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Zara Woodcock

Gordon Ramsay’s Channel 4 show investigated by Ofcom after string of complaints

Channel 4 has been investigated by Ofcom after the channel failed to bleep out swear words from Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA.

The show was aired long before the watershed at 4pm and television chef Gordon Ramsay swore a total of 39 times during the programme.

Ofcom stated it was a breach of its broadcasting rules.

Kitchen Nightmares aired on E4 Extra and in it, he said f*** 17 times, s**t nine times and other swear words 13 times.

The show has been a fan-favourite for a while and sees Gordon travelling across the US to transform struggling restaurants.

However, the transformations don't come without arrogant owners, underpaid staff and rude managers.

Gordon gets so angry at the people in the restaurants that he usually goes off on a sweary tirade.

Gordon Ramsay’s Channel 4 show investigated by Ofcom after string of complaints (FOX via Getty Images)

Since the episode aired, Channel 4 apologised after complaints were made to Ofcom.

They said they mixed up the censored and uncensored versions by mistake and said they will put checks in place to ensure it never happens again.

Meanwhile, the chef recently opened up about the culture shock he faced after moving to America in 2004.

While he was used to being asked ridiculous questions in the kitchen, he never expected them to come from his waiter when wining and dining himself.

When accepting an award at the Britweek Innovation Awards in Santa Monica, California, he said: "The first thing that struck me when I first came over here in 2004, I got interviewed with the lady from the LA Times, and we sat in this amazing restaurant and I couldn't eat because I was too busy talking about sort of this little documentary called Hell's Kitchen.

Channel 4 accidentally aired the uncensored version (FOX Image Collection via Getty Images)
Complaints were made to Ofcom (FOX Image Collection via Getty Images)

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"And it was really weird, because I said to her, 'Look, I've got to get back to set. Fox runs a show, I run a restaurant, that's why we work so well together'.

"And she wasn't upset, she just got a little bit nervous that I just wanted to get out of there and get back to work. And the waiter came over and said, 'Would you like your food to go?' She said, 'Yes', I said, 'No, thank you'.

"She boxed a Caesar salad and I said to her, 'Do you have any idea how s**t a Caesar salad tastes 24 hours later? What will you do with that f***ing thing?' She said, 'I'm going to eat it'.

"I said, "But it's been dressed. We dressed it 20 minutes ago; it's sat there for 25 minutes. Why would you eat that?" She said, 'It's delicious'.

"That's when I knew Americans knew f*** all about good food. Right there and then."

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