Is this worth remembering to tune in?

http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/f...prize-4017.php

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:
> Is this worth remembering to tune in?
>
> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/f...prize-4017.php
>
> Sheldon
>

Depends on what type of TV you like. It's pretty much like most reality
stuff (that being said, I liked it...I don't watch American Idol or
really most of that) I don't remember there really being recipes to
learn from it. There is all of the normal stuff you see in reality
shows - challenges, eliminations, back-stabbing, and Gordon Ramsey
cracks me up.

I am looking forward to seeing it - thanks for the reminder of when it
is airing!

Roberta (in VA)

On Fri, 26 May 2006 13:54:24 -0700, Sheldon wrote:

> Is this worth remembering to tune in?
>
> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/f...prize-4017.php
>
> Sheldon



The worst crap I have ever seen! You would be way better at that job than
that British chef. Is there such a thing as a British chef? <G>

On Fri, 26 May 2006 21:14:26 GMT, jay > wrote:

>On Fri, 26 May 2006 13:54:24 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
>
>> Is this worth remembering to tune in?
>>
>> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/f...prize-4017.php
>>
>> Sheldon
>
>The worst crap I have ever seen! You would be way better at that job than
>that British chef. Is there such a thing as a British chef? <G>

Maybe Sheldon could be one of the contestants, I daresay (from reading
Sheldon's posts) he'd give Ramsay a run for his money!

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jay wrote:
> On Fri, 26 May 2006 13:54:24 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
>
>
>> Is this worth remembering to tune in?
>>
>> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/f...prize-4017.php
>>
>> Sheldon
>>
>
>
>
> The worst crap I have ever seen! You would be way better at that job than
> that British chef. Is there such a thing as a British chef? <G>
>
Funny, I've always wondered if there were any American chefs apart from
Alice Waters? I mean Anthony Bourdain is more of a comedian, and James
Beard's dead. Is there anybody you would take seriously? I mean,
Wolfgang Puck, oh dea,r oh dear...

I reckon Ramsey would be too mild mannered for Sheldon You know he used
to be a professional footballer? Tell you what, though, he's got a good
business head, I've seen him calculating profit margins off the top of
his head on another show, and it was deeply impressive.

Christine

Sheldon wrote:
> Is this worth remembering to tune in?
>
> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/f...prize-4017.php
>
> Sheldon
>
>
The show you want to keep an eye out for is Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen
Nightmares. You'd absolutely love it!

Christine

On Sat, 27 May 2006 12:19:56 +1000, Old Mother Ashby
> wrote:

>jay wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 May 2006 13:54:24 -0700, Sheldon wrote:

>>> Is this worth remembering to tune in?
>>>
>>> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/f...prize-4017.php
>>>
>>> Sheldon

>> The worst crap I have ever seen! You would be way better at that job than
>> that British chef. Is there such a thing as a British chef? <G>
>>
>Funny, I've always wondered if there were any American chefs apart from
>Alice Waters? I mean Anthony Bourdain is more of a comedian, and James
>Beard's dead. Is there anybody you would take seriously? I mean,
>Wolfgang Puck, oh dea,r oh dear...

Check out Thomas Keller, ya ethnocentric old mother:
http://www.frenchlaundry.com/
--
modom

modom wrote:
> On Sat, 27 May 2006 12:19:56 +1000, Old Mother Ashby
> > wrote:
>
>
>> jay wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 26 May 2006 13:54:24 -0700, Sheldon wrote:
>>>
>
>
>>>> Is this worth remembering to tune in?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/f...prize-4017.php
>>>>
>>>> Sheldon
>>>>
>
>
>>> The worst crap I have ever seen! You would be way better at that job than
>>> that British chef. Is there such a thing as a British chef? <G>
>>>
>>>
>> Funny, I've always wondered if there were any American chefs apart from
>> Alice Waters? I mean Anthony Bourdain is more of a comedian, and James
>> Beard's dead. Is there anybody you would take seriously? I mean,
>> Wolfgang Puck, oh dea,r oh dear...
>>
>
> Check out Thomas Keller, ya ethnocentric old mother:
> http://www.frenchlaundry.com/
> --
> modom
>
Ah, thanks for reminding me. I knew there was another one.

D'you reckon Jay is ethnocentric, or just ignorant?

Christine

On Sat, 27 May 2006 14:54:53 +1000, Old Mother Ashby
> wrote:
>>>>
>>> Funny, I've always wondered if there were any American chefs apart from
>>> Alice Waters? I mean Anthony Bourdain is more of a comedian, and James
>>> Beard's dead. Is there anybody you would take seriously? I mean,
>>> Wolfgang Puck, oh dea,r oh dear...
>>>
>>
>> Check out Thomas Keller, ya ethnocentric old mother:
>> http://www.frenchlaundry.com/

>>
>Ah, thanks for reminding me. I knew there was another one.
>
>D'you reckon Jay is ethnocentric, or just ignorant?
>
Jay is off my radar these days. Keller, on the other hand, is a man
to rekon with.
--
modom

On Sat, 27 May 2006 12:28:45 +1000, Old Mother Ashby wrote:

> Sheldon wrote:
> > Is this worth remembering to tune in?
> >
> > http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/f...prize-4017.php
> >
> > Sheldon
> >
> >
> The show you want to keep an eye out for is Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen
> Nightmares. You'd absolutely love it!
>
> Christine

Fox TV has a cooking show? That's a nightmare all by itself.

--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

sf wrote:

> On Sat, 27 May 2006 12:28:45 +1000, Old Mother Ashby wrote:
>
> > Sheldon wrote:
> > > Is this worth remembering to tune in?
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/f...premiere-june-
> > 12-feature-new-prize-4017.php > > Sheldon
> > >
> > >
> > The show you want to keep an eye out for is Gordon Ramsey's
> > Kitchen Nightmares. You'd absolutely love it!
> >
> > Christine
>
> Fox TV has a cooking show? That's a nightmare all by itself.

Hell's Kitchen is decent. I also enjoy Kitchen Nightmares, which I just
say a new series will be running on BBC America starting soon.



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Default User wrote:

> e
> >
> > Fox TV has a cooking show? That's a nightmare all by itself.
>
> Hell's Kitchen is decent. I also enjoy Kitchen Nightmares, which I just
> say a new series will be running on BBC America starting soon.

That is probably a more appropriate venue for it than the Food channel. A
half dozen hour long episodes of a restaurant consultant who likes to swear
a lot to demolish kitchen staff egos. It seemed to e on Food TV almost every
time I switched to it, and it's one of the reasons that I dropped that
channel.

Sheldon wrote:
> Is this worth remembering to tune in?
>
>
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/f...prize-4017.php
>
> Sheldon

I enjoyed the first round and wondered where it went for a year. It's truly
a test of who can handle it in a commercial kitchen and who can't, although
I must say I've never worked in a restaurant with a chef who was quite that
rude

In the first series, they were forced to turn out excellent meals in a
5-star restaurant that had just opened. If someone slacked or was
incompetent, the others had to take up the slack. I found it highly
entertaining and plan to tune in for this round.

Jill

Dave Smith wrote:

> Default User wrote:
>
> > e
> > >
> > > Fox TV has a cooking show? That's a nightmare all by itself.
> >
> > Hell's Kitchen is decent. I also enjoy Kitchen Nightmares, which I
> > just say a new series will be running on BBC America starting soon.
>
> That is probably a more appropriate venue for it than the Food
> channel. A half dozen hour long episodes of a restaurant consultant
> who likes to swear a lot to demolish kitchen staff egos. It seemed to
> e on Food TV almost every time I switched to it, and it's one of the
> reasons that I dropped that channel.

I'm confused. What show are you talking about on Food TV? I can't think
of one like that.




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

nelent wrote:

> i neither get cable, nor do i watch much tv (last wednesday i watched
> tv for the first time in five months!) anyway, i just wanted to
> respond to your link to catandgirl comic strip. how AWESOME! i
> have bookmarked that website.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Default User wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>
>>Default User wrote:
>>
>>
>>>e
>>>
>>>>Fox TV has a cooking show? That's a nightmare all by itself.
>>>
>>>Hell's Kitchen is decent. I also enjoy Kitchen Nightmares, which I
>>>just say a new series will be running on BBC America starting soon.
>>
>>That is probably a more appropriate venue for it than the Food
>>channel. A half dozen hour long episodes of a restaurant consultant
>>who likes to swear a lot to demolish kitchen staff egos. It seemed to
>>e on Food TV almost every time I switched to it, and it's one of the
>>reasons that I dropped that channel.
>
>
> I'm confused. What show are you talking about on Food TV? I can't think
> of one like that.


I think you're right. I haven't seen it on TFN either.

http://www.fox.com/hellskitchen/

--
Reg

Default User wrote:

>
> > > Hell's Kitchen is decent. I also enjoy Kitchen Nightmares, which I
> > > just say a new series will be running on BBC America starting soon.
> >
> > That is probably a more appropriate venue for it than the Food
> > channel. A half dozen hour long episodes of a restaurant consultant
> > who likes to swear a lot to demolish kitchen staff egos. It seemed to
> > e on Food TV almost every time I switched to it, and it's one of the
> > reasons that I dropped that channel.
>
> I'm confused. What show are you talking about on Food TV? I can't think
> of one like that.

Maybe I am the one that is confused.... Ramsey's Kitchen Disasters or
something like that.

Default User wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > Default User wrote:
> >
> > > e
> > > >
> > > > Fox TV has a cooking show? That's a nightmare all by itself.
> > >
> > > Hell's Kitchen is decent. I also enjoy Kitchen Nightmares, which I
> > > just say a new series will be running on BBC America starting soon.
> >
> > That is probably a more appropriate venue for it than the Food
> > channel. A half dozen hour long episodes of a restaurant consultant
> > who likes to swear a lot to demolish kitchen staff egos. It seemed to
> > e on Food TV almost every time I switched to it, and it's one of the
> > reasons that I dropped that channel.
>
> I'm confused. What show are you talking about on Food TV? I can't think
> of one like that.
>

I could be responsible for that confusion :-) Someone else had referred to
Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. It was (still is) on Food Network Canada. IMO,
it was on far too often.

It was interesting enough to see it once or twice, but there were a number
of episodes and in each one he goes into a failing restaurant, usually run
by someone who has no idea how to run a restaurant, and who have hired a
cook who really doesn't know much about cooking or running a kitchen, and
who is supposed to be supervising a crew who generally don't give a damn.
He generally creates confrontations with the staff, runs them down,
embarrasses them, swears a lot. It would make an interesting special, but
the format gets tired very quickly. it is just as well there were only a
few episodes, but they run them over and over and over.

On Sat, 27 May 2006 20:19:18 GMT, Reg wrote:

> http://www.fox.com/hellskitchen/

Thanks for the link, I like those video clips... but they don't like
FF, even with the IE tab (so I gave up and used IE to view).
--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

On Sat, 27 May 2006 17:20:56 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> I could be responsible for that confusion :-) Someone else had referred to
> Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. It was (still is) on Food Network Canada. IMO,
> it was on far too often.

So it was the "Emeril" of Canada?
--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

Dave Smith wrote:

> Default User wrote:
>
> >
> > > > Hell's Kitchen is decent. I also enjoy Kitchen Nightmares,
> > > > which I just say a new series will be running on BBC America
> > > > starting soon.
> > >
> > > That is probably a more appropriate venue for it than the Food
> > > channel. A half dozen hour long episodes of a restaurant
> > > consultant who likes to swear a lot to demolish kitchen staff
> > > egos. It seemed to e on Food TV almost every time I switched to
> > > it, and it's one of the reasons that I dropped that channel.
> >
> > I'm confused. What show are you talking about on Food TV? I can't
> > think of one like that.
>
> Maybe I am the one that is confused.... Ramsey's Kitchen Disasters or
> something like that.

I don't recall that being on FoodTV in the USA. Someone mentioned
Canada. Here, Kitchen Nightmares ran on BBC America. In fact I see they
plan a marathon tomorrow (Sunday).



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

sf wrote:

> On Sat, 27 May 2006 17:20:56 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > I could be responsible for that confusion :-) Someone else had
> > referred to Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. It was (still is) on Food
> > Network Canada. IMO, it was on far too often.
>
> So it was the "Emeril" of Canada?

I realize you're joking, but it's a different sort of show. Ramsey goes
to failing restaurants and tries to straighten them out.



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

On 27 May 2006 22:48:47 GMT, Default User wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 27 May 2006 17:20:56 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > > I could be responsible for that confusion :-) Someone else had
> > > referred to Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. It was (still is) on Food
> > > Network Canada. IMO, it was on far too often.
> >
> > So it was the "Emeril" of Canada?
>
> I realize you're joking, but it's a different sort of show. Ramsey goes
> to failing restaurants and tries to straighten them out.
>
Yes, I was joking (glad you figured it out)... I was referring to the
time on air, not type. Not sure if I've ever seen Ramsey's Kitchen
Nightmares - I don't even recall hearing of it before this.
--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

Dave Smith wrote:
> Default User wrote:
>
>
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Default User wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> e
>>>>
>>>>> Fox TV has a cooking show? That's a nightmare all by itself.
>>>>>
>>>> Hell's Kitchen is decent. I also enjoy Kitchen Nightmares, which I
>>>> just say a new series will be running on BBC America starting soon.
>>>>
>>> That is probably a more appropriate venue for it than the Food
>>> channel. A half dozen hour long episodes of a restaurant consultant
>>> who likes to swear a lot to demolish kitchen staff egos. It seemed to
>>> e on Food TV almost every time I switched to it, and it's one of the
>>> reasons that I dropped that channel.
>>>
>> I'm confused. What show are you talking about on Food TV? I can't think
>> of one like that.
>>
>>
>
> I could be responsible for that confusion :-) Someone else had referred to
> Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. It was (still is) on Food Network Canada. IMO,
> it was on far too often.
>
> It was interesting enough to see it once or twice, but there were a number
> of episodes and in each one he goes into a failing restaurant, usually run
> by someone who has no idea how to run a restaurant, and who have hired a
> cook who really doesn't know much about cooking or running a kitchen, and
> who is supposed to be supervising a crew who generally don't give a damn.
> He generally creates confrontations with the staff, runs them down,
> embarrasses them, swears a lot. It would make an interesting special, but
> the format gets tired very quickly. it is just as well there were only a
> few episodes, but they run them over and over and over.
>
>
I don't know why you'd want to watch Kitchen Nightmares more than once.
The entertainment wasn't really Ramsey so much as the people running the
restaurants. The first place was just indescribably awful, Ramsey got
food poisoning from the sample meal! The kindest thing you can say about
the owner and the "chef" is that they were both simpletons.

As the show progressed the restaurants actually improved until they got
to the final place which once been a famous gourmet establishment that
depended for its success on the passion of the original owners. One of
the big problems for the new owners, if I remember correctly, was
getting decent staff to leave London for the provinces. And of course
they had to get on top of the financials, which Ramsey understands very
well.

Ramsey is quite competent as a chef and, I would say, very competent as
a businessman. He is naturally short tempered and foul mouthed, but I
reckon he plays to the camera. Rick Stein would never do for a show like
this, he's too much of a gentleman. (And of course, here we come to the
English class thing that is the subtext to all their popular
entertainment - Ramsey's an unashamed oik, which adds to the fun when
they let him loose on the posh place next to the golf club.) The shows
are not what I would call food TV, they are reality TV.

Christine

Christine
>
>
>

> I don't know why you'd want to watch Kitchen Nightmares more than once.
> The entertainment wasn't really Ramsey so much as the people running the
> restaurants. The first place was just indescribably awful, Ramsey got food
> poisoning from the sample meal! The kindest thing you can say about the
> owner and the "chef" is that they were both simpletons.
>
> As the show progressed the restaurants actually improved until they got to
> the final place which once been a famous gourmet establishment that
> depended for its success on the passion of the original owners. One of the
> big problems for the new owners, if I remember correctly, was getting
> decent staff to leave London for the provinces. And of course they had to
> get on top of the financials, which Ramsey understands very well.
>
> Ramsey is quite competent as a chef and, I would say, very competent as a
> businessman. He is naturally short tempered and foul mouthed, but I reckon
> he plays to the camera. Rick Stein would never do for a show like this,
> he's too much of a gentleman. (And of course, here we come to the English
> class thing that is the subtext to all their popular entertainment -
> Ramsey's an unashamed oik, which adds to the fun when they let him loose
> on the posh place next to the golf club.) The shows are not what I would
> call food TV, they are reality TV.
>
> Christine

Thanks for all who posted regarding Ramsay's shows. I'd never heard of him.
About the only thing that's on BBC that I would watch similar is Fawlty
Towers. I hope this is amusing. I'm going to be recording tomorrow for
watching later.

I have the Monty Pythons and Absolutely Fabulous DVD sets. I gave away my
Fawlty Towers - pooh on me!
Now that you know what I like, does anyone know of any other classic
nonsense that I might like? - the Silly's that the run on PBS Saturday
nights - or used to?- are not my style. Or know of any other BBC shows on
Dish that you like and would like to recommend?
Thanks,
Dee Dee