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((more citations needed|date=July 2012))
((Use British English|date=November 2013))
((Use dmy dates|date=October 2021))
((Infobox television
| runtime              = 60 minutes
| company              = [[Optomen|One Potato Two Potato]]<br>(An [[all3media|all3media Limited]] Company)
| executive_producer   = Tim Whitwell,<br> Sue Murphy
| producer             = Jaemie Gallie,<br> Vari Innes
| director             = Helen Simpson
| starring             = [[Gordon Ramsay]]
| country              = United Kingdom
| network              = [[Channel 4]]
| first_aired          = ((start date|2012|6|26|df=y))
| last_aired           = ((end date|2012|7|17|df=y))
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 4
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'''''Gordon Behind Bars''''' is a [[Television in the United Kingdom|British]] television series in which [[Gordon Ramsay]] teaches inmates of [[Brixton (HM Prison)|Brixton prison]] how to cook.<ref name="Metro 2012-06-24"/> It was broadcast in four episodes from 26 June – 17 July 2012 on [[Channel 4]].

==Premise==
Ramsay, a [[Michelin star|Michelin Star Chef]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], enters [[Brixton (HM Prison)|Brixton prison]] over a six-month period (December 2011 to June 2012) with the goal of teaching inmates how to cook and run a sustainable business selling goods prepared inside the prison to the general public.

==Bad Boys' Bakery==
After some training from Ramsay, the inmate cooks of Brixton prison are formed into a business dubbed "Bad Boys' Bakery", under the slogan "Life Changing Taste", selling a Ramsay version of a [[Treacle tart|lemon treacle tart]] (later changed to a lemon treacle slice). Eventually, Ramsay was able to negotiate an agreement for a trial order of 100 bars (per location) to be sold in 11 [[Caffè Nero]] locations across South London.<ref name="Caffè Nero Lemon Treacle Slices">((cite web |url=http://www.caffenero.com/food/Lemon_Treacle_Slice.aspx |title=Lemon Treacle Slices |work=[[Caffè Nero]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027194530/http://www.caffenero.com/food/Lemon_Treacle_Slice.aspx |archivedate=2012-10-27 |accessdate=2019-02-25 ))</ref> As of September 2017, the tarts remain available at 15 outlets, while there are plans to expand to 190 locations throughout London.<ref name="justice.gov.org Brixton Prison">((cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder/brixton |title=Brixton Prison information |publisher=[[HM Prison and Probation Service]] |date=2017-09-13 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226001115/https://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder/brixton |archivedate=2019-02-26 |accessdate=2019-02-26 ))</ref>

==The cooks==
Of the twelve cooks originally chosen to take part, five had left the program by the end of the series. In the fourth episode, five additional inmates were recruited to replace them, and five more were recruited after Ramsay had left.

=== Original twelve cooks ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%"
|-
! | Inmate Cook
! | Conviction
! | Sentence
! | Location
! | Notes
|-
| '''Anthony Kelly'''
| [[Burglary|Commercial burglary]], [[dangerous driving]]
| 30 Months
| G Wing
| Released and works for the St Giles Trust which works with ex-offenders to help rehabilitate them. He also became a stage-actor-trainee.<ref name="Anthony Kelly 2013-08-14 Guardian Interview">((cite news |last=James |first=Erwin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/14/former-career-criminal-owe-gordon-ramsay |title=From criminal to trainee cook: 'I owe Gordon Ramsay a lot' |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2013-08-14 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814235233/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/14/former-career-criminal-owe-gordon-ramsay |archivedate=2013-08-14 |accessdate=2019-02-25 ))</ref> 
|-
| '''Andrew Insley'''
| [[Burglary]]
| 20 Months
| A Wing
| Released and acquired a job at London restaurant ''Roast''
|-
| '''Tesfa Jones'''
| [[Robbery]], [[Burglary|attempted burglary]]
| 3 Years
| G Wing
| Released and given a successful tryout at Ramsay's [[Savoy Hotel Grill Room|Savoy]]
|-
| '''Paul Wyatt'''
| [[Burglary]]
| 8 Months
| A Wing
| Released and given a successful tryout at Ramsay's Savoy restaurant, but was revealed to have lost the job due to a relapse into drugs
|-
| '''Adonis McQuitta'''
| Possession of a firearm and cartridges without a license
| 4 Years
| G Wing
| Released
|-
| '''Daniel Guwaza'''
| [[Theft]]
| 9 Months
| A Wing
|
|-
| '''Hassan Nour'''
| [[Burglary]]
| 30 Months
| A Wing
|
|-
| '''David Jones'''
| [[Burglary]]
| 40 Months
| A Wing
|
|-
| '''Inmate Cook #12<br>("B")'''
|
|
|
| The face of one of the original 12 cooks was obscured throughout the run of the series and no details were given about him on screen. Ramsay referred to him as "B".
|-
| '''Jerome Samuels'''
| [[Burglary]],<br>[[actual bodily harm]]
| 16 Months
| A Wing
| Pulled off the program after he was charged with verbally abusing a female officer, was later transferred to a max security prison in [[Wayland, Norfolk]]
|-
| '''Rene Smith'''
| [[Burglary]]
| 4 Years
| A Wing
| Ramsay asked him to leave the program after a confrontation with Ramsay's assistant Gee Charman
|-
| '''Lawrence Gibbons'''
| [[Actual bodily harm]]
| 18 Months
|
| Ramsay asked him to leave the program after a confrontation with fellow cook Rene Smith
|-
|}

==UK ratings==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Episode<br/>number
! Airdate
! Channel
! Share
! Viewers<br />
|-
| style="text-align:center"| '''1'''
| style="text-align:center" | 26 June 2012
! style="text-align:center" | [[Channel 4]] & [[Channel 4 +1]]
! style="text-align:center" | 13%
! style="text-align:center" | 3,000,000<ref name="Radio Times 2012-06-27">((cite news |last=Cole |first=Tom |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-06-27/gordon-behind-bars-detains-3m-viewers-on-channel-4/ |title=Gordon Behind Bars detains 3m viewers on Channel 4 |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=2012-06-27 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701221117/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-06-27/gordon-behind-bars-detains-3m-viewers-on-channel-4/ |archivedate=2012-07-01 |accessdate=2019-02-26 ))</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center"| '''2'''
| style="text-align:center" | 3 July 2012
! style="text-align:center" |[[Channel 4]] & [[Channel 4 +1]]
! style="text-align:center" | 13.2%
! style="text-align:center" | 2,891,000<ref name="Digital Spy 2012-07-04 E02">((cite news |last=Millar |first=Paul |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ratings/a391536/gordon-ramsays-behind-bars-a-hit-for-channel-4-on-tuesday-nights/ |title=Gordon Ramsay's 'Behind Bars' a hit for Channel 4 on Tuesday nights |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=2012-07-04 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226003852/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ratings/a391536/gordon-ramsays-behind-bars-a-hit-for-channel-4-on-tuesday-nights/ |archivedate=2019-02-26 |accessdate=2019-02-26 ))</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center"| '''3'''
| style="text-align:center" | 10 July 2012
! style="text-align:center" | [[Channel 4]] & [[Channel 4 +1]]
! style="text-align:center" |
! style="text-align:center" | 2,365,000((Citation needed|date=February 2019))
|-
| style="text-align:center"| '''4'''
| style="text-align:center" | 17 July 2012
! style="text-align:center" |[[Channel 4]] & [[Channel 4 +1]]
! style="text-align:center" |
! style="text-align:center" | 2,158,000((Citation needed|date=February 2019))
|-
|}

==Safety issues==
During filming of the program, there were incidents where fights would break out. Ramsay has stated "I was standing close by one bloke with another opposite me, and then this guy lunged over and went to headbutt him. I had to sort it out." Ramsay's wife was also concerned about his safety and instructed him to take self-defence classes.<ref name="Metro 2012-06-24">((cite news |last=Hooton |first=Christopher |url=https://metro.co.uk/2012/06/24/gordon-ramsay-i-had-to-stop-prison-fights-during-gordon-behind-bars-487247/ |title=Gordon Ramsay: I had to stop prison fights during Gordon Behind Bars |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=2012-06-24 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105033312/https://metro.co.uk/2012/06/24/gordon-ramsay-i-had-to-stop-prison-fights-during-gordon-behind-bars-487247/ |archivedate=2013-01-05 |accessdate=2019-02-25 ))</ref>

==US version==
Ramsay personally pitched the idea of an American version to [[Kevin Reilly (executive)|Kevin Reilly]] at [[Fox Broadcasting]]; however, Reilly declined, saying, "We have a lot of Gordon on the air right now."<ref name="Telegraph 2012-09-18">((cite news |last=Walker |first=Tim |last2=Balls |first2=Katy |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9549209/Gordon-Ramsays-prison-series-is-not-on-the-menu-for-Fox.html |title=Gordon Ramsay's prison series is not on the menu for Fox |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=2012-09-18 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919023005/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9549209/Gordon-Ramsays-prison-series-is-not-on-the-menu-for-Fox.html |archivedate=2012-09-19 |accessdate=2019-02-26 ))</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*((IMDb title|id=2650536|title=Gordon Behind Bars))
*((Channel4.com|programmes/gordon-behind-bars|Gordon Behind Bars))

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