The Fury Behind the Fire - The Psychology of Perfectionism and the Making of Gordon Ramsay

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Waverly Finch

Verlag:

Alan McBride

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36703485

EAN: 9798215791271

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Nicht auf Lager

Zustellung: Mo, 31.08.2026

Versand: Kostenlos

CHF 31.50

Beschreibung

Before the television cameras. Before the Michelin stars. Before the global empire. There was a boy from Johnstone, Scotland, who grew up in a household defined by instability, a father whose drinking made home feel unsafe, and a football dream that ended at eighteen when a knee injury took everything he thought he was going to be. What happened next is one of the most extraordinary stories in modern culinary history. The Fury Behind the Fire is the first serious unauthorised biography of Gordon Ramsay - a meticulously researched account of the psychology behind the perfectionism, the formation behind the fury, and the man behind the flame. Drawing exclusively on public record, court documents, published interviews, and Gordon and Tana Ramsay's own statements, author Waverly Finch traces the full arc of a life that defies easy summary. From the kitchens of Marco Pierre White at Harveys to the classical training of Paris under Joël Robuchon and Guy Savoy. From the Aubergine years and the brigade walkout to three Michelin stars on Royal Hospital Road. From the birth of Hell's Kitchen to the quiet devastation of a pregnancy loss in 2016 and the baby named Rocky. From the Hutcheson affair to the cycling accident in Connecticut. From the chefs he made - Clare Smyth, Marcus Wareing, Angela Hartnett, Jason Atherton - to the five restaurant openings at 22 Bishopsgate and the Netflix documentary that finally showed the world who he actually is. This is not the television character. This is the real Gordon Ramsay - complicated, driven, flawed, and extraordinary. Celebrity Chefs Uncut, Book One.