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books; his bestselling book is Bread street Coco Chanel was born as Gabrielle Chanel in
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kitchen. Now, Gordon Ramsay is a renowned the French countryside in 1883. Her family
chef, restaurateur, writer, and Tv personality. was very poor, and her mother died when
His restaurants have been awarded 16 Chanel was twelve. After her death, Chanel’s
Michelin stars in total and currently hold a father abandoned Chanel and her two
total of seven. sisters to live in an orphanage run by nuns.
I find that Gordon Ramsay is a good Her two brothers were married into a
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motivator, one of the best selling authors, family, leaving no one to care for the three
helps to improve contestants in their skills, sisters. Life in the orphanage was very strict,
loves his family a lot, and helps his kids to gain but Coco did learn to sew and the
a skill for a career in the future. He once said, “ fundamental basics of making clothes.
I think pressure is healthy and very few can Chanel left the convent at the age of
handle it”. He works a tough life and is a very eighteen and worked as a seamstress. She
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hard working person. What he says about his also sang at cafes, which was where she got
life is “ If you want to become a great chef you her new name, but did not have enough
have to work with great chefs and that’s talent to have a career in singing.
exactly what I did”. Gordon Ramsay is a great In 1908, Coco worked with Etienne Balson,
example of a hard working person who became a very wealthy and rich aristocrat. Working
a leader in his profession. with Balson allowed Chanel to be familiar
with many other rich aristocrats. In 1913,
The Queen of Parisian Coco got financial help from Arthur “Boy”
Haute Couture Capel, who was a lover of Chanel’s. Chanel
opened a boutique in Deauville which
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introduced a new line of sportswear. It was a
“In order to be irreplaceable, one must huge success. Sadly, Capel died in a car
always be different.” This French woman crash, which left Chanel in tears. She was a
was the queen of Parisian Haute Couture for very determined woman and said she would
almost thirty years; she was the face of a die, or finish the work she and Arthur
new fashion era and idols of many for her started. She did. She had a talent for
desire of independence. Oftentimes when finishing what she started. In 1910, Chanel
we remember the world’s strong-willed, became a licensed milliner, in 1918, she
determined women, we remember her, Coco opened another boutique called “Chanel
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