Hell's Kitchen and Top Chef?

[RICHARD]

Did anyone watch Top CHef last night? I missed the show last week and caught the repeat.

The remaining chefs took over cooking at a steak house owned by one of the guest judges. That was the challenge to see who would cook the best dish to continue in the contest.

The steak house is supposed to be one of the top places in Chicago. The guest chef made a comment before the test. He insinuated that they better not screw up and take care of the customers.

One cook made a dish with scallops he found in the fridge at the restaurant.
I guess the dish sucked because the scallops were frozen. The judges called him out about the dish and asked him why he used them.

THE OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT told him that he would never allow food that he thought was sub-par into his kitchen.

The cook-I forgot his name-told the owner, "The scallops were in your fridge, so I used them."

As soon as he said that I knew he was on his way out. I thought that he was eliminated because he embarrased the owner.

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Chef Ramsey has to be one of the most goofy people on the planet. But, if people know they are going to get yelled at, why do they do the show?

[Karen]

The cook-I forgot his name-told the owner, "The scallops were in your fridge, so I used them."

As soon as he said that I knew he was on his way out. I thought that he was eliminated because he embarrased the owner.

Spike said in an interview afterwards that actually, he was ruder in the exchange than they showed on TV. And, of course, it could be that the executive chef was away, doing the previous day's Top Chef filming, when those scallops were delivered. I thought it was pretty dumb of Spike to continue to use them, even after he realized they were frozen and would be a disaster.

But he wasn't my favorite, anyway.

[RICHARD]

I had to laugh about tonight's HC.....

I like my bimbettes well done. None of the top were particularly good looking....and the dummy that brought her dog into the kitchen....I thought carrying dogs around was for idiot socialites!

Oh, Oh! here comes elimination!

[RICHARD]

Dude,

I said that some one is going to get hurt on one these programs-I know that they go thru a psych eval before they go on the show....but, can the shrinks really predict what these people are going to do when GR confronts them?

I like the program, but the people that are picked as contestants are really way too competitive.

[Pinot's Mom]

HK last night? I don't think these people have seen the inside of a kitchen before! I didn't watch till the very end, but you've got one that can't section a grapefruit, one that can't tell a scallop is still swimming, and one that talks like he took too many quaaludes (I think that's how you spell that, it's been a while since I've used it as a reference). I don't know everyone's name yet. Then there was the one who evidently picked a fight with Gordon (smart boy, that one)-I didn't see the fight. I shut it off before then.

Aren't they supposed to cook?

[Cataholic]

Oh, that was the first HK of the next season, last night's? I think the guy is a bit over the top with his language. I wondered how the one girl was to know that you don't feel raw fish to a pregnant woman. Are you to ask the customer? "Hey, are you pregnant, or just fat"? Should the wait staff ask that same question to someone when they serve alcohol?

These shows are all the same- drama and more drama.

[RICHARD]

Oh, that was the first HK of the next season, last night's? I think the guy is a bit over the top with his language. I wondered how the one girl was to know that you don't feel raw fish to a pregnant woman. Are you to ask the customer? "Hey, are you pregnant, or just fat"? Should the wait staff ask that same question to someone when they serve alcohol?

These shows are all the same- drama and more drama.

I start to watch and get discouraged because of stuff like that!

In the last 5-10 years we have have been bombarded with the bad fish, bad breathing, bad water, bad cellphoned, bad mold stories that we MUST be careful about what we eat.

Now, I can see a pregnant woman from Cambodia who lives by, fishes a river and eats contaminated fish every day....

Does that translate to a woman in CA that eats a dish of farm raised shrimp in a sushi bar?

Or, what about the woman who makes a HUGE deal about her having a kid and why did the restaurant serve her a raw shrimp, when she goes home, drops a lap top onto her uterus and irradiates the poor fetus for hours at a stretch?

PM, You spelled Quaaludes correctly, I know that from reading the packages!

GR asked the dude to pick a name, this em effer was way out of line.

It's great TV, but I am waiting for someone to flip out and stab someone!

[sparks19]

Oh, that was the first HK of the next season, last night's? I think the guy is a bit over the top with his language. I wondered how the one girl was to know that you don't feel raw fish to a pregnant woman. Are you to ask the customer? "Hey, are you pregnant, or just fat"? Should the wait staff ask that same question to someone when they serve alcohol?

These shows are all the same- drama and more drama.

Well this particular chef was supposedly an EXECUTIVE chef at some restaurant.... you DON'T feed RAW shrimp to ANYONE farmed or not lol. Especially not when you are an Executive chef. YOu should KNOW better... and KNOW how long shrimp needs to be cooked. I thought the whole up play of her being pregnant was stupid. I mean who CARES that she was pregnant... you don't feed raw shrimp to people in a restaurant

But... it's all really played up for american television. his BBC shows are WAY more tame. although the swearing is the same but I think that's a cultural thing.

[blue]

Well this particular chef was supposedly an EXECUTIVE chef at some restaurant.... you DON'T feed RAW shrimp to ANYONE farmed or not lol. Especially not when you are an Executive chef. YOu should KNOW better... and KNOW how long shrimp needs to be cooked.

I thought the same but I came across this.

It is a delicacy for shrimp to be prepared raw in sushi. Though some connoisseurs may go after it for the fresh taste, shrimp is considered to be the tastiest when lightly heated and medium rare, since the sweet flavor is magnified. If it is poached too long, the flesh becomes too hard, and the flavors are bled out into the boiling water and you are left with a rubbery piece of shrimp. When consumed raw (which has to be extra fresh), shrimp has a slight metallic aftertaste that lingers on your palate and can mask the tastes of the following sushi that you may eat. Therefore raw shrimp is usually served as a sashimi in Japanese cuisine, prepared by lightly washing it in chilled water (arai method) and served with citrus and herbs to counter the after taste.

Link.