Lingeringthreats of the Big One几乎苍白in comparison with the bombshell dropped on Southern California today by England’sThe Mirror: Gordon Ramsay is moving to L.A.! The chef is apparently renting an eight-million-dollar Beverly Hills mansion, has applied for visas for his family, and is already calling up the Beckham family for advice on where to put his kids into school. Given that the last few years in England have been rough on Ramsay, this move kind of makes sense.
This past fall,Daily Mail UKreported that Ramsay was seeking solace in the States afterbasically screwing everything up back home. To refresh your memories, Gordo wassued by half of England, fell outwith his family after firing his father-in-law, and can’t show up inNYC without the taxman in hot pursuit.
But here in L.A., Ramsay shoots three successful shows, has a blossomingbro-mance with Becks, enjoys easy access toreconstructive surgeonsandhair-transplant doctors, and even hasa West Hollywood restaurant, though we doubt he’ll start cooking there (especially ifhe still hasn’t paid that cleaning bill). But wait, doesn’t Ramsay already live in L.A.?
We sorta thought so. He’s been a perpetual presence here in the last couple of years,test-driving Ducatis, spendingfamily summer vacationshere,running the L.A. Marathon,acting snobby in the audience ofAmerican Idol, andtorturing our struggling restaurateursat theexpense of our diners— his old favorite past-time.
Ramsay’s spokesperson clarifies that while the chef does spend a lot of time in L.A., “Gordon has always stayed in hotels. But his three US shows have been recommissioned and he’ll have to spend more time in the States so it makes sense to rent there. But the UK will always be home.”
In fact, Ramsay is still keeping his West London digs despite the move, meaning we might always have the option of returning him from whence he came. Now who’s going to get the swear jar started over in Beverly Hills?
Fed-up Gordon Ramsay moving to LA[The Mirror UK viaEater National]
