Ramsay gets burned during 12-hour curry cooking lesson

GORDON Ramsay is used to being at the top of the chain of command but the chef was reduced to the role of kitchen apprentice at a Southall restaurant as he learned how to make a perfect curry.

Ramsay, 41, joined staff at the Brilliant Restaurant, Western Road, for a 12-hour shift.

He left covered in burns having learned to master a clay oven during the session, which was filmed by Channel 4 for his Cookalong show.

Dipna Anand, who runs the Brilliant, said Ramsay had been an excellent pupil.

"He just worked really hard through the whole day," she said.

"At the end of the shift his arms were covered in blisters and I asked him if he was alright, but he said it just meant he had not been working hard enough.

"It is great to have someone like him coming here and saying it is the best curry he has ever tasted."

The restaurant won the Best in the London Suburbs prize at the Curry Awards on Sunday for the second year running.

Ms Anand said: "We are a truly family restaurant.

"A lot of people just open these restaurants and then leave them for managers to run but I think there should always be someone from the family there.

"We have a wide and varied style of dishes which brings people back."