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Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, August 01, 2005 - 7:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Dang this show is making me hungry an all I got is leftovers.

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Monday, August 01, 2005 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hamsterlady a private message Print Post    
Woohoo! Michael won!!!!!!

Congrats to Michael!!!!!

He chose to go to London with Chef Ramsay instead of opening his own restaurant. I would have chosen the same thing myself.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Monday, August 01, 2005 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
OK fine, I have a feeling the "younger" one won! More 'mold-able' Not that I think Ralph was anything to write home about, but he seemed to do better in the kitchen, more commanding, comendeering than Michael... it was as if the food was secondary... more drama in Ralph's kitchen tho...

I think Michael was the better (maybe even 'obvious') choice for London...

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Monday, August 01, 2005 - 8:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hamsterlady a private message Print Post    
Ralph got nothing though.

Knightpatti
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12-06-2001

Monday, August 01, 2005 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Knightpatti a private message Print Post    
Does anyone think that there never was a restaurant to win? I believe that the whole planned was to take an apprentice to London. I also think that Ramsey probably had Michael picked along time ago for that. Great Show tonight!

Do you make a decision to go to London on the spur of the moment before discussing it with your wife?

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Monday, August 01, 2005 - 9:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    

quote:


Ralph got nothing though




Neither did the team that lost on Trading Spaces: Home Free. I was rooting for the team that lost...even voted for them.

Congrats to Michael...though, either one of them could have won and I would have been ok with it. He made the right choice. Why have your own restaurant now..when you can train with one of he best for a few years...then open a restaurant that could rival Ramsey's. Heck, take Ramsey's job even.

For being the most unreal reality show...I thought it was great and the finale fun.

Most scripted moments:

"Ralph, only half your wallpaper arrived."

"Michael, your booths were supposed to be here today but they're not."

Best line of the night:

Dewberry to Ralph when he came back from nearly passing out...and Ralph was praising him, telling him how great he was..and Dewberry says, "Just tell me I'm Brad Pitt's wife." LOL!

Beruthiel
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10-08-2002

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 3:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beruthiel a private message Print Post    
Hmm, seems as though I'm against the grain, but I didn't want Michael to win. He was a sneak, and if you have to sabotage your opponents, which he did several times, in order to win, rather than on your own merits, then you don't deserve the prize. I'm thinking Chef Ramsay might be sorry he chose as he did, one of these days, as I recall that movie where the understudy usurps the star, by using similar methods. Poor Ralph!
But it was a heck of a good reality series!

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 6:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
Good show. It was clear, to me, that Michael would win at some point during the first hour. The design of his restaurant was hip and current where Ralph was stuck in a style, with his food also, of an era gone by. Steak house fare is old.

I adored the name Lola Pop, for his restaurant. Cute meaning and very catchy!

Asking Michael to choose an internship in England vs his own restaurant, on the spot, was odd. It is a decision that requires time and discussion with his wife. It seemed this was Ramsay's plan all along and an much easier one to produce than building a restaurant in the winners home town.

I think Michael made a poor choice. He will be forgotten by the time he returns to the states and eventually opens his own place. Right now he is in peoples minds and would gather quite an audience. He would be mentioned all over the press and certainly a follow up on national TV somewhere.

Intern with Ramsay smacks of more laborous work as an employee rather than running his own life.

Ralph was crushed. He seemed so sure he would win. I assume this will open doors for him, not certain how though. He wants to run his own show. Perhaps a backer will show up willing to invest.

It was sweet of Ramsay to grab Ralph, hug him, and drag him into the finale.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 7:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
I really hoped that Michael would win because to me it is all about the food, and his entrees were consistently the preferred choice. I mean come on, if you can get someone to prefer TUNA to FILET MIGNON you must have something special. And again, braised ribs compared to a Porterhouse?? This guy could COOK.

I think he made the right choice to go with Chef Ramsey. Chef Ramsey has all the connections to get Michael the startup money for a restaurant any day of the week. Michael was a little over his head when it came to running a hotplate and could use some additional training in running a kitchen. He will get it with one of the best and get to build a reputation in Europe as well as the US.

I think that Ralph will get the backing for a restaurant or chain of restaurants from someone - his ideas were more mass market than cuisine. Heck, I would eat there, love steak and I can't really think of a higher end chain of steakhouses. There's Outback (which does not do a great job with steak, imho, I think they do better with the seafood and pork) and Logan Roadhouse, which is downmarket. Morton's and Ruth Criss are both very high end. I don't know what he was charging in Lulu and Frankie's, but at Morton's their signature steak is close to $40 and that is just for the steak, no sides included.

Laura11103
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08-13-2002

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Laura11103 a private message Print Post    
I was rooting for Ralph, think he deserved it more. Michael sabotaged people as Beruthial pointed out which was very unprofessional, Ralph never did that. I thought the most important thing is to get the food out not think of you're own advancement...

anyway, I liked Michael anyway but wish Ralph won, I hope he gets some backers and is able to advance his career with the help of being on this show.

Great series, loved every minute of it!

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 8:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
did anyone see the hug between elsie and ramsay? she seemed pretty extremely excited, and i'm sure it wasn't about michael winning. wouldn't be surprised she's getting an offer of some type. he liked her personally way too much.

jessica won't make it past sou chef. she doesn't have the talent.

michael has something in his repertoie of foods that is special.

ralph, could do well with his big personality.

as for steak houses, cole's chop house here in the napa valley is HUGE! ralph would do well to emulate this sort of place.


Faerygdds
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08-29-2000

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Faerygdds a private message Print Post    
Well... down here in Texas... We have a Steakhouse a mile... Saltgrass, Outback, Steak and Ale, etc etc etc... beef is SO overdone here. I saw the two menus and thought... I'd want to go to Lola Pop! MUCH more interesting!

Mizinvanccouver
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02-22-2003

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mizinvanccouver a private message Print Post    
I really enjoyed last nights finale. I too thought it was low how Michael sabatoged Elsie and Ralph.

Someone said Ralph never sabatoged anyone but he did. Remember Elsie's last week when they all wouldn't help her?? Ralph ignored her pleas for help too.

My boyfriend called it on the first episode that Michael would win, just by the way he looked. My boyfriend said that he looked like he belonged the most in a kitched called "Hell's Kitchen". lol

Oh ya, one other thing wasn't it funny when Dewberry came back from his fainting spell and Ralph planted a big wet one right on his kisser??

Just one more thing...lol...boy was Jessica ever whiny in the kitchen during the finale.

End of 2 bits! (or more like 3-4. lol)

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Terolyn a private message Print Post    
I think that once they made it to the final 2, the producers of the show probably told them that the winner would choose between a restaurant or internship in London. That way they would have time to think it over and discuss it with thier families.

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Several things..... LOVED this finale! The fact that I could not wait to see how they wrapped it all up sort of surprises me, as I felt this show was so staged in the beginning... but by the end I did not care about that. I bonded with the players and also wound up with a crush on Chef!

Ramsay was interviewed on our local Fox news last night. He has plans to open an L.A. restaurant next year. Trendy, gourmet, no butter, no cream, were all mentioned in describing the cuisine. Stay tuned.... I'll report as soon as I can get a reservation.

Have heard nothing about a Hell's Kitchen 2, but I know my Tivo will be waiting for such an announcement.

Congratulations to Michael - his dishes looked mouth-watering and Lola Pop, an endearing name and concept.



P.S. I was sorry about Chuck, he was such a promising member of the cast.

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
One more thing.... during the finale, one of our cats wasn't feeling well, so we kept pausing Tivo. At some point, during the scene where Dewberry had a case of the vapors in the kitchen, and our cat had left the room, I turned to my DH and said, "do you think he's OK?"

He turned to me and said, "Dewberry?"

I could not stop laughing.... of course I was asking about the cat. Happy, now, that both the cat and Dewberry seemed to have recovered nicely.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 10:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
oh chuck had the best cioppino for his birthday last night, and i don't think it mattered to him that he didn't win, just that no one messed with his knives!

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Happy Birthday, Chuck!

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
as for cole's chop house, here is the link: http://www.coleschophouse.com/
they are not a chain such as outback steakhouse, but a single restaurant. VERY HIGH END!


Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Landi, I've got a little drool going for their menu. I'd like to put the top down right now and drive north for the veal chop!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Landi, I caught Ramsay twirling Elsie around. He actually had her off her feet.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
I don't think there is going to be a Hells Kitchen 2 unless they are planning a different format. The building now has a for lease sign on it. Someone posted this earlier in this thread.

I like Ramsay. I had seen his show on BBCA so, coming into this, I knew his outrageous barking was for drama and only part of the entire man.

He may be offering a contestant or two a place in his new restaurant. Perhaps that was why Ralph seemed to recover very quickly after Ramsay gave him a hug and they strutted into the finale. Ralph appeared to be very up considering his dreams had just flown out the window.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
i was reading ramsay's bio on the hell's kitchen website. he has opened ALOT of restaurants. i'm sure that the top four would have jobs with him somewhere.

did anyone notice how scott and maryann never flinched around ramsay? i'm sure they worked for him for a long time, and know it's just an act.

bonza, i've eaten at cole's once, and it was FANTASTIC. the vanilla bean creme brulee is to DIE for! i had the rib eye and the asparagus. it is DANG expensive, but man, it is good!


Ramsfan
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01-27-2004

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ramsfan a private message Print Post    
Someone said Ralph never sabatoged anyone but he did. Remember Elsie's last week when they all wouldn't help her?? Ralph ignored her pleas for help too.


I'm not sure exactly what Michael did to Ralph, but I don't think Ralph sabotaged Elsie by not helping her. I don't think it was his responsibility to help her and eventually she would have to get it together. }

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
it was their job to work as a team. they (ralph, michael, jessica) failed to communicate with her, because they were all jealous of elsie winning the prize of being on the tv talk show.