Kitchen Nightmares
On my flight back from SLC I happened to catch one or two episode of the original Kitchen NIghtmares on BBC America. The original British version is light years ahead of its American counterpart.
Firstly, Gordon Brown did his own narration which already made it a lot more tolerable to watch. It felt like I was watching an actual documentary about a failing restaurant being slowly turned around, rather than an hour long trailer for a restaurant being immediately turned around by some Gordon Brown magic. Gordon Brown goes through what he thinks everyone in the restaurant is doing wrong and how they themselves can improve it. There is always plenty of blame to spread and most importantly the change comes from the staff rather than Brown.
The British version is so much more palatable and I wish I could watch more of it. Unfortunately, since I have stopped watching KN entirely and the T.V. Club has stopped covering it I won't find out if the American version has gotten any better. After watching three seasons of Hell's Kitchen, I would imagine that the answer is a big NO!
Firstly, Gordon Brown did his own narration which already made it a lot more tolerable to watch. It felt like I was watching an actual documentary about a failing restaurant being slowly turned around, rather than an hour long trailer for a restaurant being immediately turned around by some Gordon Brown magic. Gordon Brown goes through what he thinks everyone in the restaurant is doing wrong and how they themselves can improve it. There is always plenty of blame to spread and most importantly the change comes from the staff rather than Brown.
The British version is so much more palatable and I wish I could watch more of it. Unfortunately, since I have stopped watching KN entirely and the T.V. Club has stopped covering it I won't find out if the American version has gotten any better. After watching three seasons of Hell's Kitchen, I would imagine that the answer is a big NO!