Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
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Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, also known as Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, is a three Michelin star restaurant owned and operated by Gordon Ramsay
, located at Royal Hospital Road, London
. It opened in 1998 and was Ramsay's first solo restaurant, in 2001 it made Gordon Ramsay the first Scottish chef to have won three Michelin stars. Critically it has been both praised and criticized, with particular criticism coming from the Harden's
restaurant guide.
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It gained its third Michelin star in 2001, making Gordon Ramsay the first Scottish chef to have done so. In September 2006 a £1.5 million refurbishment was completed. Following the loss of the third star at Gordon Ramsay at Claridges in 2010, Royal Hospital Road became the only Gordon Ramsay restaurant to hold three stars.
Current head chef Claire Smyth was appointed in January 2008 and is the only female chef in the UK to hold three Michelin stars. She took over from Simone Zanoni, who had been head chef since 2003 before moving to France to oversee the opening of new restaurant Gordon Ramsay Au Trianon.
visited Restaurant Gordon Ramsay for lunch whilst 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". However, he gave scores of nine for execution, eight for service and seven for "mind-blowing tingliness". Terry Durack of The Independent
reviewed the restaurant in 2009, describing the food provided as "classic cooking; sophisticated, well-edited and flavour-first". Overall he gave Restaurant Gordon Ramsay a score of sixteen out of twenty.
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. 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. Harden's had previously listed the restaurant as the most overpriced in the UK. However, The Good Food Guide lists Restaurant Gordon Ramsay as the second best in the country, only bested by The Fat Duck
in Bray, Berkshire
, and was described as "the nearest thing to a world-class restaurant experience currently on offer in the capital".
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....
, located at Royal Hospital Road, London
London
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. It opened in 1998 and was Ramsay's first solo restaurant, in 2001 it made Gordon Ramsay the first Scottish chef to have won three Michelin stars. Critically it has been both praised and criticized, with particular criticism coming from the Harden's
Harden's
Harden's is a UK restaurant guide, publishing guides to both London and UK restaurants. Like Zagat Survey, they incorporate a reader survey, and are also based on the personal visits of brothers Richard and Peter Harden....
restaurant guide.
Description
Gordon Ramsay opened Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in 1998, as his first solo restaurant. The location previously housed Michelin starred restaurant La Tante ClaireLa Tante Claire
La Tante Claire was a restaurant in London which opened in 1977 and closed in 2004. Owned and operated by Pierre Koffmann, it gained three Michelin stars in 1983, and held all three until the restaurant moved premises in 1998.-Description:...
.
It gained its third Michelin star in 2001, making Gordon Ramsay the first Scottish chef to have done so. In September 2006 a £1.5 million refurbishment was completed. Following the loss of the third star at Gordon Ramsay at Claridges in 2010, Royal Hospital Road became the only Gordon Ramsay restaurant to hold three stars.
Current head chef Claire Smyth was appointed in January 2008 and is the only female chef in the UK to hold three Michelin stars. She took over from Simone Zanoni, who had been head chef since 2003 before moving to France to oversee the opening of new restaurant Gordon Ramsay Au Trianon.
Reception
In 2002, Giles CorenGiles Coren
Giles Coren is a British food critic, television presenter and novelist. He is known for expressing controversial opinions, and for his television appearances with the comedian Sue Perkins.-Personal:...
visited Restaurant Gordon Ramsay for lunch whilst 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". However, he gave scores of nine for execution, eight for service and seven for "mind-blowing tingliness". Terry Durack of The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
reviewed the restaurant in 2009, describing the food provided as "classic cooking; sophisticated, well-edited and flavour-first". Overall he gave Restaurant Gordon Ramsay a score of sixteen out of twenty.
In 2009, the restaurant dropped out of The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants
Restaurant (magazine) Top 50
The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants is produced by British magazine Restaurant based on a poll of international chefs, restaurateurs, gourmands and restaurant critics. In addition to the main ranking, the Chef's Choice list is based on votes from the fifty head chefs from the restaurants...
for the first time, and failed to make the top 100. The 2011 edition of Harden's
Harden's
Harden's is a UK restaurant guide, publishing guides to both London and UK restaurants. Like Zagat Survey, they incorporate a reader survey, and are also based on the personal visits of brothers Richard and Peter Harden....
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. Harden's had previously listed the restaurant as the most overpriced in the UK. However, The Good Food Guide lists Restaurant Gordon Ramsay as the second best in the country, only bested by The Fat Duck
The Fat Duck
The Fat Duck is a restaurant run by chef Heston Blumenthal in Bray, Berkshire, England. The restaurant is known for its menu of unusual dishes, created following the principles of molecular gastronomy examples include: "snail porridge", "sardine on toast sorbet", "bacon and egg ice cream", and...
in Bray, Berkshire
Bray, Berkshire
Bray, sometimes known as Bray on Thames, is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. It stands on the banks of the River Thames, just south-east of Maidenhead. It is famous as the village mentioned in the song The Vicar of Bray...
, and was described as "the nearest thing to a world-class restaurant experience currently on offer in the capital".