Gordon Ramsay has taken up a new challenge – entering into the cut-throat world of exhibiting for the first time.
The mighty master of the kitchen is leaving the pots and pans behind to tackle the rigours of the Royal Bath & West Show. Accompanying him on the path to success in the show world will be his two latest recruits – a couple of perky Berkshire piglets!
Renowned for his culinary expertise and for his acclaimed TV series which include Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, Hell’s Kitchen and “Gordon Ramsay’s F-Word”, Gordon, who received on OBE for his services to the hospitality industry in this year’s New Year’s honours list, is making his first foray onto the show scene. And the whole experience will be televised for his F-Word programme and will be televised later in the year!
Gordon spent months doing his homework properly before embarking on becoming a pig exhibitor. He approached several Berkshire pig breeders around the country for advice with a view to him rearing a couple of pigs in his back garden.
He settled on Christine Coe and her husband Kevin Major who run Glebe Farm Berkshires in Warwickshire – one of the largest registered pedigree herds in the UK.
They helped him choose a pair of gilts (girl piglets) born in January. “He was keen to get free range pigs; he came along with his children and chose them, took them back home to London and he and his family have been looking after them ever since in the run-up to the Show” explained Christine.
Gordon will be bringing his latest prodigies along to the Show which takes place at the Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset from May 31st to June 3rd. And they have been entered in the Exhibitor Judging class in the pig competitions on the final day of the Show.
Added Christine, whose pigs won the awards for Breed Champion and Reserve Inter-Breed Champion at the Show last year: “It has been an exciting experience for us all and it is fantastic for the British pig industry and for the British farming industry in general.”
The Royal Bath & West Show, sponsored by EDF Energy, promises an action-packed four days. New features at this year’s show include a Canoe Village, a Heavy Horse Centre, a unique Sustainability Area and exciting adventure action with the Bolddog Lings Motorcross Display Team.
Other highlights include the best of British livestock on parade, the return of the wild wolves, Polo, Imagineering and the Orkney Village, the show-stopping Wurzels, the fun, fact-finding Family Trail, the biggest gathering of alpacas outside Peru, the popular Dog Show - and the chance to savour the very best food and drink.
Show-jumping, over 1,000 tradestands, the Somerset Life Food and Drink Awards, and the magnificent Floral Marquee will all add to the action-packed four days.
All children aged 15and under will be allowed in free of charge to the Show, when the adults accompanying them book their tickets in advance. Each adult saver ticket, price £15, admits two children. However children’s tickets bought at the gate on the days of the Show will still have to be paid for.
Advanced saver tickets can be booked on the credit card hotline on 01749 822 222. Gate Ticket Prices will remain the same as for 2005.
For further details ring the Bath & West Showground on 01749 822 200 or visit www.bathandwest.com
For further information and pictures please contact:
Fran Weelen, Marketing Department, Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Tel: (01749) 822 213 Fax: (01749) 823 169
e-mail: fran.weelen@bathandwest.co.uk
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Gordon Ramsay Exhibits at Show
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