Is anyone actually watching "Hell's Kitchen" with any intensity?

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I don't like either of these clowns, but I'm now officially predicting that Ralph is going to win. Place your bets.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 1 August 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

HEY RALPHIE I GOT YER "PRIME MEAT" RIGHT HERE!

i was almost leaning towards liking ralph better because he's more charismatic, but that street salesman shit just turned me off.

― tehRZA gibbons (tehresa), Monday, 1 August 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

"You cook like old people fuck"

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 1 August 2005 23:57 (twenty years ago)

i think maybe they should both lose and ramsay should give the restaurant to jean-philippe. it would be a killer reality tv ending!

― tehRZA gibbons (tehresa), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

Well, I was wrong.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 01:00 (twenty years ago)

please explain this to me. michael is moving to london to be yelled at for a living and giving up a restaurant in los angeles (worth taking for the land value alone, i imagine)??? if so, who gets the restaurant? does the restaurant even exist?? WHAT THE FUCK!?!

― sunny successor (he hates my guts, we had a fight) (katharine), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 01:47 (twenty years ago)

I thought that since Michael was going to goto London that Ralph would then get the restaurant. The last second switcheroo of the grand prize was somewhat confusing.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 01:56 (twenty years ago)

I think he still gets the restaurant but first gets to be trained to be an oh-la-la chef at uh one of Gordon Ramsey's places.

Nice suspense at the end. I had Michael pegged as winning all along but wouldn't have been shocked if Ralph pulled it out at the end. Dewberry was the real winner though. I'd like to see a road/buddy-type program with Dewberry and Jean-Phillipe. That would be awesome

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 02:21 (twenty years ago)

hahaha

― sunny successor (he hates my guts, we had a fight) (katharine), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 02:27 (twenty years ago)

i thought michael said "im going to london to learn blah blah blah so IF i have my own resturant one day blah blah blah".

dumbass

― sunny successor (he hates my guts, we had a fight) (katharine), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 02:28 (twenty years ago)

Dewberry's line about being Brad Pitt's wife was K-LASSIK too.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 02:33 (twenty years ago)

Ralph's used car salesman desperation was such a turn-off.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:36 (twenty years ago)

i missed it! dammit!

(but i'm glad "rock'n'rooooll chef" won, couldn't stand ralph.)

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 12:58 (twenty years ago)

I only saw the last episode and this one but this show was great. I think it was smart of Michael to take the London gig; new restaurants fail quickly, especially in LA. Having a year's worth of training and work in a highly visible restaurant is going to make his career more likely to succeed.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

Until the last episode I was a Ralph supporter through and through. But when it came down to it Michael is the kind of guy I'd like to work with in a kitchen, if I did that kind of thing any more.

Fucking Ralph over by not putting crab in the risotto was bullshit though. Ralph should have busted his ass down to dishwasher right there.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 14:14 (twenty years ago)

Dewberry's line about being Brad Pitt's wife was K-LASSIK too.

It's a toss up between that line and his asking Andrew to spank him if he got close to passing out. I demand Dewbs should get his own show.

― rocknrolldetox (rocknrolldetox), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 14:30 (twenty years ago)

For real! It wouldn't even have to be a cooking show! Just put DEWBIE in the midst of insane shit and watch him go!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

I was still passive about who should win until I saw that Ralph's idea of a nice restaurant was one that looked like a Spaghetti Factory and called "Frankie & Lulu's". And I'll take those half-moon booths that Michael had over a table any day of the week.

This was the first reality show that I've ever watched from beginning to end (except for one episode on the Fourth of July.) Though I do suspect some off-camera shenanigans from the way people were kicked off to the final prize being switched around, it was entertaining.

I still refuse to watch any of those other reality shows like "Hippies Sing Showtunes!" or whatever the hell that pop idol show is.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

And did anyone see Cooking Under Fire on PBS? I think it's pretty safe to say that the winner of that show would have pwned either Michael or Ralph.

― dan m (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)

Oh god FRANKIE AND LULU'S. Named after a couple of DOGS. WTF.

I thought it was cool how he had his waiters dressed liked Kraftwerk, though.

x-post, yeah, a couple episodes here and there, it was tailored more towards actual chefstravagance than sensationalism

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 15:53 (twenty years ago)

Simply Ming is my new mushed-mouth god.

On Hell's Kitchen I liked how every episode had a shot of Jessica blowing out a fire.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

I wish the show could've gone on longer, because it was only when they pointed it out in this episode that I noticed Ralph had been calling Jean-Phillipe Jean-Pierre ALL SEASON LONG.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

There's that attention to detail again, Ralphie.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

I mean, really. You find yourself as a finalist on a restaurant show hosted by this uppity, snotty world famous British chef who tells you to create your restaurant, and you decide that a 1970's Bennigan's style motif is the way to go?

Frankie & Lulu's. The only other food that I can think of that's named after someone's pet is OL' ROY'S DOG FOOD.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

ten months pass...

its back! did anyone watch? i wanted to smack that chick delegating responsibilities while dousing her burned hand. kissing ass in the face of pain. IMPRESSIVE.

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 12:34 (twenty years ago)

yes I watched in protest.

were there actual chefs last time or was it just novices?

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 12:40 (twenty years ago)

last season one guy kept calling himself an 'executive chef', most had worked in small resturants and some had only cooked for their families.

im really disappointed that onme guy ended up in hospital last night. i thought he was the new dewberry for sure.

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 12:42 (twenty years ago)

Golly I love this show. And yeah that Larry guy was a real twat... What exactly was his malady, other than his "body giving out"?? Heather's the early favorite. Loved the comments about Giacamo's poncy hair. Tom will make it till the final 4-5, if he doesn't sweat in the food.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 17:09 (twenty years ago)

we don't need you anymore, Gordo, we have Top Chef now

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

the giacamo hair comments were gold! mostly because they were completely unrelated to the cooking and tom was all 'if you want to be taken seriously as an adult, get a haircut!' afterwards.

'body giving out' means 'im a wuss'. also, when he was in the hospital he said 'this is the worst thing that could have happened to me!'. as i pointed out to pleasant plains, everyone stabbing him to death with their butcher knives after getting zero on the steak challenge probably would have been worse than that.

whats up with that kevin from just shoot me looking guy. he didnt get to do the challenge and they made him a waiter so no cooking. suspicious.

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 17:26 (twenty years ago)

we don't need you anymore, Gordo, we have Top Chef now

OTM

Also, Cooking Under Fire, but I don't think that's on anymore.

― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 17:36 (twenty years ago)

yeah, so played, so staged ("I WANT PUMPKIN IN MY RISOTTO!", who does that?), so ugly

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 17:41 (twenty years ago)

ugly is the whole point!

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 17:43 (twenty years ago)

Yeah Top Chef and Cooking Under Fire don't have Ramsey, which is the only reason I bother watching. Come on, he had the classic, "I'm in a kitchen full of muppets."

whats up with that kevin from just shoot me looking guy. he didnt get to do the challenge and they made him a waiter so no cooking. suspicious.

My take is that Ramsey hated his baseball hat wearin' What Up? BLIZZAOW! attitude and has it in for him. Also, Ramsey deciding to kick off Gabe instead of the two guys who were nominated was grate.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

my first thought was the opposite. i figured you cant cut someone for failing a task when they didnt even participate. you may be right though. cut him off the cooking and then through him back in. hes bound to mess up.

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 17:48 (twenty years ago)

cooking under fire is far superior in my opinion, if not because they actually cook, then because i have a boner for ming tsai.

― tehresa, who will here remain anonymous (tehresa), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 17:50 (twenty years ago)

This is the thread for Hell's Kitchen... Take your Cooking Under Fire talk elsewhere!!!

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 13 June 2006 17:52 (twenty years ago)

at some point in last weeks show they previewed the next segment which showed ramsey saying 'IVE NEVER DONE THIS IN HELL'S KITCHEN BEFORE!' and then i got distracted. what was it??

also:

heather, rachael and tom need to die. obv.

are there really only 3 guys left? am i counting right?

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 22 June 2006 13:34 (twenty years ago)

i think the thing he's never done in hell's kitchen before thing was in reference to taking giacomo off the meat station in the middle of the service. i feel sad that i know this.

if giacomo hadn't been eliminated i might have watched it again this season...he was kind of cute-ish. everyone else is just annoying.

― bell labs (bell_labs), Thursday, 22 June 2006 13:54 (twenty years ago)

The men are doomed. The women are totally in love with CHEF. I felt bad for Larry having a nervous breakdown.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 22 June 2006 14:07 (twenty years ago)

The big question is if Ramsay is gonna switch a girl to the boy's side since they are down two. It could explain the whole "I can't believe you would sabotage your team" thing.

No one is really compelling this year, which sucks, but I've noticed the lesbian biker chick has kind of flown under the radar. Maybe she'll be around till the end.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 22 June 2006 15:49 (twenty years ago)

im hoping garrett or the hot chick (the one with the long red/brown hair) win. mostly because they seem to be the only ones not set for insanity.

its freaking me out the way the girls are acting all 'fuck me' around ramsey on the challenge reward outings. what the hell??

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 22 June 2006 15:59 (twenty years ago)

call me Gordon

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 22 June 2006 16:00 (twenty years ago)

mm hmm

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 22 June 2006 16:02 (twenty years ago)

"I wish Gordon was here to rub on my lotion."

The men need to win a challenge to save Ramsay from those estrogen fests.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 22 June 2006 16:07 (twenty years ago)

maybe they'll say the same thing. yeah, thats right, im looking at you, tom and keith.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 22 June 2006 17:03 (twenty years ago)

Gordon was totally fucking with G. about his hair! What'd he say? "you're poncing around here with you girls hair" or something?

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 22 June 2006 17:08 (twenty years ago)

haha. yeah. and he looked really hurt by it too. insulting people has been ramsey's schtick for years though. he always goes for the fatties first and the delicate boys second. and, of course, all you want to say is 'look in a mirror, dude!

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 22 June 2006 17:35 (twenty years ago)

The scene with G saying the bit about trying to get a grasp on a "greasy potato", and the follow up about his "greasy mop" was one of my favorite moments on the show. I also love it when Gordon loses it and all you hear are censor beeps and hoarse screams.

― josh in sf (stfu kthx), Thursday, 22 June 2006 18:01 (twenty years ago)

If Gordon's British, that makes 3 complete assholes you've given American tv: Simon, that redheaded gameshow bitch and now this asshole. Do you guys have some sort of problem over there that condescending twats entertain you? If so, how do you like me so far?

― :):):):):):):):):):):) Smiling Friend (:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(: (Uri Frendimein), Friday, 23 June 2006 00:17 (twenty years ago)

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