Gordon....

for a time i started to hate gordon ramsay for being overexposed and the swearing had become a tired act for me.

until i watched his new show - gordon's great escape.

where he went to india and literally explored, not just the michelin starred restaurants but the places where the greatest food always come from - the homes of everyday indian people.

he took cooking lessons from mums in kerala where he was shown how to cook fish with spices wrapped in a banana leaf.

went to an ashram and ate what he said was the best vegetarian meal he ever had in his life.

he visited and apprenticed with the most esteemed street vendor in the very slums where slumdog millionare was shot. he played cricket with the kids in the street and walked among the shanties.

he went to the most northeastern area of india, went hunting, cooked for and ate with a head hunting tribe.

he went cow wakeboarding with farmers in a flooded indian paddy.

and amongst all these adventures you could see the immense pleasure the whole experience gave him. often in the series you see his eyes light up at everything he was seeing.

and he had this amazing humility and appreciation for all that was being offered to him.

no one could ever fake that kind of excitement, appreciation and enjoyment.

just when you think you were tired of the man and hated his guts, he turns everything around again. humility traditionally is not associated with the man - until this show.

he really is brilliant - and a show to watch in himself.

ok gordon, i forgive you....will start watching you again...