By Daniel Denehy
On June 1st, FOX held a conference call with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, inviting news outlets to ask questions regarding the new seasons of
Hell’s Kitchen and
Master Chef. Doing well after suffering a back injury at a charity soccer event two days prior, Ramsay called in with an elegant and gracious attitude.
Questions were varied but fun, with outlets asking Ramsay things like whether the experienced chefs of
Hell’s Kitchen or the amateur cooks of
Master Chef frustrated him more. “
Master Chef gives me…I suppose mentoring aspects and then
Hell’s Kitchen always reminds me of the first day when I opened my very first restaurant…when the air conditioning went down and every customer was complaining about how hot it was, the food was taking too long to come out of the kitchen, and then I caught a maitre d’ –
a maitre d’…walking past a customer swigging out of a bottle of water. I flipped my lid.” An amused Ramsay responded before adding, “Both of them have different identities; two completely different chefs, one amateur, and one professional, so I’m very lucky to have both.”