Bill/SFNM wrote:I was dubious at first, but I've been really enjoying this program. Tonight's episode was the best - very entertaining and instructive with a belly laugh or two.
eatchicago wrote:I'm guessing that you're referring to the episode with the young French chef in the fancy restaurant in Scotland. I just watched this episode and I found it to be one of the best hours of television that I've watched in a while.
Satiate wrote:I agree with you about most "Reality TV" editing, such as in Top Chef. But I really do think that Ramsay is one of the most appalling people around. In addition to watching Kitchen Nightmares and an episode of Hell's Kitchen, I've seen and heard him interviewed on other British TV shows and in print (I lived in the UK for a while, travel there frequently). He is relentless! His attitude to vegetarians, for example, is particularly condescending, obnoxious and offensive.
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Satiate wrote:Is it OK to fake being a bully? Aren't all bullies "cupcakes" underneath? Does that make it OK for them to bully someone else?
Ramsay's fame is based on being nasty, but doesn't he cross the line? For example, have you seen the episode of Kitchen Nightmares where he tells someone who does not eat meat that what they are about to sample is vegetarian? Then he laughs while telling them they've eaten pork! Read the story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/15/nrams15.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/05/15/ixhome.html. Is that not wrong on many levels?
I've read (and enjoyed) Bourdain too, but didn't take offense. And, for what it's worth, I'm not a vegetarian.
Jazzfood wrote:This is the one food show's I enjoy on televison. My life has revolved around this type of thing for the last dozen yrs. One inherent problem though is he usually sets them up to fail w/a one day turnaround on the menu, something that takes mulitple days if not wks for all staff to cook/describe/expo comfortably.
riddlemay wrote:Jazzfood wrote:This is the one food show's I enjoy on televison. My life has revolved around this type of thing for the last dozen yrs. One inherent problem though is he usually sets them up to fail w/a one day turnaround on the menu, something that takes mulitple days if not wks for all staff to cook/describe/expo comfortably.
I have watched a few episodes over the years, and I ask the following question not rhetorically, but sincerely: Does anyone think that even one restaurant Ramsey transformed stayed transformed six months or a year later? I don't.
Attrill wrote:I remember one great UK episode where Gordon yells at the owner for driving a very expensive car while having a kitchen that is falling apart - he makes the owner sell the car to buy equipment for the kitchen.