Fiery TV chef, 60, strips off for a shirtless birthday selfie

Gordon Ramsay has marked his 60th birthday by stripping down. The chef, who turned 60 on Nov. 8, posted a black-and-white photo of himself shirtless in a bathroom, wearing only workout shorts, the next day.

"Thank you everyone for the incredible birthday messages ! Day 2 of being 60……LFG !!!!" he wrote.

In the photo, Ramsay looks straight at the camera and flexes, the Daily Beast reports. Within four hours the post had more than 215,000 likes and 6,000 comments.

'Now put on your shirt'

Fans couldn't get over it. "YOU'RE 60???" one person asked. "60 is the new 50, I see," another wrote.

"Way to make us all feel out of shape," said one. "Better shape than me, and I'm in my 30s," agreed another.

Not everyone was swooning. Former MasterChef contestant Leslie Gilliams joked: "Happy birthday, Gordon, now put on your shirt."

Chef Carla Hall, who appears with Ramsay in the upcoming second season of Fox's Next Level Baker, replied with a row of fire emojis, IBTimes reports.

The physique is no accident. Ramsay has trained for and competed in Ironman triathlons, and cycling and swimming are a regular part of his routine, despite running a global restaurant business and several TV shows at once, IBTimes reports. E! News says he trains with cardio and daily push-ups.

In October 2025 he raced the Ironman 70.3 at Costa Navarino in Greece, with wife Tana and daughter Tilly in the water with him for the swim.

A birthday for two

Ramsay shares his birthday with Tilly, who turned 25 the same day, and he celebrated her first.

"Happy birthday to this incredible young lady, sharing such a special day with you is a Dads dream," he wrote on Instagram. "Have a fantastic 25th birthday and I can't believe I'm bloody 60 wtf."

Tilly posted her own tribute. "Happy 60th birthday to the most amazing Dad," she wrote, adding that she's "incredibly grateful to share my birthday with you every year!"

The same day he was back in a suit. On Nov. 9, Ramsay picked up the Visionary award at the Walpole British Luxury Awards at The Dorchester in London, with Tana by his side.

The couple married in 1996 and have six children: Megan, 28, twins Holly and Jack, 26, Tilly, Oscar, 7, and Jesse, 2. Holly married Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty last December.

For all the shouting on Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares and MasterChef, he says home is a different story. "The kids have brought the most emotion out of me," he told People in 2023. "Tana's super fierce, an ex-Montessori school teacher. So I'm the softie."

Born in Scotland on Nov. 8, 1966, Ramsay trained in top kitchens in London and Paris before opening his own restaurant, and his group has since earned multiple Michelin stars, IBTimes notes.

At 60, he shows no sign of slowing down, in the kitchen or out of it.