3 things you should never order in a restaurant according to Gordon Ramsey

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Generous and outspoken with his culinary insight, Gordon Ramsey is not one to sit on the fence about, well, anything.

If he's not banishing his kids from flying first class with him , he's crushing the dreams of would-be restaurateurs , telling them via Twitter their dishes resemble something fished out of a toilet bowl.

So it's safe to say you can expect brutal honesty from Gordon, the man who coined the term "idiot sandwich." The TV chef, who is said to have earned $54million last year alone, has now given his three golden rules on what to (not) order in when dining out.

1. The specials board

Your waiter will draw your eye to the tantalising morsels lovingly chalked on the specials board, but is it all its cracked up to be? According to Ramsay, this a strong "no". This is particularly the case when the specials board is rather long.

"Specials are there to disappear throughout the evening," he said. "When they list 10 specials, that’s not special."

2. Suspicious boasts

Many restaurants like to personalise their dishes. This, the chef explains, should raise a red flag.

"When they turn around and tell me it is the 'famous red lasagne,' who made it famous?" he asks.

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"They start coming up with these terminologies, saying 'and the wicked, famous, best in the country profiteroles. Who said that? Who named that?"

3. The house wine

All this time we've been ordering the second cheapest on the wine list and thinking we've been really clever.

As it turns out, we were wrong. What we should have been doing is asking for the 'bin end' list (bottles with scratched labels or poor sellers).

"We have a fear about talking to sommeliers because you think you're going to be ripped off. So get the sommelier to come up with a great glass or great bottle and give him a price."