Gordon James Ramsay , OBE, (born 8 November 1966) is a chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded a total of 14 Michelin Stars, and in 2007 became one of only three chefs in the United Kingdom to hold three Michelin stars at one time. Ramsay currently ranks 3rd in the world in terms of Michelin Stars behind Joel Robuchon and Alain Ducasse.

Ramsay is known in the United Kingdom for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as Hell's Kitchen and The F-Word . He is best known in the United States as the host of FOX's Hell's Kitchen , which premiered in May 2005, and of Kitchen Nightmares , which premiered in September 2007, based on his successful British show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares .