Damien Thorne
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I have to say I respect him for not giving the kids on Masterchef Jr his usual aggressive treatment.
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Well they’re kids, they’re still learning. He can yell at adults because they should know better.
Damien Thorne
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Also, the kids on Masterchef Jr never make the mistakes the cooks make on Kitchen Nightmares.
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He's apparently a very good and kind father. As a result of having an abusive father/shit background and druggie brother, he said in the "Born Famous" tv show those still guide his actions and is still at the back of his mind all these years.
It's the case of an abused kid as an adult going "what would dad do?" and then NOT doing that.
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Gordon is a pro. Not exactly a fan of his but he knows when to ham it up and when to just do his job and he seems to just have his shit together all around. If you watch some of his younger stuff where he takes his licks, he takes it like a champ and learns from it.
Now he's the one puttin out the pain and people take it so fucking personally. The TV shows highlight his ranting and raving but seem to cut out his level-headed stuff.
Also he's funny. Thanks for reading my blog.
Now he's the one puttin out the pain and people take it so fucking personally. The TV shows highlight his ranting and raving but seem to cut out his level-headed stuff.
Also he's funny. Thanks for reading my blog.
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Couldn't begin to tell you what season it was, but I remember watching a Hell's Kitchen episode and one of the contestants griped about something. Gordon clearly starts to laugh or at least grin widely in response, but the camera cuts.
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His UK shows give a more rounded insight into his personality. I want to say it was The F Word that showed a versatile range of his moods. UK Kitchen Nightmares is also incredibly relaxed compared to its US version.
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Had to look up a recipe for tuna steaks. Ended up trying out Gordon’s. I was probably bit off when I made it (dunno by how much), but I was pretty happy with how it came out nonetheless.
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British reality shows tends to be a lot less edited, the US version is definitely playing up his angry chef persona. I find American editing to be very... obnoxious in general. It's clearly manipulative to cut up people's dialogue and then they have to constantly play dramatic music on top of everything, but admittedly US Kitchen Nightmares is way funner to watch (like observing restaurant-owning lolcows) while the UK version gets too sombre for me.
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This might be a false memory of mine, but I'm pretty sure there are re-edits of Kitchen Nightmare US for the UK audience that are a lot more tolerable.
I think I remember seeing them on repeat on More4 or whatever ages ago, or back when some madlad posted almost every episode on Youtube. If so, you'll probably miss the seriously downbeat stuff some of those episodes end on.
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I always wonder what Gordon eats in his every day life because he seems to have a really sensitive pallet. Obviously things are played up for TV but if he legitimately can get sick as easily as he does on Kitchen Nightmares and the few other places I've seen him eat, it must be pretty hard for him to eat anywhere or anything he doesn't prepare himself. It's probably why he's such a great chef but that's quite a problem to have.
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Nah, its probably quite easy for Gordon to eat without getting sick, its just that the places on Kitchen Nightmares are the absolute bottom of the barrel, most unhygenic venues ever. I don't have a particularly sensitive stomach but I know if I ate at some of those places I'd be out for weeks.
As for Gordon, I really respect him. For all the reasons in this thread but also for the fact that a number of chefs who have worked under him have gone on to do earn Michelin stars of their own (Paul Ainsworth, Angela Hartnett, Clare Smyth, Jason Atherton, even Marcus Wareing). Not to mention the influence he has on chefs coming up. He sort of invigorated the London dining scene and the concept of celebrity chef, whilst making an international name for himself and establishing a very wealthy restaurant group. Plus, he's still relevant today. For all the shitty behaviour in the kitchen (which is sometimes justified and even necessary), he's incredibly successful.
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This is probably something I've posted about before but they franchised Kitchen Nightmares to other countries and the Norwegian version was great.
The norway-ramsay was Eyvind Hellström, old chef, ran a restaurant with 2 Micheline stars in Oslo. A classic name and a big deal.
Here he is:
Stop smiling in the promo shot!
Look tough! ...shit...
Instead of a barking dog like Ramsay they got a good boy who eats the slop and wants to help them improve it so their business and livelihood survives.
Even wikipedia points out that a common criticism was the he was too nice, he was generally not angry or confrontational. If it can be found with subtitles it can often be a chill watch.
The norway-ramsay was Eyvind Hellström, old chef, ran a restaurant with 2 Micheline stars in Oslo. A classic name and a big deal.
Here he is:
Stop smiling in the promo shot!
Look tough! ...shit...
Instead of a barking dog like Ramsay they got a good boy who eats the slop and wants to help them improve it so their business and livelihood survives.
Even wikipedia points out that a common criticism was the he was too nice, he was generally not angry or confrontational. If it can be found with subtitles it can often be a chill watch.
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Use stickers on this post to indicate if you’d let Ramsay hit it raw.
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I made his butter chicken recipe at the weekend and it turned out really well. Would definitely recommend it.
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The UK Kitchen Nightmares is good, but the U.S. version is a fucking embarrassment. I don't think I'll make it past season 3, since every episode follows the exact same pattern, and that overproduced American reality TV style is just painful.
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It really is a fascinating picture of the differences in the two countries' entertainment industries, that doesn't reflect well AT ALL on Americans.
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The editing, the dramatic music constantly, it's infuriating to watch. The narrator not being Ramsay himself doesn't help either. I really loved the UK Kitchen Nightmares, even the later ones that he made. There was The Great British Nightmare or something like that, which were just two restaurants but were a very welcome return to form for him. I believe there was also a small 4 episode series Costa Nightmares where he went to Spain to help a few British establishments there, which had a few colourful owners to say the least.
There was something almost endearing about the old episodes though. Really good music, Gordom himself would get personally involved with the cooking, something that was almost completely gone in the US series. There was still drama, because no matter the country, drama sells. It was just a lot more toned down and you could sort of understand where it came from. In the US version it was just people being obnoxious pieces of trash, and somehow the show was less to do with restaurants and food then Gordon playing their personal (family) therapist for 42 minutes.
What I would do is usually just watch the first 10 minutes of an episode, just to see what absolutely vile things they would serve him, the state of the kitchen and the clueless people working in it. There would be a chuckle from Ramsay's typical reactions, and the delusion of the cooks thinking they just served him an absolutely delightful meal.
The rest of the episode is almost Dr. Phil levels of terrible, and not even worth watching.