Are you getting tired of Gordon Ramsay yet?

[Brent]

He's got his hands in a lot of TV programs for sure, both on the BBC and in the US. The F-Word, Gordon's Great Escape, Kitchen Nightmares, Hells Kitchen, Master Chef and now Hotel Hell where he goes and helps hotels shape up? WTF, is he now a hotel expert too?

I'm guilty, I watch all of these shows

But are you tired of him yet, or do you want more?

Well, at least its mostly entertaining. I like Master Chef better than Hells Kitchen though. And Hotel Hell, seems interesting so far, but I'm concerned that just like Kitchen Nightmares he doesn't actually get into the heart of the US and sticks either to the north east or California, not exactly helping restaurants or hotels around the country. He pretty much sticks in one spot for both Kitchen Nightmares and Hotel Hell. Gordon's Great Escape is a bit more entertaining, he actually travels in that one.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I've never even seen him and I'm sick of him. I'm not sure how, maybe I read a newspaper article about the guy.

 

[Guy Gardener]

I facilitate a family member with this bollocks. I keep saying to her, please tell me when this starts to suck so that I can rededicate my bandwidth but the girl has a peanut bouncing around between her ears.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I watch Kitchen Nightmares on BBCA, some episodes may times over, but I haven't seen much of the other shows.

So I still like him.

 

[Garak]

It's impossible to get tired of Gordon Ramsay because he's so amazing.

I'd totally have him over for dinner.

 

[Tom Hendricks]

He is a bit over-saturated right now. While I watch Kitchen Nightmares, Hells Kitchen and Master Chef, I don't watch Hotel Hell.

 

[Skellington]

This is a Catch-22 situation for me. Decided long ago that I could not stand that obnoxious blowhard, so now I have little experience of what he's currently like.

Having said that, though, there's got to be some degree of commonality with someone who probably thinks that he's the only one on the job with a modicum of competence.

 

[Forbin]

I only see him when I accidentally catch the end of his show when I turn o the TV to watch something else.

I was sick to frickin death of him within the first two seconds of the first time I saw him.

 

[cardinal biggles]

The only show of his that I've watched is Kitchen Nightmares, and I definitely prefer the UK version over the US version. The UK version comes across as a pretty interesting show about the restaurant business, and the importance of if not excellence, at least competence from everyone involved — the owner, the chef, the kitchen staff, the waiters. I also like how he stresses taking advantage of locally available ingredients.

The US version minimizes everything that I love about the UK version in favor of family drama, extreme restaurant makeovers, and (lately) the chance for Gordon to play Dr. Phil with whomever he's helping this week. I actually started watching the US version first, so the mellower pace and tone of the UK version took me by surprise (not to mention one episode where the "extreme makeover" consisted of buying livelier tablecloths).

So in general I'm tired of him, but if BBC America is running repeats of UK Kitchen Nightmares, I'll still tune in.

 

[auntiehill]

I liked him when BBC America started running the UK Kitchen Nightmares. And then, there was Hell's Kitchen in all its varieties, and then the crappy US version of Kitchen Nightmares.

Now, BBC America, which was once my favorite channel, is running nothing before prime time except the same, very stale episodes of Top Gear and Kitchen Nightmares over and over and over again.

I'm sick of Gordon, quite frankly. I could stand for him to go away for awhile. And he can take Jeremy Clarkson with him.

 

[FPAlpha]

I know jack about the restaurant business and even less what goes on behind the doors in the kitchen but i simply won't believe you have to be such an ass to motivate and control your people.. he directly insults them and this is a big no for me. I know that top restaurants operate on a very high standard and that a single bad cook can spoil an entire meal so there's bound to be big pressure but i think for TV ratings Gordon is going too far.

However besides his competition shows i like his stuff very much.. he's got a wicked sense of humor, he's very passionate and knowledgeable about his work and he can explain stuff quite well.

I'd really like to eat something he cooks if i ever have the chance but i guess his courses are way outside my budget to ever make that happen (does he even cook anymore in one of his restaurants or is he a showman now?).

 

[Eno]

What, who? He's some sort of foul mouthed chef, and English?

The English can't cook!

Happily I live in Australia where we have amazing coffee and fine dining.

English fine dining=oxymoron.

I would not, will never watch an Englishman cook.

And I am inclined towards being an Anglophile.

But NEVER with cuisine.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

I just caught this Hells Kitchen USA thing on ITV1 by mistake a few months ago....and i really enjoyed it, and i hate cooking programms or anything with the public on it(You've been framed being the excemption due to Harry Hill).

I would watch another Hells Kitchen USA if it came back on tv.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

The only show of his that I've watched is Kitchen Nightmares, and I definitely prefer the UK version over the US version. The UK version comes across as a pretty interesting show about the restaurant business, and the importance of if not excellence, at least competence from everyone involved — the owner, the chef, the kitchen staff, the waiters. I also like how he stresses taking advantage of locally available ingredients.

The US version minimizes everything that I love about the UK version in favor of family drama, extreme restaurant makeovers, and (lately) the chance for Gordon to play Dr. Phil with whomever he's helping this week. I actually started watching the US version first, so the mellower pace and tone of the UK version took me by surprise (not to mention one episode where the "extreme makeover" consisted of buying livelier tablecloths).

So in general I'm tired of him, but if BBC America is running repeats of UK Kitchen Nightmares, I'll still tune in.

It's funny how they can say "shit" & "bullshit" on Kitchen Nightmares literally dozens of times in an episode, but bleep out "cock up" on Top Gear.

What, who? He's some sort of foul mouthed chef, and English?

The English can't cook!

Happily I live in Australia where we have amazing coffee and fine dining.

English fine dining=oxymoron.

I would not, will never watch an Englishman cook.

And I am inclined towards being an Anglophile.

But NEVER with cuisine.

Gordon was born in Scotland. Could you watch a Scotsman cook?

 

[Forbin]

What, who? He's some sort of foul mouthed chef, and English?

The English can't cook!

Happily I live in Australia where we have amazing coffee and fine dining.

English fine dining=oxymoron.

I would not, will never watch an Englishman cook.

And I am inclined towards being an Anglophile.

But NEVER with cuisine.

*Ahem* - Graham Kerr.

 

[BillJ]

Watched Kitchen Nightmares with my wife a few times. Seems passionate about what he does.

But too much of him, like anything, would be tiresome.

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

He's got his hands in a lot of TV programs for sure, both on the BBC and in the US. The F-Word, Gordon's Great Escape, Kitchen Nightmares, Hells Kitchen, Master Chef and now Hotel Hell where he goes and helps hotels shape up? WTF, is he now a hotel expert too?

I'm guilty, I watch all of these shows

But are you tired of him yet, or do you want more?

Well, at least its mostly entertaining. I like Master Chef better than Hells Kitchen though. And Hotel Hell, seems interesting so far, but I'm concerned that just like Kitchen Nightmares he doesn't actually get into the heart of the US and sticks either to the north east or California, not exactly helping restaurants or hotels around the country. He pretty much sticks in one spot for both Kitchen Nightmares and Hotel Hell. Gordon's Great Escape is a bit more entertaining, he actually travels in that one.

I love the guy. I'm actually teaching myself to cook because the guy makes a few minutes in the kitchen look like the fuckin' Super Bowl. It ain't quite that but it is fun. Just like Ramsay's shows.

 

[tomalak301]

I watched the end of Masterchef (After missing most of the season) and really enjoyed the show. I am tired of him on Hell's Kitchen though, and I don't watch that show anymore. Kind of wish I had gotten into Masterchef sooner.

 

[Roger Wilco]

I know jack about the restaurant business and even less what goes on behind the doors in the kitchen but i simply won't believe you have to be such an ass to motivate and control your people.. he directly insults them and this is a big no for me. I know that top restaurants operate on a very high standard and that a single bad cook can spoil an entire meal so there's bound to be big pressure but i think for TV ratings Gordon is going too far.

However besides his competition shows i like his stuff very much.. he's got a wicked sense of humor, he's very passionate and knowledgeable about his work and he can explain stuff quite well.

I'd really like to eat something he cooks if i ever have the chance but i guess his courses are way outside my budget to ever make that happen (does he even cook anymore in one of his restaurants or is he a showman now?).

I agree completely. Clearly Hell's kitchen is nonsense from start to finish. But Kitchen Nightmares, especially the UK version, shows him in a completely different light imo, as a kind, patient man, who knows his craft inside out and who wants to teach others about that.

I'm not surprised many of the restaurants he visited failed later anyway, most of those people are hopeless. You've got Gordon Ramsey in your kitchen and he's trying to help you, why won't you fucking listen? No, you don't fucking know better than Ramsey, drop your stupid ego and listen!

Kitchen Nightmares should be mandatory viewing for anybody who wants to open a restaurant imo.

 

[Samurai8472]

^ I was shocked when that hotel Gordon fixed was shutdown a month later. The home of apple pie too.




The man has to pay the bills somehow. I heard his restaurants aren't doing well.

I do get tired of a single night of programing devoted to him

Hells Kitchen- Low class , foul mouthed, chain smoking cooks try to win a coveted spot at some restaurant


Master Chef- Surprisingly decent human beings with some talent and not the circus act like "Hells Kitchen" is

Hotel Hell- He's a hotel expert now? What? Do we need a gratuitous ass shot when he hops into the shower too?