Chef Ramsay wins libel case
Gordon Ramsay has won a libel action against a British newspaper that accused the celebrity chef of faking scenes on a reality TV show.
The Evening Standard claimed in November that parts of “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares” -- in which Ramsay helps save failing restaurants -- had been exaggerated. It also claimed the program had put an incompetent chef into place at a struggling bistro featured in one episode.
Ramsay, who also stars in the Fox reality competition “Hell’s Kitchen,” denied the accusations.
The newspaper’s lawyer, Adam Cannon, said the Evening Standard now accepted that the claims were untrue. The newspaper’s publisher, Associated Newspapers Ltd., agreed Tuesday to print an apology and pay $138,000 in damages to Ramsay and the makers of his program.
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