Chef Gordon Ramsey needs a hit TV show

[winterknight]

Besides, if he was such a great chef, why would his restaurants have to call for take-away tandoori chicken and blamange?

Read the article.

It wasn't the restaurant he personally chefs in, it was a chain of bistros he happens to own. And he also owns the catering business that prepared the so-called "ready meals".

 

[gsdx]

Besides, if he was such a great chef, why would his restaurants have to call for take-away tandoori chicken and blamange?

Read the article.

I read the article a long time ago when it happened. I wrote that just because it's not every day I get to write "take-away tandoori chicken and blamange".

(Both, incidentally, were in homage to Mrs. Slocombe and Mr. Humphries.)

 

[zoltanspawn]

Klassay.

 

[G-Lexington]

>>>I have worked in restaurants all my life. Chefs in America are expected to be strong and stern, but diplomatic. A verbally abusive one wouldn't last very long in most places, unless he owned the restaurant in which he worked. And then, he would have the most appalling turnover rate.

Presumably a major reason American restaurants are so inferior to European ones.

Lex

 

[G-Lexington]

Sorry - was the sarcasm filter off?

Lex

 

[Tadaa]

Working on a line is tough. People don't realize how stressful working in a restaurant can be, especially in the back of the house.

I like Hell's Kitchen. I never go out of my way to watch, but if it's on I'm entertained.

 

[Mendax]

I think Gordon makes great TV, and I watch all his shows...the British version of Kitchen Nightmares (you can catch it on BBC America) is better in my opinion because it is not all DRAMA every little second like American TV likes to make things, though I guess I am a hypocrite because I watch Hell's Kitchen too, which is completely overblown. The British version of Kitchen Nightmares is much more toned down, Gordon does the narration instead of a crappy studio narrator, and everything seems more real. The F Word (also on BBC America) also shows Gordon's....nicer...side, and is a kind of cooking variety show. I'm kinda addicted to BBC America, lol.

 

[pmpinla]

I didn't say he needs another hit show. He needs the one he already has, mainly because his restaurants are crapping out and closing all over the place.

Besides, if he was such a great chef, why would his restaurants have to call for take-away tandoori chicken and blamange?

GSDX, I had to laugh when you mentioned blancmange, since it was one of the dreadful deserts I was force fed in an English boarding school. Sometimes it's referred to as "shape", because that's all it is; it has no taste, no substance, no aroma, just a form. It sits there like a blob of jello, but unlike jello, it has no taste. As you can deduce from the the two French words which make up its name, its vaguely white and meant to be eaten. I don't think even pigs would eat it willingly. Certainly at school we only ate it under protest. It was good, however, for use in food fights

 

[chillyboi]

never really got into him
give me Jamie Oliver any day !!

 

[SirJude]

Before he needs a hit TV show he needs to learn how to treat his staff like human beings and clean up his potty mouth.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

GSDX, I had to laugh when you mentioned blancmange, since it was one of the dreadful deserts I was force fed in an English boarding school. Sometimes it's referred to as "shape", because that's all it is; it has no taste, no substance, no aroma, just a form. It sits there like a blob of jello, but unlike jello, it has no taste. As you can deduce from the the two French words which make up its name, its vaguely white and meant to be eaten. I don't think even pigs would eat it willingly. Certainly at school we only ate it under protest. It was good, however, for use in food fights

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