Celebrity chef and international restaurateur Gordon Ramsay was already a well-known culinary figure in the U.K. when American audiences got their first taste of him on the reality series, “Hell’s Kitchen” (Fox, 2005- ). Ramsay was known for exacting standards, but TV audiences seemed to return week after week to witness his volatile temper and blue streaks of swearing that could harden a crème brulee. He was tough on his kitchen crews, but no one could deny that he delivered perfection to his restaurant patrons.

Gordon James Ramsay was born on Nov. 8, 1966, in Johnstone, Scotland. In Ramsay’s