On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:47:11 -0400, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
> wrote:

>The other week I watched a show on the BBC that had GR going into
>restaurants in Britain that were teetering on the brink and helping
them
>revamp the whole thing and become viable businesses. Although he did
rant
>and rave at a few employees and had a few walk out, they were
definitely the
>weakest links in the establishments and he seemed to show a certain
empathy
>with the restaurant owners/managers. He actually seemed like he
cared what
>happened and showed a concern for these peoples' feelings and
livelihoods.
>
>On the American telly however, he is the chef from hell. No one can
satisfy
>him and all you had to do was look at him wrong to have him rip a new
>asshole.
>
>My question is: Will the real Gordon Ramsey please stand up?
>
>-ginny
>

I watched one yesterday regarding an Italian eatery. I think he is
rude brash and swears a lot, but...he does do what he is assigned to
do. Bring them back from the brink of bankruptcy- if the owner wants
to do that. What ever it takes. It's like so many business want-to-be
s- "I want to be a ______(fill in the blank)".

I see people all the time wanting "to be Kona Coffee farmers" and they
have no clue what it entails, much less the amount of effort they need
to put in to be successful. They fail, sell the farm they usually
bought at a high price because they didn't even do that research, and
flee off to something else.

The guy yesterday had a fancy car, a fancy license plate, an inept
wish washy Maitre d'--- and the worst!!! -the restaurant owner served
warmed up frozen Italian food from his nasty/dirty kitchen. What
wasn't wrong with that picture? He'd learned his Italian cooking from
a taxi driver! No kidding.

So Ramsey does what he thinks is necessary. I like the show although
it makes me slightly uncomfortable during the procedure. I think
the ends do justify the means.

just my $.02.

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