Gordon Ramsay, celebrity chef famous for his stint on
Kitchen Nightmares, no longer has the privilege of being a buddy to his successful protégé, Marcus Wareing. Though Ramsay was the best man during Wareing's wedding, the two have called it splitsville.
After a public falling-out, Wareing finally allowed himself to be interviewed. He began to attack his former mentor, the very man who launched Wareing's career. He turned his back on Ramsay saying that he would rather kill himself than be overshadowed. He seems to have his eye on being named the top chef in London, usurping the title Ramsay thinks he owns.
The 38-year old Wareing seems to be making his way to the top. He was named Head Chef at Petrus in the Berkeley Hotel, Knightsbridge. The restaurant is currently run by Gordon Ramsay Holdings, but will no longer be so. The hotel has chosen not to renew its contract with Ramsay but instead go with Wareing this September.
Marcus Wareing, three years younger than his ex-mentor, has always felt that he was “constrained, confined and trapped” while working with Ramsay. His remarks seemed to have revived the feud that ended on of London's most successful partnerships. Wareing believes that it's high-time for him to have his own spotlight, and no longer live in his mentor's shadow.
Ramsay, on the other hand, is not taking things lightly. With his television fame on
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and
The F Word on Channel 4, he's taking things to the court. Ramsay has challenged the hotel's move through his lawyers.
The two had first met at Le Gavroche during the early ‘90s. Ramsay hired Wareing to work for him as a sous chef in Aubergine, Ramsay's first solo project. The pair worked together and seemed inseparable, until two years. Soon, Wareing was hired at Petrus, ending the partnership.
Wareing and Ramsay have gained so much success together that people thought it was impossible for them to stop. They earned 15 Michelin stars while side by side, but their own dreams of glory hindered them from continuing their affiliation. Gossip columns reported a fall-out earlier this year, even before the Berkeley Hotel decided to stop working with Ramsay.
Though Wareing admits that he learned a lot from Ramsay, he thinks that he is ready to make it in the business on his own. His interview published in the August edition of Waitrose Food Illustrated has proven that he has been harboring a lot of rage towards Ramsay. Wareing thinks of him only as a “celebrity” chef who can no longer be considered part of the industry.
The pressure must have gotten to the two of them, and it was due to that that their clashes became inevitable. Wareing continued his tirade of wanting to break free, saying, “I want to be my own man.”
-Maria Gonzalez, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source:
Independent.ie
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