Gordon Ramsay Employees Sue for Failing to Pay Wages or Give Meal Breaks at His LA Restaurant

Hot-tempered chef Gordon Ramsay is facing a kitchen nightmare of his own.

The celebrity chef has been hit with a class-action lawsuit from past employees of his new Fat Cow restaurant in Los Angeles.

They're claiming the cranky cook failed to pay minimum wages for the hours they worked as well as meal breaks, overtime wages and more.

In documents obtained Jennifer Becerra, Montinique Dever, Andrea Bourke and Lauren Benge are bringing the lawsuit on behalf of themselves as the other hourly employees.

'During the Class Period, Defendants have:

(1) required Class Members to work through their meal and rest periods without paying compensation for missed meal and rest breaks; 

(2) failed to pay Class Members minimum wages for all hours worked;

(3) failed to pay Class Members premium compensation for all overtime hours worked;

(4) failed to pay Class Members all wages due at termination and/or resignation,' the documents state.

'(5) failed to maintain and provide Class Members with proper documentation concerning their hours worked and their compensation; 

(6) committed unfair business practices in an effort to increase profits and to gain an unfair business advantages at the expense of the Class Members and the public.'

Most of the plaintiffs worked as servers or baristas between October 2012 and March of this year.

They are asking for a jury trial and 'an award of economic damages.'

Ramsay’s spokesperson told Radar: 'We are aware there was a problem with previous management which has since been changed, but this is totally unacceptable if any truth to it.'

Earlier this year, the place was sued for not paying a contractor in full with the shouty chef owing a contractor $45,350 for kitchen equipment.

His job as the host of Hell's Kitchen, MasterChef and Kitchen Nightmares, pays him an estimated $15 million per year.

Gordon Ramsay is the owner of 27 restaurants and holds 11 Michelin stars.

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Kenmore suing Gordon Ramsay for unpaid appliances worth $191K

Gordon paid some but a remaining balance is 45K for the Fat Cow Resturaunt.
Gordon Ramsay faces a really expensive restaurant bill ... and we're not talking $300 for foie gras and sturgeon.  We're talking about a $45k bill for stuff you can't even eat.

Ramsay hired a company to trick out Fat Cow, his extremely popular restaurant at The Grove in L.A.. Gordon clearly doesn't settle for Kenmore appliances.  The range, fryers, counter tops, shelving, dishwashers, exhaust hoods, exhaust ducts, fridges, and other accoutrement totaled $191,235.24.

According to a lawsuit filed by the company that outfitted the joint, Gordon paid some of the bill but not all -- there's a pesky $45,350.35 balance which allegedly has gone unpaid.

So Gordon is going to court, where the cafeteria food is abysmal.  Trust us.

We reached out to Ramsay's reps ... but the lawsuit hasn't been delivered to their table.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2013/04/16/gordon-ramsay-sued-contractor-you-owe-me-fat-cow-restaurant-work/#ixzz2QdhuEHB2