Gordon Ramsay has axed ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ for the sake of his stomach.
The TV chef has confessed he’s given up the popular series, which sees him visit failing restaurants in a bid to improve them, because his body needs time to recover from all the questionable food he’s eaten.
Speaking in a video on the Channel 4 website, he said: "I want a rest. I want my stomach to go through a 12-month period with no ulcers.
"And then I want to go to the toilet once a day, properly, as opposed to four or five times a day once I’ve had a bad experience in a s**thole selling frozen food that’s been defrosted in the microwave for the last 17 minutes, so no, I want to get back to eating normally."
However, despite admitting that he’ll be taking at least a year off from the series – which has seen him reinvent restaurants across the globe – he’s confessed it could be set to return in the future.
He explained: "I still have that hunger to get those businesses back on the map and I’m still like a little Rottweiler.
"I just want to be led up the front door, let off the lead and then booted in – sniff out the crap, turn the place upside down, give the owners a great shake and then put them back on their feet."
Gordon added: "Let’s not say it’s going away and finishing forever. It may come back. It depends on my ulcers."
Meanwhile, the final series – ‘Costa Del Nightmares’ – kicks off on Channel 4 tonight (23.09.14) at 9pm.
Gordon Ramsay axed Kitchen Nightmares to save stomach
