Gordon Ramsay has revealed that his family have created food-inspired alternative “curses” so his children don’t swear at home.

The star, 48, has been dubbed the foul-mouthed chef because of his prolific on-screen bad language.

But according to E! News, Gordon, who has four children, Megan, 16, Matilda, 13, and 15-year-old twins, Jack and Holly, with wife Tana, told US show Jimmy Kimmel Live! that his offspring “don’t curse”.

Gordon Ramsay, wife Tana and daughter Matilda
Gordon Ramsay, wife Tana and daughter Matilda (Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

Gordon said he told his kids that “cursing is not smart” and “so I came up with some really nice, sort of alternatives”.

“So rather than saying the word ‘s**t,’ which, you know, is not nice…’Shitake’! Like the mushroom. It’s not nice saying the word ‘f***,’ so we say the word ‘fructose’. ‘Ass? Asparagus!’.”

Matilda has her own cooking show on CBBC, while Jack appeared with their dad on MasterChef in the US in 2013.

“They’re pretty decent little chefs,” Gordon told Kimmel. “Weekends now [are] a lot more competitive, ’cause they cook for us.”

But Gordon said that there was one thing that would make him hot-tempered at home – if one of his daughters dated a chef.

“That’s the bit that scares the c**p out of me,” he said. “And I’m gonna grill his f***ing ass.”