History Series / RamsaysBoilingPoint

* MoneyDearBoy: The reason why Ramsay agrees to endorse Bramley Apples despite personally preferring the Granny Smith variety. He goes on to discreetly substitute Granny Smiths for Bramleys in a recipe at a press event for the latter apple, and not-so-discreetly makes insulting remarks about the brand's spokesman, both of which end in a pretty massive case of InsultBackfire.[[invoked]]

A follow-up series, ''Beyond Boiling Point'' aired in 2000, depicting Gordon's continued attempts to get a third Michelin star [[spoiler:and failing ''again'']], along with coping with a lawsuit (and assisting Marco Pierre White with his own legal troubles), cooking for UsefulNotes/TonyBlair and UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin, sparking a war of words with just about every food journalist in Australia, and ensuring that both "Gordon Ramsay" and his new restaurant "Petrus" continue to operate well.

* JerkAss: It might come as a shock to find that Ramsay somehow manages to turn his Jerkassery UpToEleven in ''Boiling Point''. Rather than just yelling at the chefs and staff members at his restaurant he goes on lengthy tirades against them, using just about every insult imaginable. By ''Beyond Boiling Point'' he had toned his act down just a little.

* CausticCritic: A.A. Gill is one, panning Ramsay's cooking and after Ramsay throws him out of his restaurant, stoops down to personal attacks in his reviews. He notably mentions Ramsay's failed football carreer and calls him a bully, while the shows prove that while Ramsay is extremely angry, he's also fair and they mostly support him.

* WithThisHerring: Ramsay's opinion on the electric ovens he's forced to work with at a banquet the night before the 1998 World Cup final.

* GenreSavvy: In the last episode of ''Boiling Point'', when Bramley Apple lobbyists are protesting outside of Ramsay's restaurant for his actions earlier in the series, one of the protesters admits to a reporter that the best their protest is likely to achieve is an insincere apology from Ramsay, and in fact will probably just give his restaurant a ton of publicity.

Filmed in mid-late 1998 and aired at the start of 1999, ''Ramsay's Boiling Point'' was a five-part TV series depicting Gordon Ramsay setting up his first restaurant -- called "Gordon Ramsay" -- in London after walking out on his previous employers. Many [[ClusterFBomb Cluster F-Bombs]] and quite a few sackings take place as Gordon attempts to establish himself as a restaurateur, has a friendly rivalry with former mentor Marco Pierre White, and attempts to earn a coveted third Michelin Star. [[spoiler:He doesn't get it]].

* ArchEnemy: A.A. Gill, the then food critic for the ''Daily Mail'' sees himself as this to Ramsay, as does Australian critic Cherry Ripe. Ramsay himself only vaguely acknowledges his rivalry with the former, and doesn't care at all about the latter once he leaves Australia.

* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Not to quite the extent that you might expect, mind. One of Ramsay's waiters gets himself fired on the restaurant's first day for drinking out of a glass of water which he then proceeded to serve to some customers, and another one gets fired later in the series for serving two tables the wrong appetizers, but otherwise most firings are only inferred to have taken place between episodes.

The place where it all started for GordonRamsay.

* GenreSavvy: In the last episode of ''Boiling Point'', when Bramley Apple lobbyists are protesting outside of Ramsay's restaurant for his actions earlier in the series, one of the protesters admits to a reporter that the best their protest is likely to achieve is a probably insincere apology from Ramsay, and in fact will probably just give his restaurant a ton of publicity.

* MoneyDearBoy: The reason why Ramsay agrees to endorse Bramley Apples despite personally preferring the Granny Smith variety. He goes on to discreetly substitute Granny Smiths for Bramleys in a recipe at a press event for the latter apple, and not-so-discreetly makes insulting remarks about the brand's spokesman, both of which end in a pretty massive case of InsultBackfire.

A follow-up series, ''Beyond Boiling Point'' aired in 2000, depicting Gordon's continued attempts to get a third Michelin star [[spoiler:and failing ''again'']], along with coping with a lawsuit (and assisting Marco Pierre White with his own legal troubles), cooking for TonyBlair and VladimirPutin, sparking a war of words with just about every food journalist in Australia, and ensuring that both "Gordon Ramsay" and his new restaurant "Petrus" continue to operate well.

The place where it all started for [[Series/HellsKitchen Gordon]] [[Series/MasterChef Ramsay]].

* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Ramsay's reaction toward A.A. Gill after having a bad review written about his new restaurant, to the point where when Gill returns a few weeks later Ramsay immediately throws him out.