He’s a proud family man with four teenage children.
But whilst Gordon Ramsay is every bit the doting dad to his brood, the 49-year-old admitted that he has enlisted the help of his only son, Jack to keep an eye on his daughter Megan’s private life.
Speaking on Jimmy Kimmel Live! the fiery tempered chef admitted that he pays $100 a week to Jack, 16, so that he can spy on his sister Megan, 17, and report back on her activities.
‘Not many boyfriends come around,’ he told the US chat host. ‘They don’t come up to the house.
‘Seventeen is a tough age. You are getting used to things happening, growing, kissing and so on.’
He continued: ‘So I said to my mate Jack, there’s $100 a week, keep me updated. Let me know [about] any photos online and we’ll go online and hijack it.’
The star – who also has 14-year-old daughter Matilda and Jack’s twin sister Holly with his wife Tana – admitted that he’s acted on the information he’s received in the past.
He recalled an incident when Jack alerted him to the fact that there was a picture of Megan on Facebook with a boy and confronted his daughter about the mystery man – who turned out to be a friend of hers.
The admission comes after his startling confession three years ago that he hid a camera in his daughter’s room three years ago to ensure she was studying for her exams.
Speaking about the incident at the time, he told The Sunday Times: [It was] a joke to poke fun and embarrass Megan, who was sitting in the audience with her boyfriend.’
During his appearance on the show, Gordon was also treated to one of America’s most treasured snack, a Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookie.
But much to the shock of the US audience, the chef spat out the tasty treat as he declared they ‘looked like dog biscuits’.
Yet whilst the star may enjoy the finer food in life, he previously revealed that his four children were not allowed inside his exclusive Michelin-starred restaurant at Claridge’s in London.
‘They’re banned. I won’t have any of the children at the restaurant before they’re 15,’ he said.
‘I want them to know what junk food is about. I want them to know what a pizza is like and what a croque monsieur is like because I don’t want them to grow up as food snobs.’