Ramsay's profits 'plummet by 87%'

purch

The food I ate at The Savoy (many times) and Claridges (once) was excellent with fantastic service. Certainly not just ordinary food tarted up and definitely no packet sauces. Sunday lunch at The Savoy Grill was possibly the best value meal to be had in London as long as you were restrained with the booze. £20 for 3 courses - you'd be lucky to get out of a chain pub for that!

Shame to see he's in financial trouble although it doesn't detract from his excellence. It's a shame that so many people in the UK like to knock others for being successful

Yep, it's the British disease, along with being unable to understand what 'good food' is. :eek:

I think his best stuff was served up at The Aubergine, long before he was famous.

Generali

purch wrote: »

Yep, it's the British disease, along with being unable to understand what 'good food' is. :eek:

I think his best stuff was served up at The Aubergine, long before he was famous.

English food is still terrible for the most part. It's getting better but not as quickly as the Saturday supplements will have you believe.

tomstickland

mrandmrswilliams wrote: »

He doesn't even cook in them! And I've heard some of his recipes are very ordinary and well overpriced. My friend had xmas lunch there and said it was the worst xmas dinner they'd ever had, hard greasy roast potatoes, soggy cauli, funny tasting beard sauce similar to packet stuff - all he does is teach his chefs how to tart up a meal and make it look fancy.

So how did he gain so many Michelin stars?

amcluesent

>So how did he gain so many Michelin stars?<

Dunno. But his most recently opened places were doing boil-in-a-bag (there's a fancy French term for it) from stuff cooked in bulk at Ramsey's industrial unit.

pelirocco

its a sign of a good business to know where your failings are and shut down the parts that arent making money . falling profits doesnt equal making a loss

fc123

pelirocco wrote: »

its a sign of a good business to know where your failings are and shut down the parts that arent making money . falling profits doesnt equal making a loss

The above quote has just 'Made My Day'.

I am a fully paid up Ramsey fan....I find him very inspiring and can relate to that singlemindedness and drive that pushes him to create food and places from which to sell it from.

The negativity on this board IS the thing that keeps bringing me back to it, strangely. It seems to cluster and feed off itself on here......not a trait I meet in people in my day to day work.

I am coming to the concluding chapter of our own 'restructure' and waiting for a piece of paper (lease surrender) that means I may not have to sit in the Official Receivers office....but could still be a possibilty.
The LL we have been dealing with is so behind current times, it's been painful in the extreme.

Meantime, I had to make a 'New Job' from nothing really.

Lotus-eater

Generali wrote: »

It's a shame that so many people in the UK like to knock others for being successful.

I don't think that's the case in most people, I think it's because they find him distasteful, rude and big headed.

Generali

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I don't think that's the case in most people, I think it's because they find him distasteful, rude and big headed.

Perhaps. I think many British people have a problem with those who aim to be great and know that they are very good at what they do.

So he says the word fk on TV. Who cares? It's better than him hanging around on the streets saying the word 'heck'!

Lotus-eater

Generali wrote: »

Perhaps. I think many British people have a problem with those who aim to be great and know that they are very good at what they do.

Speaking only for myself, I don't like this sort of person, no. I know several people who are at, or near the top of what they do, the ones I am friends with aren't like this, the ones I am not friends with, are

Generali wrote: »

So he says the word fk on TV. Who cares? It's better than him hanging around on the streets saying the word 'heck'!

Maybe you are the sort of person that likes this, maybe I'm not, maybe I do care. I'm almost certain I've worked in fouler atmospheres than yourself, I'm not scared or bothered by most foul language, but then I also don't like people shouting off in public to get attention to themselves. He wanted to be famous and now he is, for being foul mouthed. Celebrity culture nothing else.

Generali

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Celebrity culture nothing else.

Surely 'Celebrity Culture' is being famous for nothing worthwhile though. Mr Ramsey is celebrated for his cooking - he was celebrated by restaurant critics and his mentors and peers (eg Marco Pierre White) long before he was famous.

He is genuinely great at what he does and surely that's something to celebrate despite his other shortcomings as perceived by many. Isn't it better to celebrate the acheivement than bemoan the failings?