The chefs at a top London restaurant were given the unenviable task of cooking for hard to please Gordon Ramsay on Monday evening after he treated wife Tana to a festive dinner date.
Michelin-starred Ramsay, 56, whisked his glamorous wife off to upmarket Mayfair, where they enjoyed an evening meal at popular Greek-Mediterranean eatery Bacchanalia.
The celebrity chef, whose furious TV outbursts on Hell’s Kitchen and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares have turned him into a household name, looked appropriately dapper in a black blazer and skinny trousers during his latest public appearance.
Night out: The chefs at a top London restaurant were given the unenviable task of cooking for hard to please Gordon Ramsay on Monday evening after he treated wife Tana to a dinner date
He rounded off the look with a crisp white dress shirt and polished black shoes during a pre-Christmas night out with Tana and a small group of friends.
He was however outshone by his wife, who commanded attention in a tailored black winter coat and matching stiletto heels as she made her way out of the Mount Street venue later that night.
Mother-of-five Tana, 48, accessorised her sophisticated look with a smart red leather clutch, while her hair was styled with a conventional centre-parting.
Stepping out: Michelin-starred Ramsay whisked his glamorous wife off to upmarket Mayfair, where they enjoyed an evening meal at popular Greek-Mediterranean eatery Bacchanalia
In good company: The couple were joined by a small group of friends during their latest public appearance in London on Monday evening
The dinner date comes after climate change activists occupied one of Ramsay’s own three-star Michelin restaurant in Chelsea.
Members of Animal Rebellion entered Restaurant Gordon Ramsay on Hospital Road, Chelsea at around 6pm on November 19.
Wearing smart casual clothing they sat at tables reserved for guests of the high-end restaurant and held mock menus outlining the environmental costs of items served on the restaurant’s menu, including steak and veal.
In a statement, the group said that they are campaigning for a plant-based food system and the creation of a mass-rewilding programme.
Looking good: Ramsay looked appropriately dapper in a black blazer and skinny trousers teamed with a crisp white dress shirt and black shoes
Stylish: He was however outshone by his wife, who commanded attention in a tailored black winter coat and matching stiletto heels as she made her way out of the Mount Street venue
Lucia Alexander, a 39-year-old auxiliary nurse from the east of England, said that the restaurant was a “perfect example” of inequality in the UK.
‘This restaurant is the perfect example of the inequality we face in the UK right now. Whilst Gordon Ramsay serves food costing a minimum of £155 per person, more than two million people are relying on food banks in this cost-of-living crisis,” she said in a statement provided by the group.
‘Instead of restaurants making colossal profits at the expense of animals, workers, and our climate, we need to feed everyone by supporting farmers and fishing communities in a transition to a plant-based food system.’
She added: ‘A plant-based food system requires 75% less farmland to grow food, allowing us to feed millions of additional people without the reliance on exploitative and inefficient animal farming industries. This is the answer to the cost-of-living and climate crises.’
Nightmare: The dinner date comes after climate change activists occupied one of Ramsay’s own three-star Michelin restaurant in Chelsea (pictured)
A spokesperson for Restaurant Gordon Ramsay called the protest “incredibly inappropriate and deeply disrespectful.”
‘Everyone is entitled to their opinions and beliefs,’ she said. ‘However, to force your way into a restaurant, disturbing hard-working staff going about their jobs and ruining the evening of guests who have waited months for their reservations is incredibly inappropriate and deeply disrespectful.’
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said that no arrests were made,
‘Police were called to a restaurant in Royal Hospital Road, SW3, shortly before 18.30hrs on Saturday, 19 November to reports of a group of protesters refusing to leave the premises,’ they said.
‘Officers attended. The restaurant was closed, and the protesters left. There were no arrests.’
