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Hell's Kitchen

By B-Side | Tuesday, June 7, 2005 | 3:39 pm | 46 Comments

paul_giamatti Last week, American audiences — for the most part — were introduced to hot-tempered kitchen Nazi Gordon Ramsey and his unique brand of culinary abusiveness on Hell’s Kitchen. His foul mouth and penchant for hurling plates of spaghetti into underlings’ tummies took center stage as we learned just how evil (but inspiring!) this man could be. With that initial shock absorbed and processed, we were ready for the real drama to begin this week, and I’m happy to report that the producers didn’t make us endure sixty more minutes of only G-Ram’s foul mouth (although rest assured, we got so many bleeps, I thought Fox was conveying hidden messages via Morse code). Yes, in addition to the expected cursing, we had squid gutting, kidney stones, angry musical doctors, and a sweaty Dewberry. Oh, and my friend Audra even showed up to chow down on some pizza. I don’t know about you all, but I was entertained.The show began with a never-ending recap of not just the central premise (yup, there goes G-Ram in his bad-boy convertible again) but last week’s episode as well. I suppose this was Fox’s way to make all the new viewers feel at home. Anyway, after five minutes of this, we finally began episode two as the over-eager narrator announced, “Dewberry seeks a moment alone!” Thanks, I didn’t notice that when we saw Dewberry standing in the bathroom, you know, alone. Unfortunately, our man-muffin could have nary a second to himself as Elsie soon walked into the bathroom. Uh oh. This would be awkward. For those of you who missed last week, Elsie promised to keep Dewberry safe, only to betray him at the last second and nominate him for elimination. Surely Dewberry would lay into her with the potent brand of sass that only a fat gay man from Georgia can muster. Or… he would hug her. Yeah, Dewbs simply embraced his turncoat friend before she could even utter an apology. Way to diffuse the tension, jerk. To be fair, he did think she was a giant croissant. (Don’t know why he hugs croissants, but just go with it).

Anyway, the next morning, while the contestants all slept fitfully in their dorms, sous chefs Scott and Maryann raised hell (heh, get it?) by banging pots and pans as an early morning wake-up call (the narrator informed us that this was both figurative AND literal. THANKS). Dewberry confessed to us that in his confusion, he thought a gun had gone off, which leads me to wonder how many guns he’s actually been around. I’d hate to see him knock over a kitchenware display at Williams Sonoma — he’d probably think a gang shootout had erupted near the olive oils.

Nevertheless, the cooks shuffled into the kitchen where Gordon greeted them with a typically angry face. Not everyone was there though. Cocky chef Chris stayed back in the dorms to brush his teeth and change shirts. When he finally emerged seven minutes later, G-Ram quickly berated him with an efficient “Lazy f-cker!” And with that, the narrator piped up again, this time reverently saying, “Everything Chef Ramsey does has a purpose.” The narrator then added, “I LOVE Chef Ramsey!” Actually, he didn’t say that, but he did go on to explain that the contestants would now be tackling a challenge that would test their attention to detail. Specifically, the cooks would be gutting and preparing squid, and the team with the most clean squid at the end of ten minutes would win dinner with the man himself, Mr. Gordon Ramsey.

squid I actually enjoyed this little challenge, if only because it seemed like a legitimate training exercise. I was mildly disturbed though when Gordon stuck a zucchini into the dead squid. Maybe it’s my dirty mind, but the entire image looked mildly sexual in an all too squid sort of way. It didn’t help that we then saw Dewberry gently stroking his squid-wrapped zucchini. I’m all for the phallic jokes, but when there’s a squid involved, well, that’s just unpleasant.

Anyway, it came time for Gordon to examine all the squids, causing Wendy to boast, “I think Gordon’s going to love the fact that I’m a perfectionist.” Unfortunately, her squids were far from perfection as many had tears or skin still on them. Well, looks like Wendy’s perfected the art of being an IDIOT!

Ultimately, the Red team won the calamari competition which meant they could eat dinner with G-Ram while the Blue team would spend the evening preparing squid for the next night’s dinner service. Later, as the winners got all dressed and spiffy for din-din, Dewberry stumbled upon a snazzy-looking Elsie and declared, “Look at you, J. Lo!” Because all Latina women look exactly like J. Lo, right? Dewberry then cornered Wendy and said, “So how’s it hanging, Connie Chung?” I would make some joke about African American stereotypes, but oops! No black people on the show! Yay diversity! (Then again, with one Asian, one Latina, and possibly one butch lesbian, the show looks like the United Nations compared to The OC).

As the Blue team got down and dirrty Xtina Aguilera-style with the squid, Gordon showed his softer side by dining with his culinary slaves. Aww look. The asshole can be nice too. We heart Gordon now! Later, we switched to night-vision mode as the tired chefs all slipped into bed and went to sleep. All that was missing was a tinkling music-box chiming away on the soundtrack. Fearing that we might be total morons, the narrator suddenly piped up and said, “It’s the end of another long day in Hell’s Kitchen, and everyone has gone to bed exhausted.” Yes, WE KNOW.

Actually, to be fair, not everyone was asleep. We cut to Jeff who was hobbled over in the hallway moaning like he’d just been shot in the gut. What the? Did G-Ram poison him out of anger? Well, surely someone would help him, right? Eh, not so much. Jessica (short, bleached blonde, looks like a little boy) walked by him and asked, “Are you okay, Jeff?” But when he only moaned and fell to the ground, she simply replied with a disgusted grunt, “Whatever,” and sauntered away. Um, there’s a man DYING in your hallway, bitch. Lend a freakin’ hand!

“Little help? No? That’s cool.”

The next morning, Jessica explained, “He’s a bit of a hypochondriac.” THE MAN WAS DOUBLED OVER ON THE GROUND! As Bonnie Raitt would say, Have a Heart! Well, turns out Jeff has a history of kidney stones, and he passed one that night. Now, I once had the pleasure of passing my very own kidney stone, and I will tell you, Jeff’s experience was not an over-reaction. It is shocking how difficult it is to simply stand up when that mo-fo is making its way through your body. That being said, Jeff is sort of a pussy.

Anyway, let’s talk about Dewberry again. “Dewberry’s definitely on the right track,” gushed the narrator after our portly cook whipped up some tasty pasta. Seriously, what’s with the Greek Chorus? Do we really need this disembodied voice to spell out ALL our feelings? I half expected the narrator to say, “Dewberry is happy now. And now Dewberry is sad. And now Dewberry is confused. Wait, he’s sad again. Happy. Confused. Happy. Sad…”

Finally, it was time to serve the masses, and before starting up the kitchen, Gordon had another surprise for the Blue Team. Because they lost the squid challenge, their air conditioning and fans would be turned off. You see, on G-Ram’s first or second night of owning a restaurant, similar ventilation problems plagued him, and like an abused child, the traumas of his experiences must now be passed on to a new generation. Of course, Ramsey added his own motivational flair to this twist: “You stand there like a man, and you SWEAT!” Seriously, I think Ramsey has to stand there like a metrosexual man and hit a day-spa. CALM DOWN.

Unlike last week’s episode, the food service seemed to be a little more reliable this time around with the announcer proudly noting, “Mary Ellen’s Caesar salad heads out without a snag!” Such a difficult dish, too. All that lettuce that has to be, you know, put on a plate. I get worn out just thinking about it. Luckily, Mary Ellen’s previous expertise with endives (and presumably chicory, escarole, and the occasional frisée) prepared her for the intense gauntlet that is Caesar Salad Tossing. Bravo, Mary Ellen. Your Cordon Bleu certification awaits!

Unfortunately, the kitchen’s strong start quickly faded away as screw-ups began to mount at a frightening pace. Perfectionist Wendy turned fell into a risotto nightmare as she found herself struggling to keep up to speed. Meanwhile, kidney stoner Jeff became a complete space cadet as he bumbled around his station, spilling peppers and losing sight of valuable spinach. Thankfully, Gordon jumped on his ass (figuratively) and chewed him out for a few minutes, much to the delight of the studio audience. Jeff later explained to us that the pain from his kidney stones had resurfaced, causing him to lose focus. You know, ever since Tonya’s tenure on Real World: Chicago, I’ve always felt there should be more kidney stone drama on reality TV. Thanks, Hell’s Kitchen!

Elsewhere, future politico Andrew clashed with present endive champion Mary Ellen over some Beef Wellington. Turns out that any dish which needs to be actually “cooked” (whatever THAT means) is a bit out of Mary Ellen’s salad wheelhouse. Well, not any dish. She can toast walnuts quite well.

With the chefs all stumbling along, a new batch of customers made the brave trip to the kitchen to ask what the fletch was going on. Those of you viewing last week may remember Gordon’s rude and dismissive remarks to his patrons, and for a second, it looked like he had changed his ways. He actually apologized to one Long Island-ish looking pipsqueak, but when the kid dared to say that Gordon’s remorse did nothing for him, G-Ram snapped back, “You do f-ck for me either.” Ka-BOOM! Amazingly, the little douchebag stood there and kept talking, finally realizing that a bunch of amateurs were running the kitchen. “Finally your head’s coming out of your asshole. Now sit down you f-cking shit!” snapped Gordon. By the way, I’m not sure about the last two words. There were a few too many beeps for me to decipher.

Speaking of bleeps, we heard a bunch more as Dewberry frantically bounced around the kitchen like a beach ball in a mosh pit. Gordon sneered, yelled, and berated Dewberry (god, I love it when Gordon yells “DEWBERRY!” It’s like some long lost catch phrase from a 1960s TV show). Eventually, Ramsey called him useless, causing Dewberry to chirp, “Goodbye!” Oh shit! He’s leaving! Dewberry’s leaving! Nooooo!!!

Well, not so fast. Dewberry claimed that when he saw Elsie’s sad face, he knew he couldn’t walk away (I personally think he just got too winded by the time he reached the kitchen door. Zing! Poking fun at the easy target — classy!). Later, Dewberry tearfully told us that Gordon “was trying to get me to be, I guess, better than I am.” He then shot himself in the head. No, that actually didn’t happen, but I think everyone else in America wanted to after that depressingly defeatist comment. Cheer up, Blueberry! Maybe you’ll have a comeback! Right?

Meanwhile, two more customers approached Gordon, and unsurprisingly they received a bitter, vulgar reception. Angered and appalled, the customers returned to their table, and in retaliation pulled a brilliant little stunt: they ordered pizza for the restaurant. We then cut to my friend Audra chowing down on a big ole slice of pepperoni. Sorry, I promised I would give her a shout out. There wasn’t anything inherently funny about watching her eat.

TVgasm friend Audra: secretly pining for Dewberry?

Anyway, our trusty (and greasy) Maitre’D, Jean Philippe, was le boum pooper as he ordered the diners to arrête with the pizza. Unfortunately, the rowdy group had become belligerent, probably thanks to having spent two hours doing nothing but drinking wine and growing hungrier. One hefty, bearded, Paul Giamatti-esque man was exceptionally surly, and when Jean questioned his education, the guy got right in his face. “I HAVE A DOCTORATE IN MUSIC FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!!!” the man yelled, as if that were to impress anyone (you know he’d been waiting about fifteen years to pull that card). “DO YOU HAVE A DOCTORATE?” the man then asked violently. I would have loved if Jean had earned a doctorate from Julliard, but instead he simply replied with a nonsensical, “But do you have an education?” Good one, Jean. Way to really sock it to him. Personally, if I were Jean, I would have yelled back, “I HAVE A DOCTORATE IN KICKING YO’ ASS!!!” Because that would have been cool.

Well, the Music Doctor was escorted out, and like last week, Gordon ceased food service once again. He declared the Blue team as the winners, and on the Red team awarded Chris with the power to nominate two people for elimination. Jeff immediately began some awkward ass kissing, but Dewberry refrained. Instead, he tested the structural integrity of a nearby hammock by, well, reclining in it. Seriously, I’m not sure if he was more than three centimeters off the ground.

At this point, it’s not so much a hammock as it is a raised picnic blanket.

But I shouldn’t make fun of him for his weight. I’m sure his whole life he’s been teased, and we love Dewberry. We want him to feel welcomed and loved and DEAR GOD that’s an unflattering t-shirt. Yes, in case it wasn’t obvious, Dewberry was fired (over Jeff), meaning that he had to remove his chef’s coat and waddle away in his XXL undershirt. Poor guy.

As for Gordon, he still seems to be struggling for a catch phrase. Last week was “Hell’s Kitchen no longer needs you.” This week was something like “Get lost.” Can’t we be punnier? How about “You’re COOKED!” or “Hell’s frozen over for you!” or “This isn’t HELL-o. It’s goodbye.” I don’t know. Just throwing that out there.

Who said a man-bra wouldn’t sell well?

What did you think of this episode? Will you miss Dewberry as much as I will?

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GNARKILL

Posted June 7, 2005 at 4:24 pm

Loved this episode, the series is great so far. I hope they don’t get rid of the cast members that generate the entertainment like “Rebel Billionaire” that show started off really strong but the cast sucked. That being said I watch this show for G-ram the guy is hilarious. B-side why the half-hearted censorship? I don’t think I’ve ever seen f-ck and shit together like that before.
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The Dogg Pound

Posted June 7, 2005 at 5:13 pm

In: I have a doctorate in music from the University of Southern California.

Out: I drive a Dodge Stratus.
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kelley

Posted June 7, 2005 at 5:23 pm

I loved all of the horrible things that Chef Satan snarled at the team members and the patrons. Loved it when he called Jeff the “little f**cker”, and Dewberry Muffin will be missed! What a puss! I thought the Maitre’D just kept saying “no but I have an education”. I wanted the Music Doctor to punch him just for being smarmy. Does Hell’s Kitchen have bouncers? Who was the guy that rescued Jean?Lookin forward to next weeks’ episode/ recap! Hope Satan really lays into that little pissant Andrew.
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doctor dan

Posted June 7, 2005 at 5:36 pm

dude. i tuned in because of your recap/recommendation last week. thanks. it was hil-f*cking-larious! poor dews… so short a time and such a lasting impact. carolann who?

it’s so stressful watching this, since i remember working in restaurant kitchens and having maniacal bosses like that. but throwing out perfect lamb chops would never happen!

and puh-leeeze re: the “patrons”. they’re eating at a restaurant set on an old fox lot on labrea. if the producers wanted to pass off the “customers” as real customers, it’s just not working. we’re screaming at the tv: “what are you bitching about? you’re an out of work actor getting screen time and a free meal. get over yourself.” did the “patrons” have to sign SAG/AFTRA waivers for their meals? shyeah.
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e_squared

Posted June 7, 2005 at 6:06 pm

it’s amazing how much better everyone looks in their chef coats…they’re so thick, they cover nearly everything.

i think pretentious chris is strangely cute. but then again, he doesn’t have many lookers to compete against.
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Joney

Posted June 7, 2005 at 6:20 pm

I kept being irritated at the TV because I swear those were cucumbers not zucchinis.

I thought you might say something about that.

Maybe it’s just me.
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happy_gal

Posted June 7, 2005 at 7:18 pm

Re: catchphrase . . .

How about “You’re out of the frying pan and into the fire!” or

“If you can’t stand the heat, get the F*CK out of my kitchen!”

I love Gordon!
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Coconuts

Posted June 7, 2005 at 7:20 pm

Everyone knows that you should NEVER mess with someone who has a Doctorate in Music. People like that are extremely violent and crazed. For example, have you ever seen a music conductor wave an orchestra baton? Those things are scary!

I took a shot of whiskey every time Chef Ramsay uttered a bad censored word, was mean to a customer, or whenever “Whatever” girl said “whatever.”

As for the comment above about Chris being “cute,” I won’t comment on his face, but I did notice he had strange looking feet. I noticed this when he was brushing his teeth. I would have rather looked at Jeff’s kidney stone.

Dude, you’re dying? Whatever.
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B-Side

Posted June 7, 2005 at 8:04 pm

Happy Gal – “If you can’t stand the heat…” — that’s actually pretty good!

Gnarkill – because of certain contracts we have with certain sponsors, we’re not allowed to have R-rated content on our site. alas, the sad reality of big business.
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copygodd

Posted June 7, 2005 at 10:16 pm

“if you can’t stand the heat…” definitely gets my vote.
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Danni

Posted June 8, 2005 at 5:57 am

What about “Dawberry, you’ve been flambee’d”
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Eddiebosox

Posted June 8, 2005 at 6:36 am

You know good reality TV is a fine line. I know its fake, but I need to have at least a sliver of actual reality come through for me to enjoy it. Yes Road Rules/Real World challenge is full of media whores creating fake arguments and overreacting for the cameras, but the sheer stupidity of those people always shines through and makes it worthwhile. Yes Apprentice is people trying to get 15 minutes of fame and the “job” they get is really a PR thing, but Trumps a delightfully obnoxious host, and the people really get cutthroat.

But Hell’s Kitchen is just TOO fake. I don’t believe Ramsey’s tirades for a second. He’s just trying to be the “New Simon Cowell”. And his assistants are the same. The “angry no nonsense” sous chef characters. And that “restaurant”? Whatever. It’s a goddamned soundstage. Those “customers” are all just people who want to get facetime on a reality show so it’s a contest to see who can create the biggest disturbance. “IF I order Pizza, I’ll get on this episode for sure!” And the whole “shut it down” thing. If any chef ever did that in an actual restaurant, they would never survive. Its all a stunt to create fake tension. You know the girl eating pizza B-Side, how exactly did she get involved? SHe knew she was entering a soundstage to be on a reality show right?

And now the only thing that kept me watching is gone. My sweet Dewberry. And let me tell you. nothing gets me going then a sweaty Dewberry.

I’ll defend the Caesar salad comment though. Those things are a pain in the ass to prepare. You have to fold in the partially cooked egg at jus the right time, add the oil in small batches while tossing. It’s a pain. Its worth it though because the store bought stuff doesn’t even touch it.

All that being said I saw a commercial for next week when one of the cooks was telling Simon, OR Gordon, or whatever, how she heard cold water boils faster than hot water. THAT could be the glimmer of real stupidity that could make this work.
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Ashes

Posted June 8, 2005 at 7:13 am

Coconuts, if you took a shot of whiskey for every bleep, “whatever,” or sign of rudeness, you must have been passed out drunk by the first commercial break!

Eddiebosox, Gordon Ramsey has had 4 shows in the UK over the past several years, none of which were a competition for him to mimic Simon Cowell, and he is acting now just like he always did on those shows. In addition, food critics say that even before the very first show, he was abrasive, foul-mouthed, and difficult with staff, customers, and critics alike. When it comes to having a harsh personality, I think he’s the real deal!
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runswithscissors

Posted June 8, 2005 at 7:54 am

I love this show and your recaps. I wish Kidney stone would have left. Dewberry was just fun to watch.But eww the t-shirt, I think Gordan should have said “Nevermind put the jacket back on and leave”
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mariana

Posted June 8, 2005 at 8:50 am

HAHAHAHA!.. i’m still laughing 2 days later.. my favorite line was when g’ram called dewberry a big fat overstuffed muffin.. tears are pouring right now.. the funny thing is dewberry really does look like a overstuffed muffin… and those man boobs were truly disturbing.. had to be at least a d cup.. i wonder if his nipples get hard when he’s aroused? they must stick out at least half an inch. i love this show..my boyfriend can only shake his head in dismay.
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Genevieve

Posted June 8, 2005 at 8:55 am

I have more to say about this show. But I just had to get this off my chest.

WHAT THE FUCK WITH THE KILLING OF ALL THESE ANIMALS & THEN YOU BITCH ABOUT HOW THEY DIDN’T COME OUT RIGHT SO LETS THROW EVERYTHING AWAY!?!?!?! All these lambs parts & squids & I just think it’s frikin disgusting & horrible.

Forget about all those starving people out there that could eat what that prick throws away. But all these animals are killed & for nothing.

I can’t wait till this phase in America ends. It’s all about being mean & selfish & assholes.
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3blue

Posted June 8, 2005 at 8:58 am

I’m gonna miss Dewberry soo much, if only because I won’t get to hear Gordon say his name anymore.
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graceintherace

Posted June 8, 2005 at 9:04 am

Great show (and, as always, great recap)! I have to say I loved it when Chef Ram called Chris a “lazy f**ker”. He’s about 1000 times better to watch than Simon Cowell – you know this is what he’s really like. It’s hard to fake a perfectionist control-freak! Besides, whether it’s real or not, it is fun to watch Chef Ram jump all over these restaurant “patrons”. How many times have you been in a restauarant when some self-important starts making a loud stink over something? It is all good fun!!
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josh

Posted June 8, 2005 at 9:12 am

I have some friends in the resaurant business. Supposedly the way that G-Ram talks to the contestants is really the way that chefs talk to their sous chefs. My friend is a restaurant manager and a very nice girl in general. The kitchen screwed up an order (I think somebody asekd for no dairy in their pasta). She walked back into the kitchen and yelled “What the fuck is this?!”

The chef repsoned “What the fuck do you think it is?!” And the conversation carried on like that. Supposedly that’s just how it goes in the Kitchen. I don’t think G-Ram is that over the line in tht regard. I’m not sure why he berates his own customers though, that’s just for TV I guess.
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bunnyhop

Posted June 8, 2005 at 9:16 am

Am I the only moron on the planet who did not know what a sous-chef was before this show????

If I am, please don’t tell me.
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Eddiebosox

Posted June 8, 2005 at 9:18 am

GEneieve, they died so we could laugh while he shoved their caracsses on dewberrys mantits.
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CT

Posted June 8, 2005 at 9:35 am

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, TVGasm for adding both this wonderfully awful show and Beauty and the Geek to your repertoire. Words cannot describe how happy these make me.

I <3 you guys!
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Jess

Posted June 8, 2005 at 10:01 am

“beach ball in a mosh pit”!!! HA!
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jash

Posted June 8, 2005 at 10:01 am

catchphrase? steal from trumps wing shackL

“you’re frierd!”
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Jess

Posted June 8, 2005 at 10:02 am

Also, the Friends rerun was on last night where Phoebe dates Monica’s sous-chef, and when he explains that as a sous-chef, he’s under Monica, Phoebe says, “I sous-stand.”

Classic.
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BillC

Posted June 8, 2005 at 10:04 am

Excellent summary!

I wonder if Dewberry’s parents were trying for a “classy” name like “DuBarry”, but just went all Southern instead.
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Kurt

Posted June 8, 2005 at 10:59 am

Catch phrases

Your goose is f-ing cooked!
Your souffle is f-ing fallen!
Your hollandaise is f-ing broken!

Basically any cooking problem with G’s expletive of choice.
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ms panic

Posted June 8, 2005 at 11:05 am

Am I the only one to notice… that Jeff(kidney stones) Doesn’t have any shoulders??? I’ll miss you Dewberry.. Your sweaty ass face and your Man-Boobs.
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sweetblondie30

Posted June 8, 2005 at 12:12 pm

my first time on this site…I LOVE IT!

excellent recap!

Although I loved him, i’m glad Blueberry is gone…I just couldn’t watch another episode of him sweating all over everything! eww!
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Ashes

Posted June 8, 2005 at 12:28 pm

In the South, it’s common to name kids (boys and girls alike) with family names (as in last names.) Dewberry could have been his mother or grandmother’s maiden name or the last name of someone from a few generations before where the name hasn’t carried on. I know girls named Cooper, Calvert, Bingham and the like, so a boy named Dewberry isn’t a stretch.
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Plumes

Posted June 8, 2005 at 12:28 pm

Sorry Bunnyhop, we all knew what a sous-chef was…

I thought a Dewberry was a little computer.

Who the F,,, would call a kid Dewberry? Does he have sisters and brothers? What are their names?

Dewberry with a Rasberry Beret!! What a picture that conveys..

So happy you are doing this show !!

See you next week !
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mich

Posted June 8, 2005 at 1:30 pm

Your recap’s hi-larious.

“I HAVE A DOCTORATE IN KICKING YO ASS!!”

Hehehe…. I wish, oh how I wish.

This SHOW kicks ass.
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couchpotato

Posted June 8, 2005 at 2:27 pm

I feel a certain emotion towards Dewberry. I mean I definitely felt he should be the one to go, but I feel sorry for the poor guy. Thank you B-Side for mentioning the narrator. He was soooo annoying. They need to get rid of him fast; he’s destroying the show. I thought the episode overall was a good one. Lots of drama and lots of laughs. I still can’t get over boygirl stepping over kidneystoner grawling “whatever”. Unbelievable.
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caleb

Posted June 8, 2005 at 3:05 pm

I often wonder if the actors…I mean, restaurant “patrons” have to audition for a role as “complaining customer” when they go back to talk to the big man, or if it’s just luck of the draw….or if they have every single one of them do it and pick out the cherry ones.
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goodjobben

Posted June 8, 2005 at 4:43 pm

Spectacular summary B-Side. I caught the first two episodes yesterday while I was home sick, and I’m kind of on the fence about tuning in Monday, though the Gordonisms alone may be worth it.
I was kind of disturbed by the squid competition too. By my count, this is the second time this season cucumbers have received hand release on a reality show (the other of course being the cluster-f that was the Apprentice Dove ad).
I can’t believe no one brought this up earlier… anyone catch The Office’s Ricky Gervais’ cameo in this episode? Screaming UCLA music guy looks an awful lot like him, no?
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Archer

Posted June 8, 2005 at 8:49 pm

I thought Dewberry was great on the show. I’ve been a friend and coworker of his for a couple of years now- he has an incredible sense of humor and a very caring heart. His true personality wasn’t shown on HK. Don’t write him off, though. I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of him on other shows soon!

BTW~ “Dewberry” is his last name, not his first
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Archer

Posted June 8, 2005 at 8:49 pm

I thought Dewberry was great on the show. I’ve been a friend of his for a couple of years now- he has an incredible sense of humor and a very caring heart. His true personality wasn’t shown on HK. Don’t write him off, though. I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of him on other shows soon!

BTW~ “Dewberry” is his last name, not his first
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British

Posted June 9, 2005 at 6:32 am

Dewberry would make one of those good Southern lawyers, dressed like Colonel Sanders and hold onto his lapells(sp?) saying “I do declare!”,etc.
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rico

Posted June 9, 2005 at 6:36 am

While I agree that the restaurant patrons are clearly extras pulled off the street just to fill the place, the tension is undoubtedly real. Granted, if someone offered me the chance for a free meal by a world-class chef (and Ramsey is most certainly that – his reputation is incredible) and a chance to be on TV, I don’t think I would readily complain to the chef. The pizza stunt, while hilarious, was unbelievably tacky. “I only wish your education matched your mouth” was a great one-liner, and from a Frenchman, no less! Jean-Philippe’s cool head prevailed, however, and so the American jackass came off as, well, a jackass. With a doctorate. In “music”. How vague.

All in all, my favorite show of the summer so far. One of my good friends is a food geek, knows all about Ramsey and his past behavior, and rest assured: it’s not an act. He has a history of cursing at staff and patrons alike, and has been know to physically remove people (including a well-known food critic, once) out of his establishments. The guy used to be a footballer, fer crissakes. Just take on look at his face, with the scars and such, and the clip from next week when he tells someone to “get over here” and I can say that I wouldn’t want to piss this guy off. God bless the TV landscape.

And I hear that BBC America is starting to rerun his old episodes of “Boiling Point”, in which he apparently is even more brutal to his potential chefs.
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Ashes

Posted June 9, 2005 at 7:11 am

rico, BBC America runs Ramsey’s shows Boiling Point, Beyond Boiling Point, and Kitchen Nightmares parts 1 and 2. They are all highly entertaining, and I recommend them to anyone fortunate enough to get BBC America. Sometimes on the weekends, they do marathons of Ramsey shows. In the UK, his name gets used as a verb, as in, “He Ramseyed me” meaning “he lost it and cussed me out.”
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having fun

Posted June 9, 2005 at 9:29 am

first of all..cleaning squid aint that big a deal…next ramsey is going nuts turning off the fan …o sweat into my food….that is so attractive…the people with the pizza were great….the fancy host looks too greasy to be real…i am waiting for his hair just to slide off his head…

o dewberry isnt that bad a name …come on yall…be nice…what is with that people being cussed at and staying……….. how much money is going out the door with this place….i realize fox is gonna do well from it….gram is more of a celeb now than a chef…
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rico

Posted June 9, 2005 at 11:59 am

Ashes, thanks for the heads-up. I’m going to have to somehow catch all of those episodes, because my appetite has been whetted. I don’t even know if that’s correct spelling/syntax, but I don’t care. I want more Ramsey.
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natalie ashman

Posted June 10, 2005 at 9:17 am

The customers aren’t actors. In the UK seats have gone out to actors, but also singers, politicians, other chefs and all kinds of critics. Ramsey is genuinly that rude to people! He only cars about his food he doesn’t give a sh!t about customers hes too rich and too successful to care! Hes the man!!!
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Tiffany

Posted June 12, 2005 at 12:44 pm

Is Andrew the same Andrew who was on The Apprentice? It’s been driving me crazy since I saw the show.
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Hannah

Posted June 14, 2005 at 1:43 am

Great show, hilarious write-up by B-side. I eagerly await his next installation.

Jimmy (aka Jim to us) comes across much better in person, but seems very nervous on the show. He has a great personality. I hope he lasts a long time, but he isn’t allowed to tell us. He really deserves more air time.

Catch phrase:
It’s time to cut the fat.
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Hannah

Posted June 14, 2005 at 1:44 am

No change that catch phrase to:

It’s time to trim the fat.

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