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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 9:25 am
I was LOVING it when Melissa nominated Joanna and Tiffany, right after telling Tiffany she wasn't going anywhere. They all assumed she would nom Julia. I couldn't help but wonder if she thought Joanna would go, so nomming Tiffany was safe? Or..was she just flat out lying to Tiffany? Loved the swig of booze she took during or after their little convo. I was mad that Joanna didn't go, but of course, she is the most disruptive and rude, so she'll stay a while longer to make good TV. Ugh!
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 9:49 am
Mack - this may be open to interpretation, but I feel this cast is quite similar to last year's in terms of the experience level we are seeing in the beginning. They won't be showing us the real talent for a while. lol
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 9:51 am
Joanna turned me off right from the beginning when they were asked to cook their signature dishes, and she was smiling and being cheeky with Ramsay (after saying she'd flirt, do anything, to win - looks like she's taking the tactic of the losing finalist from last season, the one who was really flirtatious with Ramsay). Her bossy attitude was irritating, and then in the end her saying she'd back-stab the others, anything to win. I liked Melissa, felt like she is much more mature than the rest. OMG, when I saw Aaron start tearing up, I was no, no don't DO that! I half felt sorry for him and half laughed at him. I agree with the other comments above - just what did these contestants think they were in for? Maybe seeing it on TV and thinking you can handle it is different than experiencing it in person - I dunno. But you'd have to know you can't survive this show if you have a thin skin. I hope Julia goes far...the <55> Girls have me rooting for her!
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Bblover262
Member
08-05-2005
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 9:57 am
Did anyone notice the blatant product placement adds - first one of the chefs described getting up and putting on his new "Crew Shoes" and they cut away to a picture of the box and then in another scene there was a bag from Mr. Sub sitting on a table (just before the swig of booze). Both shots were completely obvious and did not fit in with the show's flow. I think there were a couple more, but I can't remember them now.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 10:07 am
lol at product placements - it always makes me laugh when contestants say "and then we got into our Toyota Rav4s, and went..." Who says that? With everyone DVRing, PVRing and Tivoing I guess they have to get those ads in somewhere. Next they'll be saying sorry Chef but I couldn't get the Kraft....or Heinz blah blah to come out of the bottle smoothly, or hey Eddie pass me those Bounty paper towels, you know they're the quicker picker upper.
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Moderator
06-30-2002
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 10:18 am
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 10:23 am
By the way, I noticed the product placement, too. So blatant. Hope this doesn't follow the downfall of The Apprentice. Gordon Ramsay shows a huge difference in this show to his past personality portrayals. I love his show, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, and I've noticed in the early episodes, while although retaining his potty mouth, he doesn't yell or insult quite so much, and shows much compassion. He had always tempered his insults with compliments...saying things like he sees so much potential in a restaurant owner, even though his restaurant is a dump...LOL. I remember one episode of Kitchen Nightmares where the chef had a drinking problem, and Gordon was quite compassionate and concerned. I can see some of Gordon's empathy still by the way he treats the Hell's Kitchen contestants' breakdowns. Like with Aaron, you'd expect Ramsay to destroy him...but he didn't, and sort of left him alone without picking on him. I guess it's all about ratings, and what will draw an audience.
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Mack
Member
07-23-2002
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 10:28 am
I did catch the shoes thing but missed any other references.....guess I was too busy being concerned about a bunch of cooks who couldn't cook eggs. Granted they were quail eggs but how hard can that be? An aside on the embedded "advertising"...well, that's become so common in movies I hardly pay attention. No as common in TV shows but I always figured that once a show goes into reruns sponsors might have trouble paying for some other company's embedded ads. (i.e., Can't imagine Coke would sponsor a show with an embedded Pepsi ad in it.)
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 10:36 am
Speaking of product placement, Top Chef starts tomorrow. I am anticipating the obligatory Kraft food challenge and AOL recipe search. lol
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 10:38 am
Ah yes Mack, but through digital effects, the Pepsi that they are drinking during the initial showing can be magically changed into Coke during reruns. 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 11:46 am
I caught the shoe thing, too, and kinda scratched my head wondering what it was all about (without realizing it was product placement).
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 12:31 pm
I seem to remember that Ramsey liked the short-order cook's dish, except that it had too much pepper in it. It the other snarky contestants that have 'tude with her, not Ramsey. That would be McCormick Black Pepper, I'm sure.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 12:32 pm
Oh and...My guess is Josh and Melissa at the end.
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Alliet
Member
07-11-2005
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 1:29 pm
I think Gordon Ramsey's at his best on 'The F Word' where they show him with his wife and 4 young children. He's still tough on his kitchen crews each week but nowhere near as obnoxious as he is in HK. But then HK is on Fox and he's probably told that he can let it all out on Fox LOL
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 2:05 pm
Did Eddie sound like Gary Coleman or was it just me?
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Alliet
Member
07-11-2005
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 2:42 pm
Does anyone else think Melissa looks like Lauren Holly?
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 3:25 pm
The winner has apparently been leaked...a betting website noticed some unusual betting patterns in one person in particular, and traced it back to people related with the production, and thus halted all betting on the show...I'll put the winner in my private folder so no one can click it here accidentally...
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 3:41 pm
Alliet, yes! It was bugging me, and you've got it. And Josh reminds me of someone, too...maybe Jason Lee?
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 4:45 pm
Wilson, you da man. I'm OK with that contestant.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 6:47 pm
havent looked at Wilson's folder yet but read spec where they thought the trend with new reality shows is that a white male wins 1st season, white female wins 2nd and a minority wins 3rd season........I was trying to think back to different shows and dont think this holds true for all shows.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 7:29 pm
I think Melissa did the smart thing. Who was the only gal who could actually cook to order???? Julia. Who was argumentative and worthless in the kitchen? Tiffany. Good to go. This early in the game is NOT the time to try to get rid of competition. The gals had no game plan, no organization, and no communication. Poor Julia was initially ineffective cause no one would give her the time of day. It was like they were being racists - in a cooks sort of way (snotty about her experience as a short-order cook at a "ghod forbid" waffle house - as if that is a lower form of life - which is is NOT). As if you can't tell, I was angry at how these women treated eachother.

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Cindy
Member
09-20-2005
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 8:13 pm
I thought it was interesting when he sent them off to cook their signature dishes that someone had "frozen something or other" to use. Was he allowed to cook it at home and bring it there to freeze? Seemed odd to me..
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Jodied75
Member
08-26-2004
| Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 9:20 pm
I wondered about that too.... but I'm betting the potato gnocchi was there in the freezer, and possibly bait...
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Bblover262
Member
08-05-2005
| Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 6:20 am
I was thinking that they were told to bring whatever they needed to prepare their signature dishes.
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Scarebaby
Member
07-31-2005
| Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 8:02 am
I think they have a lot of stuff in the freezer, and yes, some of it is "bait". Wonder if Gordon was tipped? or maybe he put it there...and not being a cook, I have no idea how long gnocchi takes to cook normally.
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