Gordon Ramsay, the man who built an empire on cursing at clueless chefs, has found himself on the receiving end of some fiery backlash—this time for serving up what can only be described as the world’s priciest motorway breakfast. The famously sharp-tongued chef is charging £19 for a full English breakfast that has left customers wondering if they mistakenly wandered into a high-end service station rather than a celebrity chef’s lauded restaurant.
It all started when a disappointed diner, Silvio Tattiscone, took to X (formerly Twitter, for those still living in 2023) to share a photo of Ramsay’s latest offering from his Bread Street Kitchen restaurant. The photo, which quickly went viral, featured what was supposed to be a classic full English breakfast—a beloved British staple that even the most inexperienced cook can manage. But instead of a hearty, satisfying meal, what Silvio got was, well, a sad little plate that could make a hungover student’s first attempt at cooking look like a Michelin-starred masterpiece.
So, what exactly did this £19 breakfast include? One lonely sausage, a scant serving of beans, a solitary hash brown that looked more like a crispy afterthought, a lone mushroom, a single poached egg that seemed unsure of its purpose, two slices of bacon that had seen better days, and one tomato that could have done with a bit more sunshine. If that doesn’t make you want to sprint to the nearest greasy spoon for a proper fry-up, nothing will.
Naturally, the internet did what it does best—roast Gordon harder than the beans on that plate. One unimpressed fan wrote, “Looks like a motorway service station breakfast,” a comparison that no one in their right mind would consider flattering. Another chimed in with, “I could do better than that. £19 is daylight robbery.” And that was just the beginning.
One critic took it upon themselves to school the restaurateur on the basics of a full English: “A full English should NOT have poached eggs. A hash brown should NOT be covered in breadcrumbs, and the less said about that sausage the better. Looks like it came straight from the budget freezer at Asda.” For those of you unfamiliar, Asda is a British supermarket known for its affordable prices—definitely not the kind of place you’d expect to find the ingredients for a £19 breakfast.
But the hits kept coming. Another user couldn’t resist pointing out the glaring flaws in the multi-Michelin starred chef’s dish: “Bacon is greasy, sausage dried up, eggs look snotty, and mushroom died. Looks awful for a big-name chef.” It seems like Gordon’s reputation for perfection took a serious battering with this one.
What’s your take on Gordon Ramsay’s latest culinary controversy? Is the £19 breakfast a sign that he’s lost his touch, or are people just being too harsh? Let us know in the comments below, and don’t forget to like and subscribe for more celebrity gossip.
