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 Thursday, July 1st 2010, 0:01 Thursday, July 1st 2010, 0:01 Overall ranking: 5 Chef ranking: 3 Gordon Ramsay – Snapshot Gordon Ramsay is the chef-restaurateur whose award-winning restaurants, cookbooks and TV series have made him a household name across the world.

Since 1998, Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH) has built up a portfolio of 27 restaurants and pubs in the UK and abroad that it either owns or runs that have 10 Michelin stars between them. His first restaurant, in Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, south-west London, is one of just four in the UK to currently hold three Michelin stars. Gordon Ramsay – Career guide Born in Scotland in 1966, Gordon Ramsay first came to prominence in late 1993 as head chef of Aubergine in London, which he co-owned with A-Z Restaurants. In 1998 he opened Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, followed in 1999 by Pétrus in St James’s Street where he installed Marcus Wareing as chef-patron. In 2002 Ramsay chose Angela Hartnett to head up the food and beverage operation at London’s Connaught hotel.

A frenetic 2003 saw Wareing take over the Savoy Grill, open Banquette above it, move Pétrus into the Berkeley hotel and open La Fleur, while Ramsay opened his Boxwood Café – styled after a New York café – at the Berkeley. La Fleur closed in early 2004. In early 2005 Ramsay teamed up with chef Ian Pengelley to open Pengelley’s at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel in Knightsbridge, London. The same year saw Maze open at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, under Jason Atherton, and two restaurants at the Conrad Tokyo hotel. In 2006, Ramsay converted Pengelley’s into La Noisette, headed by ex-Greenhouse chef Bjorn van der Horst, and made his US debut in hotels in New York and Florida. The next year saw Ramsay open his first Irish restaurant, Gordon Ramsay at Powerscourt, at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Powerscourt, County Wicklow.

In 2008 Ramsay opened his first US West Coast restaurant in Los Angeles and opened two new eateries in London with Hartnett at the helm: Murano and the York & Albany. Rapid foreign expansion in recent years – backed by private equity firm Blackstone – has also seen openings in the Czech Republic, Australia, Japan, South Africa, Qatar and France. However, Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH) has stepped back from day-to-day involvement in a number of these overseas operations – as well as closing the Prague restaurant completely – after becoming financially overstretched. After an acrimonious split with Marcus Wareing, who quit GRH but was awarded his own restaurant contract by the Berkeley, Ramsay retained the rights to the Pétrus name and opened a new restaurant, just minutes from the old site, in March 2010. Ramsay was appointed OBE in the 2006 honours list for services to the hospitality industry. In July 2006 Ramsay won the Catey for independent restaurateur, becoming only the third person to have won three Cateys. Gordon Ramsay – What we think Gordon Ramsay is, in many ways, a divisive figure.

While his achievements in picking up an astonishing 14 Michelin stars – and retaining three stars for so long at Royal Hospital Road – are lauded by the industry, his combative style, both on and off screen, has left a bitter-sweet taste in the mouths of some. A few were unable to disguise their glee when Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH) hit financial difficulties in 2008. The rapid overexpansion of Ramsay’s restaurants abroad had left GRH struggling to pay back a £10m loan from the Royal Bank of Scotland and a tax bill of £7.2m. Figures released in January 2010 showed that six of GRH’s newer restaurants had combined losses of £4.3m for the year ending August 2008. Auditors at KPMG proposed bankruptcy, but Ramsay and his principal backer Chris Hutcheson restructured the debts, and in several restaurants GRH became consultants rather than owners. Speaking to the Observer earlier this year, Ramsay said he had no regrets. “No one saw the recession coming,” he said. “The UK businesses were solid as a rock, but the issues we had were in Paris, New York and LA.

For every pound we were making here we were losing two pounds abroad. But if I had the choice not to have done New York or Paris, going out there and putting a stake in the ground and showing the French we could cook as well as them, it was a big ballsy thing to do and I never regret that.” GRH has also suffered from the departure of key chefs such as Marcus Wareing, Jason Atherton and Mark Sargeant in recent years, but it is testimony to Ramsay’s ability to spot and nurture talent that the company benefited from their skills in the first place. In January 2010 the Good Food Guide predicted that Wareing, Atherton and Angela Hartnett will take on the mantle of their mentor and dominate the restaurant landscape in the coming decade. Despite his pub, the Devonshire, closing last weekend, with the new Pétrus having opened earlier this year, Ramsay shows no signs of going away any time soon and remains one of the most dominant figures in the hospitality industry.

Gordon Ramsay – Further information Gordon Ramsay reveals his year of hell | London Evening Standard Gordon Ramsay reveals his year of hell Thursday 2 July 2009 08:17 BST Click to follow The Evening Standard Annus horribilis: Gordon Ramsay has had a year to forget Profits at Gordon Ramsay's London restaurant empire collapsed by almost 90 per cent in his most "turbulent" year since starting in business. The celebrity chef's latest accounts reveal just how close it came to running out of money last year because of over-hasty expansion, forcing him to plough millions of pounds of his own cash into his company. The documents, filed at Companies House today, show that in Ramsay's financial "annus horribilis": * Profits at his London restaurants fell 87 per cent from £3.05 million to just £383,325. * Turnover dropped 14 per cent from £41.59 million to £35.57 million. Four of his London restaurants closed between December 2007 and this January — the Savoy Grill, the Connaught, Petrus and La Noisette.

The Connaught and the Savoy accounted for £9.5 million of annual revenue. * Net debt ballooned from £4.01 million to £9.48 million, on which the interest payments doubled from £279,485 to £545,563. * An unpaid backlog of VAT, corporation tax and PAYE reached almost £8 million and is only being repaid this month. * Ramsay and his father in law and business partner Chris Hutcheson had to put £5 million into the business. * The business breached covenants on loans with Royal Bank of Scotland because it was not generating enough revenue. The crisis was the result of a dizzying expansion programme in 2007 and 2008 when Ramsay opened 10 restaurants in 10 months, many overseas. Ramsay has admitted that "ambition overtook me, we thought we could do anything, that we could not fail".

The chef managed to avoid going into administration — the fate suffered by fellow TV chefs Antony Worrall Thompson and Tom Aikens — because he is earning up to £10 million a year from his TV programmes, live shows and books, which he was able to redirect into the restaurant company, Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH). But Ramsay was forced to sell his Ferrari and considered putting his £6 million family home on the market. One adviser to the company said: "The group was expanding at such a rate that it was sucking up cash to get restaurants off the launch pad. It's a classic symptom of a business in the growth phase." However, Mr Hutcheson, who owns just under a third of GRH, insisted that the worst of the crisis was now over and the London restaurants were back in good health. Trading in the London restaurants this year is said to be "robust" and profits are expected to grow rapidly this year and particularly in 2010, once Petrus and the Savoy Grill are reopened. New banking terms covering the next two years have been agreed with RBS this week.

Mr Hutcheson, who is chief executive of GRH, said: "The structural changes that we have made within the group leave us well positioned for a strong trading year ahead." Menu of problems Ramsay’s Heddon Street Kitchen Is Unobjectionable, Really: Review - Bloomberg Bloomberg the Company & Its Products Bloomberg Anywhere Remote LoginBloomberg Anywhere Login Bloomberg Terminal Demo Request Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Customer Support Advertising Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Customer Support Ramsay’s Heddon Street Kitchen Is Unobjectionable, Really: Review by @Richardvines More stories by Richard Vines The short-rib beef burger comes with hickory-smoked bacon ketchup and Monterey Jack cheese. The chips are chunky to the max. Source: Heddon Street Kitchen Gordon Ramsay has done more to improve London dining than almost any chef of the past 20 years.

He mentored a generation of culinary stars, including Jason Atherton, Angela Hartnett, and Marcus Wareing, who went on to open fine restaurants. At the flagship Restaurant Gordon Ramsay , Clare Smyth is cooking some of the best food in London. They have learned from him and now follow their own path. It’s just Ramsay himself whose direction is unclear. Heddon Street Kitchen , which opened in Mayfair last month, is Ramsay’s 13th U.K. restaurant. His group employs more than 700 people in London and owns a total of 24 establishments globally. It’s a machine, with all the heart and soul that suggests. Heddon Street isn’t bad at all. The menu is as accessible as you’ll find in a hotel coffee shop. There is something for everyone, from raw fish to mutton-and-potato pie; rigatoni to roasted cod; potted salt-beef brisket to spiced halibut. It’s culinary Esperanto: Hello -- or should I say Saluton? The chef is Maria Tampakis, who previously worked at Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen . Ramsay has a particularly strong record of supporting women chefs.

'Drink Yourself Happy' This kind of casual establishment is as much about the buzz as the food, and I am sure this will develop as Heddon Street is in a busy bar area, including a joint selling luminous happy-hour cocktails with the admonition, “Drink Yourself Happy.” It’s worth a try. Among the hot starters, the fried rock oysters are the winners -- hot and crunchy and gooey -- though they come with a fennel and lemon confit that is best discarded. The warm Bang Bang chicken salad has plenty of flavor; the spicy tuna tartare doesn’t have much to say for itself, yet it costs 11.50 pounds ($18) if you want to have a listen. heddon street kitchen dishes restaurant Travel with us, drive with us, eat with us. Get our weekly Pursuits newsletter. Sign Up Your guide to the most important business stories of the day, every day. You will now receive the Business newsletter Politics The latest political news, analysis, charts, and dispatches from Washington. You will now receive the Politics newsletter Markets The most important market news of the day. So you can sleep an extra five minutes.

You will now receive the Markets newsletter Technology Insights into what you'll be paying for, downloading and plugging in tomorrow and 10 years from now. You will now receive the Technology newsletter Game Plan BBC NEWS | UK | Ramsay's profits 'plummet by 87%' Ramsay's profits 'plummet by 87%' Ramsay said his company had now regained "a position of strength" Profits at Gordon Ramsay's UK restaurants fell by 87% in the last year, forcing the chef to inject £3.5m of his own money into the business. His father-in-law and partner Chris Hutcheson also pumped in £1.5m to help cope with mounting debts and tax bills. Their woes in the year to August 2008 were blamed on ambitious expansion plans and the closure of key London restaurants like The Savoy Grill. Ramsay said the company had "learnt some valuable lessons". The latest accounts showed that in 2007-08 pre-tax profits plummeted £3.05m to £383,325. At the same time, net debt soared from £4.06m to £9.48m.

'Underperforming' The closure of two of Ramsay's London restaurants alone accounted for a £9.5m drop in revenue. The Savoy Grill was shut because of refurbishment of its host hotel, while the Connaught's lease expired. RAMSAY'S LONDON EMPIRE The Savoy Grill (being refurbished) La Noisette (now closed) A third venue, La Noisette, ceased trading in January this year, and was said to have been a "consistently underperforming site". A full review of Ramsay's company began in December last year as part of a refinancing deal to help it survive the recession. The cash injection from Ramsay and Mr Hutcheson was needed after the firm accrued a bill of about £8m in VAT, corporation tax and wages. Ramsay has told how he had to sell his Ferrari to help raise funds, blaming the company's problems on his own over-ambition. Some 25 staff also lost their jobs as part of the restructuring efforts.

In a statement on Thursday, Ramsay said: "The financial year ending 2008 was tough on our group and all involved, as well as the rest of the economy that faced a spiralling downturn. "We have regrouped and learnt some valuable lessons and the business has now returned to a position of strength. "We are back on solid ground and I am very confident that we have a bright and profitable future ahead of us." Michelin stars Despite several closures, Ramsay has also opened two new restaurants in London in recent months - Murano last September and York and Albany in October. The Savoy Grill is set to re-open in early 2010, while another venue, Petrus, is being relocated. Ramsay's Savoy Grill closed when the hotel began refurbishment The Ramsay empire's flagship, the three-Michelin star Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, was among the top performers. Also doing well were Boxwood in Knightsbridge and Claridges in Mayfair. Ramsay owns another London restaurant, Foxtrot Oscar, and gastropubs The Warrington, The Narrow and The Devonshire, but these have not reported results.

The chef also has restaurants across the globe, including in Cape Town, Tuscany and Tokyo. A spokeswoman for the group said the international company would report its results later this month. Bookmark with: Gordon Ramsey's restaurant empire being chased over unpaid bills - Mirror Online News Gordon Ramsey's restaurant empire being chased over unpaid bills Telly chef Gordon Ramsay is facing his own kitchen nightmare - as his restaurant empire is chased for thousands of pounds in unpaid bills. Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Telly chef Gordon Ramsay is facing his own kitchen nightmare - as his restaurant empire is chased for thousands of pounds in unpaid bills. Angry food suppliers, property landlords and the taxman are all breathing down Gordon's neck as his upmarket eateries struggle to cope with the recession. A People investigation has discovered that the celebrity chef's company Gordon Ramsay Holdings owes over... £50,000 to meat suppliers. £30,000 to a wine company. £3,000 to poultry suppliers.

Gordon's firm - which controls a worldwide empire of 25 luxury restaurants - is also being threatened with court action by the Inland Revenue for failing to file accounts. And on Friday the company finally scraped up enough cash to pay £315,000 overdue rent for three of Gordon's top London dining spots. The 42-year-old TV star - who rescues failing restaurants in his F wordstrewn hit C4 show Kitchen Nightmares - is now battling to keep his own business afloat as other celeb chefs fall victim to the recession. Antony Worrall Thompson's chain of four restaurants and two pubs collapsed last week and Jean-Christophe Novelli, 47, admited his gastropubs are struggling. An insider at Gordon Ramsay Holdings, which the chef formed with his father-in-law Chris Hutcheson, 61, who is now chief executive, told our investigator: "Times are tough and everyone is feeling the pinch including Gordon. Once his restaurants were fully booked for weeks on end with high-rollers and City boys spending thousands on each sitting. Now they can't give some tables away. "The business just isn't there any more.

Like most people Gordon and Chris didn't see the crunch coming. "Now they are having to restructure the entire empire from top to bottom because overheads are astronomical." But suppliers to the restaurants are angry because the unpaid bills are threatening their survival, too. Family-run Keltic Seafare at Dingwall on the Scottish coast are owed £25,552 for supplying top-quality seafood to six Ramsay restaurants, including £9,140 at top London hotel Claridge's. Two years ago Gordon boasted: "My relationship with suppliers is as close as my relationships with my staff - they are an equally essential part of the team. It's so important to involve them." But a source told The People: "Keltic can't support such a large debt. It is causing them huge problems. "They normally expect payment seven days after a delivery but Gordon Ramsay Holdings terms are 30 days. Now it is nearly 60 days from the invoice date. The debt is crippling them." Other suppliers waiting for payments include Direct Meats of Chappel, Essex.

They are owed over £50,000 - £11,135 overdue from October and November and £40,702 due 13 days from now including £12,000 from the posh Boxwood Cafe in London. Gordon - who is thought to have a personal fortune of £60million - insisted on serving the company's rib cutlets to guests at the Banqueting House in London on his 40th birthday. Free-range poultry suppliers Label Anglais of Harlow, Essex, are owed over £3,000 despite the star appearing on their website clutching one of their chickens and giving them glowing compliments. Our source said: "Gordon Ramsay Holdings are a law unto themselves. "Label Anglais have had problems on payment for every month going back to August last year. "It might not be a lot to Ramsay but it is to this company." French wine suppliers Chateau Bauduc, who boast of their close friendship with Ramsay on their website, also have a £30,000 debt of which £10,000 is overdue. The rest is due next month.

Gordon's firm is also being chased by the Inland Revenue for outstanding accounts from 2007-2008. The company has already been fined £1,500 for failing to file despite the deadline passing six months ago. Now tax chiefs have given him until the 27th of this month to submit the forms otherwise he may be summonsed to appear at Cardiff Magistrates' Court. Penalties could include another hefty fine or his company being struck off. On Friday Gordon's firm finally coughed up £315,000 in rent, including £46,000 interest for late payment, to the Maybourne hotel group which owns the properties where he has his flagship Claridge's, Boxwood and Petrus restaurants. Gordon's business nightmare comes on top of turmoil in his private life. The dad of four, who lives in a £3.6m house in South London with wife Tana, 32, and children, was accused last year of having a seven-year affair with "serial mistress" Sarah Symonds, 38. Gordon strenuously denies the claim. Despite repeated calls to Ramsay's representatives, he was unavailable for comment last night.

Could we have the bill please, Gordon? SEAFOOD Ramsay's owes seafood supplier Keltic Seafare money for fish served up at: Boxwood Cafe £3,400.57 Maze restaurant owes poultry supplier Label Anglais £3,000 TOTAL £3,000 WINE Chateau Baudac, one of the companies that supply Ramsay's restaurants with their wines, was last paid by GRH in June 2008. £10,000 is already overdue. The other £20,000 is due to be paid next month. TOTAL £30,000 TAXES Grh tax bill is still not known as the company have yet to file accounts for the tax year 2007/08. Ramsay's advisors have been told that if accounts are not filed by February 28 a summons may be issued forcing him to appear at Cardiff Magistrates Court. TOTAL £109,017.77 (And don't forget the tip, Gordon!) DOES A STAR OWE YOU MONEY?

Ring Our Newsdesk On 020 7293 3201 OR EMAIL peoplenews@mgn.co.uk katie.hind@ people.co.uk Gordon Ramsay 9"x9" Square Glass Baker with Rack & Lid — QVC.com Reviews & Community QA K31695 - Gordon Ramsay 9&quot;x9&quot; Square Glass Baker with Rack &amp; Lid 4.1 5 28 28 Great Size for Travel Love this because it is the perfect size, love the heavy weight glass, the lid is kind of tricky but always works for me and gives a really secure seal. 05-16-12 Wonderful Pan I'd give this more than five stars! Several people seem to have had trouble replacing the sealing gasket. I did also - until I realized you have to be careful which direction you try to put the gasket in. It does make a difference! Mine seals perfectly! Loved this pan so much I ordered a second one for myself and had one sent to my sister. She loves it, too! Great clearance price!

I recommend this one to anyone that loves to bake and would like to be able to carry it to church, friends home, wherever! 02-24-12 Not Well Made Thankfully I check this baker/lid before gifting it. Gasket fell right out upon opening. Will not close now, tried other reviewer suggestions, would not close. Going back, defective item. 12-10-11 Nice pan...PLUS lid...PLUS baking rack! My old 9 x 9 glass baking pan was looking a little scratched and cloudy, and I wanted to replace it. What really made me order this particular one was the baking rack that fits inside...I also ordered the larger size rectangular pan/backing rack as well. I like to bake chicken breasts and pork chops on a rack in the oven, and these work perfectly. And if I want to assemble a casserole, I can store it in the fridge or freezer by covering it with the accompanying lid, along with using it to bring goodies to family functions. BTW, I don't have any problem sealing the top on. Yes, the rubber gasket does slip out, but I easily popped it back in...lid fits fine.

I think it's probably good it's removable, so the lid can be washed more easily and thoroughly. I do wish the pan had extended handles on two sides like my previous pan...it makes it easier to grab the hot pan out of the oven...but then if it did, the cover idea might not have worked. 11-14-11 A kitchen must I have owned these for awhile...I have several and use them often...no problems with the lid closing...some times it can be a bit tight...but never had any major problems and I use them all the time. I have given them as gifts and the recepients love them too. When you love to cook and bake and have a smaller household or a home where the occupants eat at all hours of the day and evening...these kinds of pans come in handy. I have about 3 of this size in my rotation and a couple of the larger ones...and am considering stockpiling a few more while they are available. I am very picky about my kitchen products, when I find one I like...I don't hesitate. 08-01-11 LID WORKS GREAT GREAT product! Love it!

If the lid will not close correctly just take the silicone gasket and try putting it inside the groove in the bottom of the plastic lid BUT USE A DIFFERENT SIDE OF THE 4-SIDED GASKET UNTIL IT CLOSES. It does work and will close perfectly!!!! 07-25-11 not up to QVC standards The seal came out right away. I was not able to get the lid on even after I put it back in place. I am amazed at the good reviews. The one I received was terrible. Good idea but defective. 06-30-11 WASTE OF MY TIME!!!!!!!!!!! This Glass Baker was a waste of my time. I ordered this product twice because, the first time I ordered the rubber sealer came lose so, I sent it back for a replacement. When I got the replacement the same thing happened. So, this time I sent it back I request a refund instead of a replacement. I hate wasting money on shipping every time I send it back and they send it to me. :( I hope they try again and make a better product next time. 06-17-11 best baker ever!

This is a versatile, complete set that will work for everything from brownies to chicken breasts to cornish hens and the lid is a sweet bonus! I have noticed if you put the lid in the dishwasher with the gasket in, it is difficult to reseal...I just remove the gasket when I wash the lid and replace it afterwards, and I have had no problems. I also have the 9x13 and I swear if I had the storage space, I'd have both sizes in every color! At clearance pricing, these are wonderful bridal shower gifts - again, buy the set and give them together! These are awesome! 06-08-11 Nice Glass Baker I enjoy cooking with glassware. This Baker is of good thickness and is of a popular size for baking. I haven't had any issues with the locking lid and the collapsible handle is a great idea, along with the steel rack. Everything about this Baker says "buy me". I did and I'm so glad I did. The orange is a beautiful kitchen color. 03-24-11 dissapointed I used this for the first time in March and discovered the lidc doesen't fit .

I just expected it to work , Iwas very dissapointed, it's such a great idea to bake and take like that. I do love his other cook ware. I would recommend to a freind if they check it before the 30 days. 03-22-11 Perfect Bake & Storage Dish I've waited to review this because I wanted to use it many times first. Verdict is in now. Great baking dish! Cleans easily, fits in and cooks evenly in my infrared counter-top oven [glass is recommended for this oven]. Haven't used it yet in the full size oven [hardly use that oven anymore]. Lid fits well, no problems with it at all. The lid is great for keeping foods fresher longer than plastic wraps etc. and the handle is convenient to carry the full dish. The sturdy cooling rack is a bonus - it is just the right size and weight for this glass dish. Price is higher than the big-box stores but their brands have 'wings' for handles that make the dish much wider therefore won't fit in any counter-top ovens that I'm aware of. Also, the wide handles on the other brands make those pans more cumbersome to store.

Got this one in blue, will be ordering another in red if it's available. Thanks QVC for a quality product. 03-14-11 Ramsay Plans Two London Restaurants as Influence Spreads - Bloomberg Bloomberg the Company & Its Products Bloomberg Anywhere Remote LoginBloomberg Anywhere Login Bloomberg Terminal Demo Request Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Customer Support Advertising Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Customer Support Ramsay Plans Two London Restaurants as Influence Spreads undefined Gordon Ramsay plans to open two more restaurants in London this year, one of them with the sportsman David Beckham. This is a good time to consider his impact on gastronomy rather than his pantomime role as an angry TV chef. In the late 1990s, Ramsay’s Aubergine was one of the city’s most exciting establishments. He surrounded himself with a team of loyal young people who are now making their own mark.

“Gordon trained some of the best British chefs,” said Jason Atherton, who created Maze for Ramsay, now 46, in May 2005. “Some people don’t want to hear that, but it’s true. They are amazing chefs with incredible skills. These were the skills we were taught to be normal. You had to have them to survive.” Atherton, 41, split from Ramsay in 2010 and then opened Pollen Street Social, which has won multiple awards and a Michelin star. He has gone on to open restaurants in Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai and has added two more in London. Little Social is a French-style bistro using seasonal British ingredients. It’s classic, with great food. Atherton adopted a different style at Social Eating House, where the cooking is more ambitious and the vibe is New York. (This is the restaurant of Paul Hood, one of Jason’s own proteges.) Atherton intends to open Berners Tavern at Ian Schrager’s new London Edition hotel on Sept. 12. It will be an all-day venue with a bar, designed by Yabu Pushelberg.

Sage’s Design In May, he plans to open City Social on the site of the old Gary Rhodes restaurant in Tower 42, in the City financial district. It will be a power-dining spot like Scott’s in London or the Monkey Bar in New York, with designs by Ramsay favorite Russell Sage. Atherton is clearing out offices and private dining rooms to create a huge bar with panoramic views. In Hong Kong, Atherton is preparing to add Jamon Bar, opposite his 22 Ships, in October. That will be followed in February by PMQ, in the old Police Married Quarters on Hollywood Road. That restaurant will be based around a market concept, so you can also buy ingredients to take home. Next year, he intends to open a restaurant in the United Arab Emirates with the working name of Dubai Marina Social and Social Room. There will be a huge bar, with a DJ at night. At the end of the year, he plans a tapas-style restaurant on the Broadway, in Sydney. Possible names are 22 Ships or 23 Ships. All this follows Commune Social and Table No. 1 in Shanghai; and Pollen, Snacks, the Library Bar and Esquina in Singapore.

Ramsay’s Stars “When you spend 10 years working alongside someone as dynamic as Gordon, you’d have to be stupid not to benefit,” Atherton said in an interview. “It was awe-inspiring to watch someone work so hard to win three Michelin stars. “I’ll always remember Gordon said to me, ‘If your kitchen doesn’t run as well without you as with you, you’re not the man for the job.’ Look at Royal Hospital Road. That’s held three stars for years and Gordon doesn’t need to be in the kitchen.” The kitchen at Royal Hospital Road, Ramsay’s flagship, is headed by another protegee, Clare Smyth, who this year was named chef patron. I’ve eaten there twice in the past few months and the food is better than ever. Smyth has added her own dishes. They are fresher and lighter and more colorful than some of the Ramsay classics. Hartnett’s Murano The best-known Ramsay protegee may be Angela Hartnett, who is just so likeable and unaffected, she’s turning into a national treasure. Hartnett bought Murano from Gordon Ramsay Holdings, amicably splitting from Ramsay after 15 years.

That was about the time that Ramsay ousted his father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson, as chief executive of Gordon Ramsay Holdings. Stuart Gillies, another Ramsay protege, was subsequently named managing director. Ramsay’s parent company for the U.K. and overseas is Kavalake Ltd. It posted net income of 1.43 million pounds for the year ended Aug. 31, 2012, from a loss of 4.17 million pounds a year earlier. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization rose to 4.89 million pounds from 2.51 million pounds. Gordon Ramsay Holdings is being investigated by U.K. tax authorities on suspicion that a former employee misled officials in 2007, the Mail on Sunday reported, citing “sources connected with the business.” Ramsay denied wrongdoing and had personally approached officials when an internal memo came to light, his spokeswoman said. In addition to Murano, Hartnett has created Hartnett Holder & Co., a restaurant at Lime Wood, and a hotel in New Forest, outside London. She is also executive chef at the Whitechapel Gallery Dining Room and plans to add two restaurants in the capital.

Merchant’s Tavern on the site of the old Cantaloupe, in Shoreditch, east London, is a partnership with the founders of Canteen, Dominic Lake and Patrick Clayton-Malone, and Chef Neil Borthwick. The 130-seat venue, opening in September, will be a casual establishment serving unfussy modern European food. Wareing’s Home In St. James’s Street, Hartnett will open an inexpensive Italian restaurant on the site that was the home of Ramsay’s Petrus, where she worked with Marcus Wareing. This concept might be rolled out. There’s no name for the place yet, but Hartnett obtained the trademark for “Angela Hartnett” on July 7, 2011. “I had a great time with Gordon and learned so much,” Hartnett said in an interview. “The reason I’m able to do what I’m doing now is because he showed the way, allowing the next generation to branch out and having faith in them. “Look at what Jason is doing: I get exhausted just thinking about it.

The thing I learned from Gordon is making sure you have a great team around you, so you are able to do what you want to do and you allow them to grow as people.” Wareing holds two Michelin stars at Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley. He also owns the Gilbert Scott. In Birmingham, Aalto at Hotel La Tour, where he is a consultant, bills itself as “inspired” by Wareing. He split from Ramsay in August 2008. Sargeant’s Station Other proteges include Mark Sargeant, who was Ramsay’s friend and right-hand man before quitting in 2009 after 13 years. Among other duties, he was executive chef at Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s. He later opened Rocksalt, in Folkestone. Last month, he took over the food and beverage operations at the Great Northern Hotel, King’s Cross. That’s the next train station along from St. Pancras, home to Wareing’s Gilbert Scott. Sargeant is also planning a restaurant in Singapore, Oxwell & Co., a British public house, scheduled for Singapore.

“I was with the guy for 13 years and those were some of the best in my life,” Sargeant said in an interview. “He had the ability to bring things out of you that other people might not have. You have to have talent -- no one can put that into you -- but I’ve seen lots of chefs who could have been good and didn’t make it.” What of the man himself? With successful U.S. TV shows such as “Hell’s Kitchen,” “MasterChef” and “Kitchen Nightmares,” you might think he has little time for restaurants. Not so. Beckham’s Borough Leaving aside the establishments that have opened in Las Vegas and other cities under his name, he plans to open two more restaurants this year in London, where he already owns Bread Street Kitchen, Foxtrot Oscar, Gordon Ramsay, Maze, Maze Grill, the Narrow, Petrus, Plane Food, Savoy Grill and York & Albany. Beckham is his business partner at Union Street Cafe, near Borough Market, south of the Thames river. It’s scheduled to open in September, with the focus on seasonal ingredients sourced from the Mediterranean, with an emphasis on Italian artisan producers.

Dishes will include veal carpaccio with lemon, anchovy, olive and celery; and baked spiny lobster with chilli and marjoram. The designer? Russell Sage. In west London, London House is scheduled to open before the end of the year in Battersea Square, on the site of the old Bennett Brasserie and Oyster Bar. These days, it’s easy for people to think of Ramsay as a shouty TV chef, which he certainly is. But there’s much more to him than that. (Richard Vines is the chief food critic for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. He is U.K. and Ireland chairman of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. Opinions expressed are his own.) Muse highlights include Elin McCoy on wine and Amanda Gordon’s Scene Last Night. Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal.

Question: Who owns the London restaurants Petrus, Boxwood Cafe, Murano, etc?
Answer: Gordon Ramsay