Gordon Ramsay has shared his parenting regrets in the new Netflix docuseries Being Gordon Ramsay, which gives viewers a glimpse into his personal life.

In the first episode, the 59-year-old chef opens up about his difficult childhood with his alcoholic father, also named Gordon.

He admits that at times he prioritised work over spending time with his four eldest children — Megan, 27, twins Holly and Jack, 26, and Tilly, 24.

“I, sadly, had a torrid relationship with my father. My father called me a snob once. And I said, ‘No, definitely not a snob. I just want to get out of the s**t mess I was born in,” Ramsay says in the show.

He recalls juggling three jobs to support his family and moving through 15 different council estates while growing up.

He also remembers weekends when he would “almost watch his father ruin his life through alcohol.”

Ramsay adds: “It’s hard, isn’t it, when someone’s an alcoholic? It’s very hard to relate to that, because you’re just … you’re nervous. You’re worried about, you know, hitting the end of the bottle and seeing that bottle of Bacardi disappear, because you know what happens at the end of that.”

The chef turned to cooking after a knee injury cut short his football career.