I’m not a friend of the famous foul-mouthed foodie. My caller was another Gordon Ramsay, the Labor candidate for Ginninderra at the next ACT election. There is a vast difference between candidate Gordon Ramsay who is being marketed as Our Gordon Ramsay and that other uncouth chef who brutally tongue lashes apprentice cooks on reality TV.

?As a (Uniting Church) minister Our Gordon Ramsay would not endorse the lifestyle and language of Gordon Ramsay, the cook.

The Our Gordon Ramsay strategy is, I assume, a sorbet to enable the political palate to separate “Godly” Gordy from “Gourmet” Gordy, lest the stupid people of Ginninderra think they may actually be buttonholed by the Michelin-star Scot outside Hawker IGA/Woolies on a Saturday morning.

But it seems Our Gordy is trying to gain a bit of an edge by borrowing a bit of brand recognition and using some nifty foodie catchphrases in his advertising material.

I’m sure “Godly” Gordy is well aware of the old saying of “too many cook(s) puns spoil the broth”, but “Sharing a recipe for a stronger Canberra” and a pic featuring a stack of “Gourmet” Gordon’s cookbooks and a grinning “Godly” Gordon in what is meant to look like a commercial kitchen, is a bit too much for me to swallow.

To be fair though, “Godly” Gordon is not a complete “Nigella”. He’s obviously been masticating for some time over running for public office, building a strong public profile through helping the needy in the Belconnen area.

If he’s successful, I hope they’ll get “Godly” Gordy a media adviser who’ll suggest he doesn’t plate up with the political soufflé “I am committed to building a city that is truly liveable for everyone” because when your party’s been in power for 16 years, the obvious question is: what have you been doing all that time? And this may give the electorate a case of indigestion.

No appalling food puns were ignored in the writing of this article, but we did totally rule out the headline: “Pasta pollie gets his just desserts”!

Former radio personality Mike Welsh blogs at’s.com