Ramsay feels bite of French critic

BRITISH celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay will add a jewel to his crown this Wednesday with the launch of a restaurant in the royal city of Versailles, but an acid review by France’s most feared food critic has threatened to sour the occasion.

The Scottish-born Ramsay cut his chef’s teeth in Paris, working three years in the kitchens of giants Guy Savoy and Joel Robuchon, as he scoured the French countryside for champagne cellars and other foodie treasures.

“I came here when I was 22 and got my arse kicked in Paris, under the top chefs in the world,” Ramsay said in the light-flooded dining rooms of the Trianon Palace, a luxury hotel overlooking the grounds of the Chateau de Versailles.