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Hell's Kitchen! YEAH!!

tomalak301 said:
Not really too excited about this set of chefs yet. Thought they would actually have a decent service after the signature dish, but it's really about working as a team and until these people do, they will suck.
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I hate that girl, the chubby brunett. She isn't going to last long...or that older woman either...Surprised the Gay guy got axed. I would gotten rid of the other dude first...I thought the Gay guy (sorry,thats all I remember about him) had a tough first job. I would have given him another chance...

Rob
 
These chefs are not as good as I thought. I guess they still want to go for drama more than anything else, but let's have a relatively good Dinner service. Loved the return of the gay guy last week though.

I know it's minor, but I'm really starting to notice the amount of smoking that goes on in this show. I wish they would get someone who actually doesn't smoke.
 
tomalak301 said:
These chefs are not as good as I thought. I guess they still want to go for drama more than anything else, but let's have a relatively good Dinner service. Loved the return of the gay guy last week though.

I know it's minor, but I'm really starting to notice the amount of smoking that goes on in this show. I wish they would get someone who actually doesn't smoke.
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My buddy and I have noticed the smoking that goes on on this show since day one. The people they get are pretty close to being chain-smokers.

Working in restaurants is a stressful job and I guess smoking is one of the more popular ways to deal with that stress. But it's odd since smoking can deaden the pallete which one would think would make one a pretty ineffective chef/cook.
 
Until you work in the restaurant biz you don't know that 90 percent of the workers smoke and 60 percent of them are potheads too.

I think the smoking (cigarettes) is just a way to constantly be popping out the back door for breaks. Also there are a lot of periods of waiting and killing time in restaurants.
 
Chess Piece Face said:
Until you work in the restaurant biz you don't know that 90 percent of the workers smoke and 60 percent of them are potheads too.

I think the smoking (cigarettes) is just a way to constantly be popping out the back door for breaks. Also there are a lot of periods of waiting and killing time in restaurants.
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Yep..I totally agree!!! one of my past lives was trying to be a cook at DENNYs years and years ago. The pot-smoking/smoking was rampent then too...

Rob
 
That really grosses me out. It would be hard to eat a meal in a restaurant if I knew that a smoker cooked it. Smoking is just really nasty to me.
 
Spot's Meow said:
I don't have money to eat out so it hasn't been an issue thus far. :lol:
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It may not be as bad as it was, since BIG BROTHER has clamped down on smokers over the years. But yeah, its amazing how many of these hells kitchen folks smoke. And it isn't just this season, but past seasons as well. I wonder if Gordon smokes???

Rob
 
tomalak301 said:
Is there a way to see the UK version of Hell's Kitchen? I'm curious as to the improvements, other than it being uncensored of course.
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The big difference is that the American version seems to be about shallow emotional mawkish shite where people cry a lot and tat like that. The British show is actually about trying to save restaurants, so they discuss changing the menus and we see Gordon working with the chiefs etc etc - stuff the american version of the show just seems to gloss over for a bit of cheap string pulling...

Having said that, the american version is funnier, most of the people they have on seem to be just plain delusional rather than poorly organised as the brits are. The other big difference is that all the American places seem to have kitchens like a broken shit house, far far dirtier than anything on the UK show. Don't you guys have any sort of health and safety regulations?
 
JoeZhang said:
tomalak301 said:
Is there a way to see the UK version of Hell's Kitchen? I'm curious as to the improvements, other than it being uncensored of course.
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The big difference is that the American version seems to be about shallow emotional mawkish shite where people cry a lot and tat like that. The British show is actually about trying to save restaurants, so they discuss changing the menus and we see Gordon working with the chiefs etc etc - stuff the american version of the show just seems to gloss over for a bit of cheap string pulling...

Having said that, the american version is funnier, most of the people they have on seem to be just plain delusional rather than poorly organised as the brits are. The other big difference is that all the American places seem to have kitchens like a broken shit house, far far dirtier than anything on the UK show. Don't you guys have any sort of health and safety regulations?
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maybe I'm confused..but over here we have two shows. HELLS KITCHEN and KITCHEN NIGHTMARES...

NIGHTMARES is about what you just said, saving failing dining places.

HELLS KITCHEN is about contestants competing to be a top chef at one of his, Gordon's, restaraunts...

Rob
 
RobertScorpio said:
JoeZhang said:
tomalak301 said:
Is there a way to see the UK version of Hell's Kitchen? I'm curious as to the improvements, other than it being uncensored of course.
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The big difference is that the American version seems to be about shallow emotional mawkish shite where people cry a lot and tat like that. The British show is actually about trying to save restaurants, so they discuss changing the menus and we see Gordon working with the chiefs etc etc - stuff the american version of the show just seems to gloss over for a bit of cheap string pulling...

Having said that, the american version is funnier, most of the people they have on seem to be just plain delusional rather than poorly organised as the brits are. The other big difference is that all the American places seem to have kitchens like a broken shit house, far far dirtier than anything on the UK show. Don't you guys have any sort of health and safety regulations?
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maybe I'm confused..but over here we have two shows. HELLS KITCHEN and KITCHEN NIGHTMARES...

NIGHTMARES is about what you just said, saving failing dining places.

HELLS KITCHEN is about contestants competing to be a top chef at one of his, Gordon's, restaraunts...

Rob
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opps sorry - I was of course on about the different versions of Kitchen nightmares.
 
I think it's funny that Ramsay himself doesn't smoke. He's probably the only non-smoker who's been on the show.
 
I really want someone, who still likes this show, to give me one good reason not to give up on this season.

What the heck is going on with this show. Tonight might have been the ultimate worst episode I've seen yet. Lacey is an annoying brat, Ben tries to be a leader but has never really shown anything, Robert is just too fat (Yeah poor excuse from me but I really don't care), Carol and Andrea's feud is something I don't give a rats ass about, and we're at the point now where the weak players should be going away and the strong players emerge. Other than maybe Gio, I don't see it at all. They're going to be rewarded with a head position at the Borgata restuarant and I think whoever the owner of that place is should revoke the invitation. These people don't deserve it.

I'm just really annoyed by this show. It used to be fun, but then we'd get to the point where dinner service would be completed pretty well, and the yelling from Ramsey wouldn't be really as much as it is. But in this season,
J gets eliminated during service
, there is so much infighting, and I was really hoping there would be double elimination tonight. Is there some kind of Hell's Kitchen rule where there can't be double elimination. Would anyone really mind if this season ended sooner rather later?

So, with all this in mind, and with what I asked earlier about everyone being chain smokers, why should I continue to watch this show. I'm really close to just giving up on it entirely.
 
I've liked this season so far but I'll admit my "taste" for this series is wearing thin.

But it's been a decent season so far but I would truly like to see a more "honest" season of this show -which will never occur on this network- with true contestants and I guess a "more real" game setting.

But, in the end, this is Fox and it's all manufactured for "entertainment" and "drama."
 
Trekker4747 said:
I've liked this season so far but I'll admit my "taste" for this series is wearing thin.

But it's been a decent season so far but I would truly like to see a more "honest" season of this show -which will never occur on this network- with true contestants and I guess a "more real" game setting.

But, in the end, this is Fox and it's all manufactured for "entertainment" and "drama."
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And all this manufactured drama is getting really really annoying. I too would like to see an honest season, and have to wonder what Ramsey is thinking doing this show. I mean he's going to age about 10 years for every season of this show if this keeps up. I remember joining late in the second season and was quite impressed because the people came off as likeable. It was the same way the season Rock won in that as the season went later, the people became likable. Of the final two, I liked both of them even though I liked the girl better. (I Forgot who won it last year but last year was a struggle too)

I just want them to get people who do know how to work together, who are wanting to get the job done, and who can show their profession. I mean we have executive chefs, Saou (Probably spelled that wrong) chefs, and stuff like that, and I can't tell. I want to like this show, and there were high hopes at the start of the season, but I must be missing something because I don't see it this year.
 
Brent said:
I love Hells Kitchen, I watch it every season as well. I also agree that the UK versions are better, the UK Kitchen Nightmares is 100x better than the US version, though I still watch the US versions. So yeah, I've seen both shows US and UK versions, and I watch it all.
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I watched Hell's Kitchen for the first time last week it was great. I will be watching it again.:techman:
 
Ding Dong Lacey's Gone.

Great, can this show freaking improve now or is this season a failure already? :rolleyes:
 
Well, they did what I was hoping they would do last week, double elimination. Still, has any other season ever had two chefs in two weeks get eliminated before dinner service was over? This season is a complete disaster.
 
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