It’s not every day you get to fly celebrities like three-star Michelin chef Gordon Ramsay to Stewart Island, but that was the reality for 22-year-old pilot Joel Fletcher.
In a video posted on Ramsay’s Instagram story, Joel gets a good British ribbing about how young he looks by the famous celebrity chef, but is also praised for landing him safely on Stewart Island after a turbulent flight.
GR: “How old are you now?”
“That was a bumpy flight, well done bud,” Ramsay says once they landed.
Joel: “That was hardly anything.”
Joel told What’s On Invers news that meeting Gordon Ramsay was a fantastic experience.
“Very humbled by him, great down to earth guy. It was a fun and enjoyable experience.”
Ramsay was on a whirlwind tour of New Zealand in relation to his National Geographic TV series, Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, expected to air later this year.