* Gordon Ramsay- Pre Prepared meals? *

Oh Dear, looks like Gordon Ramsay has got himself in a bit of a pickle....

It has been said in The Sunday Telegraph this week, that Gordon Ramsay is serving his pub customers ready-meals prepared in a London "food factory" - and sold with a mark-up of 586 per cent.

Oh Dear! Seeing as the Michelin Starred famous chef has said previously "My food hell is any ready meal" This doesnt seem very good does it!

Various dishes such as pork belly, coq au vin, braised pig cheeks and orange and bitter chocolate tart are prepared in bulk and then taken in plastic bags by plain white vans to several of his London restaurants.

The celebrity chef uses the central kitchen, near railway arches and a council estate in Clapham, The Sunday Telegraph reports. And it provides food for three of his gastropubs and his Bistro in Chelsea.

It has been said that a members of Ramsay's team admitted that 50 per cent of the menu at the gastropubs and Foxtrot Oscar was prepared off-site, but said no fresh produce - such as cuts of meat - are prepared at the Clapham facility.

Ramsay has said in the past: "My food hell is any ready meal. It's so easy to prepare a quick meal using fresh produce ... but people still resort to ready meals that all taste exactly the same.''

The food factory is owned and operated by GR Logistics, the catering production arm of Ramsay's umbrella business, GR Holdings.

The facility's head chef, Darran Ridley, is quoted telling an undercover reporter about the meals:
"We provide the majority of the food for Foxtrot Oscar - everything from coq au vin, starters, terrines, snacks, salmon rillettes, various desserts, braised beef in red wine.''


A spokesman for Ramsay said the gastropubs and Foxtrot Oscar were too small and reheating the food, by a method known as "sous vide'', was tried and tested by the world's best chefs.
He said: "The central kitchen is a state-of the-art-facility run by Gordon Ramsay chefs. It is a Gordon Ramsay kitchen run by Gordon Ramsay chefs cooking Gordon Ramsay food.''

The food is supplied to "to those kitchens with limited cooking space'', including Foxtrot Oscar and The Narrow, the spokesman added.

"These are sealed and transported daily in refrigerated vans and all menu dishes are then cooked in the individual kitchens.

"This is only for the supply of Foxtrot Oscar and the three pubs and allows each establishment to control the consistency and the quality of the food served.''


Now, i am a big fan of Gordon Ramsay, but this is interesting!
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