"AH ET A CHEF!"
Let’s talk for a minute about Hell’s Kitchen®.
"What is that awful smell? Oh, Hi, Gordy."
I have no desire whatsoever to work for Gordon Ramsay. And I don’t understand why anyone would. Oh, I’ll give him some credit for being Scottish, although I’m not hearing a Glasgow accent. I’ll bet it comes back when he gets drunk.
Seriously: why would you put yourself through that kind of abuse?
“Oh, but think how much you’d learn.”
Bullshit. What do the people on the show learn? How to make a risotto flow so the bastard won’t throw it against a wall? How to make a Wellington so it perfectly matches Ramsay (golden brown outside, bloody inside)? Yep, that’s going to take you far.
“Oh, but Gordon has three Michelin stars.”
Great, after the show, everyone recognizes you from how you screwed-up on TV, but it’s a good thing because your screw-ups were screamed out with f-bombs and spittle by a three-time Michelin star winner. And Gordo’s accolades might even turn the jury against you when you beat the man to a bloody pulp with a French whisk.
The problem with Hell’s Kitchen is that they’re not competing for a cash prize (supposedly). The winner gets a job as head chef at a prestigious restaurant (supposedly). Well, super, but everyone on the show has some kind of background cooking (supposedly). If they were qualified to run a restaurant like that, wouldn’t someone give them a job doing so?
All’s I can figure out is:
A.) The contestants just want to be on TV, which, I’m sorry, is pathetic.
B.) The contestants are lazy: they want to skip steps on their career ladders and jump right into a position that they’re not ready for.
C.) The contestants just like getting abused by a Scotsman. Which is fine, but you don’t need Ramsay for that. I’ll gladly abuse them AND teach them how to make decent barbecue.
I know, Ramsay's not remotely fat. But there's a resemblance in the two bastards, you gotta admit.
I can’t decide what’s worse: the fact that the contestants are deranged enough to go on the show, or that I’m deranged enough to keep watching it.
Comments
You know what Pat, I worked with three chefs and 2 of them were exactly like him! The third was a little Sally and emotional most of the time, but still could be a big ASS! To work in a kitchen you need really thick skin. 99.9 % of all chefs are just big loud and rude! And if any of the contestants have worked in a decent kitchen in the past they know this fact. These people are not qualified for the show or even a fine dining resturant. PUSSY'S all of them. If you notice his Sous Chefs are even rough, bitchy and short tempered and ill mannored.
Posted by: Tony B. aka Da Mailman | July 2, 2007 9:58 PM