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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 5:55 pm
Nope, she is trying to sabotage the OTHER team! Hence the snake comment -
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Carmenv
Member
04-14-2006
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 6:01 am
Did anyone leave during the second hour last night? I only watched the first hour and forgot to put in a tape...I really need a DVR...
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 6:04 am
Scott did (the guy who went to the red team).
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Bombaycat
Member
07-21-2007
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 6:09 am
Unless there has been some creative editing, Autumn is behaving the total opposite of the way she did on the red team. I'm waiting for her to start bossing around the guys. Doubt if it will set any better with them than it did with the women. Hoping the red team gets its act together.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 6:30 am
I wonder how Benjamin is going to do on the Red Team. They're a mess and only Fran seems to have any idea what she's doing. I have to admit I have new found interest in Benjamin. Initially I thought he'd never last but now I'm not too sure he may not be the eventual winner.
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Happygal
Member
11-15-2004
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 8:27 am
I think Benjamin is on his way out the door. Since we've seen virtually nothing of Ed, I wonder if he is the eventual winner - just no dramatic story line yet.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 8:33 am
So glad to see BOTH of the go! Maria I only liked to laugh at the expressions she made but couldn't stand her. Scott was horrible. Fran, Nilka, and Jason can go at anytime, followed soon after by Sioban and Salvatore. The rest really don't bother me.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 8:43 am
Scott's ego was too big for his britches. Maria was a disaster. Way past time for both of them to leave HK!
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 1:14 pm
It is kind of interesting how vastly different the talent is on HK versus Top Chef. Other than cooking the two shows have virtually nothing in common. Initially I didn't like Top Chef but that was probably because I watched HK for a couple of seasons before Top Chef. I'd imagine there's no way a chef good enough for Top Chef would ever think to go on HK. Major league versus minor league? Maybe not that but seems to me that on the last Top Chef many, if not most, of the contestants owned their own restaurants, some with already pretty good reputations.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 1:43 pm
Yes, Top Chef contestants are actually top chefs while next NFNS folks can be from any background! This is not to put down people who are untrained because there are many excellent self-taught people out there cooking delicious food!
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 8:05 pm
I dont really watch this show on a reg basic...but I did catch most of it last night....I have no thoughts on any of them cause I dont really care..... But somthing that really turned me off is the little piglets at the start of the show,...them chasing them around 'with thoughts of butcher' in my brain just really left me cold...more then cold....sick to my stomick.... I know, its a show about food and all that...but I just did not need that vision in my head....a flash would have been 'maybe alright'....but it was not a flash, it was way to long and too much for my head to handle..... No more Hells Kitchen for me..... and I know, there was no killing or blood letting on the show....but the 'thoughts' were in my head and it felt bad to me....
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Spinner
Member
10-27-2003
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 12:03 am
The thing I wonder about on this show--and it seems to be true, season to season, is how many of the contestants smoke. All of the chefs that we know in real life say that smokers really compromise their palettes, thus reducing their ability to accurately taste the food they are preparing.
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 2:58 am
Benjamin has his work cut out for him! Seems odd Siobhan wants to be a chef when she's got so many allergies. Cleaning materials give her hives, can imagine what peanuts do! Can't figure out why Salvatore takes FOTH orders when nobody can read them. Then again, cooking in the kitchen he needs asked many times before he'll give an answer. Why is he competing for a job as head chef at the Savoy in London???
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 3:39 am
like other reality shows, i think Hells Kitchen will cast a bunch of Throwaway contestants that will give drama and entertainment. Salvatore didnt GO to school here, that explains a lot. In many ways, i think most of the cast is there for the experience/ to be seen on tv. However, people like Autumn and Scott are there because they feel like they are Special and deserve good things cause they are the BEST (in their minds)
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Chitchat58
Member
07-25-2008
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 6:56 am
You could tell that Gordon Ramsey felt bad when he was berating Angelo about his writing, and then finding out he didn't go to school because he had to stay home and work to help out his parents, I felt bad for Angelo as well.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 10:23 am
Chitchat, that reminded me of one season when rGoedon kept calling sme guy "Bob" and that nickname brought back to many bad memories for that chef. He went to Gordon about it and he apologized to him and never called him that name again.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 10:40 am
Angelo? Do you mean Salvatore? The Italian guy? I had to give kudos to Ramsey for realizing he put his foot in his mouth when making the offhand comment about going to school. But then I have to smack Salvatore for not taking it into his own hands to learn how to write (at least write legibly). Reading and writing are so important in everything we do, day to day. Oh, and I also want to smack Salvatore's parents upside the head for not allowing their child to finish his education!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 3:22 pm
I'm wondering tho, forgive me for not taking things in reality shows as gospel... I would hope that isnt an act (his not reading and writing) didnt we discuss his accent is part of an act? Costa if it is true there may be more to the story - I know our country has many illiterate adults, and many of them have learning disabilities... who knows what Savatore's true story it? IF he cant read/write, I could see Ramsey getting him help after the show... (really I think Ramsey is a nice guy!) I really thought Scott could've done something - but he sure couldnt make it on the show!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 3:23 pm
nrbrt mind
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 4:13 pm
Yeah, our endemic illiteracy is appalling to me. If Salvatore's story is true, and there's no reason to suspect it isn't since he does work in the family pizzeria, then really shame on his parents for not allowing him an education. There's no way he could attain the "American dream" if he can't read/write. I would TOTALLY love it, though, if Ramsey offered him some help!
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 6:09 pm
As a retired teacher, Costa, I am totally in your corner. However, different cultures place different values on different aspects of life. If Salvatore came from an Asian family, for instance, you can bet your life that the emphasis would have been on education. I grew up with a lot of third generation Italian kids, and, while they went to school - and many did well - the emphasis was on religion and family, not scholastic achievement.
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, June 25, 2010 - 8:47 am
One of my ARG (alternate reality game) friends is a regular at the restaurant where "Blue J" is the head chef. He says they have never had a bad meal there.

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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, June 25, 2010 - 9:14 am
Rich Sweeney from Top Chef some season ago (can't remember which one) opened up a new restaurant here. Called R Gang Eatery, it's gotten really lovely reviews. I'm dying to go, but I'm waiting for a friend to take me. He did the construction work and is a good friend of Rich's and so I wanna go with an "in"! 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, June 25, 2010 - 9:36 am
Dang. Wrong thread! That was supposed to go into the Top Chef thread! 
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 10:48 am
LOL Costa, I had a deju vu moment!! I also think that the casting of Hell's Kitchen has to be a lot different than the casting for FNS or Top Chef - and because of the "drama" yelling, screaming nature, the quality isnt as high (imho, chefs are usually established and just dont need that) BUT I do think that Hell's Kitchen also casts a few of those sous chefs, and line chefs, and of course they toss in a few wannabe chefs - and it seems, each season chef Ramsey does reach out and helps one of them (or more for all we know) I'm remembering one of the first seasons a line cook single mom did a fantastic job, under pressure, but she had so little experience, when he took her coat he offered her further training -
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