Anyone comment?

Dave Smith said:

I could be responsible for that confusion :-) Someone else had referred to
Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. It was (still is) on Food Network Canada. IMO,
it was on far too often.

So it was the "Emeril" of Canada?
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Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

Dave Smith said:

Default User said:

Quoted message said:

> Hell's Kitchen is decent. I also enjoy Kitchen Nightmares,
> which I just say a new series will be running on BBC America
> starting soon.

That is probably a more appropriate venue for it than the Food
channel. A half dozen hour long episodes of a restaurant
consultant who likes to swear a lot to demolish kitchen staff
egos. It seemed to e on Food TV almost every time I switched to
it, and it's one of the reasons that I dropped that channel.

I'm confused. What show are you talking about on Food TV? I can't
think of one like that.

Maybe I am the one that is confused.... Ramsey's Kitchen Disasters or
something like that.

I don't recall that being on FoodTV in the USA. Someone mentioned
Canada. Here, Kitchen Nightmares ran on BBC America. In fact I see they
plan a marathon tomorrow (Sunday).

Brian

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won't shut up.
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sf said:

Dave Smith said:

I could be responsible for that confusion :-) Someone else had
referred to Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. It was (still is) on Food
Network Canada. IMO, it was on far too often.

So it was the "Emeril" of Canada?

I realize you're joking, but it's a different sort of show. Ramsey goes
to failing restaurants and tries to straighten them out.

Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Default User said:

sf said:

Dave Smith said:

I could be responsible for that confusion :-) Someone else had
referred to Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. It was (still is) on Food
Network Canada. IMO, it was on far too often.

So it was the "Emeril" of Canada?

I realize you're joking, but it's a different sort of show. Ramsey goes
to failing restaurants and tries to straighten them out.

Yes, I was joking (glad you figured it out)... I was referring to the
time on air, not type. Not sure if I've ever seen Ramsey's Kitchen
Nightmares - I don't even recall hearing of it before this.
--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.

Dave Smith said:

Default User said:

Dave Smith said:

Default User wrote:

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>> Fox TV has a cooking show? That's a nightmare all by itself.
>>
> Hell's Kitchen is decent. I also enjoy Kitchen Nightmares, which I
> just say a new series will be running on BBC America starting soon.
>
That is probably a more appropriate venue for it than the Food
channel. A half dozen hour long episodes of a restaurant consultant
who likes to swear a lot to demolish kitchen staff egos. It seemed to
e on Food TV almost every time I switched to it, and it's one of the
reasons that I dropped that channel.

I'm confused. What show are you talking about on Food TV? I can't think
of one like that.

I could be responsible for that confusion :-) Someone else had referred to
Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. It was (still is) on Food Network Canada. IMO,
it was on far too often.

It was interesting enough to see it once or twice, but there were a number
of episodes and in each one he goes into a failing restaurant, usually run
by someone who has no idea how to run a restaurant, and who have hired a
cook who really doesn't know much about cooking or running a kitchen, and
who is supposed to be supervising a crew who generally don't give a damn.
He generally creates confrontations with the staff, runs them down,
embarrasses them, swears a lot. It would make an interesting special, but
the format gets tired very quickly. it is just as well there were only a
few episodes, but they run them over and over and over.

I don't know why you'd want to watch Kitchen Nightmares more than once.
The entertainment wasn't really Ramsey so much as the people running the
restaurants. The first place was just indescribably awful, Ramsey got
food poisoning from the sample meal! The kindest thing you can say about
the owner and the "chef" is that they were both simpletons.

As the show progressed the restaurants actually improved until they got
to the final place which once been a famous gourmet establishment that
depended for its success on the passion of the original owners. One of
the big problems for the new owners, if I remember correctly, was
getting decent staff to leave London for the provinces. And of course
they had to get on top of the financials, which Ramsey understands very
well.

Ramsey is quite competent as a chef and, I would say, very competent as
a businessman. He is naturally short tempered and foul mouthed, but I
reckon he plays to the camera. Rick Stein would never do for a show like
this, he's too much of a gentleman. (And of course, here we come to the
English class thing that is the subtext to all their popular
entertainment - Ramsey's an unashamed oik, which adds to the fun when
they let him loose on the posh place next to the golf club.) The shows
are not what I would call food TV, they are reality TV.

Christine

Christine

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I don't know why you'd want to watch Kitchen Nightmares more than once.
The entertainment wasn't really Ramsey so much as the people running the
restaurants. The first place was just indescribably awful, Ramsey got food
poisoning from the sample meal! The kindest thing you can say about the
owner and the "chef" is that they were both simpletons.

As the show progressed the restaurants actually improved until they got to
the final place which once been a famous gourmet establishment that
depended for its success on the passion of the original owners. One of the
big problems for the new owners, if I remember correctly, was getting
decent staff to leave London for the provinces. And of course they had to
get on top of the financials, which Ramsey understands very well.

Ramsey is quite competent as a chef and, I would say, very competent as a
businessman. He is naturally short tempered and foul mouthed, but I reckon
he plays to the camera. Rick Stein would never do for a show like this,
he's too much of a gentleman. (And of course, here we come to the English
class thing that is the subtext to all their popular entertainment -
Ramsey's an unashamed oik, which adds to the fun when they let him loose
on the posh place next to the golf club.) The shows are not what I would
call food TV, they are reality TV.

Christine

Thanks for all who posted regarding Ramsay's shows. I'd never heard of him.
About the only thing that's on BBC that I would watch similar is Fawlty
Towers. I hope this is amusing. I'm going to be recording tomorrow for
watching later.

I have the Monty Pythons and Absolutely Fabulous DVD sets. I gave away my
Fawlty Towers - pooh on me!
Now that you know what I like, does anyone know of any other classic
nonsense that I might like? - the Silly's that the run on PBS Saturday
nights - or used to?- are not my style. Or know of any other BBC shows on
Dish that you like and would like to recommend?
Thanks,
Dee Dee