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By [[1996]], the restaurant had been awarded two Michelin stars. After a dispute with the management he left ''Aubergine'' in [[1998]] to open his own [[Wiktionary:eponymous|eponymous]] restaurant, in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]]. The restaurant gained three Michelin stars in 2001, making Ramsay the first Scot to achieve that feat. It was here that he famously ejected food critic [[A. A. Gill]] (along with his dining companion [[Joan Collins]]). After this incident A. A. Gill stated that "Ramsay is a wonderful chef, just a really second-rate human being".

From his first restaurant his empire has expanded rapidly, first opening ''Petrus'' where six bankers famously spent over £44,000 on wine during a single meal in 2001, and then ''Amaryllis'' and later ''Gordon Ramsay'' at [[Claridge's]]. Restaurants at the [[Dubai Creek]] and Connaught Hotels followed, the laterlatter branded his protégée, Angela Hartnett's, name. Ramsay's company, Gordon Ramsay Holdings, continued rapid expansion under Marcus Wareing as Chef Patron.

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