British chef Ramsay defends show

British chef Gordon Ramsay and the makers of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares have accepted £75,000 ($224,468) in damages over a claim that the TV show cynically faked scenes to make average restaurants look like public health hazards.

Ramsay's solicitor said the story alleged that the show drove some restaurants out of business.

He said it also alleged that the chef, was guilty of "gastronomic mendacity" by installing an incompetent chef and fabricating culinary disasters in order to wreck the reputation of Bonaparte's Restaurant in West Yorkshire.