In June 2000 Ramsay won the Chef of the Year award at the Cateys. His restaurant Gordon Ramsay was voted the Top Restaurant in UK with a score of 28 in the 2001 London Zagat Survey, and was also named as the best Fine Dining Restaurant in the 2001 Harden's Guide. These ratings continued in 2002 and 2003. On January 19, 2001, the restaurant Gordon Ramsay gained its third Michelin star in the Great Britain & Ireland Red Guide.
In October 2002, Gordon Ramsay Holdings Limited took over the entire food and beverage operation at The Connaught Hotel, a member of the Savoy Group. In January 2004, MENU at The Connaught won its first Michelin star.
During 2003, for the second year running, Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road was named among the five best restaurants in the world by a poll run by Restaurant Magazine. Also in 2003, Gordon Ramsay Holdings opened The Savoy Grill, which achieved its first Michelin star. This was followed by the opening of Boxwood Café at The Berkeley alongside the new Michelin star Pétrus, which had moved from St. James's. Finally, Banquette launched at The Savoy in December 2003.
In May 2004, Ramsay headed the series “Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares,” a series of four one-hour programs where Ramsay attempted to rescue restaurants around Britain in need of immediate assistance. The series was launched simultaneously with Ramsay's recipe book “Gordon Ramsay Kitchen Heaven,” published by the Penguin Group. This was followed by ITV's “Hell's Kitchen,” where Ramsay was given two weeks to train celebrities into Michelin-star chefs.
