TV chef outs father-in-law’s secret family

Gordon and Tana Ramsay.

Gordon and Tana Ramsay.

How do you fire your father-in-law and stay married?

Scottish chef Gordon Ramsay, famous for his televised temper and foul mouth, did it by hiring a private eye to find out if his wife’s dad has as many mistresses as Ramsay has shepherd’s pie recipes.

The Daily Mail, like most tabloids across the pond, has been all over the story.

It seems Ramsay, the host of multiple reality TV shows, including “Kitchen Nightmares,” had a falling out with his father-in-law and business partner, Chris Hutcheson, and hired a private eye to figure out how the 62-year-old was spending company time and money.

The F-bombs must have been flying when Ramsay learned Hutcheson had maintained a separate family with another woman, Frances Collins, since 1976.

The information became public this week when a gag order was lifted to show Hutcheson’s “misappropriation of corporate funds.”

The chef waited almost two years to tell his wife, Tana, 36, that she has a 31-year-old half-brother, Christopher, and 29-year-old half-sister, Victoria.

Christopher Hutcheson Jr. allegedly worked at Ramsay’s company without his knowledge, but he now runs a computer company.

Victoria has cooking in her blood; she runs a catering company in Boston. If Ramsay’s TV crew dropped by it might stew up a real kitchen nightmare.

32 comments Add your comment

Barack Obama@John the forth

May 27th, 2011
10:53 pm

Thanks for voting for me!

TheDuchess

May 27th, 2011
11:48 pm

Congrats John Galt. LOL You’re just having fun…why not?!

Laurie

May 28th, 2011
12:22 am

Woot! 13th! That’s all I have to say as this article is entertainment value only, it’s Friday night, and I’ve had 1 margarita and 2 laughing skulls. :)

MattMD

May 28th, 2011
2:21 am

I’ll comment when people start getting bloody serious.

Flack off!!!!

David Hasselhoff

May 28th, 2011
6:51 am

Watch me eat a hamburger

Baltisraul

May 28th, 2011
6:55 am

John Gualt…..it is ok to be first. It is not ok to want to be first.

Batman

May 28th, 2011
8:06 am

Hi,…I’m Batman.

Chef Ramsay

May 28th, 2011
8:28 am

Bugger off, you bunch of fat cows!

Mongo

May 28th, 2011
8:38 am

It’s funny that some screwup idiots here think it’s mean to talk to screwup idiots like they are screwup idiots. I guess it’s not PC to scold people that screw up over and over then get an attitude when they are confronted with how big a screwup they are. I never saw him talk harshly to anyone that didn’t richly deserve it.

Then again it’s probably only screwups that take offence to Ramsey.

Go Chef Ramsey!!!

KA

May 28th, 2011
8:44 am

This ‘news’ is not news, but a waste of space as are the comments.