Hell's Kitchen and other Ramsay Shows

[scarlet]

shawnalanne said:

Heather: Professional, focused -- Awesome. I'm pulling for her.

Me, too. She was, by far, the most likeable.

I missed the very beginning of the hour. Did they break down each person's qualifications?

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topher said:

Times

Awesome-o, thank you Topher. I wish I could get season one on DVD. Is there such a thing?

[shawnalanne]

scarlet said:

shawnalanne said:

Heather: Professional, focused -- Awesome. I'm pulling for her.

Me, too. She was, by far, the most likeable.

I missed the very beginning of the hour. Did they break down each person's qualifications?

Sort of but really quickly. Heather is actually the most qualified one to be there. You can check out their bios on the Fox Official Site.

[hobocamp]

Am I evil because when I heard Frank's panting in the dark and his "I'm all sweaty and tingley" call, the first thing I thought was he had gotten drunk and was making an obscene phone call to someone? I've been scarred from Mini Me on the Surreal Life.

[kafka]

hobocamp said:

Am I evil because when I heard Frank's panting in the dark and his "I'm all sweaty and tingley" call, the first thing I thought was he had gotten drunk and was making an obscene phone call to someone? I've been scarred from Mini Me on the Surreal Life.

Well, I haven't been scarred by that incident, but I had a similar first impression as you to Frank's call.

On a separate Ramsay note, did anyone see last Wednesday's Kitchen Nightmares? I'm still struggling to absorb the fact that the chef was French. My God, I've never seen anyone who is more of a national disgrace. Part of me wants desperately to believe that he wasn't French at all, because I'm just too embarassed to have him be part of my adopted country. <shudder>

Biases aside, this was the first Kitchen Nightmare show where the restaurant failed despite Ramsay's help. I thought it was really quite sad, especially as the girl was 8 months pregnant and the chap basically lost everything. Ramsay was clearly struggling to know what to say, and very uncomfortable. It was a terribly awkward moment and I really felt for the couple.

As for the restaurant who hired back the restaurant manager (Dave?), I give them 6 months before they start to have huge problems.

[topher]

That was a nightmare. The chef is a disgrace to all French chefs. Of couse, he was head chef at a Planet Hollywood so how good could he really be.

[kafka]

topher said:

That was a nightmare. The chef is a disgrace to all French chefs. Of couse, he was head chef at a Planet Hollywood so how good could he really be.

That last fact is what convinces me he wasn't really French. Can't be. Simply can't be.

No self-respecting Frenchman --- let alone a "French Executive Chef" ---- would work for Rambo and Bruce Willis. <sniff>

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topher said:

That was a nightmare. The chef is a disgrace to all French chefs. Of couse, he was head chef at a Planet Hollywood so how good could he really be.

Well, that solves the mystery as to why he thought it would be a good idea to cook those hamburgers one day then reheat them in the microwave the next day and serve them up to the lunch crowd. Wow. That was just VILE.

I enjoyed when he got caught in the lie about not deep frying the "roasted" potatoes.

[girlnamedcarl]

I have discovered a great new reason to park my ass in front of the TV every Wednesday night: Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, followed by Bad Lads Army (aka porn for me). RKN is the most awesome how-to show ever! It's got organization (which I love), cooking (which I'm learning to love), human management, decor, business diggety -- it's got everything! Plus a foul-mouthed Englishman!

If Philippe was any more full of shit, he'd squeak going into a turn (on his way to a cigarette break in the middle of the lunch rush, no doubt).

[shawnalanne]

I was watching the Food Channel's wedding catering special yesterday and Mr. ShawnaLanne wondered by and commented that the "bad tempered British guy should come in and whip the food channel personel into shape." Which was basically what I was thinking too.