Written by David Morgan

 

Irate celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is being sued by Martin R. Hyde, former manager of Indian-American restaurant Dillons in Manhattan. reports that the Hell's Kitchen star has a new show on Fox airing this fall called Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmare, in which Ramsay goes to failing restaurants and "makes them over." Variety goes on to say: "Hyde's lawsuit said Ramsay falsely claimed meat was spoiled, used a defective chair to imply that Dillons' furniture was shoddy and even hired actors to pose as customers to make the restaurant look busy at the end of the week. Hyde also claimed Ramsay, known for foul-mouthed outbursts and star of Fox's reality competition Hell's Kitchen, humiliated him and forced him to quit his job to avoid further abuse." As a result, Hyde is asking for millions of dollars in damages.

 

Easily my favorite part of my article (and I like a couple of things) is Ramsay's spokesman's response to the lawsuit. James Curich replied that he couldn't comment as he hadn't seen the lawsuit but said that, regarding alleged fabrications, "It is a reality show and as far as I know it's not something they do." Talk about being under-informed about your occupation. He should consider representing the WWE or something. "As far as I know, pretending to fight is just not something we do."