WOW, didn't mean to open a can of worms. Did you ever see Master Chef? He's pretty nice on that one. The contestants are only home cooks with talent and Joe is the bastard on that one. They always have to do that on reality TV or no one would watch. I never watch reality TV except for the cooking ones because our son is a chef (BTW he's nothing like that) and he got us watching and then we got hooked on competitive cooking shows. However, in "reality", all reality TV shows are not reality at all, but staged to draw in viewers and make the almighty dollar.
--- On Tue, 9/25/12, Lone Locust of the Apocalypse <zorak@ninthbit.com> wrote:
From: Lone Locust of the Apocalypse <zorak@ninthbit.com>
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: Gordon Ramsey Steakhouse Paris
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 11:26 PM
>> I haven't been there but I'm sure it will get better as it goes along
>> since the chef, Christina, recently won Hell's Kitchen.
IMO this is sort of circular, since the "head chef" of the restaurant was
always going to be the winner of HK, regardless of who that turned out to
be (though as someone else noted, there's often shenanigans around just
how long the HK winner sticks around or what their actual role at the
restaurant ends up being).
>> Give Christina a chance!
>
> Yeah the same chance/courtesy that a-hole Ramsey gives his TV victims !!
Dunno, I'm a long-time HK viewer, and although he is an abusive jerk 99%
of the time on HK, I've also watched all the seasons of one of his UK
shows, The F-Word, and while I'd certainly believe that he's very
demanding and a perfectionist etc. -- I suspect most successful chefs are,
by nature -- it also seems likely to me that his US TV persona is a
character he plays up for effect, and doesn't reflect how he actually is
in person.
e.g. he was much nicer to the contestants on the F-Word (it's not remotely
the same format as HK, and it differs from season to season) and one of
the recurring segments involves him encouraging people to cook more, with
him going into people's houses and giving them help/tips. In those
segments he's always supportive and patient.
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