Noted chef's restaurants cited

LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Britain's celebrity chef and cleanliness czar Gordon Ramsay reportedly got a dose of his own medicine after two of his restaurants were told to clean up.

Information released under the Freedom of Information Act showed food inspectors found minor hygiene problems at two London restaurants of Ramsay, who is known to come down hard even over a speck of dirt, the Evening Standard reported.

Ramsay's attacks against unclean kitchens are seen in his TV program "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares."

The Standard reported at one of the three Michelin- starred Gordon Ramsay restaurants, a food inspector found the freezer needed to be cleaned "thoroughly."

At another restaurant, inspectors noted a washing sink was too close to where food was prepared. The ladies' restrooms also were reported to be missing soap.

Ramsay currently is in the United States for the opening of his first U.S. restaurant. A spokesman said he took kitchen hygiene "enormously seriously."