The F Word

A topical weekly show hosted by Gordon Ramsay, aided and abetted by restaurant critic Giles Coren.

10 Votes (6.9)

2005 HD TV-14 United Kingdom English Ended
Documentary Game-show
cooking

Credits:

Janet Street-Porter

Self

Gordon Ramsay

Self - Presenter

S1E1 - Vegan Week 2005-10-27

Its National Vegan Week, so Gordon marks the occasion with a very special and very Ramsay dish. Gordons children learn that a turkey is just for Christmas dinner and not a family pet, when they buy live turkeys to rear and slaughter for Christmas dinner. Star of stage and screen Martine McCutcheon learns how to sharpen a knife and Gordon learns to "keep it simple, stupid" when he challenges comedian Al Murray to make the best bread and butter pudding.

S1E2 - Kitchen Dynasty 2005-11-03

Superstar mega-diva Joan Collins visits The F Word restaurant. Its the first time the two have met since Joan was famously thrown out of Gordons first restaurant, Aubergine, seven years ago. Gordons mum Helen challenges her son with her favorite recipe for apple pudding. And theres trouble among the turkeys in Gordons garden. Garys as sick as a parrot, so Gordon calls in expert advice.

S1E3 - Into the Wild Game 2005-11-10

Gordon faces his biggest challenge yet with his ongoing campaign to get women back into the kitchen. Gordon cooks venison with chocolate: "Bambi never tasted so good." He also journeys to the far north of Scotland to try the rare and unusual delicacy that is Gannet - an unforgettable experience.

S1E4 - Highs and Lows 2005-11-17

Can food affect a mans fertility? Currently theres speculation about a general decline in the sperm count and whether it can be linked to diet. Gordon blames his own low sperm count on the fact that chefs are constantly exposed to high levels of heat during long hours in a kitchen environment. He enlists the help of a fertility expert and a clinical embryologist to see whether they support his theory and offer advice on how men can help prevent problems with their sperm. Plus top model Penny Lancaster comes for dinner and tells Gordon about her very fertile relationship with Rod Stewart.

S1E5 - A Proper Job 2005-11-24

Chat show maestro Jonathon Ross, is put to the test by Gordon this week when hes challenged to kill and cook lobster. If Paul McCartney is watching this, I apologize. If youve got the bollocks to eat it, you should have the bollocks to kill it, responds Gordon. The show also features Gary Rhodes, an amazing report about the potential benefits of horse milk and an exclusive report on which is Britains healthiest supermarket.

S1E6 - The Winning Trifle 2005-12-01

England Coach Sven Goran Eriksons partner, Nancy Dell-Olio, gives Gordon some tips on how to score when she visits The F Word. "The sexiest room in the house? Its the kitchen because the other places are too easy!" Nancy cooks for and with Sven regularly, "I do the cooking, he helps me. We work together, were a team. Actor Richard Wilson - best known for his performance as Victor Meldrew - and Kim & Aggie from "How Clean Is Your House" take Gordon on with their trifle recipe; while resident food critic Giles Coren looks into the world of detox.

S1E7 - Let's Talk About Sex and Soup 2005-12-08

Big Brother host Davina McCall, comedian Jimmy Carr and Property Ladders Sarah Beeny join celebrated chef Gordon Ramsay and restaurant critic Giles Coren for the cookery show covering all aspects of food.

S1E8 - Gobble Gobble Croak 2005-12-15

Writer and broadcaster Janet Street-Porter and former athlete Colin Jackson guest on the show devoted to all things culinary. Dishes on the menu include ravioli of duck, chestnuts with a Jerusalem artichoke sauce and a main course of sea bass. Gordon also reveals the secret of perfect roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.

S1E9 - Ozzy Knows Best 2005-12-21

The chef cooks a festive meal comprising truffle and herb buttered turkey with fried breadcrumbs for guests including Sharon Osbourne. The whole restaurant shares the Christmas feast rustled up from Gordons hand-reared turkeys, aptly named Jamie, Nigella, Delia, Ainsley, Antony and Gary, while Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall takes on the recipe challenge.

S2E1 - Don't Like It? Don't Pay 2006-06-21

Gordon buys some pigs to rear in his garden, and is joined in the kitchen by Kathy Burke. Plus, a new regular feature sees amateur cooks getting the chance to cook in his restaurant for paying customers. Gordon also organises a book amnesty, giving viewers the chance to send in celebrity recipe books theyve never used - so they can be safely destroyed.

S2E2 - I'm Not Your Mate 2006-06-28

The fiery chef prepares sesame crusted tuna, pan-fried sea bass with sorrel sauce and apple doughnuts, and teaches Jeremy Clarkson how to cook lobster. Janet Street-Porter throws down the gauntlet in the recipe challenge and Cliff Richard is invited to deliver his verdict on several wines - including, unbeknownst to him, one of his own.

S2E3 - Scrambled Portions 2006-07-05

An all-female amateur brigade prepares scrambled egg with wild mushrooms, black bream with peas bonne femme and pink champagne sabayon with citrus fruit. Darren Gough goes head to head with Gordon in the recipe challenge, and Janet Street-Porter finds a new low-fat superfood with four legs, while Jeremy Clarkson gets down to the task of cooking Sunday lunch for his wife and children.

S2E4 - Bolton Lip 2006-07-12

Four Bolton brothers help the chef prepare summer garden soup with walnut pesto, rabbit fricassee, and rhubarb souffle with white chocolate sauce. Janet Street-Porter continues her search for low-fat diet superfoods and Dermot OLeary takes Gordon on in the recipe challenge with his Irish stew - and a little help from his mother.

S2E5 - Competitive Edge 2006-07-19

Four A&E doctors swap their white coats for aprons to rustle up salt and pepper squid with sweet chilli sauce, bacon-wrapped chicken legs with a pea and broad bean risotto and retro classic crepes suzette. Shameless star Dean Lennox Kelly is in for dinner, and Gordon enters Trinny and Susannah into the pigs equivalent of Crufts. Meanwhile, an expat family in France get a helping hand cooking Sunday lunch.

S2E6 - Amateur School 2006-07-26

Four Oxford students put their culinary skills to the test with a menu of Japanese marinated cucumber, lemon sole en papillote with red chard and a plum tatin with clotted cream. Gordon discovers what conditions are like for commercially farmed pigs, while Michelle Collins takes up the recipe challenge and Jonathan Ross gets to grips with a live eel at the F Word restaurant.

S2E7 - Birmingham's Finest 2006-08-02

Four amateur cooks from the West Midlands join Gordon in the kitchen to rustle up artichoke, asparagus and onion tart with fried quails eggs, breast of duck with spring greens and gooseberry sauce, and a four-minute chocolate mousse. Janet Street-Porter gets a job in a fish-and-chip shop on the Shetland Islands, while Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall helps prevent Trinny and Susannah getting sunburnt.

S2E8 - Bye Piggies 2006-08-09

Four farmers daughters vie to be cream of the crop when they take over the kitchen to cook three simple recipes. On the menu are a starter of crab mayonnaise rolls with mango salsa, a beef fillet with mushroom gratin and a hot chocolate fondant. John Thomson tackles the recipe challenge, while Janet Street-Porter takes on the might of the supermarkets, and Gordon bids farewell to pigs Trinny and Susannah.

S2E9 - Time To Pig Out 2006-08-16

The A&E doctors return to the show as the best brigade of the series. Slaughtered pigs Trinny and Susannah also make a reappearance - served up in a recipe of roast loin and belly of pork. Gordon travels to Scotland in search of his grandfathers butcher shop, while Little Britains David Walliams takes on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Janet Street-Porter in the recipe challenge.