Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletter We have more newsletters Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay , two titans of TV cooking, were locked in an infamous feud that lasted more than a decade. The mud-slinging became increasingly vicious over the years, with Gordon making stinging remarks that visibly rattled Oliver on multiple occasions. But the long and bitter dispute finally ended when one of the chefs was hit by personal tragedy.
Oliver has now returned to our screens with a new Channel 4 series called Fast and Simple. The show sees the star whip up quick and simple meals, offering expert tips to cut down on complications and maximise flavour. The rivalry between the chefs begun in 2009 when Oliver objected to Ramsay comparing Australian journalist Tracey Grimshaw to a pig.
In response to the remarks, Oliver told The Sun: "Aussies aren't forgiving. Once you're gone, you're gone..
. It's never good to criticise a woman, especially when they're loved by their country and you do it on national television." Although Ramsay eventually apologised to Ms Grimshaw, he was far less courteous towards Oliver, dismissing him as a "'one pot wonder".
Ramsay explained: "Everything kind of gets mixed in - hands in. It's a very different style to me. He sticks it in the oven, comes back three hours later and it's done.
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