Hell's Kitchen - New Season Starting!

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:24 pm

Is Chef Ramsey Britain's greatest export after Simon Cowell? We LOVE the guy! The new season is pretty good, last night one of the chef's wussed out and walked off the show already!

"Hell Kitchen" is heaven for people who like both cooking shows and reality TV! Do you watch it?:D

theia · Post by **theia** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:29 pm

Yes, Saint, I've watched quite a few of the older US ones...they're good.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:46 pm

oh ye i love Gordon Ramsey. Funny thing though i watch most all of his shows but not that one much.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:55 pm

Saint_;1314866 wrote: Is"Hell Kitchen" is heaven for people who like both cooking shows and reality TV! Do you watch it? : D

a) No, b) Most certainly not.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:12 pm

Gordon Ramsay?

Good Lord! Over here he was known for his swearing. Is he still the same?

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:15 pm

Clodhopper;1314918 wrote: Over here he was known for his swearing.

Good for self-publicity if you're not really much good at doing anything else.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:28 pm

Good for self-publicity if you're not really much good at doing anything else.

I'm not really in a position to comment on his culinary abilities. I was just startled because I have the impression that Americans seem to take swearing rather more seriously than we do.

Had this sort of picture of families across several states freezing in horror as Gordon went off on a rant...:wah:

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:31 pm

Sorry............not a fan of either Simon or Gordon. I don't admire bullies.

Watch this video.........the baby is adorable but beware of Gordon's potty mouth...............where's that bar of soap.....................

baby harry argues with simon cowell and gordon ramsay from bonnie101 - Video

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:50 pm

Saint_;1314866 wrote: Is Chef Ramsey Britain's greatest export after Simon Cowell? We LOVE the guy! The new season is pretty good, last night one of the chef's wussed out and walked off the show already!

"Hell Kitchen" is heaven for people who like both cooking shows and reality TV! Do you watch it?:D

I can't stand him, he is quite the bully.:rolleyes:

Huntley · Post by **Huntley** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:17 am

It's a good show - take nobodies and make them into a good cook (not a Chef, really) kinda reminds me of basic training....tear'm down only to build them back up. I like one of Ramsey's other BBC shows "the F word" he's a bit more likable, but I think it's all the show. As for a cooking comp, I rather watch Top Chef. Real Chefs, real dishes.

Is it me or is it a requirement to smoke on that show? This season they are even smoking indoors.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:36 am

Its sad that people enjoy sitting in front of the wall (television screen) watching others being belittled and bullied. I suppose bullies would be expected to enjoy watching though. Is it a highly rated show?

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:47 am

Ahso!;1322378 wrote: Its sad that people enjoy sitting in front of the wall (television screen) watching others being belittled and bullied. I suppose bullies would be expected to enjoy watching though. Is it a highly rated show?

Hey Ahso:)are you having a bad day?:(:-3

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:49 am

kazalala;1322379 wrote: Hey Ahso:)are you having a bad day?:(:-3Not at all. My perspective is just slightly different.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 4:00 am

Ahso!;1322380 wrote: Not at all. My perspective is just slightly different.

ah,, ok then good:)

Post by **LarsMac** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:12 am

I tried watching that show a couple of times.

Having been a chef, I understand the pressures of a working kitchen pretty well.

This guy annoys me. He reminds me of a chef I worked for during my apprenticeship. I am sure that I would smack him with a saute' pan before I got through the first day of filming.

I am curious what the actual pay-off is for those that get through the series. These folks take a lot of crap from the guy, just to be on TV?

I guess that by the time he is done with them, they are sure whether they really want to be in the restaurant business or not, though.

Huntley · Post by **Huntley** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:06 pm

It does surprise me though that he has not been assaulted, even Jerry Springer has had a broken nose and a black eye. If someone talked to me like that in my twenties, I'd be in jail.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:27 pm

Some young fellow almost did in a previous season, I hear.

Though this guy is a scrapper. He didn't seem terribly unwilling to go to the floor.

The guy finally backed down and left the show.

I was looking into this, a bit.

The folks on the show are wanting to be in the business, and they sign up for the abuse. If they make it to the end, the publicity alone could make them a lot of business.

It could be worth a year's hard work.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:42 pm

Ahso!;1322378 wrote: Its sad that people enjoy sitting in front of the wall (television screen) watching others being belittled and bullied. I suppose bullies would be expected to enjoy watching though.

Talk about being degraded.

just can't imagine working with such a pompous ass.:rolleyes:

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 2:28 pm

Yes, Gordon is a bully. And personally, I don't like that at all. But, like a car accident, I seem to have to look. Also, you're quite right about the swearing. Americans do take that more seriously than Brits. But does that make us more pompous...or classy?

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:14 am

Americans do take that more seriously than Brits. But does that make us more pompous...or classy?

Just a cultural difference, I would say. Neither more classy nor more pompous.

(I should point out that Gordon is regarded as exceptionally foul-mouthed even by Brit standards.)

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:47 am

How about classy pompousness or pompous classiness?

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:10 am

I think we're inventing a new word: Americans are much more clompous than Brits? And Brits are less pomlassy than Yanks...:sneaky::wah:

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:18 am

I do like some of the reality shows like.......Top Chef, Houswives of New York, Big Brother, Amazing Race, American Idol, etc.

But, I do not like Gordon Ramsey at all. I find him to be a very, unpleasant man who belittles the contestants. He's harmful, not helpful....imo....