his entire career
35:02Trying to operate a restaurant that high in the sky
35:05Is going to be challenging on its own
35:07You know, you're going up 60 floors
35:10Can't just receive a delivery, you know, at any time
35:13And just walk it into the kitchen
35:15So, throughout the whole team
35:17We're going to have to adapt
35:18You know, our normal day-to-day kitchen life on that
35:24You know, to be a part of
35:27You know, actually opening that and making it successful
35:30Is really exciting
35:32Really exciting
35:33But it's a big, big role
35:39I've been doing this now 13 years
35:43So, two years at Lucky Cat
35:46I went from singer-su, head chef, then exec quick
35:50So, taking all these, you know, all these projects
35:53And trying to work on a new restaurant in Bishopsgate
35:56Which is, obviously, it's like a massive, massive thing for everyone
35:59And even for Gordon
36:00This is huge
36:01Even now
36:02It's huge for him
36:07Everything that I do
36:08That the team does
36:10Is directly, you know, associated to Gordon
36:14Everything that we do
36:15You know, is his name
36:17You know, that's why everyday we make sure
36:19That what we do in every restaurant
36:22Is always up to that standard that he expects
36:25And that he sets, really
36:33There's a determination behind those eyes
36:35That reminds me a little bit of myself
36:40But the pressure's more
36:42Harder than you can believe
36:43Because the current state of the industry today
36:46Is pretty dire
36:50Cost of produce is extortion
36:54There's increased tariffs coming onto the radar everyday
36:57The interest rates are on the rise
36:59And, you know, the generations
37:02Multiple generations are drinking less
37:03The whole sector is struggling
37:09I've closed multiple restaurants over my career
37:13And I've learnt that competition is rife
37:17I think 65% of new restaurants close
37:21In the first 18 months of trading
37:22So, you have to be better than good
37:29The first time I had to close a restaurant
37:30Would you believe
37:31Was where I was born
37:33In Glasgow
37:34Years ago
37:37It was fully booked for six months in advance
37:39Friday, Saturday
37:41But Monday to Thursday
37:42It was a freaking ghost town
37:45No one could
37:46Justify spending
37:47120 quid
37:49You know
37:50For dinner on a Monday night
37:51In Glasgow
37:51And so
37:52I left Glasgow
37:54With my tail between my legs
37:55It was painful
37:57Painful
38:00That was a
38:02That was a big wake-up call
38:05But
38:05Everything I've failed in
38:07Everything I've closed
38:09Everything I've opened
38:10Everything I've learnt
38:11Will go into Bishop's Gate
38:15To be successful in this business
38:17It needs to be
38:19Incredibly popular
38:22So
38:23I came up with an idea
38:24For a before and after party
38:26And the team thought I was fucking mad
38:29Hold on a minute
38:30You're gonna bring what?
38:31To a building site?
38:34Influencers
38:34What?
38:36Are you fucking kidding me?
38:38There's gonna be like builders everywhere
38:40And bloody viz jackets
38:42And boots
38:42And shit
38:43And
38:43But when you
38:44Give
38:46Incredible food
38:48In this incredible rooftop garden
38:52That's never been seen before
38:54With the view that is the best
38:55In the country
38:58You're gonna blow their socks off
39:04So when it comes to things like
39:05You came up with the hardhat party
39:07Where did that idea come from?
39:09Do you mind if I go first?
39:10Please
39:10It was just to fuck every food critic off in the country
39:14Because ten years ago
39:15We were depending on their pens
39:16Ten years ago
39:17We were depending on their insults
39:19Ten years ago
39:20We were depending on their egos
39:23And
39:23They destroyed restaurants
39:25Yeah
39:26And
39:27Over 25 years
39:28We've taken so much shit
39:31Um
39:31From
39:32You know
39:33Critics
39:34When we first started dating
39:36We
39:37Were excited for a family
39:39Within the first two years
39:40And there was a piece in one of the newspapers
39:43The failed footballer
39:44That had a shotgun wedding
39:45And
39:46It caused such
39:49Hurt
39:50Amongst us
39:51Cause it was like
39:52How does that
39:53Relate to food?
39:54How
39:55How do you write about
39:57A rational experience
39:58With that headline?
40:00Critics are important
40:01Okay?
40:02And constructive criticism
40:03Is something that we thrive on
40:04But when it becomes personal
40:06You know
40:07One of the most prolific critics
40:09Just had a brutal
40:10Personal vendetta
40:12So when he walked in
40:13With Joan Collins
40:13He thought that
40:14I wouldn't have the balls
40:15To do anything to him
40:16Cause he sat with
40:17The glamorous amazing Joan Collins
40:19And
40:19Yeah
40:20I couldn't wait for him to sit down
40:22Get the menu
40:23Time 20 minutes
40:23And ask him
40:24To get the hell out of that restaurant
40:26Because whether you're
40:27With Joan Collins
40:28Or sat with the Queen
40:28You're still going out mate
40:29You're not sitting here
40:30I know it was wrong
40:31But
40:32That's what happens when
40:33Women like Joan Collins
40:35Comes to dinner with knobheads
40:36And so
40:38It was 25 years
40:39Of that stupid bashing
40:40That
40:41That whole
40:43Influence event
40:44For me
40:44Was a clever move
40:46To say
40:47Thanks
40:47But no thanks
40:49Welcome guys
40:50To sunny lovely London
40:52I'm Harrison Webb
40:53Your host
40:54That's cringe
40:55Isn't it
40:55That's gonna be in though
40:57You've seen it now
40:58Today we're in London
40:59And we are eating
41:00At Gordon Ramsay restaurants
41:02For 24 hours
41:03RIP my bank account
41:04Because this video
41:06Is not sponsored
41:07By Mr Ramsay
41:11A lot of chefs
41:12Hate these influencers
41:14This is sick
41:15I love it
41:16Because they
41:16Don't understand
41:17Where they're going
41:18With their phones
41:19And their constant posting
41:22But they're very powerful
41:24And
41:26They don't take six weeks
41:27To fill a restaurant
41:30When they post
41:31It goes viral
41:32And it's gone in seconds
41:33To the other end of the world
41:38That is really good
41:39Oh mine
41:40Looks like a crime scene
41:41You've absolutely destroyed that
41:45Equally when it's bad
41:46That storm can hit you
41:48Before the end of service
41:49So
41:49They are
41:50The most powerful critics
41:51On the planet today
41:54Yeah
41:54I personally
41:55Just don't get it
41:57So tonight
41:58I'm gonna fill
41:59The top floor
42:00With a hundred of the
42:01Most powerful influencers
42:02To give them a before
42:04Insight
42:06I don't think
42:06It's been done before
42:07So it's a nice way
42:08Of sort of
42:09Letting them know
42:10Just A
42:11How big this is
42:12But B
42:13You know
42:14On the record
42:16I fucking need you guys
42:21This is gonna be
42:22A clear walk away
42:23For the influencers
42:24I wanna get
42:25Most of it done today
42:26It's a big man
42:27I've got delivery
42:27Coming in tonight as well
42:29So we need to get
42:30This area clear
42:35I'm not happy about doing it
42:36You know
42:37At the end of the day
42:38It's a working building
42:39So while we're doing this
42:41We're not building
42:42Mr. Ramsey's restaurants
42:43So the two of us
42:44Are laid on this
42:44Making it all nice
42:46And rosy
42:46For influencers
42:51I'm probably wrong
42:52In saying this
42:52I think those
42:53These people are
42:55Pretty for the camera
42:57And look pretty
42:58But
42:59They just wanna sit there
43:00Taking pretty pictures
43:01Of food
43:02And putting it out
43:03On the internet
43:03What's the point?
43:04Sit there and eat it
43:05Enjoy it
43:05Don't wait till it's gone cold
43:11You're not
43:14Any other
43:18planning room
43:18They have had to adapt
43:23to the fact that we have no facilities there at the moment
43:29to do anything hot.
43:30And it is most definitely still a building site.
43:36And also, they can't dust-proof the area.
43:38It just means that we'll be working directly on the roof.
43:44Ideally, we don't want rain, but obviously we're in London.
43:47We can't stop prepping, we can't change our plan.
43:50And in six and a half hours,
43:53we'll know if everyone needs to bring umbrellas or not.
44:01We can't ever become second, third best.
44:04People can't get tired of the ideas.
44:07And, of course, I deal with things now in my 50s
44:09better than I did in my 40s.
44:11And I dealt with things in my 40s better than I did in my 30s.
44:14Understand that there will be problems.
44:15Somewhere down the line, something throughout your day
44:18is going to piss you off.
44:21If it was to rain between 2 and 3,
44:25would there be enough time for set-up between 3 and 7?
44:28Oh, really, there's not much point doing anything
44:29before that shower's come over.
44:31Yeah.
44:34For some reason, I thought there was some kind of sheet
44:36over the top of that.
44:37Eventually, it will be retractable,
44:39so it's not always going to be mesh.
44:42I'm not quite there yet, yet.
44:49Do you think half the towel will be covered in cloud up there?
44:53Is that...? Because it's so grey.
44:55I don't know how high that ceiling is.
44:57You think...
44:58You think...?
44:58No, you could have think it was covered.
45:00Jesus Christ.
45:01Look how sunny it's been all week as well.
45:06Honestly, now this is it.
45:07We're just packing up and we won't be back until 11, 12 tonight.
45:14We checked and double-checked every little detail, yeah?
45:17Every detail.
45:18Because over there and up there, it's going to be like,
45:19shit, we forgot the...
45:20We've checked, but, look, I'm not a weatherman.
45:24If it rains, it rains.
45:25It is what it is.
45:27Let's put towels over it.
45:28Let's put towels over it, so you can't see it.
45:36I feel like it's getting dark outside.
45:39Yes.
45:40Definitely.
45:41I'm going to go with it being trees and bus coverage.
45:46I've got faith in the British weather.
45:51Oh, shit.
45:53Oh, they didn't get up.
45:53You spoke too soon.
46:00It's good.
46:01It's good.
46:02It's good.
46:02Come on, young.
46:07Now it is raining.
46:08Yep.
46:10We won't go out there right now.
46:17Motherfucker.
46:19The roof's not on yet.
46:21And that's where the fucking party is.
46:27Everyone's on this.
46:28Everyone's going to say,
46:29that I look like a fucking idiot.
46:33I just hope this fucking rain stops.
46:44I want to expand.
46:45I want to grow.
46:48That's beautiful.
46:49Really beautiful.
46:49I want to be one of the best chefs in the world.
46:54Chef Gordon Ramsay's in the house!
46:59Is that real?
47:00Yes, sir.
47:02But, be careful what you wish for.
47:08Oh, fucking hell.
47:09When you get successful,
47:13everyone thinks it's glamorous.
47:15But, it's super full on.
47:17Unfortunately, we're looking at an eight-week delay.
47:20Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
47:22And there's a lot of figureheads in the industry
47:25that love to see me fall.
47:28Oh, for fuck's sake!
47:32Especially at Bishop's Game.
47:33This isn't working.
47:34This isn't working.
47:36This isn't working.
47:37Oh, my gosh.
47:38This has got work.
47:40If I was a builder, I'd be shitting myself.
47:41I'm not gonna lie.
47:43It's actually much worse down here.
47:45Jesus Christ.
47:46It looks terrible.
47:47How many weeks do we open?
47:49Another 20 weeks.
47:50Shit.
47:51But that's what puts extra fuel in my tank.
47:55Mad, mad, mad, mad.
47:57Let's go!
47:58Help me!
48:03Gordon, thank you for trusting me
48:05with your beautiful daughter.
48:07I'm going.
48:09Girl.
48:11So...
48:12I'm so desperate to surprise you.
48:14I think I may retire down here.
48:16After Bishop's Gate.
48:19Absolute bullshit.
48:21What the fuck is that?
48:22It looks like shit on a plate.
48:23That looks fucking terrible.
48:25This thing is just gonna take balls of steel
48:29to get opened.
48:32Fuck me!
48:34My bollocks are like pancakes.
48:35Three, two, one...
48:39Let's go!
49:05What else have they?
49:10I'm upset.
49:12Five, two.
49:16Three, two, one!
49:26I'm supposed to talk to you with Eve.
49:28Three, three, four, one!
49:28Big heel!
49:31visualization!
49:34AllryииawTell
49:34I'm supposed to talk to you with some habit.
49:35Big�
49:35Life
49:35What else have you felt?
49:35Little, three, two, two
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