A closed restaurant in Lan Kwai Fong, a popular nightlife destination in Hong Kong. Photo: Robert Ng

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Why cooking will never make you rich until you get out of the kitchen: the realities of a celebrity chef’s life

Despite assumptions about celebrity chefs and five-star restaurants, most chefs work long hard hours for little reward

Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay may be millionaires, but their main income is from publishing, kitchenware lines and TV productions

Andrew Sun

Published: 10:30am, 8 Aug, 2020

Updated: 11:03am, 8 Aug, 2020

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A closed restaurant in Lan Kwai Fong, a popular nightlife destination in Hong Kong. Photo: Robert Ng

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Why cooking will never make you rich until you get out of the kitchen: the realities of a celebrity chef’s life

Despite assumptions about celebrity chefs and five-star restaurants, most chefs work long hard hours for little reward Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay may be millionaires, but their main income is from publishing, kitchenware lines and TV productions

Despite assumptions about celebrity chefs and five-star restaurants, most chefs work long hard hours for little reward

Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay may be millionaires, but their main income is from publishing, kitchenware lines and TV productions