THE Hell's Kitchen tormentor-in-chief Gordon Ramsay uses Lea and Perrins' famous Worcestershire sauce for his favourite wind-down snack, according to his wife.

The chef - who holds three Michelin stars - spurns posh nosh when he goes home and likes to eat beans on toast instead, with a good sprinkle of Worcestershire Sauce.

Ramsay is the star of ITV's latest reality show, in which he runs a kitchen where celebrity novice chefs attempt to cook top-of-the-range meals for diners.

But wife Tana told GMTV that his famed on-screen rants and rages at bumbling kitchen staff are not repeated at home.

She said: "Gordon is not like that at home. He has to rise to the challenge. When he is at home, he is a dad and a husband.

"He has supported me in whatever I wanted to do."

But she said that Ramsay's temper was not an act, but a reflection of his "passion for perfection".

Asked about what she cooked at home, Tana said: "It's very basic. Beans on toast with Worcestershire sauce, or salad or chips."

Worcestershire Sauce is made of a secret recipe at Lea and Perrins' Midland Road factory, Worcester.

The story goes that two chemists, John Lea and William Perrins, were asked to recreate an Indian fish sauce by an English nobleman who had spent time in Bengal.

They did their best, but the resulting vile mixture was a disappointment. They stored the concoction in their cellar, where it stayed, forgotten, for two years.

When it was rediscovered, the two men were going to throw the mixture away.

They decided to taste it one more time before getting rid of their creation forever. To their amazement, they discovered that the sauce had matured, gaining an aromatic scent and a unique taste.