Another bad week for Gordon Ramsay

All seems not well at Gordon Ramsay Towers.

News emerged earlier this month that the multi-Michelin-starred celebrity chef sacked his long-standing public relations guru Gary Farrow, after five years.

The move came just weeks after Ramsay was accused of having an extra martial affair, but Chris Hutcheson, chief executive of Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH), called the decision a "rationalisation".

But ever since Farrow's sacking, the negative headlines have not stopped for Gordon Ramsay and I can't help but wonder whether it wasn't Farrow's departure that has opened the floodgates for all the bad press.

First there were reports last week suggesting Ramsay faces the prospect of an embarrassing court case after flouting the law on filing its accounts for two years running, with Companies House allegedly having started steps to prosecute.

Then he was forced to deny that two of his restaurants were up for sale after they were listed on a property website and over the weekend the Mirror claimed that bookings at his restaurants have seriously slumped in the face of the credit crunch.

Possibly the most serious allegation was published in the Express yesterday, which reported that GRH faces financial difficulties after it was claimed the troubled Royal Bank of Scotland is recalling a £10m business loan.

GRH's PR agency Sauce Communications continues to deny that there is any truth to any of the allegations but the refuting seems to be turning into rather a full time job.