Gordon Ramsay on Vegans/vegetarians

[Neptual]

I used to have respect for Gordon Ramsay, I used to go to his restaurants when I wasn't vegan. Used to. Apparently he tricked vegetarians into eating meat.

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A sick joke for sure. Ironic because in 2012 he went on a vegetarian diet in order to become healthy enough to run a marathon.

[Jebus]

Never liked the guy. I'm surprised that he is not worried about the legal repercussions of admitting something like this.

[brimstoneSalad]

This is why I don't trust many chefs. They don't often genuinely respect others' choices, and have a deep contempt for anybody who doesn't eat meat.

Kosher chefs I do more, and even Muslims, because they can understand the concept of not eating something, and put themselves in your shoes (e.g. what if somebody fed them pork, the same way I don't want to eat any animal products).

There was an episode of Psych a few years ago where a parody of Ramsay (I think) was murdered, and the main character was wondering if they should even bother to catch his killer since he was obviously such a bad person.

At least most people seem to recognize that's a pretty shitty thing to do.

[TheVeganAtheist]

what an asshole.

[Volenta]

It's indeed very disrespectful.

I wonder whether you all actually can enjoy watching non-vegan cooking shows in general. I sometimes try (if there is nothing else on the television), but I can't stand certain actions being performed with meat and the talk that comes with it. Last time I watched they were slicing off the feet and the head of a whole chicken.

[Neptual]

I wonder whether you all actually can enjoy watching non-vegan cooking shows in general. I sometimes try (if there is nothing else on the television), but I can't stand certain actions being performed with meat and the talk that comes with it. Last time I watched they were slicing off the feet and the head of a whole chicken.

No, I can't stand to watch them. Not because I'm possibly indirectly contributing to industrial farming, but because I can't stand to see dismembered animal body parts on TV.

[Volenta]

It seems like many chefs actually hate having veg*ns in their restaurant. Many restaurants don't have any veg*n meals on their menu, so they hate preparing something special for veg*ns. Good chefs should easily be able to do it, but they can experience it as a pain in the ass. That's probably why I generally hate ordering something in a non-vegan business (although I've also found some that have no trouble with it, probably due to easy modification of the recipe).

[Red]

Gordon Ramsey in a nutshell.

[bobo0100]

Conversing with my old dietitian and ex-cheff I was told that some places hire people with the propose of dealing with vegan/vegetarians.

[Neptual]

Conversing with my old dietitian and ex-cheff I was told that some places hire people with the propose of dealing with vegan/vegetarians.

This could be really great for those who want to pursue a culinary career but don't want to cook/clean meat or any animal products for that matter.