1 He was born in Johnstone, Scotland, in 1966 but was raised in Stratford-up-on-Avon, England.
2 He was an aspiring pro soccer player in his youth — but his career was cut short by a knee injury while he was still a teenager.
3 He’s one of four siblings — and his younger brother, Ronald, did time in an Indonesian prison for heroin possession.
4 Early in his career, he worked with famous French chef and Parisian restaurateur Guy Savoy, who Gordon has called his mentor.
5 He is a father of five — daughters Megan, 22, Holly, 20, and Matilda, 19, and sons Jack, 20, and Oscar, 20 months — but gripes about being mistaken for the granddad of his youngest.
6 The one food he won’t eat is…
