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when he lost his leg. Next he planned until 1985 when a knee injury prematurely
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something amazing; he would run 5,300 miles ended his career. Forced to start over,
from New Brunswick on the east coast to Ramsay returned to school, earning a degree
British Columbia on the west coast. He called it in hotel management in 1987. After finishing
Marathon of Hope. He wanted to do it because his studies, Ramsay placed himself under
he wanted to earn more money for cancer the direction of some of Europe's top chefs.
research. He planned to raise a million dollars. He apprenticed with Marco Pierre White at
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He started to run at St John’s, Newfoundland Harvey's in London, worked for Albert Roux
on April 12, 1980. He ran 30 miles per day. He at Le Gavroche, and then worked under
raised 170,000 dollars in total for cancer master chefs Joel Robuchon and Guy Savoy
research. Finally, he ran 3,339 miles for 143 in France.
days and ended outside of Thunder bay, After he worked with some very famous
Ontario. chefs he began to work on his own
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After his running, he went back to the restaurant named Aubergine. His restaurant
hospital. He died on June 28, 1981 in New became the most famous in all of London.
Westminster. He died, but he raised money for From there he met Tara Hendrickson whom
his whole life. he would soon marry. After he got married
I chose him because I’m very impressed that he had kids’ named Matilda, Jack, Holly and
he ran across Canada. He ran for 3,339 miles Megan. Then, he began to make his first Tv
with one leg and raised money. It’s sounds show called kitchen nightmares where he
impossible! judges a restaurant’s performance. Next, he
began to make more tv shows like hotel hell,
The Best Chef in scrambled ( only on youtube), and master
England chef.
After he left his shows and focused more
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on his restaurants. He created a youtube
Gordon James Ramsay was born on channel named after him and did a
November 8, 1966. He was born in masterclass twice so he can teach others
Johnstone, Scotland, and raised in Stratford- how to cook like him. He also did a lot of
upon-Avon, England. When he was 15 years challenges for his youtube channel like
old he decided to join the Glasgow rangers. going to the military, doing sports again, or
His time with the team spanned three years, doing cook-offs. Also, he wrote 47 cooking
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