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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 7:21 am
Reader, the only reason I knew the facts was cuz I'd just finished watching the episode! 
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 7:28 am
This show is so manipulated and scripted on Ramsy's part. I really think they cast this show with the more unstable that apply. Salvatore wasn't cast because he can cook he was cast because he was good looking and had a very sexy accent.
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Carmenv
Member
04-14-2006
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 12:08 pm
I don't find Salvatore to be sexy or good looking...and although I do believe the show is manipulated to some degree, I find it hard to believe that is why he was cast. I would guess it has more to do with his lack of formal education than anything else. Like someone with that background being able to live the American dream or something more along those lines.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 12:37 pm
We don't know what they go thru during the audition/interview process. It's possible he did really well, but just couldn't cut it under the pressures of being on the line (which, if you stop to think about it, was true... as soon as things started to heat up, no pun intended, he'd start to screw up). What I think is that they just don't really get high caliber "chefs" applying to this show. I mean, if you were already a good chef, you'd already be doing something pretty great with your career. And if you were, why the heck would ever want to subject yourself to a reality TV show where you know the "star" is going to curse at you and call you a donkey not once but many times. All for the basic figurehead position of head chef (I don't know about last season, but in the past the winners weren't really head chefs in charge of the kitchens). I mean, if you were already a great chef, why would you do that?
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 3:23 pm
I found Salvator to be very good looking and personally appealing but just way in over his head when the pace picked up! He is a chef I would invite over for a dinner that another chef cooked!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Thursday, July 01, 2010 - 4:20 pm
There is no way I believe the chefs cast were the best that applied, no way. Their skill is not the first criteria that production is looking for. Plus they all seem to have some social issues....not all but most. ymmv
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 1:31 pm
After nearly a week without a "reality" cooking show fix since there was no Next Food Network Star show Sunday night, I am sooo ready for this tonight!
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Bombaycat
Member
07-21-2007
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 2:12 pm
Tnt - you got that right! Trying to survive on The Bachelorette and True Beauty ain't cuttin' it. LOL
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Cba79
Member
07-04-2010
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 3:23 pm
I have to say... I am loving the two-hour affairs.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 3:32 pm
Oh ugh. Two hours again? I start to lose interest about a quarter of the way thru the second hour. On the plus side, this season will be over much sooner!!!
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Cba79
Member
07-04-2010
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 3:39 pm
Costa.. That's the thing. I love Hell's Kitchen, but I lose interest in it with other things (like BB) after several weeks. With these two hour blocks, I might lose interest (I admittedly flip a lot in hour 2) in individual episodes, but not the series as a whole. For every pro there is a con, I suppose.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 4:30 pm
I keep forgetting the show is ON!! thanks for bumping
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 6:12 pm
So who got kicked off the first hour, and who got kicked off the second hour?
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 6:21 pm
Fran left the first hour and Nilka the second hour. The teams are now merged and did a great 2 hour, 15 minute dinner service for a theater-bound crowd.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 6:31 pm
I'd have bet on Fran leaving. Not surprised there. And I was torn between predicting Nilka or Jason. So thanks! I was close! 
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Panda
Member
07-15-2005
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 7:06 pm
I always seem to miss the first hour but can sit and enjoy the second hour! Made me hungry for lobster!
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 3:44 am
I was actually kind of surprised to see Fran have the wheels fall off. In the first few shows she seemed like the only one on the Red Team who had any idea of what she was doing. Nilka was not a surprise, she might have been a good person and cook but certainly not a chef. My wife and I watch this show together and we're both more focused on Holli and Jay now....might be a winner between the two of them...maybe.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 4:25 am
I think Holli is the dark horse in this game. She's really been flying UTR. I like her better than Jay because she's not so full of herself. Jay's ego gets on my nerves. And Benjamin? Gah. Cannot stand that man. He thinks he's all that, and he's not.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 6:10 am
Nilka was so honest, real raw emotions - during the service Ramsey told her to take off her jacket and leave - she really begged not to do that, to let her stay etc... They then showed her going out the back door to a waiting car, and Chef Ramsey was there, she was holding her jacket (DD noticed that one right away - maybe she gets to keep her jacket as a souvenier) and he asked for it, hugged her gave her some encouraging words... a real nice moment
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 6:51 am
Fran and Nilka were never going to survive to the end so it was best that they both left now. Watch closely and you can see Ramsey's targets.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 6:59 am
Ramsay did take Nilka's jacket at the end, right before she got in the car.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 7:00 am
oh I'm sorry I didnt make that clear - it was just such a touching moment when she asked if she could keep it and he said no, and took it from her and hugged her...
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 7:08 am
I think it will be Ed and Holli in the end. Jay and Benjamin both are full of themselves. Ramsey will cut them down one-by-one before the show is over.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 7:39 am
Jay and Benjamin really think they are special. They decided right from the start that it was just between the two of them. It will fun to watch their downfall. I really don't want either of them to win.
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Cba79
Member
07-04-2010
| Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 8:49 am
I'd love for Holli, or even Jason, to win. Autumn just can't catch a break (other than last night with Nilka's meltdown), but I kind of like her. Still, her cooking seems to always be a bit off the mark. Ed, well, I just don't think he has it in him to win. And, like you all said, Jay and Benjamin (especially Benjamin)seem to have egos too big for their chef's jackets. You don't need to be an angel to win reality shows, but I dislike when the "difficult" ones win!
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