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Archive through July 18, 2006

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Sadiesmom
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03-13-2002

Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 9:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sadiesmom a private message Print Post    
Interesting theory Alisons - too bad there are too many incapable and not enough capable.

Jodied75
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08-26-2004

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jodied75 a private message Print Post    
Is the show on this week? I don't see it listed.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
next show is July 10th I think Jo

Fabnsab
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08-07-2000

Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 11:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fabnsab a private message Print Post    
I just started watching this show this season. For those of you who watched last season...did they ever do anything creative? IMO, he is just training them to be good line cooks. Where does the creativity and talent come in? I want to watch potential chefs make beautiful food with top notch ingredients. I don't want to watch a bunch of misfits sling hash and get yelled at.

Top Chef was so much better for the contestants and channeling their talents. GR is funny to watch but thats about it. Was last year different?

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 5:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
IIRC, the only time they got to show their creativity in Season 1 was when it got down to the final 2 (aside from the initial "signature dish" prep). The final challenge was to set up their dream restaurant and they got to choose everything from decor to the menu.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, July 02, 2006 - 7:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I don't think these cooks could HANDLE being creative! You have to know your way around a kitchen in order to create good-tasting dishes, and their "signature" dishes certainly didn't indicate they knew how to do that!

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 3:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
They had individual challenges before the last two last year where they had to make dishes - remember that one nice woman who was a mother of six or something won the one where she got to be on TV?

I too prefer the format of Top Chef, however.

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 3:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
That is true, Alisons, I had forgotten that one. I think the challenge was to make a meal out of leftovers or something...Elsie made soup and won. I think that was a later challenge, so maybe something like that will be coming up this season, too. You know the more I think about Season 1, I realize how little I remember...the only challenge I even remember is them making some sort of fruit flambe!

I think maybe a mix of Top Chef/Hell's Kitchen would be cool. The first challenge could always individual, giving them a chance to show what they can do, but we could still get the kitchen stuff, too. What I'd also like to see on these shows, is blind judging. Just having the food there, without knowing which chef made it (would also work in things like the steak cutting comp). Would take away the chance of any favoritism playing into the judging. The judges would find out who prepared what after the food had been judged, so that could be taken into consideration for the elimination round.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Monday, July 10, 2006 - 8:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Shoot.. no spoilers? I set my VCR to tape this since I was watching Treasure Hunters and the tape ran out before the new episode and then the timer didn't turn back on when I put a new tape in and of course, I didn't notice since I was watching in another room. The "boys" were watching out here!

Ritsin
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05-07-2005

Monday, July 10, 2006 - 8:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ritsin a private message Print Post    
Red team lost. Virginia was the best of the lot and nominated Rachel and Mirabel after going to great lengths explaining how Sara sabotaged her (Virginia) the week before. Rachel was a disaster in the meat station, everything was either undercooked or overcooked. Mirabel made excuses about a black hair being found in a customer's meal.

Rachel sent home.

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 1:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Too bad you missed it Watching...last night's show had one of those rare moments where you see the softer side of Ramsay. He said some really nice things to Keith about how much potential he had if he would stop letting his attitude get in the way. I thought he was also pretty nice to Rachel when he sent her home. I think he liked her and just wished she'd performed well enough to be able to stay.

I couldn't believe Mirabel was trying to shift the blame to Jean-Pierre on the black hair thing. And Rachel putting broth or sauce on the wellington hoping it would LOOK like it wasn't overcooked? She deserved to go home for that alone.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 3:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
At least we know Sara can cut the cheese :-)

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 3:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
LOL Ketch!! Well, hopefully, they'll show it again next week before the new one like they did this week.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Monday, July 17, 2006 - 5:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Chef is about to ream out Sara. <crosses fingers> :-)

Idolworship
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05-07-2003

Monday, July 17, 2006 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Idolworship a private message Print Post    
<waiting, breathlessly>

Well, well? Did he kick her to the curb (in that sweet little way of his)?

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Monday, July 17, 2006 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Oh my freaking GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maribel gets axed!!!!!!!!!!!

whooopdedoooooooooooooooooooo

What a shocker...NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Idolworship
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05-07-2003

Monday, July 17, 2006 - 6:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Idolworship a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Ketchuplover! I guess the black hair came back to haunt her. Two more hours, here...

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Monday, July 17, 2006 - 6:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Poor Maribel. She's not a bad person, but she's not a leader. When she asked if she could say something and Virginia said no, she shut up. Instead of taking that kind of treatment she should have said "let me rephrase that, this is what I think...". If Virginia had argued with her she should have continued to insist that she be heard. If she was still ignored she should kick Virginia's behind so far up between her shoulder-blades that she would have to take off her shirt to go to the bathroom. (there's a much cruder way of putting that, but I don't want to be modded )

Even when one of them beats out the others, don't any of them realize that the employer can still fire the winner at any time? If the contract states that the chef must be employed for a full year, then the winner can be made executive chef in charge of garnish. How about executive chef in charge of receiving? Spend all day checking things in off of trucks. How about executive chef in charge of ensuring sanitation and safety is being observed and implimented in all areas of the flow of food.

This show is absolutely not the same caliber as Top Chef. I think that maybe one of the reasons they haven't gone beyond the wellington and risotto much this season is because they are doing so badly. Too many of these people can't cook!

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Monday, July 17, 2006 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Yup...for all their talk; I can't see a one of them running a million/billion dollar resort resturaunt.

I wouldn't let Keith or Garrett fix corn dogs for my kids.

And I'm afraid the poison dripping from Sara would taint even the sourest lemon.

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Monday, July 17, 2006 - 9:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
I feel sorry for Maribel, but if there's one rule on these kinds of reality shows, like this and Trump, it's that you don't complain that you weren't heard/listened to. It's seen as weakness, and off you go.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 1:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
This show has zero credibility. The prize has to be loaded with holes. Why not just give a cash prize, new kitchen, scholarship to a fancy cooking school or something more in keeping with the contestants skill. We all know the winner will not run a multi million dollar kitchen.

Carrie92
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09-15-2003

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 7:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carrie92 a private message Print Post    
What happened to the show they advertised last night? - I was expecting some major kitchen accident with "blood everywhere"

Sara disgusts me. She has zero integrity. If she had her own restaurant, you couldn't pay me to eat there. All she would care about is herself and making money.... who knows what kind of crap she would send out of the kitchen.
I think Keith or Heather will win this, although I don't see Keith as much of a leader.

I can't believe the blue team finished their service when they had to unload the truck in the middle of it!

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
The promo next week boasts the kitchen incident.

Voice Over: What happens when someone makes the biggest mistake you can make in a kitchen? Ramsey, "You are going to kill someone". Then it cuts to a diner throwing her plate on the ledge that seperates the dining room from the kitchen.

I appears as though she found something dangerous to eat in her food.

Carrie92
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09-15-2003

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 7:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carrie92 a private message Print Post    
We'll see if it actually happens they way the promo makes it look!

I think the "blood everywhere" thing actually ended up to be in reference to raw lamb, LOL

Karen
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09-07-2004

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
I'm assuming that the 'biggest mistake -- you're going to kill someone' is referring to using a knife or board for raw meat and then turning around and using the same knife for something else. It's got to be a salmonella / food poisoning / cross contamination of sorts... I've been in kitchens for a long time and that's the biggest mistake I can think of.