Gordon Ramsay reveals injuries after ‘really bad’ bike crash

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“I’m sore, it’s been a brutal week,” he said, lifting up his shirt to reveal a huge bruise on his torso.

Ramsay praised the work of the trauma surgeons, doctors and nurses who cared for him at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London before urging his followers to always wear a helmet.

“Honestly, you have to wear a helmet,” he said. “I don’t care how short the ride is, I don’t care that these helmets cost money, but they are essential. Even with children, even if it’s just a short ride, they have to wear a helmet.”

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“I have a very important message for all the dads out there… WEAR A HELMET,” he wrote in the caption.

Ramsay, who has six children with his wife Tana, also shared a photo of himself taken before the accident and his damaged helmet after the incident.

Ramsay’s popular Kitchen nightmares The series returned to screens last year after a nearly 10-year hiatus. The US version of the show – which aired for almost 100 episodes between 2007 and 2014 – saw the famous chef visit failing restaurants to help them turn around in the space of a week.

The second season of the chef’s US reality show Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars premiered on Fox in May.