From Amazon:

Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell. But this is his bestselling real story...Humble Pie tells the full story of how he became the world's most famous and infamous chef: his difficult childhood, his brother's heroin addiction and his failed first career as a footballer: all of these things have made him the celebrated culinary talent and media powerhouse that he is today. Gordon talks frankly about: / his tough childhood: his father's alcoholism and violence and the effects on his relationships with his mother and siblings, / his first career as a footballer: how the whole family moved to Scotland when he was signed by Glasgow Rangers at the age of fifteen, and how he coped when his career was over due to injury just three years later, / his brother's heroin addiction. / Gordon's early career: learning his trade in Paris and London; how his career developed from there: his time in Paris under Albert Roux and his seven Michelin-starred restaurants. / Kitchen life: Gordon spills the beans about life behind the kitchen door, and how a restaurant kitchen is run in Anthony Bourdain-style. / How he copes with the impact of fame on himself and his family: his television career, the rapacious tabloids, and his own drive for success.

Picked this up today at The Wycombe meet - looks a good book and just right for a food swap!

I quite like Gordon Ramsay so this skipped to the top of my TBR pile. What an awful childhood he had, but despite that he worked hard to make something of himself. A very entertaining read and as you might expect he pulls no punches.
Updated 30/3 posted to Dancing-dog, chosen from the Yummy Yummy VBB.

It's here! Thanks teachie! I'm a fan of Kitchen Nightmares and Hell's Kitchen so I am interested to hear about Gordon Ramsay's background.

Dancing-dog was kind enough to share this with me during my visit with her this week--it came up while we were watching "Kitchen Nightmares" (which I prefer over Hell's Kitchen). A quick read, and interesting to hear how the chef pulled himself up by the bootstraps out of poverty.

A fast read - kind of found the parts about his childhood and family more interesting than his successful career in some ways. Got the impression that writing the book was difficult for him but cathartic. Didn't realize that he has a couple television shows prior to Kitchen Nightmares and Hell's Kitchen. He is an interesting personality as well as a renown chef and this book gives you some glimpses of the true man.

Selected by Ri from the Yummy Yummy VBB on Bookobsessed - mailed Sept 4th

Yea! I love Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares so I am happy to read this book! Thanks!

I finished this a couple weeks ago but am only getting around to journaling it now. I enjoy Gordon Ramsay as a character on tv, though he seems a little over the top. it is hard for me to believe that anyone could really be like that in real life. Reading his autobiography reveals a history that explains his extreme behavior, though I still think some of it is beefed up for more exciting television.

It seems clear that he could use a homeopathic remedy to help him deal with others in a more effective manner - I'm thinking Lycopodium, for those of you into that. ;) Anyhow, this was an interesting read in any case and makes me view him a bit differently as I watch Hell's Kitchen this season.

I'm sending this one on to azuki who chose it from the Yummy Yummy VBB.

So this little book has arrived at the house of another Kitchen Nightmares fan. Sorry I didnt' get to journal it till now but it's sitting here when I got home fm my mini getaway.

Ri, maybe next time if we get to sit close to him we can add a few drops of Bach flower essence to his water? or more likely beer?

I thought I have two books by Gordon Ramsay but turns out that Roasting in Hell's Kitchen is the U.S. publication name of this very same book. I guess they are linking the title to his popular tv show. Or maybe because Americans tend to think of pies as dessert, and Ramsay is certainly not a pastry chef nor a sweet guy. Or maybe humble is not highly regarded virtue in the U.S.

Anyway, turns out that I've read this already a few years back. I enjoyed this memoir. Sincere and heart-felt, it gives me a different perspective of the man, different from the hot-tempered, foul-mouthed TV chef celebrity.

When I was in Bordeaux for the BC convention, I saw that GR has a restaurant there. Too bad I didn't have this for release! Now it is set aside for a memoir or food book box that will surely come my way one day.

Restarting the stalled box.

Taken out of the Food book box. I've been on a biography kick lately.