The hotheaded chef tells us how he keeps cool in crazy situations on his wild National Geographic travel series.

I got this obsession back when I was getting my arse kicked in the kitchens, he tells EW.

I taught myself how to perfect scrambled eggs.

Uncharted

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“Zedd was incredible,” he says.

They use food to fuel them, so it’s very important to them.

Teaching celebrities to scramble, fry, and poach is just one facet of the job, however.

“James Cordenis a great friend of mine,” he says.

So I try and learn from him."

On most occasions Ramsay channels Corden, but sometimes he deliberately doesn’t.

Ramsay also took his eggs-pertise to new heights while traveling in Peru forUncharted.

We captured this incredible grub and made a worm omelet on a clifftop, he says.

I flambeed them in cognac.

I love getting to the source and touching ingredients youve never seen before, says Ramsay.

But, yeah, those hippos weren’t fing around.

Then there are the tarantulas.

Youd probably think we were just doing it for film, but no, this was real!"

“That kind of discovery makes it all the more important for me.”

“Do your meet-and-greets, but have people be responsible for their own BYO,” Ramsay says.

“And if youre the host, be smart and delegate.”

Unchartedseason 2 premieres June 7 at 10 p.m.

ET on National Geographic.