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Puffin hunt ... Gordon Ramsay and Icelandic hunter

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GORDON RAMSAY has been blasted over footage of puffins being killed and eaten on his Channel 4 show.

 

Viewers have complained about last night’s The F Word in which the fiery chef was seen catching seabirds before gutting them and eating their raw hearts.

 

Gordon travelled to Iceland to catch the lovable birds with a local hunter on the first day of the hunting season. The hunter snapped one bird’s neck after catching it in a net. The chef was not actually seen killing any animals on camera.

 

An Ofcom spokesman said: “I can confirm that there have been seven complaints from viewers about the treatment of puffins on last night’s episode of The F Word.”

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1490707.ece

Chef Gordon Ramsay under fire for F Word 'puffin murder'

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has upset viewers by catching and cooking a puffin on The F Word.

By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor
Last Updated: 5:15PM BST 30 Jul 2008

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'Sky fishing' is done with a very large net Photo: Channel Four

Ramsey holds onto the bird... Photo: Channel Four

Gordon Ramsey causes controversy by breaking a puffin's neck on his television show The F Word Photo: Channel Four

Ramsay travelled to Iceland to "sky-fish" for the seabirds.

He caught one puffin in a net - viewers saw it bite his face as it struggled to get free. A hunter then snapped the bird's neck before Ramsay pulled out its heart, which he ate raw. The Michelin-starred chef later rustled up a dish of barbecued puffin with cucumber salad.

Media watchdog Ofcom is to investigating the programme after receiving a number of complaints from viewers, and animal-lovers have protested via the Channel 4 website. Previous shows have seen veal calves, pigs and turkeys being slaughtered.

In one scene, Ramsay asked why he couldn't shoot the birds instead, to which his companion replied: "This is more of a sport."

One viewer wrote on the F Word forum: "I caught the last few minutes where to my horror Gordon Ramsay took part in catching and killing puffins. And then he made silly remarks when the terrified bird he caught defended itself and bit him.

"These birds are declining in the UK and to show their killing in another country where it is allowed is irresponsible.

"A very bad move on Gordon's part to be seen to condone practices in another country that would definitely not be tolerated here."

Another said: "I was appalled last night watching this rude, arrogant prat amuse himself by catching puffins in an oversized butterfly net.

"Are there no depths he won't sink to in his quest for the latest gastronomic fad? I don't care if islanders have eaten them in the past, or if they are considered a delicacy... these birds are adorable, and surely an endangered species?

"To add the final gruesome touch we saw his mentor kill the bird and snap its wings out of joint, ready to pluck. I'm no softie but I felt physically sick to my stomach. I'm delighted Ramsay was bitten, serves the swine right."

Puffins are a protected species in the UK but Iceland grants licences to cull them. Ramsay claimed he had a licence to kill 1,000 of the birds.

He described the meat as "smooth on the palate and gamey, a bit like liver", adding: "I didn't realise how difficult they are to cook but they're very tasty."

The Scot has told how he nearly died during the trip when he slipped on a cliff face and fell into the freezing seawater.

"I thought I was a goner," he said. "They say cats have nine lives. I've had 12 already and I don't know how many more I'll have.

"I remember thinking. 'Oh ----'. My boots and my waterproofs were dragging me down.

"I'm an extremely good swimmer, but I couldn't get to the surface. I was panicking and my lungs were filling with water. When I got to the top after getting my boots off I was dazed and my head was totally numb."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2474798/Chef-Gordon-Ramsay-under-fire-for-F-Word-puffin-murder.html