From Chef to Executive Producer

I've always wondered how Gordon Ramsey has gotten away without any of the participants on his tv shows suing him. Ramseys Kitchen Nightmares (for those of you living under a rock - a series in which Ramsay parachutes into failing restaurants for a week and tells them what they are doing wrong in his own inimitable style) has been a huge success in Britain and a US version is due to debut this September. Well, a now FORMER restaurant manager featured on the new American series IS suing His Gordoness and trying to stop the series from being broadcast. Martin Hyde, the former general manager of Dillons, an Indian restaurant in Manhattan's theatre district, is asking a judge to block airing of the show, saying Ramsey lied about finding rotten meat in the kitchens, hired actors to patronize the restaurant so it would appear ‘Dillons’ had grown more popular since Ramsay's intervention and unfairly targeted and provoked him to capture a confrontation on tape. ( I don’t doubt the provocation part for one minute, thats all part of the show isnt it? ) Hyde said he was blamed for the way the kitchen was run even though as general manager he had no control over the kitchen. (He certainly wouldn't have had any control once Gordon moved in). Ah well, we all know these shows are produced dont we? Any publicity is good publicity for Ramsey I guess. Wouldn't miss it for the world though......Luv it!