Gordon Ramsay is both a big-name chef and a fitness fanatic, meaning nutritious food is second nature to him – and it appears one ingredient is high on his list
Gordon Ramsay has saod that he lost more than a stone by swapping dairy for a common household staple. Gordon, as one of the nation’s best-known celebrity chefs and a fitness fanatic, knows his way around nutritious food, and it appears that one continental ingredient is a particular favourite of his.
The Kitchen Nightmares star has recently launched a new business: a premium extra-virgin olive oil brand. Krude is “pure attitude in a can”, its official website states, offering a “flavour that’s impossible to ignore”.
Away from taste, olive oil is well known for its health benefits. It is rich in healthy monounsaturated fats, antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties, but Gordon claims it’s helped him in another way.
Gordon, who once worked as a private chef on a superyacht in his 20s, told Business Traveller: “I fell in love not just with those olive groves, but with what olive oil means in Italy. It’s like what Petrus means in Bordeaux.”
He also claims that cutting out dairy in favour of olive oil helped him lose 20 pounds. “I feel incredibly healthy. I’ll take a tablespoon of olive oil over five knobs of butter any day.”
A 2018 review found that olive oil-rich diets were associated with greater weight loss than those low in olive oil. It’s also a key part of the Mediterranean diet, which research has repeatedly linked with healthier weight.
Gordon, who previously tipped the scales at 18 stone, is a keen endurance runner, taking part in marathons, ultra-marathons, and even Iron Man competitions, but what exactly does he eat?
Speaking to Jason Fox from SAS: Who Dares Wins during a Men’s Health feature two years ago, Gordon pointed out that good food “doesn’t have to be boring food”.
He said: “We have a protein shake in the morning, scrambled eggs for lunch, and then something poached for dinner, whether it’s poached chicken or fish. We don’t do lots of salads, but it’s finding that balance.”
As for avoiding temptation in the kitchen, Gordon takes a drastic approach. “The role of a chef today is way more prolific than it was 20-30 years ago and we need to be fit, we need to be smart, and we need to set that example to the team. We are super disciplined as well. I’ll eat two mouthfuls of a delicious dish and then ignore it, and it’s painful.
“You sit there like a green-eyed monster desperate to devour that whole plate and I’ll discipline myself to two mouthfuls, then I’ll get out of that plate and it pains me because I know if I eat a fourth, fifth, or sixth mouthful, then that’s it, it’s game over.”
Catch Gordon in Rise of the Rockstar Chef on BBC Two tonight (Thursday, November 5), from 9pm to 10pm.
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