Gordon Ramsay wears a boot brace as he splashes £40k on 'fellow Alpha male' gigantic gorilla sculpture for his Bread Street Kitchen restaurant

By Callum Wells For Mailonline

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TV chef Gordon Ramsay was pictured sporting a boot brace in a new picture - but it's not clear what caused the injury.   

Gordon was posing with artist Michael Turner and a gigantic, stainless steel statue of a gorilla in the snap, which he has paid £40k for. 

The huge sculpture will sit in his Bread Street Kitchen restaurant in Central London - guests will be able to eat alongside the gorilla in the main dining area.

Rolling in dough: Gordon Ramsay was sporting a boot brace as it was revealed he has splashed £40k on a 'fellow Alpha male' gigantic gorilla sculpture for his Bread Street Kitchen restaurant in London - pictured with the sculpture and artist Michael Turner

Rolling in dough: Gordon Ramsay was sporting a boot brace as it was revealed he has splashed £40k on a 'fellow Alpha male' gigantic gorilla sculpture for his Bread Street Kitchen restaurant in London - pictured with the sculpture and artist Michael Turner

The Hell's Kitchen frontman was attracted to the two-metre masterpiece 'as a fellow Alpha male', claims sculpture artist Michael Turner.   

Michael, who began sculpting aged 21 and uses recycled metals to create fantastic steel artworks of animals, has revealed he was stunned when Gordon paid him £40,000 for the non-commissioned piece.

Other impressive works by the 45-year-old include a full-sized Arabian horse which sold for nearly ££70,000, a velociraptor that went for ££45,000 and a tiger priced at ££60,000.

Power pose: Guests will be able to eat alongside the gigantic, stainless steel statue gorilla in the main dining area of the restaurant

Power pose: Guests will be able to eat alongside the gigantic, stainless steel statue gorilla in the main dining area of the restaurant

Highly skilled: Michael, who began sculpting aged 21 and uses recycled metals to create fantastic steel artworks of animals, has revealed he was stunned when Gordon paid him £40,000 for the non-commissioned piece

Highly skilled: Michael, who began sculpting aged 21 and uses recycled metals to create fantastic steel artworks of animals, has revealed he was stunned when Gordon paid him £40,000 for the non-commissioned piece

The purchase comes after news broke that Gordon had secured a new show with the BBC, titled Future Food Stars. 

Involving 12 entrepreneurs hoping to receive a life-changing restaurant investment, reports revealed the show will follow a similar format to The Apprentice.

A nod to Gordon's potty mouth, the show's acronym FFS is a play on words after the star's iconic series The F Word which helped his rise to fame.

A TV source revealed at the time that filming was supposed to get underway in 2020, but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic and rescheduled for this summer instead.  

Other impressive works by the 45-year-old include a full-sized Arabian horse which sold for nearly ££70,000, a velociraptor that went for ££45,000 and a tiger priced at ££60,000.

Other impressive works by the 45-year-old include a full-sized Arabian horse which sold for nearly ££70,000, a velociraptor that went for ££45,000 and a tiger priced at ££60,000.

The restauranteur made his presenting debut when he hosted BBC gameshow Bank Balance, following the temporary closure of his restaurants as a result of lockdown restrictions. 

Bank Balance premiered on BBC in February, earlier this year, with two million viewers tuning in to its launch.

As numbers dropped to 1.6million in two days, BBC bosses were reportedly considering 'pulling the plug' on the show, with its 'future hanging in the balance'.

At the time, a BBC spokesperson said 'no decision' had been made while the show was still on air.

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