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Ella Scott
Gordon Ramsay has lifted the lid on filming for his ‘raw’ new docuseries, revealing why two of his six children do not appear across the programme.
The 59-year-old’s latest TV venture, Being Gordon Ramsay, is a six-part project allowing fans into the inner workings of his life as a celebrity chef.
Centred on the opening of his ambitious project inside 22 Bishopsgate, one of London’s tallest skyscrapers, the Netflix docuseries also features Ramsay discussing the death of his father in 1997, as well as exploring the dynamic between himself, his wife, Tana Ramsay, and their six children.
The couple, who share a seven-year age gap, married in 1996 and have welcomed six children together: Megan, 27, twins Jack and Holly, 26, Strictly Come Dancing star Tilly, 24, Oscar, six, and Jesse, two.
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But in Being Gordon Ramsay, Megan and Jack are notably absent from filming.
When asked about why they weren’t in the new episodes, Ramsay told LADbible Group that it was mainly due to their professions.
“Meg's a police officer, so just out of security for her, that's crucial," the star said.
He joked: “And secondly, she said: ‘Dad, if you ever get caught with your phone out at a traffic light, I will f*****g kill you.’”
Ramsay also said his eldest son Jack was not present in the Netflix series because he is a ‘busy boy’.
He said: “Jack is a Royal Marine commando. He is a busy boy. And so for safety, they can't be anywhere near that.”
As well as his children being missing from Becoming Gordon Ramsay, there is minimal footage from his daughter, Holly, and her now-husband, Adam Peaty’s, engagement party in London.
The Olympic swimmer’s mum, Caroline can briefly be seen at the event.
Despite saying that the party was ‘fun’, Ramsay said that there was ‘none of those bits in there’.
“It's a serious commitment to making a doc like this, and I want to rip off the Band-Aid. It's raw. It's tough, it's emotional, and it was a f*****g journey and a half.”
When asked by LADbible Group if anything else was off limits where the documentary was concerned, the Hell’s Kitchen icon said: “No… I'd get my ass handed to me on a plate, garnished with parsley, if I started sanitising this kind of stuff. And secondly, I'm too honest for that.”
He mused that he thought it was ‘important to show the length and breadth of what the task was.’
“More importantly, I get to do shiny floor shows with big production, huge budgets, and it's all nice and that, but I still get embarrassed when I look at the size of the team, the production, 25 cameras, and multimillion-dollar setups.
“I need to do stuff that is raw. I need less shiny and more real. And I think that's me,” Ramsay added.
The six-part series, Being Gordon Ramsay, is on Netflix from 18 February.
Interview conducted by Jess Battison.