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How restaurant PR made Gordon Ramsay world famous

How Sauce Communications made Gordon Ramsay and his protégés famous

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Andy Lynes
Oct 16, 2024
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Jo Barnes founded Sauce Communications with Nicky Hancock in 2000 and helped usher in a new era of restaurant PR for the 21st century. One of their first clients was Gordon Ramsay. Barnes tells the story of how she helped him become the most famous chef on the planet (with contribu…

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