• Air date: 25 Feb '99 5 episodes
      Following a dispute with his business partners, Chef Gordon Ramsay walks out of Aubergine and spends the most intense months of his life as he opens his first restaurant in Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea.
  • List of Episodes (5)
    • 1. Goodbye Aubergine

      25 Feb '99
      Gordon Ramsay and the rest of the staff has resigned from the Aubergine. Ramsay has now bought "La Tante Claire" and is preparing to open it under his own name after renovations worth 1.2 million pounds. The opening night turns out to be a hot & heavy affair.
    • 2. The Celebrity Chef

      04 Mar '99
      Bramley's apples provide easy money. The restaurant is less than two months old, but Ramsay is already averaging a staff sacking a week. A food critic gets thrown out after roasting his food.
    • 3. Michelin

      11 Mar '99
      Gordon goes fishing with Marco Pierre White. Late night kitchen creations. A visit from MIchelin causes tensions to go high.
    • 4. Self Restraint

      18 Mar '99
      A Parisian banquet on the eve of the World Cup final produces a rare, but fleeting moment of self-doubt.
    • 5. The Third Star

      25 Mar '99
      Bramlay's apples put Gordon in a bit of hot water. Kitchen rituals provide another scalp. A waiter serving the wrong dish finds himself fired. Ramsay is getting sued for £1M. The third Michelin star proves elusive.