Scottish-born chef Gordon Ramsay (born 8 November 1966) is a British celebrity chef and restaurateur whose restaurant group, founded in 1997, has earned 17 Michelin stars overall—currently holding eight, including a three-star rating for his flagship Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea since 2001. He rose to fame with the 1999 miniseries Boiling Point, but is globally known for his fiery, aggressive, and profanity-filled persona on television shows like Hell's Kitchen, the BAFTA-winning Kitchen Nightmares, and MasterChef. A childhood marked by an abusive, alcoholic father was followed by a serious knee injury that ended his dream of being a footballer, prompting him to study hotel management and later train under the legendary chef Marco Pierre White. Ramsay was appointed an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006 and has won three Catey Awards, including the UK's Top Chef honour in 2000. By 2020, Forbes listed his earnings at $70 million, ranking him 19th among the world's highest-earning celebrities.