Humble Pie

Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell. But this is his bestselling real story...Humble Pie tells the full story of how he became the world's most famous and infamous chef: his difficult childhood, his brother's heroin addiction and his failed first career as a footballer: all of these things have made him the celebrated culinary talent and media powerhouse that he is today. Gordon talks frankly about: / his tough childhood: his father's alcoholism and violence and the effects on his relationships with his mother and siblings, / his first career as a footballer: how the whole family moved to Scotland when he was signed by Glasgow Rangers at the age of fifteen, and how he coped when his career was over due to injury just three years later, / his brother's heroin addiction. / Gordon's early career: learning his trade in Paris and London; how his career developed from there: his time in Paris under Albert Roux and his seven Michelin-starred restaurants. / Kitchen life: Gordon spills the beans about life behind the kitchen door, and how a restaurant kitchen is run in Anthony Bourdain-style. / How he copes with the impact of fame on himself and his family: his television career, the rapacious tabloids, and his own drive for success.

About the Author

Gordon Ramsay's radical career change at 17 years old led him to London and to huge success as chef, restaurant-empire-builder and celebrity. Gordon has published nine bestselling recipe books and has starred in the hugely successful television series': the Bafta award-winning Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Hell's Kitchen and The F Word. In 2006 he was appointed OBE and saw the launch of his New York restaurant.

Prizes

/ Key title Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell. But this is his bestselling real story... / Hardback achieved No. 2 on The Sunday Times bestseller list and became a leading Christmas 2007 release with sales of over quarter of a million anticipated. / Gordon Ramsay is one of the most high-profile chefs in the country, and is a huge TV favourite. He has two massively successful TV series behind him: the BAFTA-winning 'Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares' and 'Hell's Kitchen', which attracted over 8 million viewers. / To be supported with extensive publicity coverage focused around the additional material. / Marketing activity will include strong third party partnerships with Ramsay's sponsors including Threshers, BHS and Royal Doulton. / Online activity with foodie websites with competitions and links to purchase will also be secured. / Bespoke promotions/prizes available including dinner at the chef's table and charity link ups. / Competition: White Slave: The Autobiography by Marco Pierre White

Reviews

'Gordon Ramsay's Humble Pie - so exuberantly angry boastful, cliche-ridden, expletive-laden and touchingly sincere that I can't believe that a single sentence has been written by anyone but the failed footballer, great cook, telly star and businessman himself. He's the genuine bollocks, as he's so fond of saying, and this is the tale of his personal class struggle.' - The Observer