Renowned British chef names Vietnam among top food destinations
VOV.VN - Renowned celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay of the UK has named Vietnam and Laos as the world's leading food destinations in a recent interview with Korean YouTuber Cho Seung-yeon.
During the interview the Korean YouTuber asked Ramsay, “Where would you say is the number one foodie destination?”
The celebrity chef replied that Laos is his top pick, along with Vietnam and Madrid.
“Vietnam, extraordinary melting pot of food,” the Scottish Chef noted, adding, “I fell in love, there's just such a humble approach to eating food.”
This comes after the British visited Vietnam back in 2011 for an episode of Gordon's Great Escape and quickly became enamored with the Vietnamese dishes which boast a complex array of flavours.
In the TV show "Gordon's Great Escape" which was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK from 2010 to 2011, Ramsay discovered the traditional cuisine of Southeast Asia, including one episode about Vietnam.
Gordon Ramsay, 49, is a Scottish-born chef, restaurateur, and television personality. His restaurants have been awarded a total of 16 Michelin stars and they currently hold nine. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, has held three Michelin stars since 2001.
Ramsay is best known for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as the British series Hell's Kitchen, The F Word, and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. As well as being popular in the UK, he has also produced shows in the United States, such as an American versions of Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, MasterChef, MasterChef Junior, and Hotel Hell.
In 2015, Forbes listed his earnings at US$60 million over the previous 12 months, thereby ranking him as the 21st highest earning celebrity in the world.