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Hell’s Kitchen (2005)
Introducing foul mouthed famous chef Gordon Ramsey.
This is another “Big Brother” in the kitchen, or better: American Idol (again in the kitchen) without Simon Cowell. Ramsey is despicable, blunt, mean, anything you want, but the guy does know his stuff. This is not a famous “can cook some stuff” guy, it’s a Michelin star awarded chef and these stars are really not being given like candy.
His constant bickering and cursing makes all his shows, even if some feel it’s too extreme.
Each season starts with a bunch of aspiring chefs, some with diplomas and experience, others just with the passion. All of them are treated equally bad in the beginning, the first episodes showing an enraged Ramsey who’s close to burning them alive, not only kicking their behind from the show.
What I like a lot is that all the “weaklings” are thrown away from the contest pronto, while the ones who don’t have the experience, but have proved to be serious and passionate are taken from the show after a very kind comment from Ramsey. There was one case of a woman who lacked any specialized schooling and he offered the money and chance for her to get a diploma, that will surely help her secure a career as a chef.
As foul mouthed and mean as he appears in the first 6-7 episodes of each show, Gordon Ramsey seems FAIR and even kind, when the weaker contestants are no longer there and the ones remaining start working closer to his super-high standards. I have to say this is something to admire. In the end, it’s a show and he’s giving it all for it, but can’t say I’ve seen him compromise his integrity.
Another aspect I like is that, even if some contestants seemed to “weird” to me, as a very conservative person, their quirks had nothing to do with them being kept in the contest and even winning it, based on their constantly improving performances.
So, if you can handle some swearing and heat, this is surely worth watching. I can say my interest for cooking started after seeing these episodes, so there’s an added value to it.
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