Hell's Kitchen: New season starts April 1st!

[Jashba]

I thought I would get this started, anyone else seen all the craziness that they've shown in the previews? I can't wait!!! :D

[angiemarie]

Where's my BLOODY RISOTTO?!?!?

I am so excited, I didn't even realize a new season was starting. Huzzah!

It's so funny, I always love this show when it's on, but I can't think of who won last season, or even anyone's name. I guess it's all about Gordon to me.

[RachWho?]

So true, Ang...I've also heard that the winners don't get the prizes they are exactly promised.

Can't wait! Thanks for the heads up, Jashba...I hadn't heard it was premiering so soon.

[gasmilicous]

Ok this show is new to me too...so do I watch this AND Top Chef? Or is Top Chef better?

[TinkerbellAPixie]

They are apples and oranges. You can't even watch this with Top Chef on your mind. Total different experience. And it's bloody brilliant!!

[RachWho?]

Top Chef is MUCH more about cooking. Hell's Kitchen is MUCH more about the experience of trying to be a chef in a kitchen when your boss wants to rip your testicles off if you make a mistake.

[Jashba]

Top Chef is all about the food, Hell's Kitchen is all about the Gordon - they are two totally seperate experiences, but both should be had fully. I think I heard Gordon call someone a smelly pig during the commercial - and he throws some of the food across the kitchen! Love It!!!!!!

[smolls]

LOVE this show - LOVE Gordon - LOVE that it's coming back so soon!!! :)

[angiemarie]

Top Chef is MUCH more about cooking. Hell's Kitchen is MUCH more about the experience of trying to be a chef in a kitchen when your boss wants to rip your testicles off if you make a mistake.

Perfectly put, Rach. lol

And would you let any of the idiots they cast on this show run a real restaurant?

[Jashba]

Show starts tomorrow!!! Can't wait :)

[gasmilicous]

So I've got this set up on my DVR. First time watcher! I figure, you guys lead me correctly with convincing me to watch Top Chef (which I now love, and am 5 pounds heavier because of), so why not keep it goin with Hell's Kitchen?!

[roadtripper8]

So I've got this set up on my DVR. First time watcher! I figure, you guys lead me correctly with convincing me to watch Top Chef (which I now love, and am 5 pounds heavier because of), so why not keep it goin with Hell's Kitchen?!

I think I am going to give it a shot as well.

[giffordsaz]

This show is worth the effort... it will pay off big time RT8 and Gasmili.......

I saw an interview this morning with Ramsay and he talked about 10 years ago being a 'fat chef' and now he runs marathons ans double marathons.. He even stood up and showed his 'six pack' which I must say was not a six pack like any I recognized. His hair was also reminisent of Christian except opposite... a big wing over his right eye brow.

He also talked of the 'cooks' he is bring on this year. This is the first time he has made the selection of who was cominginto the kitchen. He has an electrician, and stay at home dad, and many others who havn't worked in a pressure situation like he wil offer. He also thinks the girls are better then the men this season. The final prize will be becoming a chef in HIS new resturant opening in California soon.

iIcan't wait till later!

[giffordsaz]

Oh MY... what a way to kick off a new season.

I would have so totally known my Ramsay in that stupid wig.

Hates?
Likes?

I do not like the way Bobby is a mouth breather already. If he could just keep his mouth shut and his tounge in he would look 30 points higher on the giff intelligence chart.

[chooch850]

I just can't understand why anyone would want to be on this show to get yelled at and demoralized in front over millions of viewers.......

The stay-at-home dad had the worst hair I've ever seen. He needed to go home just for that reason alone, but throwing away all those scallops was just wrong. He should have bagged them up to take home to the kids.

..... and Chef Ramsey looked like Ozzy Osbourne in that get-up he was wearing.......

Girls Rule!.... they made the guys look like assholes, but I guess it doesn't take much with this bunch......... can't wait till next week.

[angiemarie]

I love watching Gordo yell at people.

I only watched parts of the show because I was flipping between HK and BB. But I did catch the guy who made a cornish hen in the pumpkin. That was the ugliest dish I've ever seen on tv. lol.

[JulieM]

I just love this show. Poor Mr. JulieM had never seen it and his mouth was on the floor.

Girls rule

[gasmilicous]

Ok, I'm not sure how I feel about this show. All of those chefs look like they had no idea what they were doing and half of their food looked down right gross. Hen in a pumpkin? Fried fish sticks? HUH!? As of now Laross is my favorite. Little fireball, that one.

I think in a Top Chef vs. Hells Kitchen throw down, the Top Chef-ers dominate.

I'm a newbie to Hells Kitchen though, so I'll give it at least another week.

[roadtripper8]

My thoughts exactly, gasmi. I think I will give it another shot but (as a Top Chef fan from Season 1) I just couldn't stop comparing it to Top Chef.

[chooch850]

You guys.... It's all about Chef Ramsey! Bloody hell and all..... the cooking DOES get better, it really does..... and the winning team gets to do something great and the losers have to do something nasty like pick thru the trash and sort the recycling items.....

It's not about the food, it's about feeding a dining room full of people without killing them all!

[gasmilicous]

Chef Ramsey kind of reminds me of Simon Cowell at this point. He is kind of annoying and spit is constantly spewing out of his mouth, which can't be sanitary for anyone lol. I hope he grows on me so I can continue watching this with you guys.

[gasmilicous]

Ok, after week 2, I'm still just eh about this show.

[giffordsaz]

You guys are looking at the show dackwards.... the show IS GORDON RAMSAY... the wannabe cooks are just that... why they come on the show is a ggod question.....

but you have to love Ramsay first and then the abuse he gives out will be what you are watching. Remember this is not a cooking show.... That is the ticket. I like his resturant turn around show better because he actually has to be nice to get anything done..... but this is a classic prision abuse show.

[gasmilicous]

I hear ya...but I'm not a big fan of abuse. I can't help but feel sorry for the chefs.

[giffordsaz]

you know some of them are not chefs..
maybe a backyard cook right..
guys who worked the line at Denny's or Macaroni Grill....
and they went on here knowing what he does to people and he is hiring someone to RUN the kitchen of HIS resturant..
these are not really intelligent chefs looking for a job interview..
you understand that part of the show right??
it is not anything like Top Chef..
which is a brilliant masterpiece for up and coming chefs to make it...
Gordon Ramsay is da bomb.

[Chrissie]

disappointed that Vanessa went home understand why, and am surprised that they producers didn't pull her out, maybe she will get a chance to come back in a future season.

The men seem like a bunch of crybabies, especially Matt who has a permanet look of holding back the tears

[Cherie]

Matt looks like he should work in a mortuary, not as a chef.:eek:

[giffordsaz]

So you all remember the girl a couple seasons past that was a line cook at Waffle House..????. Gordon liked her so much he was going to pay for her to go through culinary school...

I want that story! Where is she now!!!!!!!!!

[TinkerbellAPixie]

That was Julia - and I'd love to hear where she is now.

Is anyone still watching this? What did you think of Matt's redemption and Ben's fall from grace? And why was Gordo so hard on Jen? She wasn't doing anything wrong just being quiet.

I'm ready for the wicked witch of the west to go home.

[RachWho?]

I was SO glad to see Ben leave last night. He was a real prick, saying he'd nominate himself and then backtracking when LouRoss was out of the room. Even though LouRoss kind of sucks, I can't help but sort of love the little femme.

Gordo is so hard to predict, what with how he was treating Jen, or how he was so nice to Petrozza for nominating himself. On another day he would have ripped off Petrozza's testicles and made him serve them up to the crew for being so spineless.

[angiemarie]

One of my favorite things about this show is when Ramsey calls the female contestants, "madam" or "a little madam". It cracks me up every time.

[JulieM]

Ben was such of a bully. Matt wasn't that bad except that he wouldn't stand up for himself. He found the weakest guy and bullied him into the position of being the wealling. When Matt was gone, then he turned to LouRoss.

Now are they sending Matt back to the boys?

[Chrissie]

woohoo Matt is gone.

[jampony]

Thought some (or none, whatever) of you might be interested in this (http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/3479/hells-kitchen-game/index.html). It's a time management game based on Hell's Kitchen.

[chooch850]

I'm soooo fucking happy that Matt is finally gone!!!!!! He is possibly one of the worst contestants ever. He was such a hissy-fitter. I wish someone would have hit him upside the head with a frying pan last night..... and to think, he really thought Ramsey felt bad for him and his "migraine". Perky blonde lost her mojo when Matt started his melt-down and then snooty-blonde burnt her hand and tried to be a martyre and keep on cooking, all the while shiny-lips Jen was eating it all up... but Ramsey sent her ass packing too. Great night for Gordon....great meltdown!!! I like messy chef... he and the 'General' should be our final two.

[RachWho?]

Thought some (or none, whatever) of you might be interested in this (http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/3479/hells-kitchen-game/index.html). It's a time management game based on Hell's Kitchen.

Thanks, Jamps! I love those kinds of games!

And I am VERY glad Matt is gone. Jen better be next.

[jampony]

I haven't tried the game yet but I just read this on gamezebo.com:

Hell's Kitchen - Uncensored!

If you've already played Hell's Kitchen you might have noticed that it features a strangely well-behaved Gordon Ramsay, whose mild insults don't come close to matching the vulgarity-filled rants that he unleashes on the hapless contestants of his television show. However, for a limited time you can download an uncensored version of the game, which is being offered exclusively by Ludia (the game's developer) and will be available only until the finale of the Hell's Kitchen television show in July.

Click here (http://www.playhk.com/hk_download.php) to download Hell's Kitchen uncensored (make sure you click the UNCENSORED! box). It goes without saying that this version contains language that is unsuitable for all audience and might offend some players.

I don't know why I find this so funny. I think "UNCENSORED!" makes me think there's going to be college girls flashing their boobies for Snoop Dogg in Gordon Ramsay's kitchen.

[gasmilicous]

Ok I love that game. I got totally addicted and sucked in, and then my free trial expired. DANG!

[angiemarie]

Time management games stress me out, I get flustered easily. But the thought of Gordon Ramsey calling me a bloody donkey is just too irresistible to pass up!

[RachWho?]

Welcome Shanna.

If you like time management style games, it is very fun. I played my free trial this weekend, but didn't pay for it. I never pay for games because I am cheap.

[JulieM]

Okay that surely was a shocking send-off. I missed it as I was out and waited until yesterday to read the threads until the recap was posted. It's hard to believe that Jen and Petrozza are still there.

[chooch850]

WooHoo.... Jen and her shiney-ass lips and big mouth got sent packing. Why the hell didn't she have to wear a hair net over that wild mess she had on her head! I just wanted tohit her with that hot frying pan !!! Ramsey should have known better than to pick up that fuckin' pan, not once, but twice!! He's the pro!

Now we're down to 'homely' blonde, 'cute' blonde, and Petrozza. I'm thinking the girls are going to try and sabatoge him so they can be the final two, but I think he'll slather-ass his way through it all and come out the winner.


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[Pegster]

Ditto.

It annoyed the hell out of me that no matter how badly she screwed up, she always yammered on about how they were trying to get rid of her b/c she was a "threat." SHUT. UP. Finally.

[chooch850]

This is my favorite part of HK.... when each finalist gets the chance to tell off Chef Ramsey to prove they can belittle the workers in a fancy restaurant. Petrozza did a great job of that and during the 'head chef' challenge, he barked orders like a pro, upsetting Christina to the point of a melt-down at the fish station.

I'm happy with the final two. Corey was a good cook, but she hid behind others mistakes to promote herself. In reality, she was a wimp.

I'd like to take a moment to post a rant........ I know that's uncommon for me but this really bugs me......

When you finally get to work in a fancy restaurant that charges $50+ for an entree, does basic health dept. rules not count anymore. I watch these cooking competition shows and see people touching, tasting, and handling food with no concern or regard for sanitation or basic customer safety. No one wears a hair or beard net. They sweat profusely, wiping it away and handling the food. They touch the meat to see if it is warm with bare hands. They wipe off the plates before serving and then wipe off the counter with the same towel. They stick their fingers in sauces to test their flavors and then send them on to the patrons. The local Purina factory here has more sanitary measures for their dog food than these places. I never want to eat in a fancy restaurant...... you don't know what's happening to your high-priced food.

I'm rooting for Petrozza.... he deserves to win....Christina needs more experience before she runs a restaurant herself.... maybe "touch my crotch before I touch your food" classes.

[giffordsaz]

OMG Chooch.. did you say that!!!

yeah Patrozza... at least he wears his mess on his coat.

did you see the advert for kitchen nightmares anyone... see the dude in handcuffs... I can't wait.

[RachWho?]

I'm also happy with the final two. I can't help rooting for my hometown girl, though.

[TinkerbellAPixie]

I'm with you Rach. I was really hoping that Chef Ramsey would keep her. I think she's been really adorable all along, even though I'm amazed that burning his hands didn't get her thrown off the show.

I found it off that Petrozza's dad looked his same age. How old was he when he had Petrozza if Petrozza is already 47?

Loved when Jean Phillippe was inspecting the bar glasses and seeing one-cell organism sized spots. I do love me some JP.

[giffordsaz]

I loved JP running into that door 2 weeks ago.. that is pricless.

[JulieM]

Is this show ever going to end?

[TinkerbellAPixie]

It doesn't seem like it - does it.

I agreed with Christina - her striped wallpaper looked really awful.

Do you think the New York taste off is setting us up for a Petrozza win?

[giffordsaz]

YEAH.. Petrozza wins!!!!!!

And I might feel bad for the girl if she did not pick that very same wall paper when she sat down with the contractor.
She may be young and hip to Petrozza's worn and dirty but I would rather have a beer with Petrozza and talk HK than Christine.

[JulieM]

Oh Tink how you hit the nail on the head. Definitely with that set up, I have to agree.

The wallpaper was hideous.

[chooch850]

I am too upset to discuss this show right now...........

[giffordsaz]

Damn, The Hubby was right.

Poor Petrozza. I wanted to give him a job but as I don't even have a kitchen for him???

Gordon Ramsay got it wrong.

[RachWho?]

Why all the Christina hate? And I don't just think I'm blinded by my love of all things STL-related.

[giffordsaz]

She was fair Rach but Petrozza has, in my opinion, much more authority. I am confused also because Gordon makes you think the winner is going to run one of his resturants ... and then last weeks show we see that they will be another chef under the head chef???

Christina, even though she is from Missouri, just needs life experience to deal with people before she steps in a kitchen and tells 30+ somethings men what to do.
I think she will be eaten alive.

And her mother losing it ... stability questionable. The Hubby told me I would lose it too but I believe I would recover much quicker.

[JulieM]

I thought for sure that Petrozza would take it. I was pleasantly shocked to see Christina win it. I thought somebody would call 911 for her mom.

Matt and Jen...omg what fuckups. Jen is still as delusional as ever and Matt needs a net thrown over him and hauled away to the zoo.

[angiemarie]

Christina won? That's cool, I was rooting for her.

Both Petrozza and Christina were deserving finalists, but I just like Christina better.

[RachWho?]

By the way, as of last night's news piece, Christina's mom still hasn't gotten over her overwhelming excitement at her daughter's win.

YAY CHRISTINA! STL ROCKS!!!

[chooch850]

I'm okay with Christina winning. I really thought Petrozza was a shoe-in and I was just shocked when she won. Gordon said he thought of future potential and the big picture in the long run. Petrozza was just too old to invest in.

I just have a soft spot for old, fat, italian dudes....

[RachWho?]

I'm okay with Christina winning. I really thought Petrozza was a shoe-in and I was just shocked when she won. Gordon said he thought of future potential and the big picture in the long run. Petrozza was just too old to invest in.

I just have a soft spot for old, fat, italian dudes....

well then you should meet my father in law.

[chooch850]

well then you should meet my father in law.


How's tomorrow night?

[RachWho?]

How's tomorrow night?

He'll probably be stuffing some cannoli. ;)

[chooch850]

I just copied this from dlisted.com. We almost lost bloody Gordon!

The always sunny Gordon Ramsay almost met his maker (Satan) after he fell off of a cliff in Iceland while filming his show, "The F Word."

Gordon told The Sun that he fell from a 28-foot cliff and landed in icy cold water. He said, “I remember thinking, ‘Oh fuck’. My boots and my waterproofs were dragging me down. I’m an extremely good swimmer, but I couldn’t get to the surface. I was panicking and my lungs were filling with water. When I got to the top after getting my boots off I was dazed and my head was totally numb.”

Gordon's crew pulled him back up with a rope. He only had a cut on his leg.

Falling off a cliff wasn't his only brush with death. Gordon was in Iceland to hunt poor, little puffins for his show. One of the puffins bit his nose which required three stitches. The puffin should have aimed lower.

Gordon defended his decision to hunt them, “We had a license to cull 1,000. I didn’t realize how difficult they are to cook, but they’re very tasty!”

The next time Gordon is in Iceland, the puffins should push him from a higher cliff.

[here4beer]

What a bloody donkey!

I had to look up "puffin" (http://www.thescreamonline.com/photo/photo2-2/isaac/images/puffin.jpg)to figure out what the heck it was... it looks too cute to eat. It would be like eating a parrot or a Pekingese or something. Blech.

[chooch850]

Here they are.....

[TinkerbellAPixie]

In unrelated news: Holly from Girls Next Door calls Hugh Hefner (her boyfriend and fiance) "Puffin" for his nickname. I personally think Vulture is more appropriate for him. I wonder if vultures are tasty?

(Did you see that? Did you see how I brought it back on topic? :p)

[Pegster]

Puffin's are too cute to eat. I subscribe to the principle that only ugly animals should be consumed. The puffin, on the other hand, should be treated humanely: caught and put in cages to be purchased by rich, bored housewives;and then given stupid names and fed gourmet, organic foods.

[angiemarie]

I think pigs are cute, but I also think they are delicious. So that's a tough call. I wouldn't eat a puffin because I bet they have a really gamey, tough texture.

[giffordsaz]

I subscribe to the principle that only ugly animals should be consumed.

Could we eat ugly people too? I think that would save a few animals and get rid of fugly too. Peta would be ultra happy and we could let the NRA shoot them in a humain way...

Just a thought

[TinkerbellAPixie]

But wouldn't ugly people taste icky? Are we talking physically ugly people or people who are ugly on the inside?

[Wayne]

This just ended on monday night here, and have been avoiding this thread while watching the season. I was tempted to look to see who won but was glad i didn't.

Pleased Christina won as i liked her, but would have been ok with Petroza winning as well.

I couldn't beleive that Jen still thought she should have been in the final, couldn't stand her and was glad when she got voted off.

[giffordsaz]

I always wonder where people end up after they are on these shows and act like Jen did. Who would want her around really?
I do think Petroza got rooked though. Christina was so young and i wonder if Ramsay just goes for ass sometimes.

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[LaurenHoRad]

Seriously I never have seen so many wankers in my life. Do you think wankers is spelled with an H as in Whankers? or should I just leave it Wanker?

[LaurenHoRad]

Anyone know of a better place to eat? Hells Kitchen was so uncomfortably hot.

[murderface]

Whats up Ramsey thread! Where is the kitchen nightmares thread...or do I have to start one myself?

[TV Cart]

It's under Other Reality TV. When I just looked, it was almost at the bottom of the first page.

[gamel]

The aspiring chefs are Ben, 29, an electrician and former chef from Charlotte, NC; Bobby, 37, an executive chef from Niagara Falls, NY; Christina, 25, a culinary student from St. Louis, MO; Corey, 25, a private chef from Brooklyn, NY; Craig, 30, a sous chef from Coram, NY; Dominic, 43, a stay-at-home dad from Catawba, SC; Jason, 29, a sous chef from Las Vegas, NV; Jen, 24, a line cook from Chicago, IL; Louross, 24, a hotel cook from Las Vegas, NV; Matt, 35, a sous chef from Pinehill, NJ; Petrozza, 47, a catering director from Charlotte, NC; Rosann, 33, a receptionist and former cook from Staten Island, NY; Sharon, 31, a room-service chef from Las Vegas, NV; Shayna, 28, a catering-company owner from Buffalo, NY; and Vanessa, 31, a line cook from Bozeman, MT.

[Chrissie]

The aspiring chefs are Ben, 29, an electrician and former chef from Charlotte, NC; Bobby, 37, an executive chef from Niagara Falls, NY; Christina, 25, a culinary student from St. Louis, MO; Corey, 25, a private chef from Brooklyn, NY; Craig, 30, a sous chef from Coram, NY; Dominic, 43, a stay-at-home dad from Catawba, SC; Jason, 29, a sous chef from Las Vegas, NV; Jen, 24, a line cook from Chicago, IL; Louross, 24, a hotel cook from Las Vegas, NV; Matt, 35, a sous chef from Pinehill, NJ; Petrozza, 47, a catering director from Charlotte, NC; Rosann, 33, a receptionist and former cook from Staten Island, NY; Sharon, 31, a room-service chef from Las Vegas, NV; Shayna, 28, a catering-company owner from Buffalo, NY; and Vanessa, 31, a line cook from Bozeman, MT.


ummm, this is season 4s, season 5 starts Jan 29 @ 9 on FOX

[RachWho?]

Something tells me Christina from St. Louis is going to win, with Petrozza coming second.

[Cherie]

I was gonna ask if anyone else was having deja vu?

[billybongthornton]

That Jen sounds like a nice girl. :)