Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
A ravioli dish at the restaurant
A ravioli dish at the restaurant
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay is located in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Location within Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Restaurant information
Established1998 (1998)
Owner(s)Gordon Ramsay
Head chefMatt Abé
Food typeFrench/British
Dress codeBusiness smart
Rating3 Michelin stars (Michelin Guide)
AA Rosettes
Street address68 Royal Hospital Road
CityLondon
Postal/ZIP CodeSW3 4HP
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates51°29′08″N 0°09′43″W / 51.4855°N 0.1620°W / 51.4855; -0.1620
Seating capacity45 covers
ReservationsThree months in advance
Other informationNo children menu
WebsiteOfficial website

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, also known as Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, is the signature restaurant owned and operated by British celebrity chef and media personality Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, in Chelsea, London. It opened in 1998 and was Ramsay's first solo restaurant. In 2001 it was awarded three Michelin stars, and in 2022 Ramsay celebrated 21 years with all three.[1] In March 2013, the restaurant reopened following an art deco redesign.

Description

Gordon Ramsay opened the restaurant as his first solo outing in 1998.

Gordon Ramsay opened Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in 1998, as his first solo restaurant.[2] The location previously housed the Michelin-starred restaurant La Tante Claire.[3]

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay gained its third Michelin star in 2001,[2] making Ramsay the first Scottish chef to have done so.[4] In September 2006, a £1.5 million refurbishment was completed.[5] In 2020, Matt Abé was appointed Chef Patron.[6]

In November 2022, climate activists entered the restaurant and protested its menu's environmental costs, upsetting customers.[7]

Reception

In 2002, Giles Coren visited Restaurant Gordon Ramsay for lunch while writing for Times Online. He found that the meal had its good and bad points, saying "Perhaps the 'best restaurant in Britain' can only disappoint. Perhaps if I want magic I should wait for Paul Daniels to open a restaurant."[3] However, he gave scores of nine for execution, eight for service, and seven for "mind-blowing tingliness".[3] Terry Durack of The Independent reviewed the restaurant in 2009, describing the food provided as "classic cooking; sophisticated, well-edited and flavour-first".[8] Overall he gave Restaurant Gordon Ramsay a score of 16 out of 20.[8]

In 2009, the restaurant dropped out of the S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants for the first time, and failed to make the top 100.[9] The 2011 edition of Harden's restaurant guide lists Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in seventeenth place in London in the "most mentioned" league table, a drop from ninth place in the previous year. It also ranked the restaurant in one of the top two spots in the "most disappointing cooking" category.[10] Harden's had previously listed the restaurant as the most overpriced in the UK.[11] However, The Good Food Guide lists Restaurant Gordon Ramsay as the second-best in the country, behind the Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, and was described as "the nearest thing to a world-class restaurant experience" in London.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gordon Ramsay celebrates having three Michelin stars for 21 years". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Restaurant Gordon Ramsay: History". GordanRamsay.com. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 Coren, Giles (21 September 2002). "Giles Coren at Gordon Ramsay". Times Online. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Gordon Ramsay: Chef terrible". BBC News. 20 July 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  5. ↑ Day, Elizabeth (16 December 2007). "She dresses food like Picasso". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Matt Abé named co-chef patron of Restaurant Gordon Ramsay". 17 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "It's not Gordon Ramsay's fault that people are suffering. So this ridiculous thing you did was just a PR stunt".
  8. 1 2 Durack, Terry (24 May 2009). "The F word...is food, at least to the Michelin inspectors. But is Gordon Ramsay still a name you can swear by?". The Independent. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  9. ↑ Two Aussie restaurants in world’s top 50 list
  10. ↑ Prynn, Jonathan (1 September 2010). "Gordon Ramsay falls out of London restaurants top 10". The Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  11. ↑ Watts, Alex (2 September 2009). "Gordon Ramsay's Latest Kitchen Nightmare". Sky.com. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  12. ↑ "The Good Food Guide's Top 60 UK Restaurants AnnouNced". The Good Food Guide. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
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