Hells Kitchen, reality tv show
June 9, 2007
Hells Kitchen the tv reality show….For those of you whom are not at all familier with Hells Kitchen or haven’t heard of Gordon Ramsay, I will explain.
 
This is a reality tv show which established itself in the UK back in 2004. Although it was short lived in the UK, it is now in it’s third season airing in the US on FOX tv. Gordon Ramsay, the host of the original show and now into his third season in the US is a world famous chef. He has many restaurants to his name, a selection of cook books, as well as other television shows with numerous morning & today show apearences. You still haven’t heard of him, what, do you live under a rock!
The program starts with 12 wannabe chefs that are divided into a red team and a blue team competing in various cooking challenges. Often Male vs female, then as the elimination process reduces the teams Chef Ramsay mixes them. Each team also has the services of one of two sous-chefs: Scott Leibfried and Mary Ann Salcedo. The restaurant is looked after by Belgian maitre d’,Jean Philippe Susilovic, who came from Petrus, one of Ramsay’s London restaurants. By the way Diners are recruited by producers to “try a new restaurant”. Diners must sign the usual TV-related non-disclosure agreements. Diners do not pay for dinner; on the contrary, each diner receives $50 for their evening.[citation needed]Â
12 wannabe chefs,, all ordinary people, some with chef and restaurant experience, some with no experience at all and some that should have stayed at home in my opinion. They have to go through hell, burnt, cut, abused, screamed at, degraded and insulted to be the last chef standing (all pretty standard to us profesionals) to claim the prize of owning his or her own million-dollar restaurant, as it was for season 1 winner Michael Wray. Whats he doing now, read on. The prize for season 2 was to be the coveted title of Executive Chef of a luxurious fine-dining restaurant at the brand-new Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa in Las Vegas. In addition, the winner will be eligible to receive a financial interest in the restaurant and assist in its design. Season 2 winner, I will not reveal as some of us viewers over here in Australia havent yet seen the final. By the way it’s on the LifeStyle Food channel on pay tv in Australia. The first season is also now showing on free to air tv, so get on and catch up with the hells kitchen saga.
This season 3 the winner will be granted with the coveted title of Head Chef of a new fine Italian restaurant at the Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, as well as $250,000.
For this series the 12 would be restaurateurs are actually chefs of some kind (which does amaze me after reading some of the latest reports from the first episode just started in the US). I think that is a good move from the producers. How can anybody deserve or even be capable of learning to run a kitchen let alone a restaurant, a ‘million dollar restaurant’ I add even if Chef Gordon Ramsay took them under his tuition for 10 weeks filming.
Want a chance to stand the heat in the kitchen and face up with the man Gordon Himself? Well give it ago http://www.fox.com/hellskitchen/casting.htm Hells Kitchen has kick-started the culinary careers for previous winners. Season 2 champion is currently senior chef at the Terra Rossa restaurant in Las Vegas, and season 1 winner Michael Wray is head chef at Tatou, a restaurant and supper club in Los Angeles.
 Do you think you have what it takes to be the next superstar chef? Do you think you can deal with Chef Gordon Ramsay? Are you willing to be burnt, cut, abused, screamed at, degraded and insulted? Then you may have what it takes to be the winner of Hell’s Kitchen. The Chef Gordon Ramsay run smash hit reality TV series Hell’s Kitchen is coming back for another season and they’re looking for the next set of Hell’s Kitchen hopefuls. Do you have what it takes? I personally would relish the chance to jump into the fire with Gordon Ramsay, maybe I should apply for a green card. A chance to work that close to the kick ass chef, bring it on Chef Gordon Ramsay, but that’s just me. Maybe you think you can do better? Maybe you think you can be the next Hell’s Kitchen superstar chef. Well the maybe you should hit a Hell’s Kitchen casting call and prove it! Hell’s Kitchen is looking for new contestants and if you think you have the skills to stand apart from the others and the balls to stand up to Gordon Ramsay, give it a shot and visit: http://www.fox.com/hellskitchen/casting.htm
I watched some of your videos on here. It’s a bit like marco too
Just kidding, love your blog makes me hungry for more.
Sarah
Hi Sarah, thanks for your comment. Keep watching and enjoy.
Hi John. I am honored that a chef visited my site. I am enjoying the photos on your blog: very nice. I actually had no idea who Gordon Ramsay was until I read this enlightening article by Bill Buford in The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/02/070402fa_fact_buford
I don’t watch TV at all, so I hope that will excuse my ignorance.
Hi Simona, what a great read that article is. I am actually reading White Slave by Marco Pierre White, it might interest you also. Thankyou for your comments.
i like the idea but the chef actually scares me.
Did you hear that he recently had a truck load of fresh cow dung deposited outside his establishment the other month? Poor guy, he’s only doing what he does on telly to make a bit of dosh, being a bit controversial like that.