Ramsay eats humble pie

Gordon Ramsay could face a costly lawsuit after reportedly clashing with a contestant on the US version of his Hell's Kitchen show.

The fiery Michelin-starred chef was involved in a scuffle on set with the man, who fell over and needed hospital treatment for a sprained ankle.

Ramsay reportedly told a colleague: 'It's a disaster. Aguy in set p****d me off. We got into a shoving match and fell down and he did his ankle.

'Everyone is really p****d off with me. I've been in constant meetings with lawyers trying to avoid a lawsuit.

'It wasn't intentional. I'm Gordon Ramsay for goodness sake, people know I'm volatile. But I didn't mean to hurt the guy.'

Ramsay's publicist refused to comment on how the fight erupted last week in an incident which was apparently caught on film. She said: 'This is a minor matter and will not interfere with the rest of the production timetable.'

Ramsay, 36, is being paid £1million for the programme and has been filming in Los Angeles for two weeks.

The American version of Hell's Kitchen features ordinary people, not celebrities, but they are unlikely to escape Ramsay's wrath if they make a mistake. In his last British series, he called former minister MP Edwina Currie 'a pathetic bitch'.