Gordon Ramsay has admitted to having a little needlework done to fill in the distinctive lines on his chin.

The sweary TV chef - who is perhaps an unlikely candidate for cosmetic fillers - was persuaded to smooth over his craggy looks by none other than self-confessed botox fan Simon Cowell.

Ramsay looking smooth earlier this month (left) and before getting his 'deep crevices' filled in (right)

"My mother said they were smile lines," Ramsay tells the latest issue of the Radio Times.

"I could deal with that at 21, but not at 42. Simon Cowell suggested that now I'm a success in America, I should do something, so I had a filler put under the deep crevices. It hurt."

He modelled his (almost) crevice-free chin at the Pride of Britain Awards earlier this month.

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