![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/celeb-chef-jason-atherton-opens-up-on-feud-with-gordon-ramsay/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/newspress-collage-23061269-1689350753546.jpg&description=JASON Atherton has opened up on his reported fallout with his former boss Gordon Ramsay - insisting his mentor is "a legend". Michelin-starred chef Jason , 51, worked for Gordon, 56, early on his career before branching out on his own in 2010. 3 Jason Atherton worked for Gordon Ramsay until he branched out on his own in 2010 Credit: Rex 3 The Saturday Kitchen star has opened up on their reported feud in an interview with The Sun Credit: BBC During a TV appearance in 2019 he admitted they haven't spoken since his departure - after which he earned a Michelin star within a year of opening his restaurant Pollen Street Social. Jason now boasts multiple fine-dining restaurants around the world. Asked about his relationship with Gordon, Jason spoke highly of his ex-mentor and told The Sun: "There's certainly no feud from my side. "I'm only five foot eight, don't want a feud with Mr. Ramsay. "He's a legend, an absolute legend. And he's, you know, when I worked for him, he was 100% at top of his game and he still is. "Every TV show he does is is pretty much a smash hit, every book he writes is great, we should be very proud of what he's achieved." Jason added: "Not just for himself, but also for our country and overseas. He's been a real role model for chefs. So yeah, there's no, there's definitely no feud. That's 100%." Continuing to shower praise on his contemporary, Jason said he was grateful for Gordon drilling a strong work ethic into young chefs. Asked what he had learned from his time with the star, he said: "I use the quote all the time, you know, because we worked extremely hard, and we still do today. "'Hard work pays off'. It's as simple as that. "Whether you're willing to get up before everybody else, you're willing to go to bed later, everybody else you're willing to put extra hours in more than anybody else. "You're willing to do whatever it takes to be at the top of your field that hard work pays off and Gordon taught all of us that, you know, we worked as a){kind=link}
JASON Atherton has opened up on his reported fallout with his former boss Gordon Ramsay – insisting his mentor is “a legend”.
Michelin-starred chef Jason, 51, worked for Gordon, 56, early on his career before branching out on his own in 2010.
During a TV appearance in 2019 he admitted they haven’t spoken since his departure – after which he earned a Michelin star within a year of opening his restaurant Pollen Street Social.
Jason now boasts multiple fine-dining restaurants around the world.
Asked about his relationship with Gordon, Jason spoke highly of his ex-mentor and told The Sun: “There’s certainly no feud from my side.