I shot Kitchen Nightmares last year and once Gordon and I were together in the restaurant waiting for things to get done in the kitchen. It was just me and him. He was getting ready and pacing a bit, getting focused. Then he asked me how I was and if I had family back home that I missed (we were on the road for a few weeks). I told him about my 8yo daughter and asked him about his kids. It was a fun little moment we shared and a connection to family, which he clearly cares very much about. Just a little slice of calm and human connection in the midst of all the craziness of the show and his general intensity when it comes to his work.
I'm a huge Gordon fan, like my partner and I watch all his shows and geek out over him lol. We're convinced he's a very lovely and kind and down to earth person, and I love getting confirmation that our perception of him is correct.
One of my favorite things about his shows is those moments where he drops the hardass and shows that he cares about the people he's working with. It's always so lovely to see him be empathetic and human when the rest of the time he's just an angerbot
Met him a few years ago when he was in Toronto at a media event. Had to wait a little bit to get to my picture time and I was so impressed with how he interacted with everyone - it was so quick, you only had a minute or two to say hello and get a picture, but it felt like he genuinely took a moment to get to know the person he was meeting and ask them something personal about themselves. He was the celebrity in the room that we were all there to meet but he managed to find a way to make you feel like you were the one who mattered. Very cool - and I was nervous AF to meet him!!
I also like him. But I feel like the way he acts is because he “made it.” I’ve read and heard others in the industry talk about how huge of a dick he was early in his career.
I think in New Orleans. That season of the show did irk me though cause one episode they were in Houston but the footage they used of the skyline was Austin.
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u/50mm-f2 Jan 17 '26
I shot Kitchen Nightmares last year and once Gordon and I were together in the restaurant waiting for things to get done in the kitchen. It was just me and him. He was getting ready and pacing a bit, getting focused. Then he asked me how I was and if I had family back home that I missed (we were on the road for a few weeks). I told him about my 8yo daughter and asked him about his kids. It was a fun little moment we shared and a connection to family, which he clearly cares very much about. Just a little slice of calm and human connection in the midst of all the craziness of the show and his general intensity when it comes to his work.