Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has opened up about his daily diet and fitness regime, revealing that despite his culinary prowess, he opts for simple, healthy meals to maintain his impressive fitness levels. The Scottish-born star, who once weighed 18 stone, is now a fitness enthusiast, regularly participating in marathons, ultra-marathons, and Iron Man competitions.
At 58, Ramsay is in peak physical condition.
In an interview with Jason Fox from SAS: Who Dares Wins for Men’s Health, Ramsay shared insights into his eating habits. He explained: “Good food doesn’t have to be boring food, and healthy food never has to be fad food.”
He detailed his typical meals, saying, “I love eating. We have a protein shake in the morning, scrambled eggs for lunch, and then something poached for dinner, whether it’s poached chicken or fish. We don’t do lots of salads but it’s finding that balance.”
The full interview can be watched below:, reports Cornwall Live.
However, Ramsay’s healthy lifestyle isn’t solely down to his diet. The chef, who once aspired to play football professionally for Glasgow Rangers, also employs a unique method to keep his calorie intake in check.
Gordon Ramsay confessed that the demanding hours and high-pressure nature of being a chef make it challenging to maintain a healthy lifestyle. He also admitted that constantly sampling rich foods makes it difficult to eat healthily, so he has developed a strict trick to keep his calorie intake in check.
Ramsay explained: “The role of a chef today is way more prolific than it was 20-30 years ago and we need to be fit, we need to be smart, and we need to set that example to the team.”
“We are super disciplined as well. I’ll eat two mouthfuls of a delicious dish and then ignore it, and it’s painful. You sit there like a green-eyed monster desperate to devour that whole plate and i’ll discipline myself to two mouthfuls, then i’ll get out of that plate and it pains me because I know if I eat a fourth, fifth, or sixth mouthful, then that’s it, it’s game over.”
“It’s the discipline that drives me, the discipline of saying ‘two mouthfuls, then get out of there’.”
Although Ramsay started to focus on his fitness and weight loss in his early 30s, it wasn’t until he turned 40 that he realised his long-held ambition was to achieve a high level of fitness, including completing an Iron Man challenge – a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile cycle, and a 26.2-mile run. “I got to the age of 40, and I had no time; I was seven days a week, restaurants opening all over the place, Michelin Stars coming out of my arse, and all of a sudden, my life got consumed. So I took a good look at myself and realised I was overweight, out of control, and I’d forgotten my time. I’d forgotten the most important part of the day, and that was that 90-minute session five days a week to myself,” he explained.
“Taking up triathlon wasn’t just about running, I had to go for a swim, I had to get on the bike. It made me more disciplined. Wherever we were filming in the world, wherever we were opening a restaurant in the world, I could either swim, go for a quick hike, or a run on a sh***y machine that could barely hold me weight. Clawing that time back was crucial.”