Gordon Ramsay 'Blown Away' By Mystic Restaurant's Offerings

MYSTIC, CT — Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay had dinner at a heralded Mystic restaurant this week. He appeared in a social media post from the Oyster Club.

"Thank you @gordongram for dining with us!" the restaurant wrote. "It was an absolute delight for our entire team."

Ramsay dined on a meal of oysters, empanadas, and monkfish. He "had a great experience and was blown away by Chef Renee's food," the restaurant's owner told Hearst Connecticut Media. Ramsay said the food was presented beautifully and tasted delicious.

Oyster Club Chef Renee Touponce is a nominee for a 2024 James Beard Award.

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Touponce was a finalist for the award last year and was named Chef of the Year at the Connecticut Restaurant Association's 2022 CRazies Awards.

Ramsay also appeared recently at another Mystic restaurant, Red 36. His show "Hell's Kitchen" is filming nearby this summer at Foxwoods Resort Casino. The 23rd and 24th seasons of the show will be shot at the casino.

Ramsay, a Michelin-star chef, also opened the sixth Hell's Kitchen restaurant last July at Foxwoods' Grand Pequot Tower.

For the show, Foxwoods has "custom-built a new set on property – the first time in the series’ history – and will serve as the backdrop for the show’s intense culinary battles, with Foxwoods’ world-class amenities prominently showcased," according to a statement from Foxwoods.