Tana Ramsey has mostly kept out of the spotlight, but occasionally, she steals the focus from
her husband. She's a cookbook writer, and she pals around with celebrities, raised five children, runs
marathons, and pretty much lives a picture-perfect life. Discover who the real Tana Ramsey is
Tana Ramsey isn't a trained chef, and according to Toronto City News, it takes her forever
to chop an onion or carrot. But while husband Gordon was off filming television shows, the responsibility for feeding their
children fell on her shoulders. She said, I remember going home and having a home-cooked meal on the table. Just the comfort that gave
me as a child and the security it makes you feel. That's what I want to do for my family
According to The Guardian, Ramsay began by writing recipes for a weekly magazine
which led to her first cookbook in 2006, Tana Ramsay's Family Kitchen. Despite the perky and
perfectly staged cover photo, the cookbook doesn't have the fussy recipes attributed to her husband
She said, I was determined that it should be real, that it be full of things that people can actually do
Since her first cookbook's publication, Ramsay has followed up with four more cookbooks
and according to The Observer, they are generally geared toward time-deficient and stressed-out moms
There have been suggestions that Ramsay is cashing in on her husband's fame, but she shrugs them off
I'd be stupid if I thought that Gordon wasn't the reason I'd been asked to do it
But I can either dwell on that and worry what people are going to say, or I can get on with it.
In 2006, Gordon Ramsay catered David and Victoria Beckham's pre-World Cup party
and the two couples became close friends. Gordon and David bonded over their mutual love of sports
and as reported by the Daily Mail, Tana and Victoria were drawn together by the similarities
in their families. According to Bustle, their friendship grew stronger when they all moved
to Los Angeles. The families even take regular annual vacations together. Tana and Victoria
are often spotted in public with similar hairstyles and wearing similar clothes by the same designers
Tana admitted that she's taken fashion tips from her BFF, and although she's changed her
hair color to match Posh Spice's shade, she insists that they're very different and that
she hasn't turned herself into a Beckham clone. Matilda Tilly Ramsey is Gordon and Tana's daughter
She first appeared on her father's show The F Word when she learned the harsh realities of
animal husbandry, as she watched the turkeys she helped raise in the garden be taken off for
slaughter. The only way that Tilly could get attention in her noisy family was by cooking
In an interview with Waitrose Weekend, she admitted, "...it is easier to get attention by producing a tasty dinner for everyone than it is jumping up
and down making a lot of noise all the time." Inspired by both parents, Tilly's confidence
grew, and she made appearances alongside Gordon on Hell's Kitchen and MasterChef Junior
In 2015, Tilly's own show, Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch, premiered. The show follows the family on their summer vacations where Tilly prepared meals and traded quips with her father As reported by The Guardian Tana is the domestic goddess of the show providing the calm and sensible glue that holds the family together
Like both parents, Tilly wrote a companion cookbook that caters to her hit show's audience
children and young adults who are just learning the basics. Before the pandemic, Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch had racked up 75 episodes
Tana Ramsay has admitted that she enjoys an old-fashioned marriage. — husband goes to work, wife manages the household
And even when Gordon confessed in his autobiography that he's, quote, never changed a nappy, Tana
defended him, saying, "'Why does it bother people so much? If it bothered me, I'd have said so at the time.'
Her devotion was sorely tested when it was revealed in 2008 that he'd had a seven-year
affair with a professional mistress, Sarah Simons. According to the Daily Mail, Ramsay denied the allegations, even joking about it at a
live cooking demonstration. Simons fought back, claiming to the now-defunct news of the world that he was lying. She said
Gordon has his PR team working round the clock, trying desperately to protect Bran Ramsey and this image of him as the ultimate family man
Throughout the scandal, Tana projected an aura of strength and dignity. However
in private, she was reportedly shocked. As the tabloids continued to churn out this soap opera
the sales of Tana's recently published cookbook, Homemade, increased while Gordon's book sales took a hit
Tana made no public statement as to why she chose to stay with him, but as reported by
The Guardian, she is quoted as saying, "'If I worried about women throwing themselves at him, I'd become paranoid. You've got to
be secure enough in your relationship. I trust Gordon. Without that, there's no point.'
According to the Daily Mail, when Gordon and Tana Ramsey were first having trouble getting
pregnant, Tana sought out medical help and learned that she suffers from polycystic ovarian syndrome
a hormonal disorder that can affect fertility. Combined with Gordon's low sperm count
the only option for them to conceive was with IVF. Although Tana had fears about the treatment
it worked, and their first child was born in 1998. Two more children were conceived with IVF
but their fourth, Matilda, was conceived naturally. When Tana realized she was pregnant
she hurried to Gordon's restaurant to tell him. She told the Daily Mail, I never go to the kitchens. The first thing he said was, have you damaged the car
In 2016, Tana had again conceived without IVF, but according to The Sun, she miscarried
it five months. But on New Year's Eve 2018, the couple revealed that Tana was several months pregnant
Happy New Year! And guess what? Happy New Year because soon we've got another one coming
Oh my lord! Baby Oscar was born in April 2019. According to Celebs Now, Tana Ramsey credits her own toned body to pal Victoria Beckham
with whom she takes power walks and SoulCycle spin classes. But Gordon was out of shape
because of insane work hours and poor eating habits He admitted to the Daily Mail that when he and Tana began vacationing with the Beckhams he felt uncomfortable about his body I didn have a figure I didn feel that good
Although the tabloids wrote that Gordon took to dieting to save his marriage
in truth, Tana never threatened to leave him. Instead, she gave her mouthy husband a taste of his own tough love talk. Tana said in an NBC interview
"'Gordon's famous for being blunt. I just gave him a little bit of his own medicine and basically
suggested that he was getting a little wide around his middle. Ramsey was 270 pounds at that point
so she devised a low-fat, protein-rich eating regimen for both of them. He said
She put me on a strict diet. Every day, she made me stand on those scales
Eating properly and getting regular exercise — often running marathons with Tana — resulted in his
losing nearly 60 pounds. According to the Los Angeles Times, in 2013, Ramsey competed in his
first Ironman triathlon. In 2009, Tana Ramsey signed on to compete in season five of Dancing
on Ice, a popular British television show that's like Dancing with the Stars, but on ice. Tana
said, Gordon was the one that persuaded me to do it. I wasn't sure I could manage it. According to
The Mirror, she hadn't performed since she was a five-year-old in ballet school. And like all
celebrity contestants, Ramsey had intensive pre-show training, and she was paired with
professional skater Stuart Whittle. Although some of the press was snarky about her talent
Ramsey persevered for three weeks. The fourth week, she and Whittle skated to the ABBA hit
Waterloo. Ramsey failed to impress the judges and she was voted off, but she was gracious to the end
I'm taking away the fact that I've performed like that three times
and that's quite an achievement for someone who's never performed. Gordon Ramsey is infamously known for humiliating the contestants on Hell's Kitchen with cruel
insults. But in the seventh season premiere in 2010, the attention-grabbing stunt was turned
on its head. During the signature dish challenge, Ramsay calls upon a mousy, bespectacled brunette
to present her dish, veal scallopini, which Ramsay promptly declared looked like, quote
baby vomit. Then he tasted it. Ramsay was shocked that the scallopini was so delicious
It may look slightly dull and boring, a little bit like you, but well done
Ramsay surprised the other contestants when he moved in to give her a comforting hug to relax
Then he leaned in to kiss her cheeks, which turned into a passionate kiss on her lips
He said, That was f***ing amazing. Before we go any further, this person is not who you think she is
This person is my wife. Tana pulled off her wig and glasses and they kissed again
Ramsay apparently had a point to the charade. I don't give two f*** about how much experience you've got
What I do care about is who has the magic. Who has it? She definitely has it
In 1998, Gordon Ramsay opened his first restaurant with the financial help of his father-in-law
Chris Hutchison and over the next several years Hutchison was the CEO of Gordon Ramsay Holdings Not only were they business partners but they were also inseparable friends Ramsay wore the apron and Hutchison wore the business suit But in 2010 Ramsay learned that Hutchison had withdrawn nearly 1 million pounds in loans
from the company and fired him. Hutchison told the Daily Mail, I feel like I have been vaporized by Gordon, and the only question I have is why? Why have you done
this to me? Hutchison had already heard rumors that Ramsay was planning to get rid of him and
confronted Tana about whether she knew what was happening. When her father's firing became public, Tana again stood by Gordon
As reported by the Daily Mail, her mother, Greta, spurned her with a searing letter which said
Tana, you are not welcome anywhere near our door. I cannot believe that you have done this to your father
As reported by the star, Ramsay came to his wife's defense by publishing an open letter
to Greta. You're punishing your daughter and our four children for all the wrong reasons
According to The Mirror, Ramsey's private detective discovered that Hutchison had two
long-standing extramarital relationships. Wow. First was Francis Collins, with whom Hutchison had two children. He provided them with a luxurious
life and put his illegitimate son on the Ramsey payroll. Then came Sarah Stewart
and Hutchison paid for her four children's education in private schools. When her husband died, Hutchison hired Sarah and gave her a 2.5% share of a Ramsey subsidiary
Gordon had revealed everything to Tana, and though she was shocked, she attempted to mediate
between her father and her husband. According to the Daily Mail, the meeting went poorly and strengthened Tana's resolve to
completely support Ramsay. In 2011, Ramsay sued Hutchison for embezzlement, but also for hacking into his personal and
company computers. Hutchison and his two sons, Adam and Chris Jr., one of Hutchison's illegitimate children
hacked into Ramsay's emails to find a photo of Sarah Stewart, one of Hutchison's two mistresses
As reported by The Guardian, the Hutchisons illegally hacked almost 2,000 emails in search
of the photo, which they regarded as a breach of Stewart's privacy, as well as any communication
between Ramsay and his lawyers regarding Ramsay's suit against Hutchison. In 2012, Ramsay paid a £2 million settlement to cut all business ties to his father-in-law
This seemed to be the end of the story. But then in 2017, the Hutchisons were charged under Operation Tuleta, a British police investigation
into computer hacking. As reported by Sky News, Tana's sister, Orlando Butland, was charged as a co-conspirator
Hutchison pleaded guilty, and just before his sentencing, as the Daily Mail reports
Tana asked the judge to not send her father to jail. The judge, however, sentenced Hutchison to prison for six months
As reported by The Guardian, Tana's brothers were given four-month prison sentences and
suspended two years. According to the Daily Mail, Hutchison served his six months, and soon after his release
he declared bankruptcy. Thank you