so far this is looking like it's going to be a great show - i do like hell's kitchen though and that might have something to do with it

9/19/2007 9:12:47 PM

This has been a show for years. Its just new to Fox.

9/19/2007 9:14:36 PM

yes, we all know that already

9/19/2007 9:19:02 PM

obviously Omar doesn't or he would've said it is a great show.

9/19/2007 9:20:19 PM

Man, this is SO much better than Kid Nation. I'd been looking forward to this one for a while.

[Edited on September 19, 2007 at 9:22 PM. Reason : ]

9/19/2007 9:22:35 PM

never heard of it before tonight - i do like it though

9/19/2007 9:52:25 PM

I heard about it while watching Hell's Kitchen this past season. I like Gordon.

9/19/2007 10:02:32 PM

so far I still like the BBC version better, Gordon Ramsey did less yelling and was a lot more helpful (or you saw him helping more). The side interviews with the staff seem really whiny and annoying......

9/19/2007 10:07:49 PM

so i guess we all know how someone acts when they're on 'roids

9/19/2007 10:50:06 PM

w00t!

This episode looks good from the previews.

[Edited on September 26, 2007 at 9:01 PM. Reason : ]

9/26/2007 9:00:56 PM

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=482676


i missed by a day to bttt

from the first ep, the american version focuses wayyy more on the people/fights instead of the food, typical fox i guess

but it seems like if your star is a chef you would talk about the food a little more

not bad, just not as good as the bbc (i usually hate when people say stuff like that but still)

9/26/2007 9:19:01 PM

***SPOILER FOR THIS EPISODE****

Quote :

"Martin R. Hyde, ex-General Manager of Dillions restaurant in New York, has filed a lawsuit against Gordon Ramsay and the production company of Kitchen Nightmares, claiming that he was convinced to resign due to fraud by Ramsay and the producers. Dillions was one of the restaurants profiled in the show, and Ramsay allegedly found spoiled meat, shoddy chairs, and more, all of which made it into the edit. Hyde claims the meat and chairs were planted, and later when the restaurant shows increased patronage after the improvements ordered by Ramsay was made, those patrons were extras hired by the production company. Hyde seeks monetary damages and injunction to prevent the episode from being aired in Fall of 2007.[2] However, in August 2007 the Manhattan Federal Court dismissed the case, with Hyde's consent, and ordered both parties to go into arbitration, as stipulated in their contract.[3]"

****END SPOILER****

9/26/2007 9:28:13 PM

Oh my god that kitchen is freaking disgusting.

^That General Manager was a fucktard anyway.

9/26/2007 9:31:18 PM

The Brits are going at it.

9/26/2007 9:55:15 PM

This show is going to go into the "must watch weekly" list.

9/27/2007 10:27:49 AM

I wonder what kind of restaurant he's in tonight?

10/3/2007 8:59:09 PM

this isn't that bad of a restaurant.

10/3/2007 9:29:19 PM

the first 5 minutes, i was kinda surprised b/c it was the first time i had seen gordon being just mean for no reason, calling the manager fat

but damn that dude is such a fake prick, so whatever. who the fuck ever heard of a manager taking tips??

10/3/2007 10:05:25 PM

So are all the Restaurants he helps in the NYC/Long Island area. I mean there are other restaurants out there.

10/6/2007 11:06:34 PM

Gordon is the biggest asshole in the world, but i am fully on his side. These restaurants are filthy as shit and the owners are literally retarded.

This one dude up there now literally has zero problem solving skills.

10/10/2007 9:54:14 PM

Quote :

"So are all the Restaurants he helps in the NYC/Long Island area. I mean there are other restaurants out there."

It may be because he's "local" in the NYC area, and so he has the connections and knowledge of the available resources to pull off some of these miracles, like finding the Indian chef for example.

10/11/2007 1:39:44 AM

how do these people delude themselves into thinking they can act/model/rap/chef??

11/7/2007 10:19:21 PM

i'm a fan!!

11/7/2007 10:31:49 PM

it just amazes me when these people treat chef ramsey with so little respect when they don't have even an ounce of his talent. i mean the guy tonight thought the fact that his menu was "unique" was the most important aspect of his failing restaurant. if this show wasn't supposed to be for real i would swear tonights episode was so incredibly fake. was that guy serious???

11/7/2007 10:44:18 PM

I figured out why most restaurants fail -- the owners are mentally deficient. It's unreal this guy had a menu that had dishes with 6 * 20 * 6 possible combinations of food.


The restaurant in the most recent show will definitely fail because this idiot will start adding stupid shit to the menu.


I like how ramsey called all those people tossers

[Edited on November 9, 2007 at 3:05 AM. Reason : sdf]

11/9/2007 3:04:06 AM

ive wondered ow any of these businesses have kept business or not gotten sued because of the conditions shown in some kitchens before he fixes them up

then again its probably all fake because alot of the restaurant patrons are paid actors.

11/9/2007 3:16:56 AM

Every time the guy said that his menu was unique I just wished that Chef woudl say something like "well it can be as unique as you want, but it still blows"

11/9/2007 8:02:13 AM

I try to catch the BBC version every chance that I can get. It's a great show.

11/9/2007 8:23:17 AM

^ yeah, plus they don't edit the language as much

11/9/2007 8:34:26 AM

I watched some of the british eps. He's more of a caricature on the american ones. On the british ones, he jokes around a lot. On the american ones, he seems like an unrelenting ass hole.

11/9/2007 6:20:54 PM

the british ones also focus more on the food and don't give them lots of free crap.

11/9/2007 8:32:53 PM

The owner in 5.2 of the UK version was fucking hot. In fact, all women in france appear to be hot.

[Edited on November 10, 2007 at 2:01 AM. Reason : the uk one is also filmed better]

11/10/2007 1:52:47 AM

The british version is so much better. They dumbed down the american one a lot. Kind of sad what it says if they feel they had to dumb it down for an american audience.

11/10/2007 3:41:26 AM

well, it IS fox

11/10/2007 12:14:23 PM

They've morphed the show to emphasize the relationships and the psychological. It feels like a Dr. Phil-type show except its set in a restaurant and the host practices brutally tough love.

11/10/2007 1:36:19 PM

I recorded 3 of the BBC shows today. I'm hoping they're good because I really like the US version.

11/10/2007 4:54:41 PM

you may not like the bbc then, they are very different

both have their own positives, but they are very diff

11/10/2007 5:15:42 PM

British people are hideous

11/13/2007 11:41:30 PM

Gordon Ramsay is a badass motherfucker in the kitchen.

There is a reason why the people who started out with him are still working for him.

I have never watched his show though.

BUT I have eaten at his restaurants.

[Edited on November 13, 2007 at 11:56 PM. Reason : was good eats.]

11/13/2007 11:55:50 PM

Kitchen Nightmares >> Hell's Kitchen

11/14/2007 12:58:58 AM

NJ at its best. Gotta love it.

11/28/2007 9:52:24 PM

I agree with everybody that said the British Version is better, but I've seen them all, so the American one was a good substitute...now the American version is in re-runs too...

11/28/2007 11:27:48 PM

All of these owners are just too stupid to run a business.

11/30/2007 2:37:16 AM