Celebrity chefs paid tribute to Gary Rhodes and gushed over the late star's impressive style and distinctive hairdo in an emotional new documentary.
Gary Rhodes: The First Rock Star Chef aired on ITV this morning and saw Gordon Ramsay join Ainsley Harriott and GBBO's Candice Brown to speak about the iconic food star.
The emotional documentary began with the stars opening up about their first impressions of Gary with many admitting that you couldn't help but mention his distinctive hairdo.
After Gary's two sons admitted that their late dad, who shockingly died last November, took a "lifetime" to get ready, celebs shared their loving memories of the chef.
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Great British Bake Off winner Candice Brown gushed over the 'good-looking chef' as she told cameras: "He had this dark spiky hair he was so good-looking.
"He would walk into the kitchen and he is an incredible chef as well."
The documentary filmed stars explaining how Gary looked like a 'biker' and a 'rock star' who made being a chef 'sexy.'
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Ainsley Harriott also joked about Gary's distinctive looks and spiky hairstyle as he reminisced about the legendary chef.
He said: "You want to ruffle his hair but it was already ruffled.
"He just looked good, he looked good in anything even in muddy boots. He was a style guru. He loved his Giorgio Armani too. He was always sharp."
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Brit chef Gordon Ramsay also frequently starred in the emotional new documentary as he insisted Gary was a 'genius'.
After fellow stars gushed over Gary being television's first superstar chef, Gordon added: "Behind that facade and behind all the gel, was a real genius of a chef."
"He opened the door for so many of us. "
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Gordon explained how in the 90's chefs' couldn't be both talented in the restaurant and on TV but "this guy managed to do both."
He added: "He was the real deal. He really knew his onions!"
Celebrity chefs' gushing over Gary Rhodes distinctive style came after the celebrity chef collapsed at home before being rushed to hospital where he died two days later in November last year.
He died aged 59 while filming for his new ITV daytime cookery show in Dubai.
The footage is being used in today's ITV documentary – Gary Rhodes: The First Rock Star Chef.
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After filming last November, he returned to his flat in Dubai’s luxury Grosvenor House hotel, where his restaurant – Rhodes W1 – is situated.
After showering and eating a snack with Jennie, Gary suffered a bleed on the brain and died in hospital.
The timing of his death was particularly poignant as he had been excitedly planning for the future and was “buzzing” about his return to British TV.
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