The Ramsay Cometh! Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen

I began watching “Kitchen Nightmares” some time ago when I was flipping through the channels one evening and came across the BBC channel and there he was in all of his screaming and cursing glory! Gordon Ramsay is not only one of the best chefs in the world but he is a Class-A arrogant, yet knowledgeable, S.O.B.! I previously had some exposure to Gordon Ramsay from the first season of “Hell’s Kitchen”… but lost interest in the budding chefs and cared more about Ramsay himself and what he was doing… What’s this guy got that other chefs like the guys on “Iron Chef” don’t… well, Gordon certainly has a mouth! That would probably be his biggest asset, other than his talent. But let’s be honest if you were that insanely talented and you had to protect your image, business and reputation of both, then you’d probably be a bit of a tough character too! The first thing I noticed when I saw Gordon on BBC was the lax attitude on language. F-this, F-that… and my fave, YOU F’N DONKEY! I immediately called out to Maria, “Baby, you gotta see this dude!” Since I had seen him before I knew who he was and was elated to find out that he had a few other shows on BCC as well, including a show called “Gordon Ramsay’s F Word”… a proper title if you will, but not what you think. “F Word” is more about Gordon’s individual cooking skills where he would teach a person how to cook an amazing meal just like him. At the same time giving all the support and insight that he usually does in all of his other shows. Recently we watched an episode where he went through a simple Thanksgiving dinner and we both just said… “Wow.”

Okay, so what’s the point?! Well, a new season of “Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen” premiers this Thursday and Maria and I are psyched! We already have our Tuesdays and Wednesdays planned with the new American Idol season, but that has been lackluster thus far so we’ll see how long that last. And while we wait for new seasons of Rescue Me, Sons Of Anarchy and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia to come on, we’ll hopefully have a good season of Hell’s Kitchen to watch. The other news in Ramsay-world and subsequently the real reason I am writing this post is the recent news about his restaurants and how the financial crisis is hitting him as well. Turns out that Ramsay’s flagship restaurant, Foxtrot Oscar, is now closing for 2 days out of the week and his two other London-based restaurants are for sale. He apparently also owes about two years in back taxes… Looks like Gordon could use the help of the newest addition to the FOX line-up, “Financial Nightmares” where a Gordon Ramsay-like character belittles and berates Gordon for his poor financial situation and teaches him how to pay his bills and write checks. (this idea is now my intellectual property, FOX, please contact me to discuss the payment for this idea.)

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