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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 8:33 pm
LOL!
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 8:37 pm
Shouldn't Dewberry be a mortician?
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Ramsfan
Member
01-27-2004
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 10:28 pm
"Sure looks like Elsie is being edited for the win or at least the final two. We have yet to see her competition. " Eww I hope not. I have taken an instant dislike of her. Was she the one that Ramsay wanted to sit next to?
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 10:55 pm
I think that Ralph is good, and I like the guy that was fighting with the girl about meat temperatures. And the freakish guy who sat out of the squid competition.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 8:37 am
The "guests" would not be given payment unless they were in the acting union (either for SAG or for extras). They would had to have signed waivers and confidentiality agreements. And known ahead of time that they would be solicited for opinions. Most of them are probably actor-wannabes (you know, the type that turn up on Blind Date, Elimidate, etc). And the meal would be free (of course). I'm also wondering how you mess up that badly if you have all the prep done before you open, have 5 or 6 people and still can't put out 50 dishes every hour???? And these are folks with cooking experience? Very low stress response thresholds. 'squeek'
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 9:38 am
I'm not sure Kona, even with everything prepped, it's still pretty hard to turn out GOOD food. I think another major this is the "pans" area. That kind of a la minute cooking requires everyone to be on their game at the same time. Sure one person pulls out a perfect Wellington, but if the sauce tastes like crap, Ramsay will throw it all out. I don't think he has sauces just ready to drizzle on. Part of me is with you though, No matter how hard Ramsay is on the dishes, I would think that they would get to mains on at least a few tables. I'm wondering how big the restaurant is, that they cannot put out all of the appies in 2 hours. Another concern is whether they are "waving the kitchen" or not. The reason why hostesses "time" tables a few minutes apart, is so that the kitchen doesn't get 50 tables' bills all at one time. That 50th table is obviously going to be waiting a long time for food. The restaurant I work at has an immense patio, that seats up to 300 people, but when customers arrive all at once, we force them to wait a few minutes between each table being sat, so as not to screw the kitchen up. Restaurants that run 1st and 2nd dinner seatings need to be especially well organized, in order to make up for slamming the kitchen all at once. What I'm wondering is how hard it's going to be, once a bunch of people are fired, and only 3 people are running a huge kitchen. Will they limit the number of guests? How will they work it? Will they be able to bring people in to help? Or maybe it will be like the Apprentice, where they bring back the crappy cooks, and we see how well the final people can "lead" in the kitchen. Did anyone notice that they added the calamari dish to the menu, but then the server who was verbalizing the menu said "5 appies, 5 entrees, 5 desserts"? If they added the calamari, one of those numbers should have been 6. It's good that they had servers to deal with the dining room this time. But then that makes me wonder, why is there all this focus on the kitchen, if the winner gets their own restaurant. There is so much more to a restaurant than the cooking. Wine, service standards, inventories, etc. I wonder if they will be tested in these areas as well.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 11:16 am
ROFL..... all of your comments have me laughing hysterically!!!!! Copper, eh Terolyn? Too funny!! And all of the names and comments....this is funnier than the show! LOL
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 11:52 am
Yeah.. copper blech. I went to change the color last night and of course I had only a thimble full of remover. So here I type with my copper nails.... At least today I had the foresight to wear Brown. 
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 2:33 pm
Since this is the first show, I bet most of the guests are friends or have some connection with production with some extras to fill out the number, perhaps. They have been hand chosen for their looks, as well. I think the diners who approached the kitchen were directed to do so. And the pizza was clearly staged! No restaurant ever experiences all the diners sitting down at once, so it is all planned drama around the wait time and diners leaving. I hope, as the numbers dwindle, we will get to see more of the food preparation. I am curious to know how things can be so disastrous with most things clearly prepped ahead. The Beef Wellington needs only to be baked for a prescribed amount of minutes for each doneness and it cannot be served over medium rare because the puff pastry that surrounds it would burn. As I stated above, this is one to check logic at the door and sit back and enjoy the show. I watched two episodes of Ramsey's Nightmares and Gordon is a very compelling and compassionate man. He has sharp edges but they are understandable in the context of this show and not over the top.
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Awareinva
Member
08-13-2001
| Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 6:43 am
About two minutes into the first show, DH and I were making "oh come on, this is so fake" type comments, but I must admit.... we ended up watching the full two hours! LOL Something about this show hooked us in and I'll probably watch more- sigh.... I'm such a "reality" and/or "faux reality" junkie. I really need to see someone about getting the help I so desparately need. Oh and Terolyn... I know what you mean about the nails. DD painted mine a "lovely" aqua green the other night- it may be cool with the kids but boy, oh boy, 40 something moms should NOT wear green polish. I kept seeing my nails all day wondering "OMG what have I got on my hands!!"
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Jarryjayo
Member
06-09-2004
| Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 2:56 pm
I've seen Gordon Ramseys programs on Foodtv canada and he does normaly swear in his kitchen but in this show he is coming across as an A$$ Hole. I think that the Producers have played with the show and have asked Gordon to act that way. but in real life and in his real restaurants and he's got three of them. he does not act that way. he would not swear at a customer. I really feel sad for the guy because he is a great person in real life and has done some great tv shows for the BBC. Thats FOX TV for you.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 7:12 pm
(((Gordon))) 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 9:18 pm
I'll have to pay attention tomorrow night... I thought it appeared that they had staggered the guests, so that the kitchen wouldn't get so slammed. But then again, it does appear that both kitchens did all appetizers and then switched to all mains. I don't know about y'all, but about the third time I hadda say "yes chef" to Ramsey after he cursed at me, I'd pretty much tell him to take his "yes chef" and shove it. There is no way I would take that kind of treatment, and no way it's worth it for a chance to run your own restaurant. I think this guy gets a kick outta humiliating people. And that's just not nice. (Oh wait! I just quit my job cause I had a manager -- a VP --that did that! <grin>)
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Monday, June 13, 2005 - 7:17 pm
Anybody else watching right now? Edited at 6:09 board time - Anybody? It's looking really good. Somebody finally stands up to him. And somebody quits for good tonight. Can't wait to find out who it/they are. 
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Jennabeesmommy
Member
06-06-2004
| Monday, June 13, 2005 - 7:38 pm
Way to go Costacat! I did the same thing a month ago. I make way less money now, but am much less stressed and have a lot more family time, so it is very worth it.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, June 13, 2005 - 7:42 pm
Ack. Glad you posted. I forgot again--still watching Court TV and forgot about the time. So I just tuned in. I see one group wins some sort of preliminary test--gets to go to a pub with Chef Ramsey. The other had to stay home and clean the dorms perfectly. Now the dinner prep--team against team in restaurant situation.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Monday, June 13, 2005 - 7:45 pm
The prelim contest was each team was given the responsibility of coming up with a five course meal for Chef Ramsey. They were given $100 and 10 minutes to shop for the ingredients at the market. He liked 3 of each of the courses from each team. So to break the tie he picked the team that had the best overall courses that worked with each other. Red team won.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, June 13, 2005 - 7:47 pm
Thanks, Hamsterlady!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, June 13, 2005 - 7:48 pm
2 food critics are patrons tonight.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Monday, June 13, 2005 - 7:53 pm
I really don't like Jeff and found it quite hilarious that Chef Ramsey yelled at him.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Monday, June 13, 2005 - 7:54 pm
Good lord, some lady in the restaurant just puked after eating the blue team's too salty risotto. Now that's good tv!
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Monday, June 13, 2005 - 7:56 pm
Hahahaha. Jeff's being called out for calling Chef Ramsey an ****ole.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, June 13, 2005 - 7:57 pm
Jeff never should have tried to get on this show.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Monday, June 13, 2005 - 8:00 pm
Now Jeff has walked out on the red team. Chef Ramsey tells them that Jeff will not be returning to Hell's Kitchen. His team is not happy with him to say the least.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Monday, June 13, 2005 - 8:05 pm
The blue team loses tonight. Wow. Ralph is picked by Chef Ramsey to nominate two of his team members to get kicked out.
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