delicious. magazine took a peek behind-the-scenes at the F Word. Here are some of Gordon's fave memories of the show.
1. “Diving for king crabs in Norway. Amazing place, enormous crabs, the sweetest and most delicious meat – better than lobster.”
2. “Breaking the sound barrier in a fighter jet when I taught the RAF how to cook fast food.”
3. “Getting fellow Bafta winner James Corden, a huge fan of Chinese food, to eat a Chinese delicacy: a fish eye.”
4. “Cooking beef Wellington for The F Word diners: the recipe more people ask me about than any other, anywhere in the world.”
5. “Testing Cliff Richard on his wine knowledge and discovering he thought his own wine was harsh and that he wouldn’t pay anything for it.”
6. “Diving for sea urchins in Galway, nearly my last diving trip ever after a scary moment with the rapid tide…”
7. “Going to Jeremy Clarkson’s lighthouse on the Isle of Man and teaching him how to cook the lobsters we’d just caught together.”
8. “Saying goodbye to my Berkshire pigs Trinny and Susannah at the slaughterhouse before they were served to The F Word diners.”
9. “Agreeing to go into the boxing ring with Ricky Hatton. I can still feel the bruises!”
10. “Getting Jonathan Ross to eat a classic Japanese aphrodisiac: the beating heart of an eel!”