Gordon Ramsay, the famous cook, recently lost his cool at his restaurant, Hell’s Pearly Gates. The shocking fight between famous actor and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg got a lot of attention.
The fight started when Goldberg asked for Ramsay’s famous well-done beef Wellington. This question, which seemed innocent, made Ramsay very angry. People were shocked when he said, “It’s raw!”
“If I wanted yelling with my meal, I’d eat at a military mess hall,” Goldberg replied with a straight face. As punishment, Ramsay banned Goldberg for life, telling her, “You, Goldberg, are banned!”
Goldberg didn’t give up and joked, “Now I won’t worry about his yelling interrupting my meal.” The episode was played down by Ramsay’s PR team, which called it “passionate but regrettable.”
People in the cooking world disagreed on whether or not liking well-done beef Wellington is a culinary sin. People didn’t agree with Ramsay’s position.
The Michelin scoring system responded by adding a “Customer Bans” area, and Ramsay was set to get the bad honour.
Memes with the hashtag #WhoopiWellington made fun of Ramsay’s famous “It’s raw!” slogan.
The food community had mixed feelings about the decisions. Chef Marco Pierre White backed Ramsay, while Julia Child’s memory defended Goldberg’s choices.
Goldberg probably won’t have to change her dinner plans because many cooks would be happy to fit her tastes. This shows how subjective food is.
