Gordon serves up some humble pie! (Humble Pie - Gordon Ramsay)

Member Name: katykicker

Product:	Humble Pie - Gordon Ramsay
Date:	03/06/09 (13 review reads)
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Advantages: Fantastic read, hard to put down, great insight in to Gordon's life (good & bad parts).

Disadvantages: None

'Humble Pie' is the autobiography of Gordon Ramsay which details the start of his life right up until just a couple of years ago and tells you about all the ups & downs he has endured as well as living with a violent, overbearing father and how he came to be a chef rather than a top football player.

I am a huge fan of Gordon Ramsay and will watch pretty much anything as long as he is either being interviewed, hosting or just doing a short cookery piece. I adore his style of cooking although I don't like his harsh language quite so much but I think that this is part of his character now and one trait that most people have come to know him for.

The book is very detailed & starts off with his childhood and runs through until pretty much the present day. It mentions many of the jobs that Gordon has had and people that have betrayed him in the past. It also talks about his wife, Tanya, and family life, how his children changed his life etc.

Whilst reading the book I felt that I was given more of an insight in to the real Gordon Ramsay and how he values his lifestyle and the money he has, whilst making sure his children don't take things for granted, and it's easy to appreciate how different life is for him now and how great it must be to have financial and emotional security (as much as anyone can) after the rough life he had as a young child growing up.

It is also easy to see where Gordon has got some of his flare from cooking from and his determination to succeed. He has worked in some amazing restaurants with amazing chefs in his time and had quite a bad time because of this but he has know gone on to build up a successful empire of restaurants and amazing staff by himself.

The book was very hard to put down and I found myself lounging in the bath for a good two hours whilst reading the middle section of the book as I just couldn't bear to put it down. It is a read I would thoroughly recommend although it does contain a fair bit of bad language (as you would expect with Gordon Ramsay!).

I purchased my book for £1.00 from my local charity shop but there are some sellers on Amazon selling new & used from 1p + just under £3.00 postage so if you fancy giving this a read keep your eyes peeled!

Summary: A fantastic read that had not been glossed over at all.