Apparently Chef Gordon Ramsay is not the big bad wolf he likes to pretend he is. Viewers of Hell's Kitchen may find him screaming and cursing all the time, but he certainly has his good side as BuzzFeed reports. Last September 16, he offered a job to an epileptic chef named Aaron Merry when he asked Ramsay for advice after he got fired.
The epileptic chef got in touch and sent a tweet at Ramsay, asking for advice. Merry said that he got fired when the restaurant found out he had epilepsy.
@GordonRamsay could do with your advice, got fired from my chef job on the way home on the same day I mentioned epilepsy , is that fair ?
— Aaron Merry (@Aaron_Merry15) September 16, 2015
When Ramsay saw the tweet, he immediately responded to Aaron. He feels that the firing was "ridiculous" and even offered him a job. There were no questions asked, no swearing, just immediate help for his fellow chef.
That's ridiculous DM I will offer you a job https://t.co/QwskzyHlFQ — Gordon Ramsay (@GordonRamsay) September 16, 2015
According to Metro UK, the young has suffered several episodes before going to work that morning. Upon learning this, the restaurant he worked for let him go. Earlier that day, he tweeted about what his epileptic fits.
Well 3 epileptic fits this morning but because of how much college and team in kitchen mean to me coming college anyway, can't let them down
— Aaron Merry (@Aaron_Merry15) September 16, 2015
According to reports, Aaron's father, Steve Merry was surprised that the renowned chef got in touch with his son right away. "Since Aaron got the reply, it's all been a bit of a whirlwind, as you can imagine. It just shows the kind of guy Gordon is and all that he is about. He didn't have to do this but it shows he's actually in touch with Joe Public. We're just waiting on a call from one of his team about Aaron starting the job."
He also confirmed that the Ramsay Group HR director has left a "long voicemail" asking for Aaron to visit London for a meeting.
"He's still studying at college, he was trying to learn his trade academically, and then apply that in part time jobs, so he was juggling quite a lot. On a personal level regardless of where it goes, we just want to thank Gordon and the Ramsay Group for following through on what they said."
He also added that, "It's very easy to say things on Twitter and not back it up. We're just incredibly appreciative of Gordon sticking to his word. It's testament to what kind of guy he is. A lot of people have this notion of him as a hard-nosed businessman."
So what do you think of Gordon Ramsay helping this young lad? There seems to be a lot about Chef Ramsay that we haven't known yet. He was also known to give advice for a struggling chef last month during the Reddit AMA.
