Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay attend the British Book Awards at Grosvenor House on March 29, 2006 in London, England. Photo / Dave M. Benett / Getty Images
Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay attend the British Book Awards at Grosvenor House on March 29, 2006 in London, England. Photo / Dave M. Benett / Getty Images
Decade-long rivalry could finally be at an end after Hell’s Kitchen host provides update in TikTok video.
Gordon Ramsay has admitted that his wife is a fan of Jamie Oliver and cooks his recipes at home.
Ramsay, who has been locked in a decade-long quarrel with the fellowTV chef, lamented his wife Tana’s choice of cookbook at home while speaking on the Dish podcast.
Despite claiming to have buried the hatchet, the chefs have never been able to resist the occasional jab at each other.
Ramsay addressed his wife’s partiality to Oliver’s cookbook collection on the podcast hosted by Angela Hartnett, a fellow cook and friend, and Nick Grimshaw, the broadcaster.
Discussing the stress of cooking, Hartnett said: “If you see Tana when I’ve been around for supper, she’s so relaxed.
“Because why should she switch, she’s got five kids, she’s got him [Ramsay] hanging around trying to interfere, and she’s just out and she just cooks something everyone wants to eat, like a great lasagne or a brilliant shepherd’s pie. She’s amazing.”
Ramsay responded: “Yeah and they’re all Jamie Oliver recipes. Do you have any idea how hard that is for me?”
Oliver, 49, and Ramsay, 57, have never shied away from discussing their fallouts publicly and the latter took to TikTok over the weekend to provide an update.
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In response, Gordon held up and hid behind a copy of Jamie’s Italy, saying: “Come on guys, that is old news, I love Jamie!”
The feud began in 2009 when Oliver criticised Ramsay for comparing Tracy Grimshaw, the Australian journalist, to a pig.
Ramsay apologised for his comments, but not without dismissing Oliver as a “one pot wonder”.
This criticism prompted Oliver to retaliate by mocking Ramsay for “having Botox”.
In 2010, Oliver told the Mirror: “If I was to choose between Gordon Ramsay’s cookbook or Tana Ramsay’s, it would be Tana’s every time. In my opinion, her books are a damn sight better than his.”
Ramsay reignited the feud at the grand opening of his Bread Street Kitchen in Hong Kong in September 2014. A few months earlier, Oliver opened a restaurant in the same city but had given the celebration a miss.
Ramsay told CNBC: “Two British chefs, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay, rubbing shoulders together in Hong Kong.
“At least I’m here, I came to my opening, right? If you’re going to open a restaurant in Hong Kong, at least turn up.”
Gordon Ramsay in a promotional image.
The tension spilled over in March 2015 when Oliver, speaking at the Sydney Opera House, said: “Gordon will do anything to try and take the p--- out of me because he is deeply jealous and can’t quite work out why I do what I do and why he can’t do that.
“He is too busy shouting and screaming and making our industry look like a bunch of shouters and screamers.
“He’s just a ranter, he’s paid to rant. He’s paid to shower negativity and all his proteges don’t talk to him because he’s like that and it’s a shame.”
However, Oliver’s restaurant empire collapsed in 2019, with almost 1000 jobs lost and 22 of his 25 restaurants shuttered amid a downturn in the casual dining sector.
Jamie Oliver was the guest host on the first episode of MasterChef Australia's 15th season.
Speaking on The Jonathan Ross Show in 2019, Ramsay said: “I don’t think anyone likes to revel in that kind of failure.
“Bottom line is, he’s a great guy and a great chef and it was sad to see him disappear overnight but we had a drink and it was a tough time, like it is for all of us out there. Yeah [I called] straight away.”
Ramsay added that the families had a barbecue together while on holiday in Cornwall in 2018.
Ramsay and Tana, 49, married in 1996 and have six children.
