Does Anyone Watch "Hell's Kitchen"?

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Originally Posted by Natalie_ca

At least that girl prevented garbage from being served! So while she may not know her herbs, she knows about quality.
That is exactly what I said when they nominated her, at least she had the sense to know food from the garbage could not be served.

If you go onto fox's website you can see previews of the taste tests on next week's show, Melissa doesn't know foods let alone herbs! Where Bonnie (the nanny) excels at the taste test. The extended outtakes are great too
 

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I watched some of it last year, and it could be a really enjoyable show -- except that I don't find it amusing to watch arrogant, powermad jerks browbeat people! If the chefs behaved in a professional manner and treated the contestants with respect, instead of taking perverse delight in humiliating them at every opportunity, then it would be great fun.

It worries me that, apparently, most of the population gets a kick out of seeing people torn down on some of these reality shows. American Idol is another example. I don't get it! Why can't everybody at least be civil?
 

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I've watched the show from the first season. I must say that Chef Ramsey has gotten worse(or maybe the contestant's are worse!) this year. I've also watched on BBC America a show that he is on, Kitchen nightmare's, where he goes to a restaurant, on a consultation type of deal, and re-vamps the kitchen etc. He is very different in that capacity. It's like a split personality.
 

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I actually just started watching this show last week. This show does make me want to think twice about eating out though.
I can't believe that one girl was actually going to cook and serve the pasta she pulled out of the garbage!
 

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I would freak if Chef Ramsey yelled at me like that. He does seem to have two diff personalities but I think Hells Kitchen is like that drama reality show. It sells because hes a jerk and flusters the people so bad that you cant help but go OMG and want to see what happens next time. I cant wait to catch up and see what all has happened so far. Im glad I didnt miss to many episodes.
 

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Originally Posted by JuJubee

I've watched the show from the first season. I must say that Chef Ramsey has gotten worse(or maybe the contestant's are worse!) this year. I've also watched on BBC America a show that he is on, Kitchen nightmare's, where he goes to a restaurant, on a consultation type of deal, and re-vamps the kitchen etc. He is very different in that capacity. It's like a split personality.
That's coming in the fall to the US
 

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I love that show. My brothers make fun of me for watching it...They also make fun of me for being addicted to Anime. *sigh* ~

Sorry to get off topic.. Chef Ramsay's like, the Simon Cowell of cooking or somethin'.... Now every reality show wants a mean british guy.
 

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no, i can do without all the yelling
for the most part (excluding a few i like) i'm sick of all these reality shows.
 
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Originally Posted by StarryEyedTiGeR

no, i can do without all the yelling
for the most part (excluding a few i like) i'm sick of all these reality shows.
I don't watch "reality" shows either. But I do enjoy cooking shows and this to me is just a cooking show. Plus because it's cooking you tend to soak up knowledge along the way.

Chef Ramsay is a great Chef and he is hard on the chef wannabes but that's only because you need to be able to handle loads amount of stress when you work in a successful restaurant kitchen and be able to not only motivate people to do their best, but also to exceed it, while still producing quality food that people want to return time and time again to eat.

I just hope he doesn't have a stroke because I don't think he's acting when he gets upset...and if he is, he deserves an Emmy! He's very passionate about cooking that's for sure.
 
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Tonight was the first part of a 2 part season finale.

For those who haven't been keeping up, the finalists are:

Rock, Executive Chef
Bonnie, Nanny/Personal Chef

Tonight they got to start on their kitchen design/theme, select uniforms for the wait staff and make up their menu.

Bonnie seemed to have given this part a whole lot of thought because she just rattled off what she wanted by way of restaurant decor, menu and uniforms.

Rock on the other hand was vague and confused. When it came to selecting uniforms he wanted the wait staff to wear blue jeans. You should have seen the look on the face of that French maître d, LMAO

Rock and Bonnie were flown to Vegas for one last challenge. They had to cook their signature dish for some Las Vegas Chefs. I think there were 7 Chef Judges, including the first 2 winners of Hell's Kitchen. Bonnie won the challenge by one vote.

Once back at Hell's Kitchen, the last 6 contestants that were sent home came back and Bonnie and Rock had to pick their cooking team.

Bonnie picked in this order: Jen, Mellisa and Julia

Rock picked in this order: Brad, Vinnie and Josh.

I totally lost all respect for Julia during this episode. She showed up at the loft and never stopped crying. In the kitchen when Chef Ramsey was welcoming everyone back and made a special point of telling Julia that he was really happy to see her again and asked her what the high and low points were for her, she said pretty much everything was a high point, that that "now" was the low point. Everyone including Chef Ramsey looked at her with total disbelief.

Julia stood with the 6 returning contestants while Bonnie and Rock made their choices and she looked upset that Bonnie didn't pick her first, or even second. After the teams were chosen, Julia said in a taped over view that she's hoping Rock wins.

Now what kind of attitude is that?! Given her behaviour tonight I'm glad the little snot went home when she did. Talk about being a poor loser. She should be over the moon for having made it so far in the competition given her lack of culinary skills, and Chef Ramsey's gift of culinary school was nothing to sneeze at. That's thousands and thousands of dollars!!!!

Bonnie said that she picked Melissa second because of Julia's mental state and attitude. Rock said after the teams were picked that Julia is better than Josh, but her mental state and attitude might be a liability.

Next week is the final. Bonnie and Rock run their own kitchen and one of them walks away with a restaurant.
 

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I think Bonnie will win. I prefer Rock but unless it's the editing, he's coming across as unconfident, and not focused as I'd expect him to be.

Bonnie seems (again, could be how they are editing the show) to have the superior palate and my guess is her menu will be more innovative.

Should be a great finale show next week!
 
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