Netflix is no stranger to a celebrity documentary and the latest to be released is Being Gordon Ramsay, which was released on the streamer on February 18.
The six-part series follows the highs and lows of chef Gordon Ramsay as he attempts to his biggest project yet: opening five culinary experiences at the top of 22 Bishopsgate. Alongside his business plans, the series also looks at his family life, early career beginnings, and marriage to wife Tana.
Being Gordon Ramsay also sees Gordon—the man we're used to swearing on every occasion—open up a more vulnerable side of his personality, giving candid revelations about his past, including his relationship with his younger brother Ronnie.
So who is Gordon's brother Ronnie? And what has Gordon said about him? Here's everything you need to know.
Who is Ronnie Ramsay?
Ronnie Ramsay is Gordon's younger brother, who is less than two years younger than him. Ronnie is the third Ramsay sibling, with the pair also having two sisters.
The children started life in Scotland, before moving to England when Gordon was nine and settling in Startford-upon-Avon. During the Netflix docuseries, Gordon reveals his brother Ronnie is a heroin addict.
Back in 2007, Ronnie was arrested in Bali, when "100mg of heroin was found in his pocket during a search." He was then sentenced to 10 months in jail and given a fine of £381.
What does Gordon say about Ronnie in new docuseries?
During the docuseries, Gordon opened about what drives his success and how he could have nearly not made it. When pressed by the interviewer what he means by this, Gordon goes onto explain about his brother Ronnie who has a heroin addiction.
"I have a brother who's a heroin addict," he reveals. "We shared a bunk bed together. He's 15 months younger than me, and he's been an addict for the last four decades. I've gone to hell and back with him, and so I have a guilt complex. That could have been me. It could've been switched."
What has Gordon said about his brother Ronnie before?
This isn't the first time Gordon has opened up about his sibling. In the early 2000s, Gordon spoke to Waitrose Food Illustrated magazine about the pair's relationship, telling the publication (via BBC), "I feel the pain, I feel it big time. I don't think that my mum at 60 should still be putting up with it."
He added, "It is hard dealing with Ronnie. He is a major responsibility. It is like having an 18-year-old to look after."
And prior to the documentary being released Gordon and Tana spoke candidly with the Daily Mail, where Tana revealed she had hoped to help Ronnie during the early days of her marriage to Gordon.
She revealed the couple took him in and claimed, "So many times we tried to fix him, then you actually begin to understand the enormity of the issue and that it’s never going to change until it comes from him. He’s not moved on at all."
Gordon also revealed Ronnie had asked to perform at his daughter Holly's wedding to Adam Peaty, which Gordon refused.
"It was tough. It still pains me. He said, ‘Hey, have you got a music gig for the wedding? I’m free.’ I put down the phone and I said to Tana, ‘Fucking hell, here we are in the house we sleep in and there’s my little brother still with two pit bulls in a council flat in Birmingham, busking,’” the chef said.
Ronnie does not feature in the Netflix documentary, nor do two of Gordon and Tana's children Megan and Jack, due to their jobs in the police and Marines, respectively.
Being Gordon Ramsay is available on Netflix now.
