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08-14-2009, 10:28 PM
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| |  Anyone watch H-ll's Kitchen?
Why does it seem to me, and I fully understand that I know jack shoot compared to a chef, that some of the people on that show aren't fit to cook hotdogs and hamburgers at a kids birthday party? Honestly, some of them seem like they don't even know the bare mimum basics that I learned out of my $25 betty crocker cookbook.
Am I wrong about them? Am I missing something, or are some of them on par with kids at McDonalds?
My second question is, why the heck does everybody on that show (and I've never seen one who hasn't) SMOKE? Do all chefs and cooks smoke? 
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08-14-2009, 10:40 PM
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I think He11's kitchen is a popular joke here  |
08-15-2009, 07:23 PM
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08-15-2009, 10:14 PM
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that's the joke. i guess you didn't get it. that's ok. you're retired. the brain's godda go sometime....  
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08-15-2009, 10:24 PM
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And I hope that's a joke as well . . . you know that Kuan is one of the most respected chefs on the site, right?  |
08-16-2009, 06:22 AM
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Of course it's a joke! I'm amazed too at the lack of skill, although I was a bit sympathetic to Tek during the last episode where both sides got slammed on the grill.
As far as respected chefs? Well.. uhm. That's a stretch too! |
08-16-2009, 06:37 AM
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Speaking from my kitchen experience....the vast majority of the cooks I have worked with do smoke. I don't and never have...
As to the show....yeah...they have a few dunderheads on there....probably thrown in by the producers for entertainment..or in our case ANNOYMENT--factor. I was so glad to see that Lovely go. And I was really wondering about Tennille the "executive chef" when she kept trying to cook scallops in a pan half full of oil.
I do like Kevin....and Dave. I am hoping one of them will win. |
08-16-2009, 09:08 AM
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And kuan, I must say, a lot of good info for the regular guy in a crappy little book like a betty crocker. Everything else is on wikipedia. 
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08-16-2009, 11:34 AM
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Nothing those chefs cook looks good. That show is a joke. I do love Chef Ramsey though. I met him at a book signing....Beautiful, nice man. His show on the BBC is good, him revamping restaurants on the verge of shutting down. |
08-16-2009, 08:21 PM
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I think they toss in a few donkey's for entertainment value - they are the ones you wanna see fail....and fail badly.
I think people either love or hate Ramsay (or don't give a hoot!). I think he expects hard work and excellence and for people to push their limits to fulfill their potential. Kudos to him for caring.
He has rather forceful ways about him, but then, it happens elsewhere too in other people's kitchens, just not in front of the cameras. I'm pretty sure a portion of his ways are exaggerated for the program's ratings sake.
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08-16-2009, 08:28 PM
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I'm sure you're spot on, DC. I used to hate the guy, but then I actually WATCHED an episode... some of those people are useless. Now I really like him. but as you said, some of it is just shtick.
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08-18-2009, 03:32 PM
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I told myself I was going to stop watching it but then the stoner won last season, so it remains a guilty pleasure |
08-18-2009, 04:22 PM
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>I think they toss in a few donkey's for entertainment value <
A few donkeys?
I would say that if you added up all the contestents, from all the seasons, you could count the folks with any real cooking chops on one hand. And maybe have fingers left over.
As to becoming the executive chef in a major restuarant---I've yet to see any contestant, ever, who had any qualifications for that.
Like any reality show, the thing is scripted for entertainment value only. Including---I'm guessing from this week's promo---that Robert is going to almost die again, for the second season in a row. |
08-19-2009, 09:00 AM
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Like any reality show, the thing is scripted for entertainment value only. Including---I'm guessing from this week's promo---that Robert is going to almost die again, for the second season in a row.[/QUOTE]
I seriously hope this becomes a reoccurring gag for every new season, sort of a "Oh my God, they killed Kenney!" type of thing.
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08-27-2009, 03:42 PM
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Von,
I am no Betty Crocker or Martha Stewart but you are 100 % right. They look like they would have a hard time frying an egg.
And the smoking ???? Who hires on these actors, because they are not, and I repeat, they are not Chefs.
I would jump in that kitchen and take on those nutbreads at one time because they all look like they need the help. | | |
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