Back in the glory days, when George Clooney had his man-crush Brad Pitt all to himself, George decided to take Brad on a special guy’s night (re: date). First, what would Brad Pitt and George Clooney be called if they were a couple? Pooney, right? Not “Clitt” – that’s much too dirty. Although “Borge” would be funny. But I prefer Pooney. Anyhoo, Pooney were in London, so they popped into Claridges, where Gordon Ramsey was chef. Unfortunately, date night got ruined when one of Ramsey’s chefs set the kitchen on fire and the restaurant had to be evacuated.
What’s weird about this story is that Gordon Ramsey was the one to tell it, and he claims this is the reason he deems Clooney and Pitt as “the worst celebrity guests he has ever entertained”. Um… but was it Pooney’s fault! Pooney didn’t come in and set fire to the kitchen… Ramsey’s people did that themselves. The Sun has more:
I can’t see Brad Pitt or George Clooney being welcomed back to any of Gordon Ramsey’s posh restaurants.
The fiery chef has named the two movie hunks as the worst celebrity guests he has ever had to entertain.
The Kitchen Nightmares star revealed the pair popped in for a bite to eat at his Claridges restaurant in London’s Mayfair while filming Ocean’s Eleven in 2001.
But the movie legends left the five-star eatery less than happy after a rare mishap in the kitchen.
He said: “We had George Clooney and Brad Pitt in at Claridge’s when they were filming Ocean’s Eleven.”
“They got upset because my head chef set the kitchen on fire. His port wine reduction caught fire — the canopy went up and then the flames shot up.”
“We had to evacuate the place and George and Brad were not happy.”
“They were standing outside probably muttering ‘f****** chefs’.”
From The Sun
Of course they weren’t happy. Pooney came on a date, and the place caught fire. They didn’t get to eat spaghetti from the same plate like they do in Lady and the Tramp! For the record, I believe Clooney is the Tramp, and Brad is Lady in that little story. How cute is that image?
I’m still struggling to understand the point of Gordon Ramsey’s little anecdote. Just to name-drop? To have a cool Clooney-Pitt story? It’s not even that cool. Just goes to show, you can always count on Gordon Ramsey to turn this kind of incident into the other guy’s fault. Hell’s Kitchen, my foot.
Brad Pitt and George Clooney are shown at the Venice Film Festival on 8/27/08. Gordan Ramsey is shown on 5/18/08. Credit: PRPhotos
sounds like a major bullsh*t story if I ever read one. Maybe the kitchen caught on fire, but the pissed off part sounds totally lame.
Who cares? I’m just glad to be able to drool over Clooney and Pitt in the same frame! 😛 Yummers
Clitt! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Regarding Ramsey, I have eaten at At the London West Hollywood. And at best it was disappointing. The decor was really cool, and the food was ok but it was tiny. We left there and a couple of hours later went to another restuarant because we were all still hungry. It doesn’t need to be a huge portion, but at least enough to fill you up when you are spending about 80 bucks a person. I won’t go back there. And for Ramsey to have all that attitude over that food is kind of amusing. I wonder if he has ever been to Spago, Lucques, Mr Chow, etc etc they are worth the money. LA is full of choices that are much better
Ron: Aren’t most fancy restuarants like that though? Two spoonfulls of food at $100 a spoon? And sometimes the food isn’t even that good.
In LA yes some are–but this was excetionally small. London and Indochine are both known for tiny servings.
RE: “Clitt,” “Borge, “Pooney,” “Lady & The Tramp,”…
OMG–I almost choked drinking my iced tea when I read this silly little blurb. Kaiser, I LOVED this man-date anecdote, even though it happened eight years ago and was kind of pointless…You are too funny! 😀
So, the place almost burns down, and they are the bad guys? I’d be freaked out if a place I was eating in almost burned down. What are they supposed to be SO happy they were burned up? Maybe, they should have kissed his a** afterwards and said, “what a wonderful meal. You are SO amazing . . . ” ok
Wait a minute, did he just complain about something that supposedly happened in 2001? WTF??? And to hold a grudge for that long because “They were standing outside probably muttering ‘f****** chefs’. So he thinks they were probably muttering that line, he doesn’t even know if they did or not. phycho!!
Thanks, Justalark! I know I picked “Pooney”, but “Borge” is really growing on me.
My vote is for ‘Borge’ too!
I love that Ramsay has to spray his pompous relevancy juice over a story that is 8 years old.
Try hard much Gord. He’s only a cook cos he was rubbish at footie!
I don’t think either George or Brad is a princely saint, but I’m hard-pressed to imagine either of them saying, “This fire is so inconvenient to me!”
What about Pittney?
Not to nit pick, but I personally wouldn’t want to eat in a restaurant that just had a fire, for one thing I would imagine that the lingering smoke/odor would have an impact on how the food tasted, and at those prices I wouldn’t be too pleased either. Having said that it’s not that I don’t believe BP and GC could have very well been vocal and even rude about their distaste of the situation, but to be fair Gordon Ramsey isn’t exactly the gold standard of verbal tact and decorum so perhaps he should just zip it.
Pooney is good, not as filthy sounding as ‘CLitt’, but still nasty enough to stop you in your tracks for a moment.
Put it all together and you get . . . Clitt Pooney. Yow!
I’ve heard that they prefer “Pitooney” – like the flower.
Funniest. Post. Ever.
Hell yes! I’d be mad too, if we walked into a place for dinner, and you tried to barbecue us instead.
I can’t believe this is actually a news worthy story. Wow. It must have been a slow day in tabloid world.
haha that was a great article… very funny…
he thought, maybe, perhaps, possibly they were mad but wasn’t sure? great story… i bet what happened is that pooney was really irked and hvaen’t revisited the place… which is why he waited 7 years to tell this story… now he’s sure they’re not coming back so he’s attempting to beat them to the punch and gain the upper hand… “oh no no, it’s not like those two don’t come here anymore, it’s just that i won’t serve them”
pitooney is nice too 🙂
I’m calling them Brooney! For the extra bromance.
Brad Pit = Douche.
George Clooney = Super Douche.
Gordon Ramsey = Biggest Douche of them all (plus he is ugly to boot).
No, “Clitt” is definately the best, despite (or because of) the implied dirtiness!!!
How were Clitt the worst celeb guests when, apparently they didn’t get to eat (or finish) their dinner???
I mean, I could see it if they stormed around yelling “How dare you set this place on fire when we’re eating! Do you know who we are???!” But indecipherable muttering? If that’s the worst celeb behaviour Ramsey has ever seen, I’m utterly amazed.
On the other hand, I wonder if he said they were the worst guests, or if he said it was the worst incident he’s had entertaining celebrity guests? Maybe the The Sun took some liberties with the wording here?
Ramsey does not COOK .He has the hired help cook. The food is over priced, you are under fed and the food is not that great. I have been there and also there are a few others that are on the air that do the same thing. They are out siging contracts and making appearances and they let the help do it all lol
Why bother, in New Orleans the famous chef has the same deal going . BAAAM isnt the word I would use for the food in his place either..go to a regualr place and get good food and plenty of it for a lot less.
I, too, enjoyed the highly distinctive style of humor found in this article. Read Michael K much?
I don’t know if you all are in on a joke that I’m not in on, but Gordon Ramsay has a particular sense of humor that you guys don’t seem to be understanding.
He wasn’t being serious when he said that they were upset and muttering obscenities. I suspect he was chit chatting to someone about the incident and was probably laughing throughout it but they’ve put this in like he said it seriously.
It’s clear that he isn’t serious from the last line: “They were standing outside probably muttering ‘f****** chefs’.”
Anywho, this was a very well written bit, Kaiser. Props. I was laughing out loud 🙂
Oh, and THANK YOU for putting edit back!
all of u are so idiots, george and brad, is much better tham all of you
the envies is a shit
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE PEOPLE HERE? ALL OF YOU ARE DOUCHE AND IGNORANT.
Hello, Gordon Ramsey is only for French/Italian/British cuisine, it is not F***** “All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet”, go to Europe, the food is more expensive than in North America in general, plus it is all about quality not quantity. Tighten your stomachs for good sake.