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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Monday, August 07, 2006 - 5:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Keith deserved better. He hurt Ramsey's feelings. poor baby.

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Monday, August 07, 2006 - 6:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
How did Keith hurt Ramsey's feelings?

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Monday, August 07, 2006 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
He insinuated that Virgina smoked his beef.

Which I tend to agree.

Ramsey's right about Keith...get past all that gangsta wannabee stuff and there's probably a chef under there. Get rid of the K-greasey, pull your pants up, where your hat straight...don't act as if your a little child being scolded; be a man Keith.

K-greasey got the K-shafty.

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Monday, August 07, 2006 - 6:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
'smoked his beef'... I'm not sure I want to know about this.

Longbeachbbfan
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08-17-2005

Monday, August 07, 2006 - 7:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Longbeachbbfan a private message Print Post    
Who are in the final two?

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Monday, August 07, 2006 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Heather and Virginia

the way I'm reading it: Virgina takes the final

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Monday, August 07, 2006 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
LOL "smoked his beef!" Too funny. Kook - To put it gently, Virginia is a "turn on" for Ramsey. I agree about Keith. If he'd clean up his act, he could go far. I guess it's good that we don't always see who cooks our food since maybe we wouldn't want to eat then, but seeing Keith, I'm thinking I might want to pass. And what's with none of them wearing hairnets or gloves. Makes for bad TV I guess!

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Monday, August 07, 2006 - 9:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
That was so not shocking. They should pair up Heather and Virginia to run a restaurant.

I was surprised how lame Keith was when he was running the kitchen.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Monday, August 07, 2006 - 11:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Cupie dolls are kinda cute. Keith is....not cute. I'm glad V and H are the final 2.

Alliet
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07-11-2005

Tuesday, August 08, 2006 - 3:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alliet a private message Print Post    
Gordon Ramsey is married and his wife just had a baby last year. What would he want with Virginia? Besides, isn't she married too? I think Keith displayed a lot of sour grapes. He also showed poor leadership qualities. And, despite what people here are saying about her, Virginia wins the comps on her cooking skills as well as the quality of her palate. The hatred and nastiness displayed by the two sourpusses when Virginia won again made me finally change who I want to win from Heather, who I wanted to win from the start, to Virginia who I am sure will be a great study for Gordon Ramsey.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Tuesday, August 08, 2006 - 4:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
I'm with you, Allie. Virginia has shown the creativity to be an executive chef that Heather has not. Executive chefs rarely work the line, so her lack of skills in that area are unimportant, and she showed leadership and skill while working the hot plate. Heather, on the other hand, will always be a very good sous chef.

Yellek
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08-22-2001

Tuesday, August 08, 2006 - 5:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yellek a private message Print Post    
I was surprised to hear Virginia is married. Not so much lately, but earlier in the season she would OFTEN talk about how hot she thought Gordon was and how she'd like to get a lot closer to him. I don't know all the exact wording, but it was definitely crush-like and flirtateous.

That, followed by the fact that she would perform terribly during dinner service and then win the awards to spend time with Gordon is where all the speculation that the feeling was mutual. Granted, some of the awards she deserved to win, but there were a few that were highly questionable.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Tuesday, August 08, 2006 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
What an awesome palate that girl has - to figure out the beans, couscous and GRAPEFRUIT? I am pretty good at figuring out recipes, but I bow down to that!

Oh please, if GR wanted to boink her he would, but disrupt the show? I don't think so! The best chef will win.

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cablejockey a private message Print Post    
I'm very suspicious of Virginia and her palate. Heather noted that V had picked out Ramsey's cookbook in an earlier reward and may have seen that recipe in it. We did see Virginia look around for clues and found the beans on a rack and assumed Gordon had just been using them. Then she followed Keith around when he was getting the couscous, and used that.

Faerygdds
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08-29-2000

Wednesday, August 09, 2006 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Faerygdds a private message Print Post    
I took it more like...

I was seeing everybody peeling potatoes, but it just didn't taste like potatoes, so I started looking around, spied the beans and then realized THAT was what I was tasting...

That was just my take on it, but feel free to let conspiracy theories abound... :-)

Riviere
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09-09-2000

Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 3:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Riviere a private message Print Post    
Not sure a salad chef could handle running a top of the line resort restaurant but Virginia did step up to knock saboteur Sarah out. Maybe that was a turning point for Virginia to shine.

Nancypj
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08-17-2001

Thursday, August 10, 2006 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancypj a private message Print Post    
It bugged me how Virginia ran the kitchen. She would yell out a (high-pitched) order and then do a little hop hop hop. She may have a good and creative pallet, but IMHO that is not enough to run a kitchen. Do a show on Food Network, write a cookbook or become a food critic, sure. But she has consistently performed poorly in the competitions that count. Ramsey may like her on a personal level, but for her to win the competition would be ridiculous.

From the beginning, Heather has seemed to me the only candidate cast for this season that even remotely had the proper combination of skills required for the job. My opinion has not changed.

Tuzza
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08-19-2005

Friday, August 11, 2006 - 4:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tuzza a private message Print Post    
Probably not the best place for this, help me remember if you all can.

I have on my DVR list an episode from this past week of "Iron Chef America" The cooking competition on Food network. I just hit play and you know who it is that is challenging Bobby Flay. That guy from past Hell's Kitchen season, Ralph. I can't remember, how he did on the show, only that he got yelled at. Am I making any sense on this one? LOL I paused it to come ask!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, August 11, 2006 - 6:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Ralph was the runner-up last season!

Tuzza
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08-19-2005

Friday, August 11, 2006 - 6:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tuzza a private message Print Post    
I just watched this Iron Chef thing. I don't remember Ralph being this educated and smooth at all. If anyone gets a chance to catch this they should, makes you wonder. He just went up against Flay of all people.

Ritfie
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05-09-2006

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 7:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ritfie a private message Print Post    
I still think Heather will win. She is young too and will grow. I would be concerned about her creativity too, but she showed leadership from the very beginning of the show. I think Virginia would have a hard time getting a staff to take her seriously. I'm afraid the crying would not gain her much respect.
And one other thought. Kristi and Lloyd are having a baby together! So Gordon and Ginny could have something going on. Time will tell.

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 10:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
The thing that hurt both Keith and Heather in the replicating of Ramsay's signature dish is that they both smoke. If they couldn't tell that there were beans and not potatoes in the dish, then they definately were smoking impaired. Grapefruit is definately a bitter flavor that is hard to replicate, but if they couldn't taste the muskiness of the beans compared to the sweetness of potatoes, then they probably couldn't catch the bitterness of the grapefruit.

Another thing that buried Keith is his crappy attitude. His lack of professionalism was really his downfall.

I hope that Heather wins it to be honest. She has a much better idea of how a kitchen truely functions. The expo, calling out the orders and making sure things are plated/cooked properly actually requires no cooking experience at all. If you know how it's supposed to taste and look, then you can be expo. I've seen it done many times.

Virginia is creative and has a wonderful palate, that will come in handy for her as she grows as a chef, but she isn't anywhere near ready to be executive chef of a multi-million dollar restaurant.

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 8:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
Michael smoked last year. But, I agree about the palate. Virginia did well in other taste testing challenges because she could identify what she was tasting blindfolded. I suspect that goes a long way with Ramsey. Plus, every time Heather makes a dish, Ramsey (or construction workers) don't really like it. You would want someone with flair in the kitchen.
Last year, Ramsey had a 2nd offer for Michael rather than a restaurant. He may do the same this year.

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
So, did Ralph beat Flay on the Iron chef? ( I always liked Ralph )

Tuzza
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08-19-2005

Monday, August 14, 2006 - 3:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tuzza a private message Print Post    
Not even close

If you liked him you should see if you can catch this one. He will surprise you in this show. It makes me think less of Hell's now though.