Gordon Ramsay's Playing with Fire

"In the beginning there was nothing.

Not a sausage penniless, broke and although, at a certain age, that didn't matter hugely, there came a time when handmedowns, castoffs and football boots of odd sizes all pointed to a problem that seemed to have afflicted me, my mum, my sisters, Ronnie and the whole lot of us. It was as though we had been dealt the 'alltime dysfunctional' poker hand.

I wish I could say that, from this point on, the penny dropped and I decided to do something about it, but it wasn't like that. It would take years before the lessons of life, business and money began to click into place before, as they say, I had a pot to piss in.

This is the story of how those lessons were learned."

This is Gordon Ramsay at his raw, rugged best. Playing With Fire is the amazing story of Gordon's journey from souschef to superstar. In his noholdsbarred style, Gordon shares his passion for risk and adventure and his hardwon success secrets.