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By Davina Earl On November 1, 2005

Jamie Oliver named 'Chef of the Year'

And Gordon Ramsay scores a hat-trick at restaurant awards...

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Jamie Oliver named 'Chef of the Year'

Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver have come out victorious at the Harpers & Moet Restaurant Awards.

Foul-mouthed Ramsay won two awards for his restaurant Maze, where his pizza is a snip at a measly �100. He was also bestowed with the Vintage Year prize for an �exceptional� 12 months. 12 months being exceptionally rude that is�

Oliver was named Chef of the Year for his crusade to improve school scran.

The judges saluted Ramsay as �the most influential, inspirational figure in the restaurant scene.�

They gushed: "His amazing year includes two London openings, new restaurants in New York and Tokyo, several TV series in both the UK and the hard-to-crack American market, a new book, DVD and newspaper columns, a clutch of London's most successful restaurants - and he still has time to run marathons. Gordon Ramsay takes the biscuit as the most influential, inspirational figure in the restaurant scene."

On accepting his awards Ramsay cried: �Fuck me! I fucking did it! Thank you - you lovely fuckers!� Not really.

The judges had a good few dollops of praise to heap on Jamie as well: �More than just a chef, Jamie Oliver is a force of nature, taking on the Government � and winning in the ongoing struggle to improve what we eat.�

�He has made cooking accessible and fun for a whole generation and, by using his restaurant as a mechanism for social change, he has shown that media superstars can be principled too� msn report. Beautiful.

Tags : Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay

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