Hell's Kitchen premiere live blog
andrewhime seemed to think I'd like the robots in the intro, but whatever. I'm desensitized to the stupid FOXbots from their sports broadcasts. I thought I saw Jean-Phillipe in the intro though.
WTF is up with the mohawk/lip piercing convention? And that ridiculous goatee.
I wonder how many prepared LV-themed zingers Ramsay had written up in advance. Amused that the prize this year is head chef position at Gordon Ramsay's Pub & Grill at Caesars, when I've already eaten there (Not that they imply it isn't already open or anything, just a "hey, I've been there!" sort of thing. I also ate at Terra Verde at Green Valley Ranch when I lived in LV, so between those plus Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris LV, I've eaten at three HK winners' restaurants, though I don't believe any of the winners were still/yet there when I ate there)...
It's no secret that "reality" shows are at least carefully edited, etc. so I can't help wondering -- do we really think they pulled the "you're going on a motion ride" scam, revealed the audience to the contestants, then made the audience sit there for an hour while the contestants did their signature dish challenge? In support of this, I guess, is that some of the contestants were ill-dressed for that sort of thing, and it would be pretty easy to keep the audience occupied with some stage act for an hour or something (or hell, HK reruns)
... so I find myself thinking "but the route from LV back to LA doesn't *go* through Death Valley..." the quick cuts made it hard to identify the rest stop but odds are whichever one it was, I've stopped at it...
Celine did not look comfortable on that hug. "Get this freak away from me..."
I was all ready to hate chatterbox Sebastian first, but a chef puppet, are you serious? Suddenly, a new contender emerges...
Woohoo, I did see JP! Heh, his rumpled I-just-flew-in look is still better than most of the contestants dress (or, to be fair, better than I could ever hope to dress even at my best, which isn't saying much)
How in the hell did a chicken entree go out without the garnish? Wouldn't that mean Ramsay or the new men's team sous chef (forget his name just now) sent it out by itself?
Confessional booth: Zach is this season's Dana. Dude, there's a camera and a microphone in there with you, you don't have to yell.
WTF, they blurred out vomit?
Eh, whatever, although he seemed irritating, cracking a joke at the wrong time seems like a chintzy thing to get ejected for. Guess somebody's got to go first.
WTF is up with the mohawk/lip piercing convention? And that ridiculous goatee.
I wonder how many prepared LV-themed zingers Ramsay had written up in advance. Amused that the prize this year is head chef position at Gordon Ramsay's Pub & Grill at Caesars, when I've already eaten there (Not that they imply it isn't already open or anything, just a "hey, I've been there!" sort of thing. I also ate at Terra Verde at Green Valley Ranch when I lived in LV, so between those plus Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris LV, I've eaten at three HK winners' restaurants, though I don't believe any of the winners were still/yet there when I ate there)...
It's no secret that "reality" shows are at least carefully edited, etc. so I can't help wondering -- do we really think they pulled the "you're going on a motion ride" scam, revealed the audience to the contestants, then made the audience sit there for an hour while the contestants did their signature dish challenge? In support of this, I guess, is that some of the contestants were ill-dressed for that sort of thing, and it would be pretty easy to keep the audience occupied with some stage act for an hour or something (or hell, HK reruns)
... so I find myself thinking "but the route from LV back to LA doesn't *go* through Death Valley..." the quick cuts made it hard to identify the rest stop but odds are whichever one it was, I've stopped at it...
Celine did not look comfortable on that hug. "Get this freak away from me..."
I was all ready to hate chatterbox Sebastian first, but a chef puppet, are you serious? Suddenly, a new contender emerges...
Woohoo, I did see JP! Heh, his rumpled I-just-flew-in look is still better than most of the contestants dress (or, to be fair, better than I could ever hope to dress even at my best, which isn't saying much)
How in the hell did a chicken entree go out without the garnish? Wouldn't that mean Ramsay or the new men's team sous chef (forget his name just now) sent it out by itself?
Confessional booth: Zach is this season's Dana. Dude, there's a camera and a microphone in there with you, you don't have to yell.
WTF, they blurred out vomit?
Eh, whatever, although he seemed irritating, cracking a joke at the wrong time seems like a chintzy thing to get ejected for. Guess somebody's got to go first.