Gordon Ramsay takes first bite of Big Apple
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay opened his first U.S. restaurant on Thursday, with an assurance he would not try to push New Yorkers into their own kitchens as he did British women.
Ramsay said he would not interfere with the “fascinating scenario” in restaurant-loving New York, even though his television crusade for home cooking struck a chord in Britain, where he said young women had become a lazy “chardonnay and Pringle (potato chip) brigade.”
New Yorkers eat out at least four times a week, with the trend growing every year, a Zagat dining survey released last month showed.
Ramsay’s new restaurant, with formal dining for 45 people and a bar for more casual dining for up to 70, already is booked for the first two months. The menu feature dishes such as his signature Cappuccino of White Beans and lobster ravioli.
“I’m not here telling New Yorkers they have got to get into their kitchens,” Ramsay told Reuters as he stood in the sparkling $6.5 million kitchen of “Gordon Ramsay at the London” in the new luxury London NYC hotel. more…
