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I can't stand the way Ramsey karate chops his hands. Thwack! Thwack!
He's a rough, Scottish bastard but because he's in the States he does things like have the mother, father and son write gushy, smushy notes to each other. Hug, hug. Kiss, kiss. Barf, barf.
But,even with the same bulls*** every week, I like it better than Hell's Kitchen.
He's a rough, Scottish bastard but because he's in the States he does things like have the mother, father and son write gushy, smushy notes to each other. Hug, hug. Kiss, kiss. Barf, barf.
But,even with the same bulls*** every week, I like it better than Hell's Kitchen.
Please send me some information about your new show Kichen Knighmare. I work at a restaurant that fits the shows profile and needs alot of help. I am from Milwaukee,Wisconsin
Kitchen Nightmares became a snoozefest after the first couple of shows. Step outside of the formula and do something different each week -- you don't have to re-tool completely every week, but at least have some variety.
While I enjoy Ramsay's more moderate attitude very much on Kitchen Nightmares, I'm afraid I grew a bit bored with the show after a few eps. It all seemed too staged and monotonous. The show was way, way too formatted each week -- you knew exactly what was going to happen each time he went walking down the street to find the entrance of the restaurant.
For the new season, I certainly hope they spice it up a little bit and mix up the format enough to allow some surprises now and again.
For the new season, I certainly hope they spice it up a little bit and mix up the format enough to allow some surprises now and again.
I guess I'm the only one that prefers this one to Hell's Kitchen. With Kitchen Nightmares I don't have to watch every week. I can just watch it one week and laugh at the stupid people and forget about it, just like it should be.
And I don't see how KN is more formulaic than HK. Every Hell' Kitchen episode is the same: "Bleep bleep donkey bleep bleep you burned the rizottos bleep donkey bleep get out!" That pretty much sums it up.
And I don't see how KN is more formulaic than HK. Every Hell' Kitchen episode is the same: "Bleep bleep donkey bleep bleep you burned the rizottos bleep donkey bleep get out!" That pretty much sums it up.
Like several other people on here, I agree that KN is much, much too formulaic. Every episode last season felt like deja vu. I liked the premise of the show to start, and enjoyed Ramsey's "non-Hell's Kitchen" personality much more than the fire-breathing dragon on HK, but the show grew boring after a few eps.
For the upcoming season, I hope they shake things up a bit and get rid of the chokingly formulaic storyline -- otherwise, I don't see much reason to watch.
For the upcoming season, I hope they shake things up a bit and get rid of the chokingly formulaic storyline -- otherwise, I don't see much reason to watch.
I do watch this show because it's kind of like watching a car accident; sometimes it is difficult to look away. Still, I do think this jumped when every show started to have the same formula as every previous one. Each week it is the same story; there is one member of the restaurant crew who just wants to knock heads with Gordon Ramsey. The two go back and forth, Ramsey cusses, the other guy cusses then walks out. Ramsey talks him into coming back or he comes back on his own--whatever. Then on "reopening" night, the chef always starts to make things from the old menu, which pisses Ramsey off, etc. I thing to myself, what is the food from the old menu even still doing in the place? Every week the clean the darn kitchen out, create a new menu and remodel the place. Yet, they leave the old food there to make just in case? Of course, each week we have to see just how dirty the kitchen is with maggots or something infesting the food. The show just got tired real quick. Two or three episodes was plenty.
It hasn't jumped... yet. I enjoy seeing Chef Ramsay chew out arrogant, dirty, lazy and/or clueless idiots (prime examples are the Seascape Inn and Dillon's--now Purnima) far more than I see him chew out the aspiring chefs in Hell's Kitchen. I was disappointed that there were only 10 episodes, but I guess he can only spare so much time.
Like him or not, he's demonstrated in both KN and the UK series (Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares) that he knows the restaurant business (with a big emphasis on "business"). He knows many of the ways a restaurant can lose money (using prepackaged food, having too many dishes on the menu, serving portions large enough to feed a pregnant hippo, and so on). What's more, if the restaurant wants to continue its success post-Ramsay, it falls on the owners, managers and chefs can continue to follow his advice (Sebastian's is a big example--I hope we find out how it's doing a year from now).
Like him or not, he's demonstrated in both KN and the UK series (Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares) that he knows the restaurant business (with a big emphasis on "business"). He knows many of the ways a restaurant can lose money (using prepackaged food, having too many dishes on the menu, serving portions large enough to feed a pregnant hippo, and so on). What's more, if the restaurant wants to continue its success post-Ramsay, it falls on the owners, managers and chefs can continue to follow his advice (Sebastian's is a big example--I hope we find out how it's doing a year from now).
Clearly a step up in terms of format from the parent series, Hell's Kitchen, where the whole concept was a bit staid even as the second season commenced. Nightmares is ostensibly a look at "real" working restaurants, and what it takes to turn around a failing eatery. Sadly, this series kind of dissolves into little more than a puff piece to continually inflate Gordon Ramsey's ego; he, and ONLY he, can ever be right about what is wrong and what is needed to fix things (most of which he outsources to other chefs and designers). Seems the only lesson learned is one needs to just bring in a new menu and a dining room makeover (all of which are paid for by the network) and everything will be hunky-dory.
::::Shooter2, I'm not sure how you know all that, but I must say your comments make sense considering the totally "staged" nature of almost everything on TV. It's simply too expensive to produce a tv show and have anything unexpected occur.
What makes me nuts watching this thing is that they only leave the last 8 minutes of showtime to wrap it all up much too quickly, while the editing is so bizarre, they replay earlier events completely out of sequence to seemingly "fill" time.....which they had plenty of.
I've spent lots of time in a TV editing suite and these people were very high or something.....not that this ever happens
What makes me nuts watching this thing is that they only leave the last 8 minutes of showtime to wrap it all up much too quickly, while the editing is so bizarre, they replay earlier events completely out of sequence to seemingly "fill" time.....which they had plenty of.
I've spent lots of time in a TV editing suite and these people were very high or something.....not that this ever happens
Having been a fan of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (yes, Virginia, there IS a reason "it's listed twice". Ramsay's is the original Brit version, KN is the Colonial version), I was enthusiastic to see the American series. Wrongo!
The first half dozen or so shows were taped way back in the spring and summer, and the restaurant owners were unaware as to how their businesses would be portrayed. Through a rather interesting method, chef Ramsay finds out which kitchens are incredibly filthy AHEAD of the contract signing, and only signs contracts for those which promise the greatest "bang for the buck". Then, through editing designed to show the owners and chefs to their worst and Ramsay to his best, by the end of each episode, it's almost guaranteed that the state health inspectors will be on their doorstep the next morning after airing.
The emphasis on these shows isn't how to help the business, it's how filthy Americans are. In reality, state health inspectors would have shut almost every one of the businesses down as depicted during any routine inspection. Who would EVER want to eat at one of these places after airing if any member of the staff still worked there?
The Brit version is far superior. Gordon actually seems to care about the quality of the chefs in question, his narration reflects this concern, and the overall tone is one of trying to help, not playing Mike Wallace ambush-kitchen-filthiness GOTCHA!, and then playing almighty chef as savior.
And the producers now wonder why they can't find anyone else to bring Ramsay in for a makeover? They've now SEEN THE SHOW! The whole show is obsessed with the concept of the "ugly American".
Jumped the shark with the first show, premise was wrong at the get go.
The first half dozen or so shows were taped way back in the spring and summer, and the restaurant owners were unaware as to how their businesses would be portrayed. Through a rather interesting method, chef Ramsay finds out which kitchens are incredibly filthy AHEAD of the contract signing, and only signs contracts for those which promise the greatest "bang for the buck". Then, through editing designed to show the owners and chefs to their worst and Ramsay to his best, by the end of each episode, it's almost guaranteed that the state health inspectors will be on their doorstep the next morning after airing.
The emphasis on these shows isn't how to help the business, it's how filthy Americans are. In reality, state health inspectors would have shut almost every one of the businesses down as depicted during any routine inspection. Who would EVER want to eat at one of these places after airing if any member of the staff still worked there?
The Brit version is far superior. Gordon actually seems to care about the quality of the chefs in question, his narration reflects this concern, and the overall tone is one of trying to help, not playing Mike Wallace ambush-kitchen-filthiness GOTCHA!, and then playing almighty chef as savior.
And the producers now wonder why they can't find anyone else to bring Ramsay in for a makeover? They've now SEEN THE SHOW! The whole show is obsessed with the concept of the "ugly American".
Jumped the shark with the first show, premise was wrong at the get go.
No--I didn't know it was listed twice. What the heck.
Also, when anyone else logs in, is the screen shoved over to the left and you have to shove it back to the center with every new screen? What the heck. That's a pain in the butt!
Also, when anyone else logs in, is the screen shoved over to the left and you have to shove it back to the center with every new screen? What the heck. That's a pain in the butt!
:::: Does anyone realize that this show is listed twice with different sets of comments? "Kitchen Nightmares" AND "Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares".
This site has become totally complacent since John handed it over to TV guide. This glaring error is typical of the way this site is handled now.
This site has become totally complacent since John handed it over to TV guide. This glaring error is typical of the way this site is handled now.
I can't believe how Ramsay gets away with cussing people out right to their faces. You would think someone would have beat him up by now.
But I have to say, he usually is right. People have this weird idea that running a successful restaurant is easy, even if you have no prior experience or you're a great chef but have no business acumen. This show debunks that myth for sure.
But I have to say, he usually is right. People have this weird idea that running a successful restaurant is easy, even if you have no prior experience or you're a great chef but have no business acumen. This show debunks that myth for sure.
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