In his first public appearance since the allegations began, Gordon Ramsay laughed off rumors of his long time affair with associate Sarah Symonds.

The Telegraph quoted Ramsay as saying: “We had a new bed delivered this week – the paparazzi outside must have been thinking that I’d been forced to sleep in the basement.

Now at Kitchen Warfare we’re very interested in sex forced to write about food (for more on sex check this out) but no doubt these sort of ‘out of the kitchen’ activities can have rippling effects even in the world of good chow. Reportedly the US version of Kitchen Nightmares is on hold, plus one has to wonder how tawdry rumors effect sales of Ramsay ‘add ons’ like books, pots and pans.

As you may recall, when Dinner Impossible’s Robert Irvine lost his job over a bogus resume KW readers seemed divided and many claimed that without Irvine they’d never watch the show again.

But so far the Ramsay stories are just rumors, and at the start of the holiday buying season no less. So would or should these allegations weigh into your decision to buy a Ramsay book? As a gift for a righteous friend?  Does it make sense that his show’s production be put on hold?

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