Hells Kitchen! Official Discussion Thread, Come CHAT!

[ADisneygirl]

I was so excited last night when I was flipping channels and found this show on again! I had no idea it was coming back.

Well, right away let me say that I would not want to work with many of those catty women. Noooo thank you. Not professional at all. And the one they were excluding and making fun of for working at a Waffle House was the only one who could fry an egg.

On the men's side, that cry baby guy was driving me nuts! What a whiner. I can't stand a man who cries over nothing. And he walked off the line! Next week he is going to do it again it showed. That guy needs to go.

 

[Nancyg56]

Red had performed worse though. And, Tiffany, really...if you cannot fry an egg, WHY ARE YOU THERE??? In two hours she could not produce. I liked her, I wanted her to stay..but that was pathetic. I kept screaming for her to get Waffle House girl's help (I bet she CAN fry eggs!!!!) rather than playing the snooty card. Was looking down on someone more important than...oh, WINNING???! Joanna wasn't good...Aaron wasn't good...that other guy who sassed back (was that Josh?) wasn't good. They will go but fill in as cannon fodder for now... if you cannot even fry eggs...bu-BYE

That is what I was thinking..."You cannot fry an egg and you have a gal who does this for a living, but you are too proud to let her. You would rather see the kitchen close?" On that basis alone, I would not have any of those women running my kitchen.

I knew there were going to be problem when the girls were agreeing not to backstab and work as a team. Yeah right.

Joanna has to go. She is nasty.

Yup. Lets work as a team and get along and nail those boys, but don't try to shine, let my be the boss, I'm not talking to you, I'd rather lose. Yea, that worked out well......

and let's not forget "Oh you're not going home tonight. Buh Bye."

 

[gypsydoodlebug]

I love the show -- my favorite line was last season: ""Use the ****ing non-stick pan. That's why they call it ****ing non-stick!!!!!!" Classic.

My biggest problem with the show is that the "winners" don't actually get their "prizes." Heather (season 2) was supposed to get a head chef's postition at T-Bones Chophouse at the Red Rock Casino Resort, but last night her clip showed her at Terra Rosa (under another chef). Michael (season 1) never made it to England to study under Ramsay as promised in that season's lackluster finale (according to Ramsay, Michael decided not to go). That he had opened his own restaurant was news to me.

http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/hells_kitchen_3/2007_May_14_new_prize

 

[Allison]

I loved the line when Gordon told Aaron to wipe the snot off his face so they weren't serving chicken and snot.

 

[Hannathy]

I also loved Gordon's line that it tasted like "gnat's piss" ! Do gnats piss? and just who has ever tasted it?

 

[dizneenut]

So glad this is back on for summer.
I was cracking up last night. Aaron has GOT to go. What a crybaby.
Do not like Joanna at all. Felt so bad for Julia. I think she should have stepped up, though.
Gonna be an interesting season.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

Felt so bad for Julia. I think she should have stepped up, though.

She did try to step up, the other girls just wouldn't let her. I hate Joanna. I think I like Melissa the best, though she seems to be a back-stabber.

 

[Heidict]

Love this show and my DH and I are so glad to have a show to look forward to during the summer!!!

Glad that Tiffany is gone. She really ticked me off with the eggs. Her absolute refusal to let Julia help even after she failed time and again showed that she not only couldn't cook but also couldn't work well with a team.

I liked Julia. Who cares if she works at the local Waffle House. She proved last night that she was a better cook then a kitchen manager. I don't know if it will all fall apart on her later on when things get tougher but I really hope that she makes it far. I love rooting for the underdog!!!

Bonnie, the personal chef to children. Par boiling risotto? I have never heard of this before. Does anybody know if this is done?

Crybaby cowboy- WHY?????? This is going to be a fun ride.


Okay, here is what I don't understand.

1- If you are on this show, you have probably seen the previous 2 seasons. At least if you were smart you would have. So, we all know that Chef asks for you to immediatly make your signature dish. Why don't these people know what they are going to cook and have it be their absolute best dish ever? Why don't they cook something to wow him with? Are they this stupid? Dry chicken, frozen gnocchi, undercooked food, thick doughy crepes?

2- They know that he likes to yell and shout and make them feel about 1 inch tall. Yet, they are all suprised when he yells at them. They fall apart. Get over it.

3- They all have a look of complete and abject fear in their eyes when being yelled at by Chef. Yet, when they are alone, before the camera, they all talk big. "He doesn't know what he is talking about. I'm going to tell him a thing or two." Bunch of babies!!!!

God, I love this show!!!

 

[Alicnwondrln]

Joanna was intense
she agreed with julia but wasnt speaking up and was fighting with people over everything

 

[JBurke]

Darn! I forgot this was one again.
Can anyone tell me if they re-run the episodes?

 

[MsLeFever]

Okay, here is what I don't understand.

1- If you are on this show, you have probably seen the previous 2 seasons. At least if you were smart you would have. So, we all know that Chef asks for you to immediatly make your signature dish. Why don't these people know what they are going to cook and have it be their absolute best dish ever? Why don't they cook something to wow him with? Are they this stupid? Dry chicken, frozen gnocchi, undercooked food, thick doughy crepes?

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Right! And they MUST have to decide ahead of time so that the kitchen has the ingredients that they need! How smart was the chick who cooked a steak? Easy peasy really - hard to screw up and doesn't almost everyone love a steak?

 

[Bob Slydell]

Darn! I forgot this was one again.
Can anyone tell me if they re-run the episodes?

Like last season, the previous week's episodes are going to be repeated at 8pm on Mondays, right before the new episode.

 

[MareQ]

And what was up with that guy crying? If I was one of the other guys I would have slapped him with my dish towel. Geez, what a pain in the butt. Just what you need when you trying to function up to his standards. The other amazing thing was the guy who was talking back, I almost thought the chef was going to get rid of someone from both teams ( I know I would have been tempted)

I'll take him ANY day over the doofus last year that was literally dripping sweat into the food - UG!

 

[Heidict]

I'll take him ANY day over the doofus last year that was literally dripping sweat into the food - UG!

Ugh, I forgot about him. That was beyond disgusting!!!


How much time were they given to cook a signature dish?

 

[Beth E. (NJ)]

I said to my husband (who graduated from Johnson and Wales Culinary and works in the food business) that if I was Julia I would have grabbed another pan, a few quail eggs and cooked them myself at another burner. DH loves the show too.

Keep in mind that the producers got thousands of submissions asking to be on the show and they picked these fools knowing their backgrounds. they must have interviewed them as well before deciding on them. They are going for the ones who will be "good tv." That's why they have the cute blonde, nanny/personal chef and the Waffle House chef who doesn't have the same experience as some of the other players.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

Par boiling risotto? I have never heard of this before. Does anybody know if this is done?

I've never heard of that either, and neither had DM who was watching with me.

 

[betsywdw]

Okay, here is what I don't understand.

1- If you are on this show, you have probably seen the previous 2 seasons. At least if you were smart you would have. So, we all know that Chef asks for you to immediatly make your signature dish. Why don't these people know what they are going to cook and have it be their absolute best dish ever? Why don't they cook something to wow him with? Are they this stupid? Dry chicken, frozen gnocchi, undercooked food, thick doughy crepes?

God, I love this show!!!

I agree completely! It's not the first season folks! At least have a few good dishes in mind! The frozen gnocchi cracks me up

I still can't get over the crying episode! Very entertaining and looks to continue next week!

I LOVE this show too!!!!

 

[letterdavidman]

Anyone care to guess who this is referring to?

"But here's two faces to watch as things move forward: Melissa, a hot line cook who can fix a mean steak, and Julia, the Waffle House lady. The latter was the logical choice to go home tonight as the rest of the ladies were agitating for her demise, but she was retained, wisely, by the former. Now I can't help but wonder if Julia is the person about whom Arthur Smith said this: 'There's one person in this year's cast whose improvement is so dramatic that Gordon probably showed more affection to this person than he's ever shown before. It's obviously not at the beginning, but there's a real lovable episode where it's a good cry-fest. And Gordon does something very special for h— for this person.' Hmmm..."

I hope it's Julia.

Full article: http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2007/06/hells_kitchen.html

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

There was no reason for them to pick on Julia. That was just plain mean-but she also needed to step up to the plate and take over-not just whine about it. You can't be a push over on that show.

I was thinking this same thing. She needed to step up. I was PO'd that they were not letting her do anything, but she should have elbowed her way in, grabbed a pan and cooked her eggs!

 

[letterdavidman]

I was thinking this same thing. She needed to step up. I was PO'd that they were not letting her do anything, but she should have elbowed her way in, grabbed a pan and cooked her eggs!

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see how she could have done anything more, short of forcibly engineering a one-woman coup at the egg station.

Things, of course, could very much change in the coming weeks, but, as it stands right now, Julia and Melissa are my favorites.