It might be a little hard for Californians to swallow, but another business has pulled up stakes in The Golden State and relocated to Texas.

According to a report from the Dallas Morning News, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has relocated his North American restaurant headquarters from California to Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. Irving is located just northwest of Dallas.


What You Need To Know

  • Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has relocated his North American restaurant headquarters from California to Irving, Texas, it was first reported by the Dallas Morning News

  • Specifically, the headquarters was moved to Las Colinas in Irving, a 12,000-acre master-planned community that features more than 200 restaurants and 31 hotels

  • The Las Colinas-based team has plans to open 18 more restaurants across the country in the next year

  • Plans also call for restaurant expansion in the Dallas area, though that may not be until late 2022 or 2023

Las Colinas is a 12,000-acre planned community comprised of businesses and residences and is located near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as well as Dallas Love Field Airport.

The community hosts more than 200 restaurants, 31 hotels and eight of the 25 largest public companies in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Ramsay’s team in Las Colinas plans to open 18 new restaurants in the next year across the nation. Dallas-Fort Worth will also be the new home to this expansion, including Gordon Ramsay’s Fish & Chips and Street Fish.

According to Dallas Morning News, CEO Norman Abdallah plans to oversee 75 company-restaurants over the next five years. The expansion in Dallas is not expected to open until late 2022 or 2023. Abdallah plans to focus on East Coast first.

Gordon Ramsay, head chef on the shows "Cookalong Live," "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares," demonstrates to television critics how to make a Baked Alaska dessert at the FOX Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Gordon Ramsay, head chef on the shows "Cookalong Live," "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares," demonstrates to television critics how to make a Baked Alaska dessert at the FOX Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Ramsay, the outspoken, foul-mouthed chef, TV star and food critic, first came to prominence as the star of the British series “Boiling Point” in 1999. That was followed by another competitive cooking show, “Hell’s Kitchen,” in 2004. “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares” came next, followed by “The F Word.” 2005 saw the launch of the American version of “Hell’s Kitchen” as well as an Americanized “Kitchen Nightmares” and “MasterChef” in 2010. Other shows to feature Ramsay include “MasterChef Junior,” “Hotel Hell,” “Gordon Behind Bars” and “24 Hours to Hell and Back.”

Gordon Ramsay Restaurants was founded in 1997.