Ramsay's a lot calmer on his other show "The F-Word", but he still named his doomed Christmas turkeys after other famous TV chefs. Nice. I've seen one episode in total and it included a challenge where Hugh Fearnly-Whittingstall made the better dessert. I could almost see steam coming from Ramsay's ears. Tooooot!
Everyone professes to be wound up tighter than a top these days. So why waste our time watching someone so un-Zen. He's no Lorenza De'Medici or Jacques Pepin.
Give this guy the cold shoulder. I'm going to focus more on the Slow Food Movement. That's more my style.
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Horray for the Slow Food Movement! That and Put An End to Multi-tasking.
People are masochists, I suppose. I've only watched a few of these, though his Kitchen Nightmares has amused me on occasion. But the screaming makes me cringe (though I know it is mostly scripted. It's too shrill).
My youngest sister, a very well-reviewed, now-former chef claims (I agree from watching up close & personal in DC) that these sorts have ruined the restaurant/cookery business. They've undermined what real cooking & real restaurants should be. Also they hog the cookbook lists. She's glad she went off to do something else just before all this nonsense took off...btw, she & other chefs also loathe those Food network thingies, except for a few.
We prefer to watch PBS re-runs of Julie, new & old Jacques Pépin, Lidia Bastianich, & a few others. We do have a soft spot for Jamie Oliver as he has a grounding & stake in real cooking (he is also cute). Also Nigella cracks me up & I use her cookbooks quite often when I am able. Otherwise, these stupid chef showdown things sicken us, too (I'm not using the royal 'us' I'm talking about my extended family, well-versed in restaurants & catering since before it became a weird sport. This stuff supports their oft-below-par or merely so-so restaurants. The Hell Guy's food isn't that big of a deal, btw.
Slow Cooking via Italia is the way to go...the shrieking & one-upsman-ship should be shunned. But as they say, if people didn't watch...
End of speech.
ciao
There is a yearly hospital lottery around here, and this year, one of the prizes was a day with Gordon Ramsay. Oh yaaaaaay, NOT!
Your suggestions look nice,
thank you.
He is bloody rude (I'm being polite) and hates vegetarians! What a m***n... mind you, he's a former football player.
Why watch any "Reality TV"? It's all garbage!
David
http://www.globalaroundtown.blogspot.com
I'm not completely anti-Ramsay as I think he genuinely feels what he expresses, but I'm very tired of all the hyper cooking shows in general. When did cooking become a spectator sport? I'm all for slow food and slowing down in general! I love Nigella, but not her "express" show... that seemed the antithesis of Nigella and all the reasons we love her.
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