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post #1 of 19
10/22/07 at 3:25am
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I love watching this show, seeing him save businesses.

But, does anyone notice he ALWAYS orders the crab cakes?
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post #2 of 19
10/22/07 at 3:56am
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Originally Posted by Violinist View Post
I love watching this show, seeing him save businesses. But, does anyone notice he ALWAYS orders the crab cakes?
I LOVE Gordon Ramsay! I have that shit Tivo'd, the only time he ever finished a plate that I saw was when he went to the American Soul Food place in UK. I can't believe what some people are thinking by preparing that crap and charging an arm and a leg. A new season just started right? I saw last month where they replayed the episodes and then had a year later and how they are doing, I think all of them had digressed a little bit but were still in business. Once he ordered deep fried cheese! wtf! sounds ummm delicious?
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post #3 of 19
10/22/07 at 6:52am
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A new season just started right? I saw last month where they replayed the episodes and then had a year later and how they are doing, I think all of them had digressed a little bit but were still in business.

Yeah the US version started a couple of weeks ago. It's a bit different to the UK one but still enjoyable.

Can't believe how bad some of the kitchens are.
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post #4 of 19
10/22/07 at 12:56pm
does anyone notice how different the UK version is from the USA version?

the american version seems to have a lot more 'drama' and screaming and yelling while the UK version seems a bit more civilized? ramsay still swears and gets worked up but it seems so much more 'dramatized' in the american version

.... and i think tie collector is right, i saw the mamma cherri's soul food shack episode last night again on bbc canada and he finished the plate - ramsay even said he thought it was likely the first time he had ever eaten everything .....
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post #5 of 19
10/22/07 at 1:06pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIo_RtAazZs
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post #6 of 19
10/23/07 at 1:44pm
After all the bs with Man vs Wild, I'm willing to bet the shittines of these restaurants is as bad as shown on the show.

= my faith in TV
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post #7 of 19
7/12/11 at 9:46pm
Resurrecting old thread because in my summer doldrums, I've started watching Kitchen Nightmares (BBC, mostly) on Netflix streaming video. I've even watched a few episodes of the knock-off show Kitchen Impossible or whatever it's called. I'm intrigued by the shows because they're an exercise in negotiating their own awfulness. Ridiculous premise (a restaurant that's been failing for years won't start making great food after a few days) + exact same narrative arc in every goddamn episode + mild ethical/moral nausea over being entertained by people in desperate straits. But the producers have designed these shows precisely around these weak points, so it's kind of like a weird, constant dance with the viewer ("Man, this show sucks. Ahh, I see they're responding to why it sucks. Look, they check in with the restaurant three months later!")

At the very least, I owe to Kitchen Nightmares one of the inadvertently funniest sentences I've heard uttered on TV. A burly guy sobbing and proclaiming, "Mojitos ruined our lives!" made me laugh out loud. (Mojitos being the name of the restaurant he and his wife started before everything went to shit.)
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post #8 of 19
7/12/11 at 10:46pm
I hate and I mean HATE the "the European version is better" crowd, but with respect to this show, they are absolutely right. The UK version is much, much better. They get a lot more into the business side of things, there's no blaring score, less drama, and a lot more focus on food. So much more enjoyable.
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post #9 of 19
7/12/11 at 11:29pm
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At the very least, I owe to Kitchen Nightmares one of the inadvertently funniest sentences I've heard uttered on TV. A burly guy sobbing and proclaiming, "Mojitos ruined our lives!" made me laugh out loud. (Mojitos being the name of the restaurant he and his wife started before everything went to shit.)
All of my cooks and I have begun talking in horrible British accents after we saw the episode of some Mexican restaurant that they did. Ramsay was full of one-liners that day. Picks up a huge tub of beans and says "How many did you hav e booked for lunch? Ten STHOUSAND?!" and things like "SWITCH IT OFF! PUT IT IN THE BIN!" which has become our basic reply anytime someone makes mise en place that isn't good.

Anyway, coolstory brah, amirite?
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post #10 of 19
7/12/11 at 11:46pm
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"SWITCH IT OFF! PUT IT IN THE BIN!"

Will reserve this for use in various threads.
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post #11 of 19
7/13/11 at 12:12am
I think he tries the crab cakes because it is an easy way for him to tell if the food is prepared fresh.

Yes, I realize the OP is 4 years old.
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post #12 of 19
7/13/11 at 1:27am
Gordon rules: would love to see a new season of Hell's Kitchen (..but it needs to get a second breath)
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post #13 of 19
7/14/11 at 4:48pm
I started watching the UK ver recently too since it went up on Netflix streaming. It's great.

I remember a long time ago when I was a kid, they had Ramsey on some Discovery Channel cooking show before he was ever famous, and it was the same type of behavior. He tasted something one of his chefs made and just flipped the dish over and walked away.

Anyone notice how touchy and flirty he gets around other people's wives and girlfriends? He's a bit of a creep.
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post #14 of 19
7/14/11 at 5:21pm
gordon ramsay is a god. watch old episodes of boiling point/beyond boiling point.
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post #15 of 19
7/14/11 at 11:29pm
Look at this. Sued by the owner in the first episode.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article456638.ece

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