the thing is you know the producers hand pick a few who are good enough to make the finals and the rest are sub par fodder for Ramsey's rage. Its kind of like why American Idol intentionally auditions the worst for laughs. I don't doubt head chefs at real restaurants chew out their apprentices, but it's tiresome to see it played out over and over again on TV. Most of the contestants don't have what it takes and no amount of screaming is going to make them better.

Honestly, this season is the absolute worst batch of chefs I've ever seen on this show.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker Honestly, this season is the absolute worst batch of chefs I've ever seen on this show.

true, I hate almost everyone on this show this season

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Great vibes at wave house this afternoon, but not sure what dahlback played that cheesy god awful music after me, didnt even know i was on the same gig as these guys!! lol ... seriously what the hell is that sound!! eeeekkkk

-Steve Lawler

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Originally posted by Theresa In the real world, if anyone talked to other people the way that man does, he would have the labour board all up in his ass, and probably sued for everything under the sun. He really is a massive dick head. It's a wonder people actually stay on the show... it's a lot of verbal abuse and demoralizing to go through. I realize it "makes good tv" but still.

You obviously don't know SHIT about working in a kitchen.

Ramsey is child's play compared to some of the head-chefs I know. It's industry-wide, and the labour board doesn't do shit all about the "abuse" these chefs hand out.

The kicker is that 90% of the donkeys slacking their way through a kitchen shift deserve the abuse they get.

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Captain Planet is gey.
Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Heart???
These forces are supposed to combine to create Captain Planet?
Bullshit.
Those forces combine to create a soaking, boiling mudstorm on Valentine's Day.

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Originally posted by igottaknow the thing is you know the producers hand pick a few who are good enough to make the finals and the rest are sub par fodder for Ramsey's rage. Its kind of like why American Idol intentionally auditions the worst for laughs. I don't doubt head chefs at real restaurants chew out their apprentices, but it's tiresome to see it played out over and over again on TV. Most of the contestants don't have what it takes and no amount of screaming is going to make them better.

This is the truth, and the problem.

The show is filled with cooks who have either:

Never worked a professional line.

Or

Never made it past Pantry (basic appetizers).

Some (most) of the mistakes made on the show (and I haven't watched since season 3) are down-right rookie errors that no aspiring chef would ever make.

I REALLY get a kick out of the wannabe TV-stars that walk up to expo to complain at Ramsey. They're either paid to do it, or have their heads so far up their asses they actually believe they deserve to be heard.

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Captain Planet is gey.
Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Heart???
These forces are supposed to combine to create Captain Planet?
Bullshit.
Those forces combine to create a soaking, boiling mudstorm on Valentine's Day.

Spam's right. Total rookie moves.

Another chef I worked under regularly billed himself as the Meanest Man Alive and could put all but the most hardened of meta-flamers to shame with some of the shit just coming off the top of his head. Of these, I remember:

"If I wanted you to FIX IT I would have had you do it fucking right in the first place"

"Are you filming a documentary or is there some other reason you're doing that in slow motion?"

(Referring to a chef he rightly thought sub-standard) "Oh, sorry, I must have had my head up my DeWayne."

He followed one cook around the kitchen humming and singing Dumbo's "Pink Elephants on Parade" and calling him Dumbo. And the cook was quite fat and slow.

Regularly took pride in making the waitrons cry.

He was funny as hell, knew his shit, but could be a complete douche-bag, too.

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Originally posted by Spam This is the truth, and the problem. The show is filled with cooks who have either: Never worked a professional line. Or Never made it past Pantry (basic appetizers).

Or

Duds with no self respect that will put up with being verbally sodomised on TV to make a career



I've been to his restaurant in London, its really quite a good restaurant and the food is excellent, but I dunno. The endless faffing around with getting a booking and then the rancid levels of pretentiousness of maitres de and wait staff kind of puts you off.
Put it this way, I've seen people in 'smart casual' not allowed in, which was kind of funny but unnecessary.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker Spam's right. Total rookie moves. Another chef I worked under regularly billed himself as the Meanest Man Alive and could put all but the most hardened of meta-flamers to shame with some of the shit just coming off the top of his head. Of these, I remember: "If I wanted you to FIX IT I would have had you do it fucking right in the first place" "Are you filming a documentary or is there some other reason you're doing that in slow motion?" (Referring to a chef he rightly thought sub-standard) "Oh, sorry, I must have had my head up my DeWayne." He followed one cook around the kitchen humming and singing Dumbo's "Pink Elephants on Parade" and calling him Dumbo. And the cook was quite fat and slow. Regularly took pride in making the waitrons cry. He was funny as hell, knew his shit, but could be a complete douche-bag, too.

My head chef stood on pasta station and spent lunch service throwing empty squirt bottles at our pantry prep cook because he entered service with grungy bottles. Talking constant shit to him the entire time about how lazy he was. It was hilarious.

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Captain Planet is gey.
Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Heart???
These forces are supposed to combine to create Captain Planet?
Bullshit.
Those forces combine to create a soaking, boiling mudstorm on Valentine's Day.