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Ramsayroasts‘dictator’

TV chef Gordon Ramsay

TV FEUD

CELEBRITY chef GordonRamsay has declared openwarfare on his ‘‘dictator’’father-in-law.

Ramsay issued anexplosive public letter,condemning ChrisHutcheson and his ‘‘verycomplex life’’.

He said it was a ‘‘breathof fresh air’’ to have sackedhim as his chief executive.

In his letter — litteredwith dark hints — Ramsay,43, even reveals he em-ployed a private detectiveto investigate his formerpartner. ‘‘His role asCEO of Gordon RamsayHoldings in the end feltlike he was running thebusiness as a dictator,’’Ramsay says.

The letter was sent in re-sponse to an attack by MrHutcheson in which he ac-cused the ‘‘monster’’ chefof turning his daughterTana, Ramsay’s wife,against him.

It is only days sinceRamsay had vowed not torespond publicly to a‘‘private family matter’’.

The feud erupted afterthe TV chef, whose busi-ness reportedly has debtsof $27 million, sacked MrHutcheson, 62, in a law-yer’s letter last month.

Mr Hutcheson hit back,publicly accusing the Kit-chen Nightmares star of be-ing warped by the celebritylifestyle and capable of‘‘manic’’ mood swings.

Mr Hutcheson, Ram-say’s business partner of 12years, warned ominously:‘‘I know where Gordon’sbodies are buried.’’