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Hell's Kitchen Season 5

post #1 of 33
1/30/09 at 12:31pm
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If this is the best 16 they could find after a nationwide search, I cry for the state of cullinary science in this country.

I loved the teacher who told Ramsey that she taught manners as well. What a set up for disaster.
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post #2 of 33
1/30/09 at 1:06pm
I can't believe we are into season 5 of this already. Missed it last night but it's on the Tivo so I'll catch it this weekend.
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post #3 of 33
1/30/09 at 4:10pm
Disappointed that Evil Neil Patrick Harris is already gone. For the most part, I thought these people were idiots. There were like 3 people who looked like they were ready for Ramsey. That girl that quit and came back is pathetic. My wife said, "Did she call herself 'the pretty girl' in the competition? Her face is all big and round and fat."
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post #4 of 33
1/30/09 at 4:45pm
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Disappointed that Evil Neil Patrick Harris is already gone. For the most part, I thought these people were idiots. There were like 3 people who looked like they were ready for Ramsey. That girl that quit and came back is pathetic. My wife said, "Did she call herself 'the pretty girl' in the competition? Her face is all big and round and fat."
Your wife was not lying my friend. Yeesh.
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post #5 of 33
1/30/09 at 5:05pm
"And what's your dish?"
"Chicken with blackberries. You know, we make it at work all the time, so I thought I'd just recreate the one thing I've been shown how to cook. Did I mention that I'm a cook at a buffet? Yeah. It's a corporate buffet. Also, I'm going to try to act all tough and defensive to mask the fact that I have no idea what I'm doing."
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post #6 of 33
1/30/09 at 5:12pm
She almost quit doing the prep work on the first day. Hadn't even progress to the service yet. The "manners" thing killed me. I was getting ready for Ramsey to literally eat her face, and then complain about the done-ness of it.
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post #7 of 33
1/30/09 at 6:02pm
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If this is the best 16 they could find after a nationwide search, I cry for the state of cullinary science in this country.
These contestants are a pile of Wolfgang Pucks compared to the awful morons they've had the past couple of years. That said, Lacey needs to be drop-kicked.
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post #8 of 33
1/30/09 at 6:06pm
I love the casting of this show. This show always has more white trash than a Kid Rock concert.
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post #9 of 33
1/31/09 at 10:48am
Lacey is clearly a plant.

This cast seems so much better then the last few seasons, i think some of them can actually cook.

I loved the beginning where is showed the previous winners and talked about it changing their lives, yeah right. Do some searches, i dont think any of them work Ramsey now and almost all of his restaurants are failing.
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post #10 of 33
2/6/09 at 2:46pm
So, thanks to Tivo, I'm able to catch this after 30 Rock. Some thoughts:

- I said above that Lacey needed to be drop-kicked. Let me revise that: She needs to be hit by a bus.

- When Ji (?) wheeled out of Hell's Kitchen and the chefs applauded, my wife started crying. I started laughing. It was awkward.

- They completed a service in only the second episode?!? Has that every happened before?
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post #11 of 33
2/27/09 at 3:09pm
Why do i still watch this mess, it's just sad.
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post #12 of 33
2/27/09 at 3:41pm
It's a guilty pleasure, for sure, and it's damn entertaining. I laugh every time he calls someone a fat cow.
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post #13 of 33
2/27/09 at 4:24pm
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Why do i still watch this mess, it's just sad.
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It's a guilty pleasure, for sure, and it's damn entertaining. I laugh every time he calls someone a fat cow.
Exactly. Even though all the contestants are horrible, it's still fun to watch.

A few thing's I don't understand though...

Why after 5 seasons do people not realize what they are getting into. "wah...I didn't think it would be this tough...wah"

Why is the Risotto still on the menu. In 5 years nobody has ever cooked it right. It's always getting sent back.

And that cook that hurt her ankle...that shit had better be broken for her to be all dramatic about it.
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post #14 of 33
2/27/09 at 5:45pm
I watch Top Chef if I want to see competence in a kitchen; this show is all about morons getting berated. Easily my guiltiest pleasure.
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post #15 of 33
2/27/09 at 5:59pm
I don't even know anyone who's ever eaten Risotto.

But besides that, I hate how the restaurant guests get all bent out of shape and leave when they haven't been served after hours of waiting. You do realize where you're eating, right?
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post #16 of 33
2/27/09 at 6:02pm
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But besides that, I hate how the restaurant guests get all bent out of shape and leave when they haven't been served after hours of waiting. You do realize where you're eating, right?
Right, again it falls into the "in 5 years have you not seen this show" category.
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post #17 of 33
6/22/09 at 7:58am
New season starts in July, man they didnt wait
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post #18 of 33
6/22/09 at 10:32am
Apparently they filmed seasons 5 and 6 back-to-back. Feels too soon for me to invest in another season of this. But I'll probably tune in for the premiere and the introduction of the "talent", and get hooked.
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post #19 of 33
6/22/09 at 11:39am
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I watch Top Chef if I want to see competence in a kitchen; this show is all about morons getting berated. Easily my guiltiest pleasure.
My wife and I ate dinner in a place that has the "open kitchen" look to it, and we were sitting about 5 feet away from it. I told her I had the desire to yell, "MADAME! What is taking so fucking long? Where's my risotto? You are USELESS!"
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post #20 of 33
6/22/09 at 4:57pm
So I guess this means no new "Ramseys Kitchen Nightmares"
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post #21 of 33
6/23/09 at 10:40am
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So I guess this means no new "Ramseys Kitchen Nightmares"
Last year Fox announced a renewal deal with Ramsay, that would include two additional seasons of Hell's Kitchen, and a third season of Kitchen Nightmares. So season 3 should still happen, it's just not alternating with Hell's Kitchen on the schedule right now.
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post #22 of 33
7/22/09 at 11:17am
New show last night--holy shit, was one of the requirements for this season "You have to be a complete asshole"? So far, I don't like any of them, especially the guys. The two that should be kicked off are the New Jersey/New York/stereotype guy that tries to fight Ramsey, and the idiot from Texas that looks like he couldn't make it on "The Ultimate Fighter" reality show.
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post #23 of 33
7/22/09 at 12:39pm
No kidding what a freaking train wreck. It's like all the guys are overdosing on testestarone and all the women are idiots.

I mean the NY/NJ Marine guy flipped out because Ramsey asked him a simple question. Really it was like roid rage. And the woman that wasted all the pasta just stared at Ramsey after flirting with him while presenting her signature dish.

Mr. Texas almost throwing down with JP was awesome. Interesting to see the one winner comeback to be a sous chef...guess winning wasn't all it was cracked up to be. And seeing Robert come back makes me think his leaving last season was a set up for this season since they knew they had a crappy cast.

Plus we got a new put down "that looks like a Bisons Penis"
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post #24 of 33
7/22/09 at 12:48pm
Great, ANOTHER show on Tuesdays that I have to DVR.
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post #25 of 33
7/22/09 at 12:57pm
Did anyone else get misty eyed when he asked Robert to come back?

Anyone?

Just me? Damn.
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post #26 of 33
7/22/09 at 1:38pm
There's certainly no doubt, that each successive season of this show, they cast the sorriest bunch of people they can find.

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Interesting to see the one winner comeback to be a sous chef...guess winning wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
Below is info from Wikipedia on former winner Heather. I think it is typical for the awarded job to be less than the show hypes all season long. These restaurants likely just award a job they feel is commensurate with the winner's abilities. I'd guess more than expecting that the show will find them a future executive chef, the restaurants get involved because each episode gets them publicity.

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In September 2006, Heather was named senior chef (not executive chef, as was promised) of Terra Rossa at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino. As of September 18, 2007, West's name is no longer listed on the Terra Rossa website. A spokesperson for the resort stated that the prize was a one-year contract. As of July 2009, Heather is currently working at the Dish Restaurant in La Canada, California.
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post #27 of 33
7/22/09 at 2:06pm
That hard as nails military guy from last night has GOT to be staged. Please...they might as well call this show "based on a reality TV concept."

Why the fuck did it rain shrimp at one point? Even Ramsey seemed to think that was lame.

Still...best guilty pleasure show there is! The editing for next weeks episode had me cracking up. I'm sure they'll be feeding firefighters but the constant quick shots of the firetruck along with people yelling "MEDIC!" had me in stiches.
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post #28 of 33
7/22/09 at 3:07pm
This is still a guilty pleasure, but the extra-over-the-top contrived stuff bores me and bores me. Like hiring poor, woefully underqualified Louie simply in order to humiliate and fire him instantly. I want to see these contestants crumble under the weight of their own egos; I don't want to see Jean-Philippe schtick.
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post #29 of 33
7/23/09 at 11:13am
Why on earth would you bring in a diner cook and a chef for a children's camp for a competition like this? Their expertise is in precisely the kind of high quantity assembly-line cooking that Ramsay seems to despise. Like Sodium said, some of these folks seem picked just for the potential meltdowns they'll cause. Offering tequila shots to Gordon? Screaming at JP? Challenging Ramsay to step into the parking lot? These people either figure the William Hung method is the best way to earn some fame from this show, they're plants, or they're colossally stupid.

It's almost as if Ramsay brought Robert back just to have a contestant who could actually win the damn thing.
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post #30 of 33
7/23/09 at 4:42pm
There were several interviews where Ramsay essentially said that the Season 5 top two (Danny and Paula) could have easily won any of the other seasons (I think at one point he even mentioned that the top four would have had a pretty good shot, hence bringing Robert back).

I don't get that vibe here at all. Anyone with talent seems like they'll get on Ramsay's nerves or are totally psychotic. If you remember from last season you essentially didn't hear from Danny or Paula for the first five or six episodes because they didn't get yelled at and weren't especially sassy. They just cooked.
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post #31 of 33
7/23/09 at 5:44pm
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Plus we got a new put down "that looks like a Bisons Penis"
Shit, I'm glad i wasn't drinking anything when I read that.

Even more hilarious when you think M. Bison from Street Fighter 2.
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post #32 of 33
7/24/09 at 2:53pm
I don't actually watch this show, but I did see the preview, where it looked like some dude got up in Ramsey's face. So how did Ramsey deal with it?
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post #33 of 33
7/25/09 at 11:44am
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I don't actually watch this show, but I did see the preview, where it looked like some dude got up in Ramsey's face. So how did Ramsey deal with it?
"To Be Continued . . ."

What a pack of goofs. HK outdoes itself with every season.
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