On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:37:16 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>He doesn't treat his restaurant staff that way.

How do you know this? He is like a virtual asshole on TV.

>These people are competing
>so of course he's yelling at them. Look at the contestants. They're all
>*so* cocky. They have no idea what it takes to run a restaurant.

If they are incompetent, why are they chosen to be on TV?

>Like him
>or not, Ramsay knows what it takes. He's successful. He manages 5 (I
>think) restaurants, has a wife and children and still finds time to do this
>TV stuff. Self-promoting? Of course. He's laughing all the way to the
>bank. But I've tried a number of his recipes and he definitely knows how to
>cook.
>
He is just a television personality AFAIC. I haven't seen recipes
with his name on TV or in print and I will never seek them out. He is
completely repugnant to me.

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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.