***Official Hells Kitchen Thread*** (1 Viewer)

[SmoovySmoov]

Master Chef is so much better than HK.

Apples and oranges. Master Chef is a legit cooking competition. HK is just a soap opera.

Top Chef is the cooking competition. MC and HK are entertainment.

Top Chef >>>>>> Master Chef >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HK

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and call BS on that one. I've seen some of the crap that my wife watches on Bravo, and there's absolutely no way that anything on that channel is even worth watching.

What are you calling BS? That Top Chef is the best cooking competition show on tv? Cuz it is by far.

Only women and gay men watch Bravo. Fact.

 

[Wingnut]

Master Chef is so much better than HK.

Apples and oranges. Master Chef is a legit cooking competition. HK is just a soap opera.

Top Chef is the cooking competition. MC and HK are entertainment.

Top Chef >>>>>> Master Chef >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HK

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and call BS on that one. I've seen some of the crap that my wife watches on Bravo, and there's absolutely no way that anything on that channel is even worth watching.

What are you calling BS? That Top Chef is the best cooking competition show on tv? Cuz it is by far.

Only women and gay men watch Bravo. Fact.

Top Chef is so good id watch it if it was on Oprah's network or Lifetime.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Master Chef is so much better than HK.

Apples and oranges. Master Chef is a legit cooking competition. HK is just a soap opera.

Top Chef is the cooking competition. MC and HK are entertainment.

Top Chef >>>>>> Master Chef >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HK

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and call BS on that one. I've seen some of the crap that my wife watches on Bravo, and there's absolutely no way that anything on that channel is even worth watching.

What are you calling BS? That Top Chef is the best cooking competition show on tv? Cuz it is by far.

Only women and gay men watch Bravo. Fact.

Top Chef is so good id watch it if it was on Oprah's network or Lifetime.

I'll check it out, but the rest of their lineup makes me think there's no way. For what it's worth, I like Iron Chef the best.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

They are really taking the piss with this show. No changes, no great personalities with the chefs. I think they are milking it, willing to watch the ratings decline until they cancel it.I guess they renewed it for 2 more seasons. They must be planning that as the end.

Ok, thanks for stopping by.

Where are your thoughts on the show? I've watched every episode of every season. This year is the first one without any attempt to do something new. Really unusual considering the age of the show.

I like it. It's got a good mix of shtick and reality and Ramsey one liners are hilarious. I like the pressure aspect the most, people who would be fine cooking a scallop at home or at their ####ty restaurant just crack. Human nature stuff, that is what makes the show entertaining. Every show on TV with the exception of the Modern Families of the world are two years away from death. It's a summer run and they don't need terrific ratings and I like it, even now. Yeah changing it up some couldn't hurt, but I actually wouldn't want a whole lot changed. I think mixed teams at the get-go would be a good idea, maybe blacks vs white trash or something.

 

[17seconds]

I like Iron Chef the best.

Iron Chef is tops for quality cooking

 

[Wingnut]

Kimmie is a hideous beast

 

[NCCommish]

Well so far the only ones to show much are Christina for the women and Justin for the men. Now I know some others have done well in the individual contests but they don't seem to be able to play well with others or bring it to the kitchen for service when it counts.

 

[NCCommish]

Kimmie is a hideous beast

Can we stop putting her on camera when they are getting up? I have a feeling we have been close to seeing some stuff that can't be unseen and I don't need that.

 

[The Commish]

Don't they have enough to do an "all stars" or "champions" show?

This season: "Champions" who are working under Top Chef contestants that finished in 5th place or worse.

Not sure why you're confused. Read through the last few pages, there's an example.

I have no idea why you brought up Top Chef. This is the Hell's Kitchen thread and I was asking if it had been around long enough to have a "champions" type show....you know, where past champions came back to compete against each other? I gave the because your post has nothing to do with what I was asking. Thought you might have been replying to someone else but quoted me by mistake.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Kimmie is a hideous beast

Ho, yous about to make me get all Memphis on yo ###!

 

[Sarnoff]

Don't they have enough to do an "all stars" or "champions" show?

This season: "Champions" who are working under Top Chef contestants that finished in 5th place or worse.

Not sure why you're confused. Read through the last few pages, there's an example.

I have no idea why you brought up Top Chef. This is the Hell's Kitchen thread and I was asking if it had been around long enough to have a "champions" type show....you know, where past champions came back to compete against each other? I gave the because your post has nothing to do with what I was asking. Thought you might have been replying to someone else but quoted me by mistake.

He brought it up because the best that past winners of HK have done after the show is working as line cooks under guys that got removed from Top Chef for rules violations.

 

[NCCommish]

Don't they have enough to do an "all stars" or "champions" show?

This season: "Champions" who are working under Top Chef contestants that finished in 5th place or worse.

Not sure why you're confused. Read through the last few pages, there's an example.

I have no idea why you brought up Top Chef. This is the Hell's Kitchen thread and I was asking if it had been around long enough to have a "champions" type show....you know, where past champions came back to compete against each other? I gave the because your post has nothing to do with what I was asking. Thought you might have been replying to someone else but quoted me by mistake.

He brought it up because the best that past winners of HK have done after the show is working as line cooks under guys that got removed from Top Chef for rules violations.

That's not really accurate. Season One winner is an Executive Head Chef in LA. Season Two winner is Head Chef at a restaurant in NY just to name a couple. And the others have filled Sous Chef and Chef de Cuisine positions as well as getting investors for their own deals. Seems a lot like American Idol to me.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Don't they have enough to do an "all stars" or "champions" show?

This season: "Champions" who are working under Top Chef contestants that finished in 5th place or worse.

Not sure why you're confused. Read through the last few pages, there's an example.

I have no idea why you brought up Top Chef. This is the Hell's Kitchen thread and I was asking if it had been around long enough to have a "champions" type show....you know, where past champions came back to compete against each other? I gave the because your post has nothing to do with what I was asking. Thought you might have been replying to someone else but quoted me by mistake.

He brought it up because the best that past winners of HK have done after the show is working as line cooks under guys that got removed from Top Chef for rules violations.

I don't think this is right at all. Not all have earned the head chef tag, but most of them have done fine and only one line cook among them.

The winner of Hell’s KitchenSeason 1 was Michael Wray. Chef Gordon Ramsay offered Wray the choice of opening a restaurant, or going to London and to learn under Chef Ramsay. Michael chose to learn under Chef Ramsay. Michael later changed his mind before going on the trip because he thought the experience would be too stressful for his family. Now he works as the Executive Head Chef at The Standard in Los Angeles, California. He also owns his own custom chef's knives company called, appropriately, Skull and Cleavers.

Heather West was the winner of Hell's Kitchen Season 2. For the prize, she was to become Executive Chef at an Italian restaurant called Terra Rossa at Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas. However, Heather only became Senior Chef. She now works as head chef in a restaurant called Monterey Restaurant in Long Beach, New York.

Rahman "Rock" Harper won Hell's Kitchen Season 3. His prize was to become the Head Chef at Terra Verde at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson. He fulfilled his contract as Head Chef for one year. Rahman later worked in restaurants throughout Washington, DC. Rahman joined the staff of a DC restaurant called Next Door in 2008. He supported and helped in the March of Dimes Signature Chef’s Auction in Louisville, Kentucky on November 11th, 2010.

Christina Machamer won Hell's Kitchen Season 4, and the prize to become Executive Chef at the Gordon Ramsay at the London West Hollywood Hotel. Instead, she was given the position of Senior Chef under Executive Chef Andy Cook. She then took some time off to study wine and viticulture at The Culinary Institute at Greystone in Napa Valley. Currently, she is a member of the opening team at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bistro in Beverly Hills.

Danny Veltri won Season 5 of Hell's Kitchen. He became Sous Chef under Stephen Kalt at Fornelletto at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Originally, he was supposed to be the Head Chef at another restaurant built at the Casino. When he didn’t become Head Chef, Danny quit and began consulting. He then created a catering company called Back From Hell Catering, poking at his experience in "Hell's Kitchen.” He then joined with a group of investors that wanted to create a surf bar with food. He is now Chef of the Gnarly Surf Bar & Grill near the Intracoastal Waterway in Central Florida.

Dave Levey won Hell's Kitchen Season 6, and the prize of Head Chef at Araxi Restaurant and Bar in Whistler, British Columbia. However, as we mentioned earlier, he was treated like a line-cook. He worked at Araxi Restaurant until the end of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Currently, he is in Nashville helping his sister with her music career.

Holli Ugalde won Hell's Kitchen Season 7, which was supposed to follow with the position as Executive Chef at The Savoy in London. However, she could not get a visa to work in the UK. Ugalde called that explanation an excuse, saying, "I don't know if they even applied for my visa." Ugalde accepted an undisclosed amount of cash instead. She now has a job as the Signature Chef of a new restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida called B Ocean.

Nona Sivley won Hell's Kitchen Season 8, along with the prize position as Head Chef at LA Market at JW Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles as well as the opportunity to be a spokesperson for Rosemount Estate Wines. She is now working as Chef de Cuisine at LA Market with Celebrity chef Kerry Simon.

My link

 

[Sarnoff]

I didn't know that a lot of early winners from years ago have worked their way up. Here's the post from earlier that discusses that chefs don't get the prize announced on the show, and that anything below "Executive Chef" is meaningless.

The thing is though, is most winners dont get the title of executive chef, they usually have to work under someone IF they even take the job. I remember reading that the winners get $250k and an option to take a position in the kitchen.

From a season 9 article last year before the season aired: http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/hells_kitchen_9/2011_Jul_08_prize_cliff

For the ninth season of Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen, which debuts July 18, announced prize is “a head chef position at BLT Steak in New York City. Once again, that prize isn’t exactly what the winner will receive, because it will actually be giving its winner a position in a kitchen working under another chef, Top Chef contestant Cliff Crooks, who was disqualified during season two because of a conflict with (fellow contestant) Marcel.

The series has a long history of not actually offering its announced prize, and when it comes to giving winners jobs as line cooks or, at best, apprentices, Gordon Ramsay told me last summer that’s because winners “need to have a mentor” and therefore end up in positions that are less significant than the show advertises.

But The New York Post reports that the show is “misleading the show’s eventual winner” because that term “head chef” is “is almost meaningless in professional kitchens — and the position does not even exist at BLT Steak,” because “the highest-ranking chef is called the ‘executive chef,’ while his or her top lieutenant is called the ‘sous chef.’”

The managing partner of the restaurant’s owner, ESquared Hospitality’s Jimmy Haber, told the paper, “The winner will be the chef de cuisine under Cliff [Crooks]” at the restaurant. Cliff left the Bravo competition in fifth place (in season 2) because he restrained Marcel while he and his fellow chefs attempted to shave Marcel’s head. The Post says Cliff now has an “impressive resume and general good nature.”

 

[The Commish]

Don't they have enough to do an "all stars" or "champions" show?

This season: "Champions" who are working under Top Chef contestants that finished in 5th place or worse.

Not sure why you're confused. Read through the last few pages, there's an example.

I have no idea why you brought up Top Chef. This is the Hell's Kitchen thread and I was asking if it had been around long enough to have a "champions" type show....you know, where past champions came back to compete against each other? I gave the because your post has nothing to do with what I was asking. Thought you might have been replying to someone else but quoted me by mistake.

He brought it up because the best that past winners of HK have done after the show is working as line cooks under guys that got removed from Top Chef for rules violations.

Ok...that has nothing to do with my question, so I don't care about that little tidbit of information. Can anyone answer my actual question? How many seasons has this thing been around and do they have enough for a "champions" version?ETA: Piecing this together from a few posts, I think my answer is no...not enough people.

 

[NCCommish]

Don't they have enough to do an "all stars" or "champions" show?

This season: "Champions" who are working under Top Chef contestants that finished in 5th place or worse.

Not sure why you're confused. Read through the last few pages, there's an example.

I have no idea why you brought up Top Chef. This is the Hell's Kitchen thread and I was asking if it had been around long enough to have a "champions" type show....you know, where past champions came back to compete against each other? I gave the because your post has nothing to do with what I was asking. Thought you might have been replying to someone else but quoted me by mistake.

He brought it up because the best that past winners of HK have done after the show is working as line cooks under guys that got removed from Top Chef for rules violations.

Ok...that has nothing to do with my question, so I don't care about that little tidbit of information. Can anyone answer my actual question? How many seasons has this thing been around and do they have enough for a "champions" version?ETA: Piecing this together from a few posts, I think my answer is no...not enough people.

This is season 10. So you could probably do it if you threw in a couple of second placers to fill it out. Or you could just go with ten and cut out some of the early antics and concentrate more on cooking.

 

[17seconds]

Kimmie is a hideous beast

Can we stop putting her on camera when they are getting up? I have a feeling we have been close to seeing some stuff that can't be unseen and I don't need that.

If she dropped 100lbs she'd be as hot as Chris Farley.

 

[bryhamm]

Kimmie is a hideous beast

Can we stop putting her on camera when they are getting up? I have a feeling we have been close to seeing some stuff that can't be unseen and I don't need that.

If she dropped 100lbs she'd be as hot as Chris Farley.

now, or back then?

 

[attaché case]

What's this To Be Continued crap? Have they ever done that before?

 

[NCCommish]

What's this To Be Continued crap? Have they ever done that before?

Yeah it isn't the first time. They usually do that when they are leading up to some kind of shake up or big competition and tonight's show is the first part of a two parter it looks like.

 

[HellToupee]

holy #### when Kimmie was talking about dancing & the screen goes up & down .A new low for production with the chapshot but it had me laughing

 

[Premier]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

 

[17seconds]

What's this To Be Continued crap? Have they ever done that before?

Yeah it isn't the first time. They usually do that when they are leading up to some kind of shake up or big competition and tonight's show is the first part of a two parter it looks like.

I believe when the do this, 2 people go next week. And you are supposed to be amazed they had the balls to cut 2 people, hoping you don't realize the simple math.

 

[Billy Bats]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

 

[Wingnut]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Robyn reminds me of Silvio from the Sopranos.

 

[NCCommish]

So Dana has started making a move and Christine seems to still be doing alright. The men are just completely inconsistent from top to bottom. Any given week someone may step up but then next week you're lucky if they can make boiling water.

I have to say the designers were almost a caricature. But it was funny when the one was basically giving Guy the do me now stare.

 

[Ilov80s]

I ate at Steak in Vegas this weekend. It was very good, but nothing memorable when compared to other high end spots. We had 1 over cooked steak and a water glass with a chip in it. I wish Gordon was there to humiliate the staff over it.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Tiffany dropping farts all over the place made Kimmie less ugly. Dana is the only reasonably hot one left but she looks too much like this person for me to think twice about it. Her line about the runway stands being like having to carry Clemenza up the stairs might have been the best line ever on this show though.

 

[Wingnut]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Tiffany dropping farts all over the place made Kimmie less ugly.

Wat?It made Tiffany more disgusting than she already was, but it didnt affect Kimmie's ugliness....unless you mean Tiffany moved past Kimmie for most disgusting? And I'd have a hard time moving anyone past Kimmie in that department, even with the farting. Maybe a tie.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

holy #### when Kimmie was talking about dancing & the screen goes up & down .A new low for production with the chapshot but it had me laughing

Tremendous production value.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Tiffany dropping farts all over the place made Kimmie less ugly.

Wat?It made Tiffany more disgusting than she already was, but it didnt affect Kimmie's ugliness....unless you mean Tiffany moved past Kimmie for most disgusting? And I'd have a hard time moving anyone past Kimmie in that department, even with the farting. Maybe a tie.

Tiffany is a fat disgusting pig. All her antics with the getting drunk and not remembering who said what, her farting and her picking her ### all the time makes Kimmie less ugly by proxy. Kimmie is still a gigantic fat ghetto wannabee whore, sure. No one is arguing that, it's not really up for debate.

 

[Sarnoff]

Robyn reminds me of Silvio from the Sopranos.

HFS

 

[Wingnut]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Tiffany dropping farts all over the place made Kimmie less ugly.

Wat?It made Tiffany more disgusting than she already was, but it didnt affect Kimmie's ugliness....unless you mean Tiffany moved past Kimmie for most disgusting? And I'd have a hard time moving anyone past Kimmie in that department, even with the farting. Maybe a tie.

Tiffany is a fat disgusting pig. All her antics with the getting drunk and not remembering who said what, her farting and her picking her ### all the time makes Kimmie less ugly by proxy. Kimmie is still a gigantic fat ghetto wannabee whore, sure. No one is arguing that, it's not really up for debate.

Fair enough.

 

[slayer666]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Robyn reminds me of Silvio from the Sopranos.

 

[17seconds]

Anybody get Samuel L Jackson vibe from Barbie?

 

[identikit]

Anybody get Samuel L Jackson vibe from Barbie?

LOLYes, now that you mention it.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Anybody get Samuel L Jackson vibe from Barbie?

LOLYes, now that you mention it.

During every single episode I say, "Come on Sammy, don't let them do what they did to you in Deep Blue Sea again."ool

 

[Premier]

I think mixed teams at the get-go would be a good idea, maybe blacks vs white trash or something.

I would definitely watch that.

 

[NCCommish]

So Guy goes home. And I know the other team was all about Clemenza but based on service he deserved to be up there. The whole scallops thing and then the swordfish debacle. I would have probably put up Mister wipe the plate with a dirty rag myself.

 

[Premier]

Was surprised at Guy. Thought he was a contender.

 

[NCCommish]

Was surprised at Guy. Thought he was a contender.

Like all the guys this season he seems to have a consistency problem. Too up and down. But I don't think he was the worst blue chef at this point.

 

[Dragons]

They should have sent Royce home for hitting on the fat chick.

 

[Billy Bats]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Robyn reminds me of Silvio from the Sopranos.

I think of this every time she's on screen.

 

[optionmaven]

They should have sent Royce home for hitting on the fat chick.

Or not knowing how to dress a plate right. I know Clemenza got weeded on the scallops. All he had to do is start them all at the same time, at the same heat, and he would have been fine. I don't get how these experienced cooks don't use a timer, and or can't tell when a scallop is cooked just right. I was all WTF when I saw all those extra fish portions that were cooked though. Royce should have been chopped.

 

[17seconds]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Robyn reminds me of Silvio from the Sopranos.

I think of this every time she's on screen.

I didn't watch the Sopranos much. Is that Little Steven? Absolutely

 

[BuddyKnuckles]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Tiffany dropping farts all over the place made Kimmie less ugly. Dana is the only reasonably hot one left but she looks too much like this person for me to think twice about it. Her line about the runway stands being like having to carry Clemenza up the stairs might have been the best line ever on this show though.

i find Dana oddly attractive. not sure why, just want to see more of her

ETA: hot?

 

[Blind Tiger]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Tiffany dropping farts all over the place made Kimmie less ugly. Dana is the only reasonably hot one left but she looks too much like this person for me to think twice about it. Her line about the runway stands being like having to carry Clemenza up the stairs might have been the best line ever on this show though.

i find Dana oddly attractive. not sure why, just want to see more of her

ETA: hot?

Holy man hands! ETA that I would without hesitation.

 

[Tecumseh]

They should have sent Royce home for hitting on the fat chick.

Or not knowing how to dress a plate right. I know Clemenza got weeded on the scallops. All he had to do is start them all at the same time, at the same heat, and he would have been fine. I don't get how these experienced cooks don't use a timer, and or can't tell when a scallop is cooked just right. I was all WTF when I saw all those extra fish portions that were cooked though. Royce should have been chopped.

Ramsay may not allow it. He flipped out on Barbie for using a meat thermometer.

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Tiffany dropping farts all over the place made Kimmie less ugly. Dana is the only reasonably hot one left but she looks too much like this person for me to think twice about it. Her line about the runway stands being like having to carry Clemenza up the stairs might have been the best line ever on this show though.

i find Dana oddly attractive. not sure why, just want to see more of her

ETA: hot?

I think the word you're looking for is "dirty". I bet she is absolutely filthy when it counts.

 

[Wingnut]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Robyn reminds me of Silvio from the Sopranos.

I think of this every time she's on screen.

I didn't watch the Sopranos much. Is that Little Steven? Absolutely

Affirmative.

 

[BuddyKnuckles]

Kimmie is the most hideous thing I've ever seen on television. It should be illegal to broadcast her.

Yet somehow Robyn and her crooked lower lip is the one I really want to punch in the face. Really hard.

Robyn reminds me of Silvio from the Sopranos.

I think of this every time she's on screen.

I didn't watch the Sopranos much. Is that Little Steven? Absolutely

Affirmative.

she's all schtick right?