London Ninja

I attended Taste of London this last Sunday and had the opportunity to meet Gordon Ramsey, the famous potty-mouthed chef from London who is the chef behind Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares and Hell’s Kitchen. I can’t believe I actually wrote “potty-mouthed”. I also knit, bake pies, and regularly apply ben-gay to my sore back. Ramsey also hosts the UK-Only show, the F Word. If you watch any of those shows, Hell’s Kitchen in particular, you know that he is pretty rude to people on his show. That’s what makes it fun. I’m not sure how great a chef he really is, but he’s entertaining because he calls fat people…well…fat people.

Fig 1. F all of you

We started off watching a live taping of The F Word and watched him make some salmon dish. It was pretty cool and they gave us cup of pretty nice wine for everyone in the small audience. The good thing for me is that I got to drink all four glasses on my table. Too bad for them. Then we waited in a line to get a book signed. Ok, it made me feel like a 16-year old chick trying to get a Boy Band member to give me a hug and a smile before I faint and get carried away…OMG OMG OMG

Fig 2. This here is a F’in F-Berry.

Fig 3. Put all this f’in food in this F’in F

When we get up to talk to him, he tells my wife to tell me to get a “proper shave”. Hmm…

So after getting a picture taken, I shake his hand and then I tell him his show sucks and that I’m going to sue him. He found that amusing since it was referring to a lawsuit that was just filed against him that he referenced at his show earlier. It was all in jest, but as I was walking away, he told me again to get a “proper shave”.

WTF?

Fig 4. Cheers to the bloody Ninja

Apparently he is not a big fan of the soul patch:

Fig 5. Properly shaven

Not sure exactly what a “proper shave” means. I’m not sure if he means the small amount of Ninja 5 o’clock stubble I had from 5 months of not shaving or it could be my flava-sava Soul Patch. Or maybe a “proper shave” just means I should F Off. Who knows…all I know is that I was able to get a picture with Gordon Ramsey. OMG OMG OMG.