"Hell's Kitchen" star Gordon Ramsay DISSED the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday -- because after he threw out the first pitch -- he LEFT THE GAME -- so he could sit courtside to watch the Lakers.


At 6:55 PM, Ramsay threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Dodger Stadium ... but by 7:50 PM ... he was sitting on the floor at Staples Center next to David Beckham ... to watch the Lakers take on the Dallas Mavericks.

So Gordon had a 55 minute window to get from the pitcher's mound ... into his seat at Staples Center. Let's do the math ...

If it took 15 mins to get out of the stadium ... 15 to drive over to Staples ... and another 10 to get to his seat ... that means he spent a grand total of 15 minutes INSIDE Dodger Stadium ... putting his exit time at 7:10 ... right when the game was scheduled to begin.

Which means ... dude probably cut out before the REAL first pitch.

The real question ... he left a regulation MLB game for an NBA playoff game -- can you blame him?

Chef Gordon Ramsay is full of rubbish ... so say his garbagemen, who claim the "Hell's Kitchen" star refused to fork over more than $20,000 in trash-handling costs.



Ramsay is being sued by the Daniello Carting Co. -- which claims Satan's favorite food artist flaked on a bill for $24,766.50 ... after they spent months removing garbage from his NY restaurant, "Gordon Ramsay at The London."

Now, their company wants to clean out Gordo's wallet -- for the full amount of the debt. Restaurant reps could not be reached for comment.

A TV chef who barely survived Gordon Ramsay's kitchen is once again lucky to be alive ... after he was involved in a nasty hit-and-run crash that left the cook seriously banged up.


TMZ spoke with Chris Spradley -- one of the culinary competitors on Ramsay's upcoming show "MasterChef" -- who tells us dude was driving home from the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip last week when some dumbass in a minivan blew a stop sign ... and the two vehicles collided.

Spradley -- creator of a beer cheese soup that Chef Ramsay considers "the most disgusting f**king soup I've ever tasted in my life" -- suffered injuries to his ribs and ankle ... but nothing life threatening.

Law enforcement sources tell us the four passengers in the other vehicle were all intoxicated -- and they claim the driver of the van fled the scene. So far, no arrests have been made.

While walking on the beach with his wife in St. Tropez on Monday, "Hell's Kitchen" host Gordon Ramsay got distracted by the backside of some guy bathing in the water ... nude.



The 43-year-old celebrity chef has an eye for rump roast.

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Now this is just impressive: Last night outside Katsuya, famously hot-headed chef Gordon Ramsay managed to insult a female photog's "fat tummy" and Shaquille O'Neal ... in 20 seconds flat.


... a new record.

Gordon Ramsay was served a hot helping of justice yesterday, at the hands of the funny hatted law enforcement that protect the streets of London.



Scotland Yard tells us the expletive spewing chef was ticketed for using his cell phone while driving a badass black Ferarri -- which will end up costing him around 130 bucks.

That'll teach him.

Rabid chef Gordon Ramsay and his family ate at Osteria Mozza in L.A. last night, and the mad white hatter didn't even diss their dishes! Hells kitchen has frozen over!


Also in L.A: Legendary actors Al Pacino and Jon Voight grabbed a bite at Ago's, Babyface checked out some plastic roadside bling, and Brittany Murphy signed backseat autographs.

In NYC: Our cameras spotted hotties Christina Ricci, Ali Larter, and Adriana Lima.

All this and more in today's "Food for Thought" edition of Star Catcher.

"Hell's Kitchen" host Gordon Ramsay apparently got his twig and berries a little too close to an open flame and burned his nether region, several British tabs are reporting.

Gordon was quoted by The Sun as explaining, "The other day I was standing too close to the stove when I was cooking. I was wearing these cotton trousers and underneath I was going commando, suddenly, I felt this searing heat. I went, 'F**k me, bollocks to that.'" Bollocks, indeed. Ramsay painted an even clearer horrible mental picture by saying, "I burnt my right bollock and I'm in absolute agony ... You wouldn't believe how much this hurts." Not hard to imagine it, really.

Ramsay's rep confirmed that the chef did in fact burn himself, but wouldn't confirm where on his body the burn occurred.