The celebrity chef is dad to six kids — Matilda, Megan, Holly, Jack, Oscar and Jesse
Gordon Ramsay is giving an inside look at his parenting style.
In an exclusive clip of the show Last Meals shared with PEOPLE, Ramsay chats with host Josh Scherer about how the celebrity chef handles raising his six kids — Megan, 25, twins Holly and Jack, 24, Matilda, 22, Oscar, 4, and Jesse, 7 weeks — whom he shares with wife Tana.
“Six amazing kids. I’m incredibly lucky. And all I’ve taught our children is that, you know, find your passion, find your way. Don’t deal with fame, fortune, money,” Ramsay begins.
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“They all work. Meg, our eldest, is an amazing police officer. Jack is in the Royal Marines and so he’s dedicating his life to the Marines. Tilly’s at university, Holly’s into fashion. Oscar’s playing havoc in the nativity play. He had two words to say in his play and he balls them up because he spotted his mom and then obviously Jesse is months old.”
“But I always say, the earlier you tell me, the more I can do. And so, unlike my father, I didn’t have a close relationship with him. He was also the condescending type. ‘I told you so.’ Kids want to hear what we’ve got, how do we salvage and what’s the comeback,” he continues.
Ramsay adds that although he has high standards, his kids are allowed to make mistakes. He then shares the way that he encouraged his kids to save their money.
“Every time they got their allowance, every month, a couple hundred dollars, if they save that up across the 12 month period, I would match that at Christmas for them,” Ramsay says.
“They got to stay true to their form by saving every dollar. and so when you start that practice, at sort of 10, 11, 12, 13, they got their part-time jobs, all of a sudden their minds are focused about their career paths. And so yeah, that was the opposite way that I grew up. They are super disciplined and they are on it man.”
In November, Ramsay announced that he’d welcomed his sixth baby with Tana, sharing the exciting news on Instagram.
“What an amazing birthday present please welcome Jesse James Ramsay, 7lbs 10oz whopper,” the Kitchen Nightmares host, who celebrated his birthday on Wednesday, wrote in his caption. “One more bundle of love to the Ramsay brigade!! 3 boys, 3 girls…. Done 👊🏼❤️❤️.”
In the images shared, Ramsay could be seen giving the little one a kiss on the head as Tana held him. He also shared a couple of pics of Tana excitedly smiling next to baby Jesse.
Tune in to the latest episode of Last Meals on Mythical Kitchen’s YouTube channel on Tuesday, January 9, live at 6:00 AM ET.
