CRITICS

who claim that TV chefs spend more time in the studio than slaving over a stove will find food for thought when they hear that Gordon ramsay’s image rights company is outperforming his restaurant empire. New accounts for the 51-year-old’s Humble Pie Media business disclose a profit of £3.5 million. By contrast, the latest accounts for his restaurant kingdom record a loss of £4.1 million on £51.4 million turnover. something of a burnt offering perhaps?