Ramsay slams 'Taliban lookalike' White

Gordon Ramsay has criticised Marco Pierre White, claiming that the chef's bandana makes him look like "someone from the Taliban".

Ramsay, who is famously said to have been reduced to tears when working for White in the 1980s, insisted that he would change channels to avoid Marco's Kitchen Burnout, but admitted that White was an excellent chef.

Ramsay told Radio Times: "Having been there and worked with him I know that he was an amazing chef, so when I see him philosophising, as opposed to cooking his arse off - being the real Marco - I find it a little bit sad.

"When I see him sat there looking like someone from the Taliban with that rag on the top of his head it makes me laugh. But then I want to see him cook."

White took over from Ramsay on ITV's Hell's Kitchen in 2007, and attacked his predecessor's performance on the celebrity cookery contest.