Gordon Ramsay made a cheeky dig at movie star chef pal Jamie Oliver after he opened a brand new restaurant in Liverpool.
The 55-year-old opened his Bread Avenue Kitchen & Bar in February on the identical premises the place Jamie's previous restaurant was once.
The Hell's Kitchen chef could not resist however make a wee dig concerning the 'massive studying curve' that got here after Jamie's restaurant closure.
"It’s unhappy that Jamie [Oliver] didn’t make it right here - the positioning is superb. Liverpool is now not only a weekend venue, simply take a look at it right here immediately," the 55-year-old advised Liverpool Echo.
“It was by no means my intention to take over Jamie’s Italian.
"Jamie and I are mates, everybody thinks we’re not, however we're.
"Two summers in the past we sat within the backyard with our youngsters and had a tremendous night speaking, ingesting, laughing, crying and simply having a correct heart-to-heart.
“It had nothing to do with it being his previous web site.
"Whether or not it was Marco Pierre White or Jamie Oliver, it didn’t matter who had the home beforehand."
He added: "The situation was completely spot on. The place Jamie failed, there’s a giant studying curve for all of us. One man’s failure is the following man’s success."
In the previous couple of years, lots of Jamie's eating places closed because of the quantity of debt it was in.
In 2019, lots of Jamie's eating places closed as a result of debt and went into administration.
Together with Liverpool Jamie Oliver's Italian, 11 eating places in London shut down, in addition to in Brighton, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Oxford and extra.
TV Chef Oliver was pressured to shut his Jamie’s Italian chain after it racked up money owed topping £80million.
Over 1,000 workers misplaced their jobs and councils have been reportedly £1.2million out of pocket as a result of unpaid enterprise charges.
Nonetheless, Gordon just lately revealed he will not be slowing down any time quickly and vowed to maintain cooking on TV till he is and 'previous man'.
He just lately filmed for the twenty first collection of Hell's Kitchen within the USA and believes the collection has no shelf life.
The daddy of 5 has a sequence of profitable eating places and has offered quite a few TV exhibits, together with Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, Ramsay’s Finest Restaurant and Subsequent Degree Chef.
Talking about what drives him to proceed, Gordon stated: “It’s at all times about being higher than what we’ve already completed, and consistently pushing the envelope.
“I don’t sit and assume ‘We’ve made it’ or ‘We’re financially safe. Why work so onerous?’
“I would like that jeopardy. I would like the hazard of it probably not working. And I should be pushed, as a result of that’s once you’re going to get me at my finest," he advised the Thrillist.
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