I think when we opened in 2001, it was holy ground. There was nothing here. Back then, being on the Dubai Creek was an amazing position, and I would come one or two times a year, max. Now it's so different. The travel dilemma has disappeared and it is so easy to get to Dubai. What is it, seven hours from London? It's pretty easy.

Gordon Ramsay

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Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

giving-up hard-work waiting

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

milk cows next

Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

insecure soul self

If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.

ifs want chef

However amazing a dish looks, it is always the taste that lingers in your memory. Family and friends will appreciate a meal that tastes superb-even if you've brought the pan to the table.

family-and-friends appreciate memories

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging someb... by Gordon Ramsay

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

ego sake games

Being a chef never seems like a job, it becomes a true passion. by Gordon Ramsay

Being a chef never seems like a job, it becomes a true passion.

passion jobs chef

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.

boisterous alive long

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong ch... by Gordon Ramsay

Kitchens are hard environments and they form incredibly strong characters.

kitchen strong character

Initially let your food do the talking. You'll be surprised how far you go in a short period of time.

periods talking

Push your limit to the absolute extreme. by Gordon Ramsay

Push your limit to the absolute extreme.

extremes absolutes limits

Stopping the junk food and Eating well is partially about cooking well and having the skills to do that.

eating-well cooking skills

Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye.

passion cooking eye

There's no bigger pain anywhere in the world than a vegetarian. by Gordon Ramsay

There's no bigger pain anywhere in the world than a vegetarian.

vegetarian pain world

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

kitchen chef thinking

My childhood favourite is mum's shepherd's pie, Yorkshire pudding and roasted potatoes. I remember coming home from school and going to the kitchen to help her. It's because of her that I discovered my love for cooking.

pie home school

I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword - two jackets, one that's driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.

hate men thinking

Best to start at the bottom & gradually climb up. It's much more... by Gordon Ramsay

Best to start at the bottom & gradually climb up. It's much more fun, too.

climbs bottom fun

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the... by Gordon Ramsay

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.

Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with... by Gordon Ramsay

Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with being fair.

being-assertive assertive firm