Gordon Ramsay Just Teased A Holiday Road Trip And Fans Are Ready To Roll
Here's something you don't see every day: Gordon Ramsay in a festive holiday sweater complete with snowflakes, Christmas trees, candy canes, and ice-skating Santa Clauses. But such is the attire the celebrity chef and "Hell's Kitchen" personality dons in his new holiday television special, "Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip: Christmas Vacation." Airing on Tuesday, December 14th at 8/7c on Fox, it's part of a two-night special that will also feature "Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip: European Vacation" on December 13th (via Instagram).
Viewers of the Tuesday holiday production will follow Ramsay as he treks across Finland in search of Santa Claus along with pals chef Gino D'Acampo and French maître d' Fred Sirieix all while, naturally, eating along the way. Ramsay explained in an interview with TV Insider that along their journey, the trio stops for a "polar dip," goes to "the most magical post office in the world" that collects children's letters addressed to Saint Nick, and meanders through a holiday market, where Ramsay said he enjoyed the hot chocolate.
Gordon Ramsay sets out in search of Santa
Gordon Ramsay teased the special episodes of "Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip" on Instagram today, captioning a trailer of the holiday episode, "America....are you ready for a vacation ?? The next two nights I'm traveling through Europe on an amazing road trip ! I may even find Santa !" Excited comments poured in. "Yesssss! I love you guys! Such a gem," wrote one user. Another shared their eagerness to see the holiday adventures: "Wow! Really looking forward to this show!"
Can't wait for tomorrow night to get a sneak peek at the new holiday episode? A clip from the show features the three friends sitting down with Santa himself – evidently after indeed finding him. While both D'Acampo and Sirieix claim to have been "good boy[s]," Santa is skeptical about Ramsay, who he says, and no surprise here, has "just a little bit of potty mouth" (via YouTube). Seems like even Gordon Ramsay can't escape the naughty list, even if he's traveled across Finland to meet Kris Kringle.