Humble Pie (Humble Pie - Gordon Ramsay)

Member Name: Gemshaw

Product:	Humble Pie - Gordon Ramsay
Date:	19/01/09 (47 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fantastic read that pulls on the heart strings

Disadvantages: Cant put it down

I bought Gordon Ramsay's autobiography just after Christmas and paid just under five pounds on Amazon.co.uk. This book has been constantly next to my bedside table until I finished it reading it last week. I love Gordon Ramsay's Television programmes, books, recipes and the whole persona, so when I seen it on Amazon at that price, there was just something tell me to buy at that price. The autobiography was first published in May 2007 and is 336 pages long, and is an engrossing read which I extremely enjoyed from the moment I started to the moment I finished.

I wont spoil the book for people that have not read this book yet but Gordon talks about his brutish relationship with his father (his father with he openly discusses was an alcoholic) when he was a child and also all the way through his childhood how he moved from town to town constantly. Ramsay took an interest in football from a young age and went through into Rangers football club which also ended at the early age of 19 due to football injuries.

His cooking career then began, he worked his way up the ladder and after a few years he moved to London to pursue his career more and worked his way through restaurants there, but he was looking for one thing, and that was to work for the most famous chef (and fantastic - in my eyes) Marco Pierre White in Harvey's. Gordon worked here for just under three years, he left and worked his way through the established restaurants in London.

In 1993 he went into partnership with Marco Pierre white and worked at their restaurant where he one not one but two Michelin stars. Gordon went onto open up his own restaurant and got his third Michelin star here.

I love this part of the book, just because I am a huge fan of Marco Pierre White and like to hear of his fiery temper and all the gossip!

There are really sad bits in this book and I shed a tear when he talks of his fathers death, but also of his brothers long drug addition.

Gordon does portray that he is out to get anyone that has done him wrong and sometimes he can show his childish character in parts of the book where he talks about his business, but this is what we love, that yes he was talked down to because he thought he was better than most chefs around but he is a real person and now that feels hate towards these people.

This is a fantastic read and I am really glad I bought it, it has all the ingredients that feature in a great book.

Summary: All the right ingredients for a great book.