Gordon Ramsay poses with rarely-seen daughter Megan as he pays tribute to her on her birthday
CHEF Gordon Ramsay has smiled for a photo with his rarely-seen daughter Megan as they celebrated her birthday.
The TV personality took to Instagram with the sweet snap of him and his firstborn child, who turned 24 on Monday.
Gordon, 55, smiled wide as he cosied up to Megan in the photograph, before gushing over how “proud” he was of her in the caption.
“Happy Birthday to this gorgeous lady,” he wrote. “Words can’t describe enough how proud you make me feel every day.
“Have a fantastic time in Vancouver can’t wait to see you to celebrate your special day. Love you so much, Dad.”
Friends and fans headed to the comments of the post to send Megan good wishes, including a number of celebrity pals.
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Among them was David Beckham, who wrote: “Happy Birthday,” tagging Megan and her mum Tana, 47.
It comes after proud dad Gordon branded daughter Megan’s boyfriend “pathetic” and said he “wants to kill him” in an interview.
The no-nonsense chef, 55, is fiercely protective of his three daughters – Megan, Holly, 22, and Tilly, 20.
He told The Kelly Clarkson Show that he’s underwhelmed by eldest’s partner as he wants her to be “looked after”.
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He said: “I just want the girls to be looked after, and them to look after each other so you’re always anxious about that.”
Revealing how he left Byron quaking in his boots during a surprise video call, he continued: “I did something really bad last week. Megan started seeing her ex-boyfriend again and his name’s Byron.
“He was OK to begin with, a little bit wet. You want a man to date your daughter and he was just a little bit pathetic.
“I want to kill the little f****r! I kid you not, I found out his telephone number from our youngest daughter Tilly.
“She gave me it and said, ‘Dad don’t do anything’, and I said, ‘No, just give me, if anything’s wrong I need his number on my phone.’
“So I waited to find out when they were having dinner together and I FaceTimed him. He answered the phone and the thing was shaking.
“I said, ‘Bryron, it’s me! Not your future father in law, you little f**k!’ Megan leant over and pushed and cut me off, which was so rude!”
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Psychology graduate Megan works as an account executive at PR agency Freuds.
She’s extremely close to her siblings with her social media featuring snaps of her hugging younger brother Jack and paying tribute to the smallest member of the Ramsay clan, Oscar.