Dhruv Baker, the Masterchef2010, said that his passion for cooking was fired by the TV show anchored by Gordon Ramsay. Baker said that Ramsay was the first celebrity chef he had noticed.

The 34 year old former member of the Board of Directors of a media firm, who quit the job while doing the show, has already decided to open his own restaurant.

Answering to the question, if he will follow the path of his idol Ramsey and become a TV chef, Baker said that his first priority is to open his own restaurant.

London, Aug 17 : Men are spending more and more time cooking, all thanks to celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver, says a new report.

The report said that men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961 after being inspired by these celebrity chefs, who have given cookery a more macho image.

"The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend. There has been 40 years of gender equality, but there is another 40 years probably to come," the Telegraph quoted Prof Jonatahn Gershuny, from Oxford University as saying.

Wellington, Aug 17 : From celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, everyone seems to be swearing in Australia.

And according to a language expert, people Down Under have foul mouth.

Roly Sussex, a professor of applied language studies at the University of Queensland, pointed out the Rudd's saying "shitstorm" on national television in March.

The professor believes it is indicative of the casualness with which slang is accepted in the country of kangaroos.

London, Aug 12 : Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has admitted that he has become `obsessed' with drive-thru burgers.

The 42-year-old is known to be a big fan of fast food and now it looks like he's found a new object for his affections, in the shape of In-N-Out Burger.

The company, formed in 1948, has been the talk of Tinseltown for quite some time and now Ramsay's given his much-coveted approval to the restaurant.

"They are extraordinary. One thing I enjoy eating is fish and meats. I've been somewhat obsessed with In-N-Out burgers," the Daily Express quoted Ramsay as saying. (ANI)

London, Jul 3 : Brit celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has revealed that he sees a better future for his global restaurant empire, even though the ongoing recession has hit him hard, and his profits have dropped down to 87 percent.

Ramsay’s debts have doubled from 4million pounds to 9.5million pounds, with interest payments rising to 545,563 pounds.

His accounts show that his profits have gone down from 3million pounds to 383,205 pounds.

Melbourne, Jun 10 : Brit celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has issued an apology to `A Current Affair' presenter Tracy Grimshaw for insulting her publicly.

As per a spokesman, Ramsay realised that his remarks at a Melbourne cooking show last weekend were "inappropriate and offensive".

"His comments relating to Tracy Grimshaw, who had interviewed Gordon the previous evening, were off the cuff and in response to heckling from the audience," News. com. au quoted him as telling Sky News in London.

Washington, June 4 : Gordon Ramsay''s reality TV show Hell''s Kitchen is to be turned into a porn film, it has emerged.

This Ain''t Hells Kitchen XXX will serve up tasty treats and saucy morsels - but in the form of an adult movie, say reports.

It is based on the basis of Ramsay''s programme, in which wannabe top chefs battle to become kitchen devils and run their own restaurant, reports Contactmusic.

The new Hustler film will star Brit Marcus London as the racy Ramsay.

London, Jun 1 : Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has admitted that the ongoing recession almost pulled him under, threatening to shut down his global restaurant empire.

Ramsay revealed that he was forced to sell his precious Ferrari, and that he had even considered selling the family home after finding his company was losing millions and he was sitting on a 7million pounds tax bill.

London, May 16 : Brit chef Gordon Ramsay will apparently be angry after the woman who claims to have been his mistress appeared on his hit US telly show `Hell's Kitchen'.

Sarah Symonds, 39, appeared on screen for a couple of seconds, sitting alone in the Hell's Kitchen restaurant in Los Angeles.

She is seen filling out a card to give feedback on her meal, and says "OK" before the shot cuts to another scene.

London, May 12 : Acclaimed chef Gordon Brown's `Great British Nightmare' show drew some flak after the F-word was used for a whopping 115 times in 40 minutes.

Viewers witnessed the most "aggressive" scene occur at 9.30pm, when a chef shouted the word "f***ing" 30 times in less than two minutes.

Many complaints were filed against the show because viewers found the use of foul language offensive.

London, May 01 : Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is being sued by upmarket food company Nibblers UK for allegedly not paying his bills of 1,135 pounds.

The company supply Ramsay's London gastropubs - The Narrow in Limehouse, The Warrington in Maida Vale and The Devonshire in Chiswick - with nibbles.

Recently, these pubs were revealed to be serving food ready prepared by a central Ramsay-run outlet and sold with as much as a 586 per cent mark-up.

London, Apr 9 : British chef Gordon Ramsay has named actors Brad Pitt and George Clooney among the worst celebrity guests he has ever had to entertain.

Ramsay, 42, further revealed that the two actors, who had gone in to eat at his Claridges restaurant in London's Mayfair, while filming Ocean's Eleven in 2001, had left the five-star eatery in an unhappy state after a small mishap in the kitchen forced them to leave.

London, April 5 : Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has been given a thumbs down after disappointing foodies with his curries in India.

The `Hell's Kitchen' host has been filming the Indian series for his `Great Escape' for Channel 4.

The 42-year-old, whose TV ratings have taken a dip after facing allegations of cheating on his wife Tana with a writer, managed to offend the palates of locals and experts with his recipes.

"It''s bloody c***," News of the World quoted one Indian cuisine expert.

London, Apr 5 : Brit chef Gordon Ramsay has revealed that even his kids are not spared from his legendary tongue-lashing.

Ramsay, 42, himself admitted that he had on one occasion screamed at his son publicly.

"A couple of months ago, Jack missed what could have been a great goal and I screamed, `You should have gone to Specsavers!'" the Mirror quoted him as telling this month's Olive magazine.

"All the other dads glared at me," he added. (ANI)

London, Mar 29 : Sarah Symonds, the woman who became famous following an alleged seven-year affair with married TV chef Gordon Ramsay, is launching herself as the "infidelity aunt."

Following the episode, the 39-year-old had received numerous emails from women asking for advice on how to end their dangerous liaisons.

Now she has started Mistresses Anonymous meetings in Los Angeles and New York.

In the meetings women are encouraged to talk openly about their relationships and urged to take steps to make their lives happier.

London, Mar. 1 : Chef Gordon Ramsay has always relished boasting about his glory days as a budding soccer star with Glasgow Rangers, but a News of the World report reveals that he never "signed" up for the team and never played first team games for them, despite saying so on radio, in his autobiography and in a series of interviews.

London, February 22 : Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has hired a nine-year-old to be a part of his show after being impressed with the lad''s hilarious mimicking of him on cyberspace.

Child-actor Felix Light had done three videos in a "Little Gordon" advertising campaign for restaurant recruiting firm Caterer. com.

London, Feb 9 : British chef Gordon Ramsay has come under the scrutiny of the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom, after he broke the world record for swearing on the small screen.

An episode of Ramsay's TV show `Gordon''s Great British Nightmare' contained 313 swear words, and he was heard to have used the word "f**k" 240 times, reports the Daily Express.

Ofcom questioned Britain''s Channel 4, which telecast the show, why the programme was allowed to go on air despite being full of cuss words.

London, Feb 03 : Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has dismissed rumours that she's keen to cut her friendship with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay following his alleged affair with Sarah Symonds - by taking him out clubbing.

The telly chef recently came under fire for swearing more than 300 times in his latest TV show.

However, pal Posh tried to help lift down-in-the-dumps Ramsay's spirits by taking to LA's exclusive Stone Rose lounge.

After a couple of drinks, the wife of soccer ace David Beckham took an early cut.

New York, Jan 26 : Brit celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, 42, may be feeling the pinch with his crumbling restaurant empire, taxes and allegations of a seven year affair.

Ramsay's London restaurant, Foxtrot Oscar, has been shut for two days a week, and reports have surfaced that two other London restaurants, Ramsay''s Sloane Street and The Devonshire Pub, are for sale.

According to the New York Post, the chef has denied these reports, and documents show he allegedly owes back taxes.