Ramsay: Sir Cliff Richard swore at me

Sir Cliff Richard swore at Gordon Ramsay while recording The F-Word – and his expletive will air.

The oldies-favourite singer agreed to appear on the Channel 4 series when Ramsay visited his treasured vineyard in Portugal. His mistake, however, was to take part in a blind-folded taste test.

He was handed two red wines to try and correctly said the first was "amazing". "Of course it was, it was a £400 bottle," said the celebrity chef, moving on to the second.

Ramsay recalled: "I told him it was a sort of £12.99 bottle and Cliff said, 'That's rubbish. I wouldn't pay for that, it's tainted, it's insipid. It tastes like vinaigrette. I'd never buy that.'

"I told him, 'Cliff, that was your wine' and, well, f*** me, he went off. Bananas. He lent over and with his finger and said, 'Young man, go f*** yourself.'"

He observed: "Sirs can't swear like that."

A Channel 4 spokesman confirmed that Richard's comment will be televised. He said: "This series is going out after the watershed so it won't even be bleeped out."