--- title: Gordon Ramsay and Lil Nas X Made Panini Magic After a Tweet description: "Old Town Road" rapper Lil Nas X teamed up with famous chef Gordon Ramsay to make a panini, tying in with his new song "Panini." canonical: https://time.com/5622040/lil-nas-x-panini-gordon-ramsay/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-07-08T16:44:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:25.048Z og:title: Gordon Ramsay and Lil Nas X Made Panini Magic After a Tweet og:description: The chef and the "Old Town Road" rapper teamed up for a cooking lesson og:url: https://time.com/5622040/lil-nas-x-panini-gordon-ramsay/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gordon Ramsay and Lil Nas X Made Panini Magic After a Tweet twitter:description: The chef and the "Old Town Road" rapper teamed up for a cooking lesson twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Gordon Ramsay and Lil Nas X Made Panini Magic and As Per Usual, It Started With a Tweet  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 8, 2019 4:44 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 8, 2019 4:44 PM UTC You probably know [Lil Nas X](https://time.com/5561466/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-billboard/) as the young rap star behind record-breaking hit song [“Old Town Road.”](https://time.com/5598290/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-school-performance/) But Lil Nas X recently followed that up with an EP that includes a song called [“Panini,”](https://time.com/5611413/lil-nas-panini-camila-cabello-seniorita/) which has quickly become a new fan favorite. And naturally, given the song’s title, it was ripe for some kind of collaboration — with a chef. Thankfully, everyone’s favorite [food commentator](https://time.com/4677008/gordon-ramsay-twitter-diss/) Gordon Ramsay was up for the job. Thanks to a tweet exchange that the pair shared back in June, as well as some lucky timing while both the rapper and the chef were in London at the same time, Lil Nas X was able to drop by Ramsay’s Lucky Cat restaurant in the U.K. for a personal lesson on panini-making. Despite the song’s name, he had never actually made a panini before, he admitted on camera. > [](https://twitter.com/LilNasX/status/1141798727276826625) > [](https://twitter.com/GordonRamsay/status/1141810810005491712) Of course, the [ever-creative Ramsay](https://time.com/5550570/gordon-ramsay-idiot-sandwich/) wasn’t just going to teach the young rapper the art of making any basic grilled sandwich; he applied his own twists. Instead of regular old sliced bread, they went for a bao bun. The fillings included pastrami, cheese, cabbage slaw and a spicy kimchi spread. After putting together the sandwiches, they slipped them into a panini grill, which does most of the work for this particular culinary confection. The result: a grilled-to-perfection “remix” worthy of Lil Nas X’s “Panini” dreams. Gordon Ramsay and Lil Nas X Made Panini Magic After a Tweet ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5622040/lil-nas-x-panini-gordon-ramsay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5622040/lil-nas-x-panini-gordon-ramsay/"},"headline":"Gordon Ramsay and Lil Nas X Made Panini Magic and As Per Usual, It Started With a Tweet","datePublished":"2019-07-08T16:44:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:25.048Z","description":"His new song is \"Panini\"","url":"https://time.com/5622040/lil-nas-x-panini-gordon-ramsay/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","Food & Drink","Music","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5622040/lil-nas-x-panini-gordon-ramsay/","name":"Gordon Ramsay and Lil Nas X Made Panini Magic and As Per Usual, It Started With a Tweet"}}]}] ```