Thompson: 'Ramsay is a one-trick pony'

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Antony Worrall Thompson has said that Gordon Ramsay is a "one-trick pony" as a chef.

The former Ready Steady Cook star told Waitrose Food Illustrated that Ramsay is limited in the type of food he prepares.

Thompson said: "Gordon knows Michelin food but I have a feeling he hasn't got any depth.

"I don't think he reads cookbooks like they were novels like I tend to do. He's a one-trick pony."

He added that Ramsay had apologised to him at the Birmingham Good Food Show earlier this year after calling him a "squashed Bee Gee" who "can't cook to save his life" in the past.

Thompson continued: "He came into the room and said, 'Antony, I just want to wish you luck'. I was shocked.

"I said, 'Hang on, Gordon, why the change of heart?' He said, 'Well, when you are down you realise you are picking on people and you realise you shouldn't have done what you did'.

"It was bizarre. It was like saying 'I'm being kicked in the teeth, therefore I'd better not kick anyone else in the teeth'."