Kanye West Hires Gordon Ramsay For Cooking Lessons

The thought of Kanye West with a Wusthof knife is a little alarming to begin with. The thought of the notoriously impulsive rapper holding a Wusthof knife while being yelled at by a notoriously hotheaded chef is even more so. But West apparently wants to learn how to cook for his entourage. So, according to the Mirror, he's hiring Michelin-starred Masterchef host Gordon Ramsay to teach him how. The report is unconfirmed, but Ramsay is in just bad enough a way to make it believable. West, for his part, may have been stung by the hilarity of the tumblr "no one man should have all that flour," which got laughs by inserting culinary terms into his lyrics.

Ramsay isn't the first celebrity chef to have a close encounter with a plain old celebrity. Gwyneth Paltrow and Mario Batali are practically best buds; they even did a cooking show together. And this April, in a less aggressive version of the West-Ramsay match-up, Jamie Oliver gave cooking lessons to Brad Pitt.

Comments

[bobbiisadukefan]

09:07 AM on 08/08/2011

This has to be televised.....and the outcome will not be pretty...Shut it down!

[Joann Vallo]

01:57 PM on 08/07/2011

To everybody who hates Kanye for what he did on that grammy show, did you even know who taylor swift was before then??? I didn't. He MADE her career. She certainly doesn't have much talent.

[stevi]

12:11 AM on 08/05/2011

Two tantrum throwers in the kitchen with knives.....WHOA!

[French Toast]

08:04 PM on 08/04/2011

Toss in Kanye teaching Gordon to do music and I'm friggin glued to that show.

[haganj3]

01:37 PM on 08/04/2011

West should take lessons from a Life Coach in how to get along with people and act human rather than cooking lessons.

[Florida1966]

12:15 PM on 08/04/2011

A quick search for Gordon Ramsey will turn up a couple of interesting points. Also watching him on a variety of shows gives me the impression of him as a soft spoken husband and father, who loves to cook and knows how to make a restaurant work. He also know hows to lead in the kitchen and to hold his staff to high standards. As far as the yelling and such, after reading a bit about him on the net, it turns out that after attending chef school he went to work for a "well known" chef who was known for an incredibly bad temper in the kitchen. Ramsey worked for him for 3 years before leaving the position due to the head chefs temperament. That chef was the original chef to host Hells Kitchen in Britain. I think Gordon Ramsey simply channels the other chefs attitudes and tantrums for Hells Kitchen in the US.

[Riana Lynn]

09:41 AM on 08/04/2011

I want to see the tape of this

[abuja19]

04:00 AM on 08/04/2011

They have to film the sessions for this. Kanye and Gordon...two celebs known for their temper getting together to cook. One word: Awesome.

[fishnetdiver]

03:38 AM on 08/04/2011

"I'ma gonna let you finish that Wellington inna minute...but I just gotta say that Cat Cora is the hottest chef out there!"

[tippisheadrun]

01:59 AM on 08/04/2011

And what is on the menu besides ego and a dash of hubris?

[abuja19]

04:02 AM on 08/04/2011

A side dish of megalomania.

[Seeker3569]

12:02 AM on 08/04/2011

i am so jealous! i love gordon ramsay! he can give me lessons anytime! lol however, i know how to cook .. anyways, ramsay has mellowed out.. i've been watching masterchef and he's not the hothead as his previous shows.. i still love him whether he's mellow or mean..he's the best!

[bigmac4923]

07:02 PM on 08/03/2011

Hahaha! Oh, please let them film the lessons.

[mrsentinel]

04:50 PM on 08/03/2011

I hope Gordon thumps Kanye with a rolling pin.

[abuja19]

04:02 AM on 08/04/2011

For what reason?

[mrsentinel]

04:51 PM on 08/04/2011

Just for the sheer entertainment value. And because Kanye could use the kind of humiliation that only Mr. Ramsay can deliver. But mostly for entertainment value.

[AlsoSarah]

04:48 PM on 08/03/2011

I have watched Ramsey on some British shows and he is quite soft spoken and gentle on them. I think he Americans up when he does our shows.

[fishnetdiver]

03:37 AM on 08/04/2011

agreed. when he's on 'The F Word' he's a decent enough guy (still swears like a sailor but hey...) and even on 'Masterchef'. But you get him on 'He//s Kitchen' or 'Kitchen Nightmares' and he's the British Badboy.
Personally I'd give my right arm for a week's worth of cooking lessons from the guy!

[Rantanya Smith]

12:09 PM on 08/04/2011

I'm a huge fan of Gordon Ramsay as well, but he's actually Scottish, not British...he's had to correct a contestant on Masterchef because they thought he was lol

[AlsoSarah]

04:46 PM on 08/03/2011

Hopefully Ramsey will beat the crap out of him and teach him some manners. Forget cooking.

[abuja19]

03:59 AM on 08/04/2011

Sour much? Maybe Ramsay could do that same to you...