{"id":51587,"date":"2026-04-16T15:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=51587"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:22:26","slug":"gordon-ramsays-kitchen-nightmares-star-speaks-out-on-what-hes-really-like-in-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/04\/16\/gordon-ramsays-kitchen-nightmares-star-speaks-out-on-what-hes-really-like-in-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Ramsay&#8217;s Kitchen Nightmares star speaks out on what he\u2019s really like in person"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2023\/10\/03\/where-bask-46-chef-is-now-after-gordon-ramsays-kitchen-nightmares\/\">Gordon Ramsay&#8217;s Kitchen Nightmares<\/a> has been going on for years, and it&#8217;s been super entertaining. A big reason for that is the effing and blinding that <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/13\/its-been-18-months-since-filming-so-how-successful-is-gordon-ramsays-bishopsgate-restaurant\/\">Gordon<\/a> usually does in other people&#8217;s kitchens, and now a star of the show has spoken out on what he&#8217;s really like.<\/p>\n<p>Charita Jones, who owned Momma Cherri&#8217;s Soul Food Shack in Brighton before its closure, appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2023\/08\/07\/meet-alone-narrator-channel-4s-tony-hirst-who-was-on-hollyoaks\/\">Channel 4<\/a> show in 2005. She told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casinohawks.com\/\">CasinoHawks<\/a> what Gordon is really like in person, and she described him as &#8220;very nice&#8221; when cameras are not rolling.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;He was very nice. At the very beginning, when we were upstairs in the kitchen, and I think the first time he dropped the f-bomb word to one of my chefs, I looked at him and I said, \u2018Gordon, do you talk like that to your mama?\u2019 And he said, \u2018No, Mama.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DW7gw3LCG2H\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DW7gw3LCG2H\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by HISTIO (@histio.io)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\u00a0&#8220;I said, \u2018There you go. I don&#8217;t expect to hear that language.\u2019 I don&#8217;t mind it when it&#8217;s talking around someone\u2019s actions, but swearing directly at someone I didn\u2019t like. I then treated him like my little brother. We\u2019re equal. There was banter between the chefs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it came to my waitresses and my staff, I wasn&#8217;t having it because my thing is, and I did say to Gordon, \u2018I have so much respect for you. I expect the same.\u2019 And that was it,&#8221; Charita added, and she was even pictured in his book a while after the show.<\/p>\n<p>His visit the first time Gordon went back to the kitchen with an empty plate, because he thought it tasted so good. At first, all of the restaurant staff were scared of him, &#8220;but then every last one of them fell in love. We all fell in love with Gordon Ramsay,&#8221; claims Charita.<\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i> on <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She claims she had a strong word with him away from the 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