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The one part of a restaurant you should think twice about ordering from, according to Gordon Ramsay

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Published 10:29 13 Feb 2025 GMT

The one part of a restaurant you should think twice about ordering from, according to Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay has advised restaurant-goers to do one thing when picking their meal

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has shared some advice when it comes to ordering at restaurants.

And when the British restauranteur speaks about food, you should probably listen.

Ramsay has revealed what you should avoid on the menu when you're deciding what to eat, and explained why it's the right thing to swerve it.

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Good old Gordon has given us a number of tips over the years, whether it be the right time to serve Christmas dinner or pointing out other red flags to look out for when you're eyeing up a meal.

Ramsay, who admitted that his TV 'persona' is just him not 'giving a s***', has overcome a lot in the past year, having suffered a potentially horrific bike accident last summer.

He sent an urgent warning out to other bike riders, asking them to 'WEAR A HELMET' at all costs, as his life was saved due to him doing so.

Thankfully, we've still got Ramsay around, and he can continue to drop pearls of wisdom about the fine art of running a restaurant.

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One of his major tips was the things to look out for that might let you know that the food you're getting may not be up to standards.

The restaurateur previously spoke about his three golden rules for eating in a restaurant, telling diners they ought to be wary of any place which threw around 'suspicious boasts' about the quality of their food.

The celeb knows a thing or two about restaurants (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
The celeb knows a thing or two about restaurants (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

Buzzwords like 'famous' or 'best in the country' without any further evidence to back them up set the chef's alarm bells ringing as it always made him wonder: "Who said that? Who named that?"

However, Ramsay's top tip was all about the one thing you shouldn't pick off the menu when the waiter comes up and asks you to place your order.

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It turns out that the dish in question is pretty much anything off the specials board, particularly if it looks like there's a lot of options on there.

He said: "Specials are there to disappear throughout the evening. When they list 10 specials that's not special."

Advice worth listening to: if the specials board is too extensive then it's basically just another menu.

You'd be better off ignoring the specials, apparently (Getty Stock Photo)
You'd be better off ignoring the specials, apparently (Getty Stock Photo)

The chef also had a special trick to getting the best bottles of wine for a bargain price, saying you should ask for the 'bin end' list, which is comprised of bottles with scratched labels or vintages that haven't sold well.

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He suggested that you ask for a bottle of whatever is recommended for no more than $30 (£24), as apparently that can be a secret way of getting an underappreciated tipple to your table without it costing too much.

Additional words by Anish Vij.

Featured Image Credit: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

Topics: Gordon Ramsay, Celebrity, TV, Food And Drink

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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