Ranieri cooking up a storm at Stamford Bridge

CLAUDIO RANIERI has likened his job at Chelsea to that of a cordon bleu chef, striving to blend the right ingredients into a sumptuous feast – and he is determined to depose Alex Ferguson as the Gordon Ramsey of English football.

The jolly Chelsea chief reckons he has earned his first Michelin star after leading Chelsea into the last 16 of the Champions League and guiding them to the top of the Premiership.

However, the Italian believes Manchester United boss Ferguson is a couple of stars ahead of him, but Ranieri is aiming to overtake him.