Who Is Gordon Ramsay’s Wife? All About Tana Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay has a longstanding reputation for being tough in the kitchen on shows like Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef and Kitchen Nightmares. However, he has a soft spot for his wife, Tana Ramsay.
The couple first met in the early ’90s at a party, though Tana was dating someone else at the time. They reconnected a few years later and went on to get married in 1996.
“Gordon just loves winding people up. Absolutely loves it,” Tana told The Telegraph in 2016 of her husband. “You have to understand him to know what he’s like, and I understand him absolutely.”
When it comes to their family, though, Tana admitted she’s the stern parent in the Ramsay household, which includes their six children — Megan, twins Jack and Holly, Matilda, Oscar and baby Jesse. Tana told the Daily Mail in 2006 that she wants her brood to be “independent,” while her husband wants them “to have that hunger in life.”
“I’m incredibly strict with them,” she said. “I think Gordon’s mum thinks I can be too harsh. I’m harder on my kids than a lot of people, but I have to be.”
So, who is Gordon Ramsay’s wife? Here’s everything to know about Tana Ramsay and her relationship with the celebrity chef.
She was engaged to someone else when she first met Gordon
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According to a 2008 profile story in The Guardian, Tana was in her early 20s when she first met Gordon at a New Year’s Eve party. At the time, she was engaged to someone else and not interested in the budding chef, whom she described as “a complete arrogant arse.”
However, when the two ran into each other again at a flat Tana shared with a mutual friend — Gordon was storing his motorbike there and stopped by to pick it up — they hit it off and started dating.
In August 2021, nearly 25 years later, Tana slipped into her wedding gown again and shared a video on Instagram of her twirling around. She received several positive comments — including one from her husband, who commented “Omfg” and a fire emoji.
Tana and Gordon celebrated 27 years of marriage in 2023. The famous chef marked their anniversary by sharing a throwback photo from their wedding day on Instagram. In the caption, he called Tana an “amazing woman, wife, mother.”
She and Gordon share six kids
Megan Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay, Matilda Ramsay, Tana Ramsay, Holly Ramsay and Jack Ramsay at the BAFTA Children’s Awards at The Roundhouse on November 20, 2016 in London, England
Tana and Gordon have six children together.
Their first daughter, Megan, was born in 1998. She was followed by twins Holly and Jack in 2000, daughter Matilda “Tilly” in 2001, son Oscar in 2019 and son Jesse in 2023. Before welcoming Oscar and Jesse, Tana suffered a miscarriage in 2016.
Gordon teased the prospect of expanding their brood in January 2023 during an appearance on Heart Breakfast. When asked by co-host Jamie Theakston how many children he had, he cheekily answered: “Last time I looked, there was five … There could be one more on the way.”
Jesse James Ramsay’s surprise arrival was announced on Instagram.
“One more bundle of love to the Ramsay brigade!! 3 boys, 3 girls…. Done,” the celebrity chef wrote alongside photos of the newborn. In a separate post, Tana added: “It’s been a nerve wracking 9 months but we’ve made it and we have been blessed with this little bundle. Ramsay family definitely complete.”
Both Tana and Gordon share an interest in food. She published her first cookbook, Tana Ramsay’s Family Kitchen, in 2006, followed by five additional titles, including Tana’s Kitchen Secrets in 2010 and I Love to Bake in 2011.
While Tana’s cooking is preferred in the Ramsay household, she admitted to Toronto CityNews in November 2008 that she’s not as speedy in the kitchen as her chef husband.
“I’ve never been trained as a chef. I take forever to chop an onion or a carrot compared to [Gordon], but it’s my way of real family food,” she told the outlet. “Our dishes are completely different, and it’s the home cooking he wants when he’s at home.”
On cooking for her family, she added, “I remember going home and having a home-cooked meal on the table — just the comfort that gave me as a child and the security it makes you feel. That’s what I want to do for my family.”
Tana is a former Montessori teacher and former food editor for Grazia magazine, per her author’s bio for HarperCollins Publishers.In addition to leaning on her husband, Tana has developed a friendship with Victoria Beckham over the years. The Ramsays and Beckhag
