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In summary, the first episode of Hell's Kitchen airs tomorrow night and people are excited for it. Cyrus loves the show and is psyched for the first show. Chef Ramsay is great and people who like cooking competitions will love the show.
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The season premiere of Hell's Kitchen starts tomorrow night, Wednesday, Sept 22nd at 8EST/7CST.

I know MIH, Cyrus, and I love this show and MIH and I are completely psyched for the first show tomorrow.

Watch the video cyrus, "IT'S RAW! IT'S RAW!

http://www.fox.com/hellskitchen/
 
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Oh cock. You donkey. Bullocks. **** me. Bloody Hell. ****. Its called non-stick, because its ****ing NON-STICK! Damn Damn Damn. Right. (Smacks hands together). Brilliant. This ingredient is so robust.

I think I've exhausted his vocabulary.
 
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YES !111

I can't wait! :biggrin:

HK7-Ep6.jpg


Come here... LOOK at these SCALLOPS, madam!
They're STONE COLD!
 
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We shall watch HK in our polar bear pajamas! :approve: (It's getting cold here in the evenings).
 
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Math Is Hard said:
We shall watch HK in our polar bear pajamas! :approve: (It's getting cold here in the evenings).
I will put on my Polar Bears too!
 
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I love that show, didn't like that season done by Marco Pierre, though

chef Ramsay rocks! :!)

[PLAIN]http://cache.gawker.com/assets/resources/2008/04/gordonramsay.jpeg

You come down to my kitchen with a ridiculous hat on like that again, I'll stick it on your head ****ing sideways


:smile:

But I must admit it, he's tough. I'll chicken out the very first shout, kudos to those who can handel'm
 
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I am counting down the hours. I can't wait to see the new line up of contestants. I truly believe that they purposely select a couple of people with potential to win and then the rest are selected because they have personality problems in order to make the show more interesting.
 
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sorry but the link of fox website provided doesn't open for me due to my college network restrictions over herei could google about it

so how good is thing actually?
 
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sachinism said:
sorry but the link of fox website provided doesn't open for me due to my college network restrictions over here


i could google about it

so how good is thing actually?
If you like cooking competitions and lots of over the top screaming and other antics, you'll love it.

The first time I saw it I changed the channel, I thought he was a jerk. I didn't know anything about the main character, Gordon Ramsay, then I caught it a second time and then found out that's his style and the people he yelled at (mostly) deserved it.
 
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I was a bit confused last Sunday when you mentioned this TV Show, I just took a look at it on youtube and I must admit it is some good stuff! also can't help but thinking of Ramsey graph theory when this hostile Ramsay cooker appears :P
 
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We need to invent a Hell's Kitchen drinking game.

Ramsay drops an F bomb - take a sip
Burnt risotto - take a drink
Raw (or rubbery) scallops - take two drinks
Undercooked Beef Wellington or John Dory - Drink half your drink
Contestant fights with either Sous Chef or Maitre D - Kill entire drink
Ramsay calls someone a donkey - do a shot

etc, etc

:biggrin:
 
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Math Is Hard said:
We need to invent a Hell's Kitchen drinking game.

Ramsay drops an F bomb - take a sip
Burnt risotto - take a drink
Raw (or rubbery) scallops - take two drinks
Undercooked Beef Wellington or John Dory - Drink half your drink
Contestant fights with either Sous Chef or Maitre D - Kill entire drink
Ramsay calls someone a donkey - do a shot

etc, etc

:biggrin:
I don't have that much alcohol in my house, I'll need to re-stock before the show.

MIH, BTW, how's the new job?
 
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I'm not saying he's a bad chef, because that would be wrong, but I don't know that I respect the teaching and leadership skills of someone like Ramsey. You should be able to make people crave your respect, instead of screaming at them; I feel that his method is more about his own antics than anything else.

Math Is Hard: I call violation of PF guidelines: anyone playing your drinking game will certainly die of alcohol poisoning; are you allowed to promote suicide here?! :wink:
 
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I'm ready. I'm having an Italian Nightclub with a side of guacamole delivered from Jimmy John's.
 
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nismaratwork said:
Math Is Hard: I call violation of PF guidelines: anyone playing your drinking game will certainly die of alcohol poisoning; are you allowed to promote suicide here?! :wink:
I have only watched about 10 minutes of that execrable excuse for a reality competition. I would have been blind drunk in that time if I played that game.

Ramsey may indeed know how to cook. He may be great at it. All I saw on his show was ego, nastiness, and (probably false) superiority. If he can put out some shows that teach people how to cook better, and explain why his techniques are superior, I'd love to watch it. Until then, he is simply faux-chef entertainment. If his attitude and his mouth are the driving elements of Hell's Kitchen (they seem to be) I have better things to do with my time. With my health conditions, I hate to watch a show and then think "That's one hour I'll never get back."
 
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Oh MIH, I won't give it away because of the weird CA airing schedule, but this is the best ever. Oh, and a sad twist.
 
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Evo said:
Oh MIH, I won't give it away because of the weird CA airing schedule, but this is the best ever. Oh, and a sad twist.

I am work until 8 PM tonight due to my new schedule. Guess when HK comes on here? :cry:

I'll have to watch it on the internets when I get home.
 
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Evo said:
I'm ready. I'm having an Italian Nightclub with a side of guacamole delivered from Jimmy John's.

What's an Italian Nightclub?
 
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Math Is Hard said:
I am work until 8 PM tonight due to my new schedule. Guess when HK comes on here? :cry:

I'll have to watch it on the internets when I get home.
It will not disappoint. It started at 7:00, at 7:03 I was reaching for my blood pressure meds.
 
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NOOOOOO! It's over, I have to wait a week for the next episode. :cry:

:cry:
 
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im confused. you watch all these cooking shows and yet you can't make me a sandwhich!
 
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cronxeh said:
im confused. you watch all these cooking shows and yet you can't make me a sandwhich!
Orders cronxeh a Nom Nom sandwich.

It's waiting for you in LA cronx! Bring me one on your way back to NY!
 
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I got to watch the last 15 minutes of episode 1, and all of episode 2. Oh man, you must have been cringing while watching them butcher the sushi rolls, evo!

My favorite quip of the evening: "I've haven't even touched sushi. I've never worked with Chinese food!" :smile:
 
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OK, I watched a bit more of this show... and it simply reinforces my view that this Ramsey is an ***. Whatever his personal talents as a chef may be, they're eclipsed by his abysmal teaching skills and narcissistic search for endless catharsis through insults. I DO however, perceive the entertainment value, although it isn't my style.

The whole thing is a bit like, "Jaguar versus baby pandas, which one will be consumed first?!" :-p
 
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Evo said:
Orders cronxeh a Nom Nom sandwich.

It's waiting for you in LA cronx! Bring me one on your way back to NY!

Erm what.. did you and MIH switch minds again :bugeye:

Told you not to eat her Nom Noms, but noo
 
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Hmmm. It is interesting to get an American perspective on Mr Ramsey’s gargantuan ego. When he first appeared on British television, the series was about him going to genuine failing restaurants and helping them to turn it round. In the very first episode, he met a couple of ‘chefs’ who, without a word of exaggeration, couldn’t even cook an omelette, and yet liked to style themselves ‘head chef’ and ‘sous chef’. You can imagine what Mr Ramsey made of them. I think that episode was the origin of one of Gordon Ramsey’s most popular catch phrases here in the UK: “Grow yourself a pair of balls mate!” The reason that series worked so well is very similar to the reason that Judge Judy – an American TV series that has some following here in the UK – does. There is something very gratifying about people who are deceiving themselves as much as anyone else on the end of some straight talking from someone of acute judgement. But the truth is, in that series Ramsey rarely, if ever gave any ‘cooking’ advice, as such. What he provided, in truth, was business consultancy. And it was generally excellent advice, even though, too many of the restaurant owners would not have known good business advice if it had bitten them on the kneecaps.

There are many cookery programmes on TV here in the UK, which has led some wags to reword a famous expression – ‘too many cooks – on the TV’. Many show a glimpse of reality inside genuine professional kitchens. From that, you do learn that professional kitchens are very high pressure environments. To produce high quality dishes, time after time, day after day, does require head chefs to put their staff under an amount of pressure. We have seen many head chefs treating their staff in ways that make you wince at the time, but were afterwards left with the feeling that the head chef only did what was necessary. Several times you might have initially felt that they were arrogant, but in retrospect understood why they commanded great respect. Ramsey obviously came from that culture and it produced a strong response in that first television series.

But the problem in Hell’s Kitchen, it seems to me, is that he has almost become a caricature of himself. I have trouble believing in the spontaneity of much of the anger he displays. Likewise for the contestants. It seems to me that on occasions they bear his verbal assaults with fortitude because they are contestants on this programme and know that is what they must expect, not because there is actually any justification for the vehemence of the tirade. I, for one, don’t find that gratification I found in his first TV series, because, in truth, I don’t believe in it.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
What's an Italian Nightclub?
From their menu: Real genoa salami, Italian capicola, smoked ham, and provolone cheese all topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, and our homemade Italian vinaigrette. Plus guacamole.

To Ken:Yes, I agree with all you said. Even in his Master Chef competition that ended last week, he was much nicer and helpful to the contestants because they were home cooks not competing to run a top restaurant.

The prize for Hell's Kitchen is a position as chef at a multi-million dollar restaurant with a starting salary of $250,000 a year. So he gets to be over the top in this series.
 
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Evo said:
Real genoa salami, Italian capicola, smoked ham, and provolone cheese all topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, and our homemade Italian vinaigrette. Plus guacamole

Hahaha.. They should call it the Guido.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
I got to watch the last 15 minutes of episode 1, and all of episode 2. Oh man, you must have been cringing while watching them butcher the sushi rolls, evo!

My favorite quip of the evening: "I've haven't even touched sushi. I've never worked with Chinese food!" :smile:
I could not believe how bad they were. Yes, the Chinese food got me.

The men's team messed up royaly! That fat guy is crazy. And that young blond seems to have some talent, but apparently not enough brains to keep her mouth shut according to upcoming shows.

Got a pick yet MIH?
 
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cronxeh said:
Hahaha.. They should call it the Guido.
In Connecticut when I visited as a kid, my cousins would order a "Guinea Grinder" at the sandwich shop, and that's about the make-up of the sandwich. One nice thing about living near a city - the delis and sandwich shops could be great.
 
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Evo said:
The men's team messed up royaly! That fat guy is crazy. And that young blond seems to have some talent, but apparently not enough brains to keep her mouth shut according to upcoming shows.
I think that young blonde is a wounded gazelle. It won't be long.
Got a pick yet MIH?

I like Gail, the Filipina. She ate that mess they served them for dinner on punishment day and didn't complain. (While Blondie puked ) Gail seems strong and level headed, so I think that's why she is my favorite at the moment.

Still, I don't see anyone emerging yet who is ready for the winner's job.

Who do you like?
 
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Math Is Hard said:
I think that young blonde is a wounded gazelle. It won't be long.


I like Gail, the Filipina. She ate that mess they served them for dinner on punishment day and didn't complain. (While Blondie puked ) Gail seems strong and level headed, so I think that's why she is my favorite at the moment.

Still, I don't see anyone emerging yet who is ready for the winner's job.

Who do you like?
So far, Gail is a good pick for the women and Boris might have what it takes on the men's team.

I want to know how that woman Antonia could have screwed up gumbo that bad. Did she not taste it at all during maiking it? Even so, gumbo is something I could make just fromj eyeballing the ingredients and never tasting it, I could guarantee it would be great. There are only a few ingredients and unless the shellfish was rotten, I can't imagine what she could have done that bad?
 
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If that multi-million dollar restaurant were mine, I wouldn't want any of them for my head chef, going by how the show portrayed them.
 
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Evo said:
I want to know how that woman Antonia could have screwed up gumbo that bad. Did she not taste it at all during maiking it? Even so, gumbo is something I could make just fromj eyeballing the ingredients and never tasting it, I could guarantee it would be great. There are only a few ingredients and unless the shellfish was rotten, I can't imagine what she could have done that bad?

That gumbo didn't even look right. That was a mess.
 
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Evo said:
So far, Gail is a good pick for the women and Boris might have what it takes on the men's team.

I like Boris, too, but boy, did he screw up. When you're interviewing for a $250,000/year dream job, DON'T MOCK THE GUY WHO CAN HIRE YOU FOR IT!



Sheese.
 
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