| Restaurant Gordon Ramsay | |
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.jpg) A ravioli dish at the restaurant | |
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  Location within Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1998 |
| Owner(s) | Gordon Ramsay |
| Head chef | Matt Abé |
| Food type | French/British |
| Dress code | Business smart |
| Rating |
 (
Michelin Guide) AA Rosettes   |
| Street address | 68 Royal Hospital Road |
| City | London |
| Postal/ZIP Code | SW3 4HP |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°29′08″N 0°09′43″W / 51.4855°N 0.1620°W |
| Seating capacity | 45 covers |
| Reservations | Three months in advance |
| Other information | No children menu |
| Website | Official website |
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, also known as Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, is the signature restaurant bearing the name of 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 under Chef Patron Clare Smyth. [2] More recently in 2020 Matt Abé took over as Chef Patron, owning and running the restaurant as part of Ramsay's restaurant group. [3]
Description
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Gordon Ramsay opened Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in 1998, as his first solo restaurant. [4] The location previously housed the Michelin-starred restaurant La Tante Claire. [5]
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay gained its third Michelin star in 2001, [4] making Ramsay the first Scottish chef to have done so. [6] In September 2006, a £1.5 million refurbishment was completed. [7] In 2020, Matt Abé was appointed Chef Patron. [8]
In November 2022, climate activists entered the restaurant and protested its menu's environmental costs, upsetting customers. [9]
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." [5] However, he gave scores of nine for execution, eight for service, and seven for "mind-blowing tingliness". [5] Terry Durack of The Independent reviewed the restaurant in 2009, describing the food provided as "classic cooking; sophisticated, well-edited and flavour-first". [10] Overall he gave Restaurant Gordon Ramsay a score of 16 out of 20. [10]
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. [11] 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. [12] Harden's had previously listed the restaurant as the most overpriced in the UK. [13] 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. [14]
See also
References
- ^ "Gordon Ramsay celebrates having three Michelin stars for 21 years". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ McKeever, Amy (10 April 2013). "Chef-Patron Clare Smyth on Making Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Her Own". Eater. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Our Team". Gordon Ramsay Restaurants. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Restaurant Gordon Ramsay: History". GordanRamsay.com. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ a b c Coren, Giles (21 September 2002). "Giles Coren at Gordon Ramsay". Times Online. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "Gordon Ramsay: Chef terrible". BBC News. 20 July 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ Day, Elizabeth (16 December 2007). "She dresses food like Picasso". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "Matt Abé named co-chef patron of Restaurant Gordon Ramsay". 17 September 2020.
- ^ "It's not Gordon Ramsay's fault that people are suffering. So this ridiculous thing you did was just a PR stunt".
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Two Aussie restaurants in world’s top 50 list
- ^ 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.
- ^ Watts, Alex (2 September 2009). "Gordon Ramsay's Latest Kitchen Nightmare". Sky.com. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "The Good Food Guide's Top 60 UK Restaurants AnnouNced". The Good Food Guide. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
