Hell's Kitchen - Real or a Joke?
JOKE - This show cracks me up. Are these people real cooks? I think they find the most stoopidest (lol) people they can.
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15 Comments:
They're real cooks...of various skill levels. And it seems like that the longer the show has been on the air, the less skilled (and uglier) the contestants get. This latest season is full of what seems to be incompetent and unattractive cooks. My opinion is that the show's producers have geared the program towards a kind of festival of failure, highlighting only the conflict and disasters that happen in the kitchen. It's like bum fights.
sailordave at 9:54PM on 08/11/09
Joke for sure.
joyyy at 11:41AM on 08/12/09
I like watching it for some reason but hate Gordon Ramsey and the way he talks to people/degrades them. Also, I would never eat anything that these people are cooking in this kitchen. All they ever make is risotto, lamb, john dory, or beef wellington anyway.
lollie at 12:14PM on 08/12/09
I watched one season on hulu.
the winner was from St. Louis and the restaurant she used to work at is now closed (before I tried! grrrr)
I was amazed by how much they smoked on the show.. I'm pretty sure smoking heavily impairs your ability to sense flavors.
hmw0029 at 12:27PM on 08/12/09
Extremely entertaining for me.
- Ramsay lover
- I like to judge the characters and compare them
- Love laughing at the rants
...soooo unprofessional. So: joke.
But I admit I love it :)
@hmw0029 re: smoking and taste
It's so true. But I havent' met too many cooks (not chefs) that dont smoke. Once you get yelled at by Gordon I bet you'd really need one anyway! hahahah
hungrychristel at 12:40PM on 08/12/09
A real joke.
CJ McD at 2:23PM on 08/12/09
I think some of the real trouble MAKERS ARE ACTOR'S. And I agree they are not any of them very appealing. And Gordon is very bad, I don't think I would be able to not cry if I was treated the way he treats the cooks. I think they are paid to put on the best show possible and to take the verbal abuse. All and all, it is my favorite show on TV. Don't know why!!!! I would smoke too, I think chef's smoke because it is the only way they can force themselves to take a break, it does clear your thoughts. coco
cocoloco at 2:31PM on 08/12/09
I have a lot of questions to ask one of my long, lost friends that is on it this season.
I went to high school with Sabrina, who is a contestant this season. If I get any inside scoop, I'll post it here..... ;)
dogmaratt at 3:08PM on 08/12/09
BTW, Sabrina did go to culinary school....and is working as a chef/cook in Arizona, I believe...
dogmaratt at 3:08PM on 08/12/09
@dogmaratt - neeto!
hungrychristel at 5:34PM on 08/12/09
who can take this stuff seriously..... although i love the fact that gordon curses and bites everyone's head off.... they do it in the marines, after all, and being in a real restaurant kitchen is like being on the front lines......
hey with gordon you get it in the face - and not in the back....
pooch at 12:10PM on 08/13/09
HK, if not Ramsey in general, is becoming the Semi-Homemade of network "reality" TV cooking shows. Something obviously so cartoonish as to not be taken seriously. It's only a shame the prize is real.
therealchiffonade at 8:16AM on 08/14/09
The prize ain't real either:
http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/07/prize-of-winning-hells-kitchen-executive-chef-title-only-petrozza-christina-gordon-ramsay-at-the-london-hollywood.html
shoneyjoe at 9:03AM on 08/14/09
I hope I'm not too late to this discussion to get a response, but I wanted to comment on last night's episode...
Who, in their right mind, would put a 400+ pound guy on a bike, even with others helping to pedal? I realize that contestants likely sign away any rights to sue in order to get their few fleeting moments of fame, but what he hell. Were they trying to kill Robert last night? This just struck me as the height of irresponsibility.
I'm pushing 4 large myself, and was once a chef in the Chicago area before having a major coronary in 1993 (at the age of 34). I have to tell you, it's hard enough to be gi-normous in a hot, busy, high pressure kitchen, without adding some freakish cycling component to the mix.
I miss the biz, but am much happier being a rhetoric professor, and so long as I don't fail too many students, much less likely to die on the job. :-)
Rhetor at 9:48AM on 08/19/09
The restaurant from St. Louis where the winner cooked closed because of other things than her. And we miss it. The replacement at that site leaves something to be desired from what my spies tell me.
lemons at 10:12AM on 08/19/09