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Thanks for sharing OP. Interesting thread.
So I went for dinner at Gordon Ramsey at Claridges
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Nice pictures, Looks great, and it's made me rather hungry.
At the people saying its chavy to take pics in a restaurant, etc. So glad I don't know anyone like you in real life. But then again, I tend to prefer friends who arent pretentious *******
At the people saying its chavy to take pics in a restaurant, etc. So glad I don't know anyone like you in real life. But then again, I tend to prefer friends who arent pretentious *******
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Gordon is one of my favourite celebrity chefs, I'd love to go there and eat but I'm not sure of the cost. What is it roughly per head for say, 4 course with wine?
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It's not being pretentious, it's just having a bit of courtesy. I would be annoyed if I went for an expensive meal in a nice restaurant and some pleb was sat in the corner *flash* *flash* *flash* *flash* all night, so by extension I wouldn't do it myself.
Sure when you're down the local Whetherspoons flash away all you like but when people are paying £100 a head for a meal, I don't think it's too much to expect people to refrain.
Hmm, I'd say about £120-£150 per head if you want to have a great meal with wine and not hold back.
And yet you have just proved that you also have no tolerance towards people, if you find someone flashing a camera 10 times or so over the course of 90 minutes of dining that annoying then you need to seriously re-evaluate what respect is. After all it's not like he's taking photo's of you.
Sure, by dint of being there you have carte blanche to do whatever you like! Complete rubbish. I suppose because you paid £100 per head you could dance on the tables. Therein lies the difference between someone with standards and someone with none.
EDIT - ah, maybe I took your post wrongly. Apologies if I did!
Oh I guess he should have went round and asked everyone if they mined him and his wife having a few photo's first since it was a special occasion, yeah... ok next time I am out and I see someone taking a photo I'll go and express your disgust towards them.
You clearly have no idea, do you. The food and experience at some of these places is very, very good indeed.
Nothing wrong with photos - just the flash, which can be incredibly irritating. By all means take your photos, turn the flash off though.
At £100 a head it had better be.
I ate at Claridges a couple of years ago for my Birthday, which was before it lost it's Michelin star.
Firstly, as has been pointed out, the OP went for the tasting menu. You get smaller portions, but numerous courses. You could still order a regular Starter, Maincourse, Dessert if you wish and obviously would have a bigger portion, but when going to somewhere with exquisite food, you really want to experience lots of tastes.
Next, I've been fortunate enough to eat at some other Michelin star restaurants and Claridges is certainly the least pretentious of all them. It's got a very nice dining area, the staff, while attentive are also quite relaxed and will have a chat with you. Although I didn't myself, a lot of people also went into the kitchen to see it and thank the chefs at the end of their meal.
While I really enjoyed the meal, the only thing I'd say, looking back on it now is that it can feel slightly like they want to get you in and out quite quickly. Reason being, is that Ramsey is very firm that to be a good restaurateur you need to get people in and out to make a profit, that means having two sittings a night. Rather than people sat for hours after having finished a meal. So if you do eat there, I'd defiantly book a later sitting.
Perhaps that's why it lost it's Michelin Star, plus the whole people visiting the kitchen all the time was probably a bit touristy.
If you want to try somewhere else for a really good meal by a Celebrity Chef (perhaps not quite so well known) I'd recommend the 2 Michelin Star, Marcus Wareing at The Berkley.
He was originally Sous-Chef to Ramsey some years ago, and then opened Pétrus as Head Chef, as a restaurant owned by Ramsey and he got two Michelin Stars. He was then voted Restaurateur of the year and The Berkley hotel wanted to work with just Wareing. Ramsey was pretty annoyed and there was a big legal battle, but eventually Wareing and The Berkley opened their current restaurant. Even though Ramsey was best man at his wedding, I'm not sure they are friends anymore!
He pops up on TV on various shows, such as The Great British Menu where he actually cooked for the Queen.
Anyways, it was the best meal I've ever eaten, so I can fully recommend it!
Firstly, as has been pointed out, the OP went for the tasting menu. You get smaller portions, but numerous courses. You could still order a regular Starter, Maincourse, Dessert if you wish and obviously would have a bigger portion, but when going to somewhere with exquisite food, you really want to experience lots of tastes.
Next, I've been fortunate enough to eat at some other Michelin star restaurants and Claridges is certainly the least pretentious of all them. It's got a very nice dining area, the staff, while attentive are also quite relaxed and will have a chat with you. Although I didn't myself, a lot of people also went into the kitchen to see it and thank the chefs at the end of their meal.
While I really enjoyed the meal, the only thing I'd say, looking back on it now is that it can feel slightly like they want to get you in and out quite quickly. Reason being, is that Ramsey is very firm that to be a good restaurateur you need to get people in and out to make a profit, that means having two sittings a night. Rather than people sat for hours after having finished a meal. So if you do eat there, I'd defiantly book a later sitting.
Perhaps that's why it lost it's Michelin Star, plus the whole people visiting the kitchen all the time was probably a bit touristy.
If you want to try somewhere else for a really good meal by a Celebrity Chef (perhaps not quite so well known) I'd recommend the 2 Michelin Star, Marcus Wareing at The Berkley.
He was originally Sous-Chef to Ramsey some years ago, and then opened Pétrus as Head Chef, as a restaurant owned by Ramsey and he got two Michelin Stars. He was then voted Restaurateur of the year and The Berkley hotel wanted to work with just Wareing. Ramsey was pretty annoyed and there was a big legal battle, but eventually Wareing and The Berkley opened their current restaurant. Even though Ramsey was best man at his wedding, I'm not sure they are friends anymore!
He pops up on TV on various shows, such as The Great British Menu where he actually cooked for the Queen.
Anyways, it was the best meal I've ever eaten, so I can fully recommend it!
