Turns out people ― chefs in particular ― are eager to associate themselves with Ramsay and the Hell’s Kitchen brand, he said.Ĭhristina Wilson, the winning contestant on the 10th season in 2012 of Ramsay’s “Hell’s Kitchen” cooking show, has been helping ready the Foxwoods staff. Guyot said he thought filling the restaurant’s positions would be challenging, but applicants came forward in droves. Ramsay, who was not present at Thursday’s grand opening, provided a video message as he had back in March when his partnership with Foxwoods was revealed at a news conference. Hundreds of invited guests attended.įoxwoods hired nearly 100 people to staff the restaurant, Guyot said, indoctrinating them in the ways of Ramsay, the British celebrity chef and reality TV host known for displaying culinary exactitude and plenty of attitude. Preparations have involved several weeks of some of the most “intense” training Foxwoods Resort Casino has ever provided employees, Jason Guyot, the casino’s president and chief executive officer, said Thursday during a grand-opening celebration and media event. Whatever it is, the aura surrounding Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen at Foxwoods, the proclaimed “game-changer” of a restaurant set to debut here Saturday, is decidedly edgy. Mashantucket ― It might be the flaming pitchfork. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints Cocktails on the menu are displayed during a grand opening celebration of Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen at Foxwoods Resort Casino on Thursday, July 13, 2023.

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