ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY FINN SCOTT-KELLY AND HUGO SNELL. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013 DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF SEVEN SHARP, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. HI. I'M GREG BOYED. ON A DAY WHEN MY CO-HOST JESSE MULLIGAN LEFT A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED,... SO SOMEONE SAID JESSE WAS A STUNNING 6'4" BLONDE, AND SO WHEN YOU SAID, 'HI, MY NAME'S JESSE,' MAN, HONESTLY, YOU JUST TURNED ME VEGETARIAN. ...TURNS OUT I WASN'T WHAT GORDON RAMSAY HAD AN APPETITE FOR, SO WE WENT WITH PLAN B AND SENT ALI TO THE SWANKY DINNER THAT'S BEING HELD IN HIS HONOUR. NO DOUBT ABOUT THIS GUY'S PULLING POWER ` THERE ARE A THOUSAND PEOPLE HERE TUCKING INTO THE CRAYFISH ENTREE FROM A MENU THAT'S BEEN WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR THEM BY GORDON. HE'S WRITTEN THE MENU, BUT A BUNCH OF KIWI CHEFS HAVE TO PUT IT OUT TONIGHT. WHILE HE EATS IT, I'M GOING TO THE KITCHENS TO SEE HOW THEY'RE FEELING. IF I WERE THEM, I'D BE TERRIFIED, BUT IT'LL BE A GOOD CHANCE FOR ALL OF US TO SEE WHY IT COSTS $500 A HEAD TO EAT RAMSAY'S MENU. ALSO TONIGHT ` EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT ART, YOU'LL KNOW HIM ` DICK FRIZZELL'S IN THE STUDIO, TALKING ABOUT TAKING THE MICKEY OUT OF THE NZ ART SCENE. HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK IS UP FOR SALE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 18 YEARS. WE'LL ASK HIM WHAT THE PROFIT MARGIN ON MICKEY TO TIKI'S LIKELY TO BE. ALL THAT AND MY WRAP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS, PLUS JACK TAME FROM NEW YORK. IT'S FRIDAY, AND THIS IS SEVEN SHARP. THE EVENT ALI'S AT IS MORE THAN JUST A FLASH DINNER. IT'S RAISING MONEY FOR THE RISING FOUNDATION, WHICH HELPS HUNDREDS OF AT-RISK KIDS IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. THIS MORNING, GORDON RAMSAY DROPPED IN ON SOME OF THOSE KIDS AT PAPAKURA HIGH SCHOOL, AND JESSE WENT ALONG TO SEE HOW SCARY HE IS IN PERSON. ALL CHANT IN MAORI A SIDE OF GORDON RAMSAY YOU DON'T NORMALLY SEE. A LITTLE INTIMIDATED AND VERY HUMBLED. PHENOMENAL. ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. IT SUDDENLY DAWNED ON ME WHY WE PLAY SO BAD AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS WHEN IT'S THE RUGBY, BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE, YOU PUT THE FEAR OF GOD INTO THEM. I CAN SEE WHY. A MEMORABLE SOUTH AUCKLAND WELCOME. LAUGHTER I'D LIKE TO MAKE SOMETHING INCREDIBLY CLEAR. THE F WORD STANDS FOR FOOD. LAUGHTER AND THE C WORD STANDS FOR COOKING. HE MEETS THE HOME EC CLASS AT DECILE-TWO PAPAKURA HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN I FIRST TOLD THEM THAT GORDON RAMSAY WAS COMING, THEIR FIRST REACTION WAS, 'ARE WE REALLY THAT BAD?' (CHUCKLES) I WAS EXPECTING HIM TO BE, LIKE, CRITICAL. LIKE SOMEONE'S <BLEEP>ED IN MY SOUP. MEAN. MEAN. REALLY MEAN. I WOULD HAVE <BLEEP>ING FIRED YOU 16 YEARS AGO! YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU AND <BLEEP>ING YOU! BUT WHAT WE GET IS A CHARMER. I WISH WE HAD MORE FEMALE POLICE OFFICERS IN ENGLAND. NOW, THAT IS DELICIOUS. VERY NICE. CAN I HAVE THE RECIPE, PLEASE. MY FLIGHT'S NOT LEAVING UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT. COULDN'T BREATHE AND, LILE, MY HEART WAS POUNDING. SOME KIDS HERE HAVEN'T HAVE IT EASY. THEY'RE BEING MENTORED BY THE RISING FOUNDATION. HAD SOME TROUBLE AT HOME. MY MUM AND DAD WERE GOING THROUGH THIS HORRENDOUS DIVORCE, AND MY LITTLE BROTHER STARTED GETTING INVOLVED WITH SOME BAD DRUGS. SO FOOD WAS MY KIND OF A LITTLE RELEASE. THAT LITTLE BIT OF... IT WAS ALMOST LIKE AN EXIT. HERE'S THE THING. THIS FOUNDATION - WHAT IT STANDS FOR, WHAT IT PRODUCES - I-I COULD'VE BEEN HERE. YOU KNOW, I COULD'VE EASILY BEEN ONE OF THESE STUDENTS THAT WAS SORT OF DEALT A SLIGHTLY DYSFUNCTIONAL CARD. I WAS MORE KEEN TO BE HERE THAN THE ACTUAL DINNER. I KNOW THE DINNER'S IMPORTANT, AND I GET ALL THAT, BUT THIS IS REAL. VERY REAL. LOOK AT YOU, 6'4", AND YOU'RE MR CUPCAKE. 17 ` WHAT'S THE DREAM? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE? NEXT YEAR, MY DREAM IS TO GO TO FRANCE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, THEN COME AND SEE US IN LONDON FIRST BEFORE YOU GO TO PARIS. YEAH, OK? YEAH. I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR THAT, THEN. YOU BET. YOU MEANT THAT? OH, VERY MUCH SO. YEAH. THE GUY'S 17 YEARS OF AGE. TO BE THAT HUNGRY AND THAT DETERMINED ABOUT LEARNING AT 17. BECAUSE THIS IS A PASSION FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS COS HE DID IT. HE WAS IN MY FOOTSTEPS ONCE, AND SO I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW WHAT HE DID ` YOU KNOW, GO TO THE SAME PLACES. YOU KNOW, LEARNED WHAT HE LEARNED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND ONE YOUNG GIRL SAID TODAY, 'DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE GIVING UP?' YEAH, MANY TIMES. I USED TO RING MY MUM AND CRY MY EYES OUT. THAT THIS IS NOT FOR ME, AND I CAN'T CHOP, AND EVERY TIME I SPEED UP, I STARTED SLICING MY FINGER OFF. HE'S COME A LONG WAY. WITH 21 RESTAURANTS WORLDWIDE, RAMSAY'S BIG BUSINESS SO, AS A PERFECTIONIST AND SOMEONE WHO'S USED TO HAVING CONTROL OF EVERYTHING ON A PLATE, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR EMPIRE GETS SO BIG? DOES RICHARD BRANSON FLY ALL HIS AEROPLANES? NO. DO YOU EVER WEAR A GEORGIO ARMANI SUIT? ONE DAY, GORDON. ONE DAY. YEAH, BUT WHEN YOU BUY IT, DO YOU THINK IT WAS GEORGIO WHO STITCHED IT? AND SO I'VE GOT TO BE REALISTIC. DO I STAND BEHIND A STOVE 16, 17 HOURS A DAY? NO, I DON'T. I HAVE DONE. AND, ON THAT NOTE, THANKS VERY MUCH, CHEF. SOMEONE SAID JESSE WAS A STUNNING 6'4" BLONDE. AND SO WHEN YOU SAID, 'HI, MY NAME'S JESSE,' HONESTLY, MAN, YOU JUST TURNED ME VEGETARIAN. I'M USED TO DISAPPOINTING PEOPLE. WHAT CAN I TELL YOU? AND WE'RE NOT RUBBING NOSES, OK? OK. (CHUCKLES) NO, I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE LOCALS. Ramsey was all about finding one thing that you're good atand hold on to that. MY FULL 15-MINUTE CHAT WITH GORDON IS ON OUR WEBSITE, He just had so much heart and time for them. Food nerds ` his mentor is his mum. MY FULL 15-MINUTE CHAT WITH GORDON IS ON OUR WEBSITE, AND ALI WILL BE SUPERVISING HIS EFFORTS KITCHEN, LIVE FROM SOUTH AUCKLAND SOON. STEREOTYPES CAN BE FUN, BUT ARE APPARENTLY A BAD THING IF YOU'RE SUMMING UP AN ENTIRE NATION, LIKE AUSTRALIA. OUR TRANS-TASMAN BRETHREN'S POPULATION PASSED 23 MILLION THIS WEEK. AND WHILE SIZE ISN'T EVERYTHING, TALKING ABOUT 'A TYPICAL AUSTRALIAN' CAN SEEM A BIT NEGATIVE. BUT NOW A SNAPSHOT OF EXACTLY WHAT THE AVERAGE AUSSIE LOOKS LIKE HAS BEEN TAKEN. GREG STUBBINGS PEERS THROUGH THE VIEWFINDER. IF YOU HAD TO PICTURE THE AVERAGE AUSSIE, YOU MIGHT CONJURE UP THIS GUY. COS EVERY DAY'S A GOOD DAY IN AUSTRALIA. GIDDAY, PAUL. GIDDAY, LOVE. BUT IT TURNS OUT THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS WOULD... ...TELL HIM HE'S DREAMING. 100 YEARS AGO, THE AVERAGE WAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS GENEROUS CRUSTACEAN CHEF. I'LL SLIP AN EXTRA SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE FOR YA. BUT IN 2013, IT TURNS OUT THE TYPICAL AUSTRALIAN IS... A 37-YEAR-OLD WOMAN MARRIED WITH TWO KIDS, LIVING IN A THREE-BEDROOM HOUSE IN A SUBURB OF ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S CAPITAL CITIES. OH.. IT'S DIFFERENT. YEAH, IT'S NICE. IT'S DIFFERENT. # SHE KEEPS NO, SHE KEEPS NO, # SHE KEEPS NO SECRETS FROM YOU. # THE FEMALE POPULATION TOOK OVER FROM MEN BACK IN 1979, AND THAT TREND LOOKS TO CONTINUE AS WOMEN OUTLIVE BLOKES. AS FOR THE ARYAN BEACH-BUM MYTH, MORE THAN A QUARTER OF AUSTRALIANS ARE BORN OVERSEAS, AND ONLY 54% HAVE PARENTS BORN DOWN UNDER. AND THAT MEANS CRICKET, FORMERLY THE MOST AUSSIE OF SPORTS, IS NO LONGER A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF THE COUNTRY. NOT MUCH DOUBT ABOUT THAT. IT'S ALL ABOUT MULTICULTURAL FOOTBALL NOW, MATE. # ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR. # WITH THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE AVERAGE AUSTRALIAN, IT MAKES YOU WONDER ` WHO IS THE AVERAGE KIWI? RIGHTO, KICK IT IN THE GUTS, TREV. STATISTICS NZ INFO. SEX ` FEMALE. MEDIUM AGE ` 36. LIVES ` AUCKLAND. ETHNICITY ` NZ EUROPEAN. MARITAL STATUS ` MARRIED. FAMILY ` TWO CHILDREN. HOUSING ` LIVES IN A HOME WITH THREE BEDROOMS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS TAKEN FROM THE 2006 CENSUS. What is the average kiwi? Broke. The average kiwi is a 37-year-old Woman living in Australia. AFTER THE BREAK ` THIS IS THE MOST FAMOUS BIT OF KIWI POP ART. IT'S THE ORIGINAL, AND SOON IT COULD BE YOURS. THE MAN WHO CREATED IT WILL BE HERE SOON TOO. AND JACK TAME TELLS US ABOUT A NEWLY DISCOVERED RECORDING OF THE INVENTOR OF THE PHONE. HE'S THE MAN BEHIND OUR MOST FAMOUS PIECE OF POP ART, 'IT'S ABOUT TIME', OR AS IT'S MORE COMMONLY KNOWN, 'MICKEY TO TIKI', AND BOTH ARTIST DICK FRIZZELL AND THE ORIGINAL WORK ARE WITH US NOW. IT'S BEING SOLD FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 18 YEARS. IT WENT FOR FOUR GRAND BACK THEN. NOW MANY ARE PICKING IT TO FETCH UP TO 120,000. They are saying anything over 60. I don't want to jinx it by talking about it. DID YOU EVER THINK IT WOULD BE THIS VALUABLE OR THIS FAMOUS? I had no idea. I just did it for the charity auction. About three years later I turned it into a print. TO A NON-ARTY TYPE LIKE MYSELF, THE THING THAT APPEALS IS THAT ITS NOT PO-FACED. WAS HAVING A BIT OF A LAUGH PART OF IT FOR YOU? It was an option for children cancer, so I made it child friendly for the spirit of the auction. I treated it like doing a birthday card for someone. I was not overthinking or overcooking it. HOW DID YOU NOT HAVE DISNEY ALL OVER YOU LIKE A RASH WHEN IT STARTED GETTING FAMOUS? Not until tomorrow. It's the one that done the most work, I'm identified with it so much, and proud of it. Led Zepplin, if you ask them their favourite song, they probably wouldn't say stairway to Heaven. It's like Ray Columbus having to get up and sing she's a mod every time. I feel the same with this. FAIR TO SAY THIS WOULD BE THE MOST REPRODUCED BIT OF ART TOO. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE ART-INTO-COMMERCE THING? THAT WAS ANDY WARHOL'S M.O. TOO. It might devalue it for the first 5 min, and then something else happens and away it goes. It just goes out into the and becomes a separate self replicating machine. It's got nothing to do with me. Go, The original. TIME NOW TO CHECK IN WITH JACK TAME, OUR US CORRESPONDENT. WE ASKED HIM A SHORT TIME AGO ABOUT THE REACTION IN NEW YORK TO NEWS THE BOSTON BOMBERS HAD PLANNED TO TARGET THE BIG APPLE. HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY A HUGE SURPRISE FOR PEOPLE HERE IN NEW YORK. THE CITY FEELS LIKE IT'S RELATIVELY USED TO BEING A TARGET FOR TERRORISM. YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, TIMES SQUARE WAS A TARGET OF ANOTHER TERROR PLOT, BUT I WAS JUST WALKING THROUGH THERE EARLIER THIS EVENING. I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST WATCHED PLACES IN THE WHOLE OF NEW YORK CITY. THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF CCTV CAMERAS RIGHT AROUND THERE, A REALLY STRONG POLICE PRESENCE, EVEN A LITTLE POLICE BOOTH WITH A NEON SIGN ` AS YOU DO IN TIMES SQUARE. AND JACK, SOMETHING THERE FOR HISTORY NERDS? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY TODAY HAS RELEASED THE ONLY EVER RECORDING, SO FAR AS WE KNOW, OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL'S VOICE ` THE INVENTOR OF THE TELEPHONE, OF COURSE. THIS ONE'S FROM 1885. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING IT AWAY. IT'S NOT THE SORT OF THING YOU CAN JUST WHIP ON ITUNES, ADD A LITTLE BIT OF AUTO-TUNE AND HOPE FOR THE BEST AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A RIHANNA POP HIT. IT'S NOT QUITE LIKE THAT WITH YOUR 1885 RECORDINGS, BUT HAVE A LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. OK, JACK, NOT QUITE AS HISTORIC AS THAT, BUT A BIT OLD A BIT AND NOT AS MOULDY AS YOU'D HOPE ` A MCDONALD'S HAMBURGER FOUND. TELL US ABOUT THIS. THIS IS SO BIZARRE. THIS GUY IN UTAH, BACK IN 1999, BOUGHT A HAMBURGER FROM MCDONALD'S TO SHOW HIS FRIENDS JUST HOW LONG IT WOULD SURVIVE IF IT WASN'T EATEN. SO HE WRAPPED IT UP, PUT IT IN HIS POCKET, AND FORGOT ABOUT IT UNTIL THIS YEAR. HAVE A LOOK AT THIS. THE HAMBURGER ACTUALLY LOOKS ALMOST EDIBLE, DOESN'T IT? IT DOESN'T LOOK TERRIBLY UNAPPETISING. SLIGHTLY CONCERNING, BUT IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TO PUT YOU OFF YOUR MCDONALD'S BURGERS, THESE RESEARCHERS DOWN IN TEXAS THIS WEEK HAD DONE A BIT OF RESEARCH LOOKING AT WHAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE CALORIE INTAKE OF AMERICANS. THEY THINK THAT IF ALL MENUS IN THE UNITED STATES, INSTEAD OF HAVING CALORIE OR KILOJOULE COUNT ` SO THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY IN SPECIFIC FOODS ` IF THEY LIST THE ENERGY REQUIRED TO BURN OFF THAT FOOD ` SO BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF SOMETHING BEING 600 CALORIES, SAY, YOU'D HAVE TO WALK BRISKLY FOR TWO HOURS ` THEY THINK THAT WOULD SUCCESSFULLY ENCOURAGE FEWER AMERICANS TO EAT QUITE SO MANY CALORIES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, A QUARTER-POUND DOUBLE-CHEESE BURGER ` SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST TWO HOURS OF BRISK WALKING FOR PEOPLE TO BURN OFF ` THEY THINK THAT COULD GO SOME WAY TO CURING AMERICA'S OBESITY EPIDEMIC. I HAVE A TEST FOR YOU BOTH ` HOW LONG TO WALK OFF EACH OF THESE TWO CLASSIC KIWI LUNCH OPTIONS? Well, I have no idea about the time,but obviously, you'd think the pie would be the fattest. A couple of hours; an hour. One hour 25 to walk ofF the pie, and more for the sushi. AFTER THE BREAK ` I'LL BRING YOU MY WRAP OF THE WEEK. AND ALI's EATING WITH GORDON RAMSAY. HOW'S THE FOOD? FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THE END OF ANOTHER BUSY WEEK. HERE'S JESSE WITH ALL THE BEST BITS. YEAH, BAD NEWS FOR TRADE MINISTER TIM GROSER AS HE MISSED OUT ON THE BIG WTO JOB. HE APPARENTLY CAMPAIGNED VERY WELL, BUT WAS UNDONE AT THE LAST MINUTE WHEN SOMEONE LISTED HIM ON THE VOTING FORM AS 'TIM, GROCER'. IT WAS BETTER NEWS FOR OTHER MPS THIS WEEK. HIGH-PROFILE LESBIAN MAURICE WILLIAMSON, PLAYED HERE BY THE GIANT FROM JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, WAS GIVEN THE ALL-CLEAR TO GO ON THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW BY HIS BOSS, JOHN KEY. (CHUCKLES) OUR OWN LITTLE GAY ICON. YEAH. BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE YOU'VE HEARD THAT TEETH SUCK BEFORE, THE ANSWER IS HANNIBAL LECTER. SO MORE SHOWBIZ FOR THE GOVERNMENT. MAURICE ON ELLEN. KEY ON LETTERMAN. ALL WE NEED NOW IS GERRY BROWNLEE ON EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION. MOVE THAT BUS! LITTLE BIT FURTHER! KEEP GOING! OH, FORGET IT. LET'S CROSS BACK TO ALI MAU, WHO'S IN SOUTH AUCKLAND AT A CHARITY DINNER HOSTED BY GORDON RAMSAY. I am in probably the swankiest event and all of Auckland, all of New Zealand today. The thing I love about the executive chef putting this menu out tonight is that they just brought a desSert here for us to look at, and he made them take away again because that wasn't glossy enough. First course tonight is raw Kingfish with avocado and yoghurt, some fresh horseradish from Christchurch. Orange zest, lemon zest and parsley. A really lovely orange chocolate tart with salted caramel ice cream. And honeycomb. You have to put a lot of passion and art into getting something to look and taste like it should. I think we've done it justice. We're quite happy with the flavour. Now Are you nervous? THAT'S ALL THIS WEEK. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. Did you just send in pictures or what happens? Is this an easy thing to serve 1000 people? It's an amazing chef and phenomenal produce. I've tasted the appetiser. It was delicious. When I think of New Zealand, that's what I dream of in terms of shellfish, seafood, dairy produce. THAT'S ALL THIS WEEK. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. SEVEN SHARP CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND JOHN LING. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.