Honey! Thank you for picking up this show to recap. I appreciate that you look up the terms you don't understand and seem to enjoy watching the HK and recapping it!

We who are Ramsey lovers have been waiting for the show to begin and I don't feel any of us were let down my the season opener... what a freak show!

Your writing was great and your observations "spot on"-- I am relieved and will look forward to your recaps...

and If you really really want to eat in Hell's Kitchen I recommend you wait until after week six if you HOPE to get more than a few bites!

Honey! Thank you for picking up this show to recap. I appreciate that you look up the terms you don't understand and seem to enjoy watching the HK and recapping it!

We who are Ramsey lovers have been waiting for the show to begin and I don't feel any of us were let down my the season opener... what a freak show!

Your writing was great and your observations "spot on"-- I am relieved and will look forward to your recaps...

and If you really really want to eat in Hell's Kitchen I recommend you wait until after week six if you HOPE to get more than a few bites!

Chef Ramsey ALWAYS starts off giving the prizes to the hottest girls on the show ... I love that this show is being recapped!

Man, I love this show. I've been an avid fan since season 1. For all you G-Ram lovers out there, I read something a few weeks ago that said he's going to have a US version of Kitchen Nightmares on Fox. Hell yes!

Honey Gangster, you get a cookie for an awesome recap. You pointed out a lot of things I missed when I watched this episode. I love how you turned confessional into a verb. Shear Genius with Jaclyn Smith.

One of the guy douchebags is from here or living here or something. Saw him on local morning news. I just get the douchebag guys confused this early. Maybe Chris or Josh or some such.

You would do well to steer clear of Rachael Ray recipes. Good recap, but I miss EdHill like nobody's business.

Great touch on putting each person's photo up. It's so hard keeping people straight in the early episodes.

Great recap. If this was your first experience with hell's Kitchen then you know not the ridiculous extent to which the announcer takes the drama.

Also, Gordon was reportedly a very good player (scouted at age 14 for a big pro team) but blew his knee out.

I HATE Joanna! And I hate how they ALWAYS have to put all of the women together since they know there will be catfights, therefore, good tv. It's so dumb.

I like Melissa. I didn't like her at first, but she seems the only one that is competent. I like Julia as well - how horrible is it that just because she's not "professional restaurant material" she's treated so poorly by the other women. Cattiness at it's worst. I think I like Bonnie, but we didn't really see much of her. I liked Tiffany at the beginning but honestly, 2 hours to fry a flippin egg? I'm not a trained chef and I can do that in a matter of minutes, without breaking the yolk, thankyouverymuch. Geez...

As for the guys, I like Josh. He seems the most competent of them as well.

Thanks for the great recap!!

~Georgia~

There's not a show one television -- not ONE -- that couldn't be improved by adding a little bit of Gordon Ramsay.

I want them to shuffle the reality show hosts. Send Probst to Hell's Kitchen and let him do his arm wave. Send Julie Chen to The Amazing Race. Let Chef Ramsay do Survivor. Or, better still, just let G-Ram do them all. "DONKEY!"

great recap honey! very funny.

i love this show--and G-Ram, i just wish he had called someone a donkey in this episode--love that!

the red team was really petty--and stupid--they didn't think a short order cook could fry an egg? and if for some strange reason she couldn't, then they could legitimately blame her for their suckage and get rid of her.

Aaron--his crying is going to get old really quick. they do have medication for that.

Last year was Donkey. Year before that was Plank. Don't worry, G-Ram will find his makes-no-sense-but-is-still-amazingly-awesome insult word soon enough.

P.S. Risotto isn't that hard to make it just takes time. Novice/would-be chef's often rush it and cook it like any other rice and it comes out all sticky and bland. Key points for a good risotto: low heat, stock must be close to a boil before adding, only enough liquid should be added to cover the rice so that the rice never floats but is always wet, lots of stirring/pan shaking

Brenda, I am so fired up to watch the American version of Kitchen Nightmares. I wish they would do an American version of Gordon Ramsey's "F" word. That's my fave of all his shows. Tho - it's fun to watch the young Ramsey on Boiling Point. Can you tell I'm a Ramsey/BBCAmerica junky?

Honey - just some quick tips. First off - Gordon is Scottish not Brittish. He does live in England but he is from Scotland.

Second - on other shows it may be merely Risotto but on Hell's Kitchen it is Bloody Risotto!

And my darling Gordo is not at all bitter (he's a huge flirt really - just watch "F" word to see) he's just a perfectionist about food.

Anyone else think Gordon is the hideous love child of sting and simon cowel? Honey, way to rock a recap. You single? ;)

Ramsay is obviously a boob man, hence the apparent favoritism of last season's mental train wreck Virginia and now Melissa (who, by the way, has an awful and obvious boob job- there shouldn't be a canyon between your breasts). But she did make a steak w/ asparagus that looked scrummy (one of my favorite, yet simple, dishes). Im glad Tiffany went home, as she was a real cow to say that Julia "works at Waffle House, I mean COME ON!". And yet she can't fry an egg? Touche, pussycat!

Among those who will go home soon, I predict Aaron and Bonnie, for there pansiness (can't take the heat, etc.) and Vinnie for his sloth-like attitude. Joanna will not be far behind, as she is clearly a mess. I predict Melissa and her giant towers of Teflon will be one of the finalists, and I hope Rock makes it far enough to gain more experience and possibly even win.

Ramsay is obviously a boob man, hence the apparent favoritism of last season's mental train wreck Virginia and now Melissa (who, by the way, has an awful and obvious boob job- there shouldn't be a canyon between your breasts). But she did make a steak w/ asparagus that looked scrummy (one of my favorite, yet simple, dishes). Im glad Tiffany went home, as she was a real cow to say that Julia "works at Waffle House, I mean COME ON!". And yet she can't fry an egg? Touche, pussycat!

Among those who will go home soon, I predict Aaron and Bonnie, for there pansiness (can't take the heat, etc.) and Vinnie for his sloth-like attitude. Joanna will not be far behind, as she is clearly a mess. I predict Melissa and her giant towers of Teflon will be one of the finalists, and I hope Rock makes it far enough to gain more experience and possibly even win.

Ramsay is obviously a boob man, hence the apparent favoritism of last season's mental train wreck Virginia and now Melissa (who, by the way, has an awful and obvious boob job- there shouldn't be a canyon between your breasts). But she did make a steak w/ asparagus that looked scrummy (one of my favorite, yet simple, dishes). Im glad Tiffany went home, as she was a real cow to say that Julia "works at Waffle House, I mean COME ON!". And yet she can't fry an egg? Touche, pussycat!

Among those who will go home soon, I predict Aaron and Bonnie, for there pansiness (can't take the heat, etc.) and Vinnie for his sloth-like attitude. Joanna will not be far behind, as she is clearly a mess. I predict Melissa and her giant towers of Teflon will be one of the finalists, and I hope Rock makes it far enough to gain more experience and possibly even win.

sorry for the dual posts!

Holy shit, Aaron is a freaking nutcase! He makes Dewberry from Season One look like Ramsay!

When Melissa told Tiffany that she was safe, there seemed to be some shady editing there. Makes me think she didn't even tell Tiff she was totally safe. Sorry, but reality TV editing latley has me sooooo suspicuous of what's really going on!

This ep was great.....and it was just the first one! I'm watching the second one now......can't wait for the recap!

Hey, Shaz, that was a triple!

Ramsay does like his hooters. Always works with him. Melissa will go far.

I'm impressed with Rock, who quitly does his thing and I think he's the odds-on favorite for the final cook-off. I can't fault him on his use of a frozen ingredient. He likely didn't have time to prepare from fresh and, to be honest, Gordo didn't really know the difference.

Honey, you may be new at this, but you are concise, clear, informative and you go the extra mile to clarify things for us. Please stay. One thing, though, I hate your use of the noun "confessional" as a verb. It may be nouveau, but still incorrect.

Fantastic recap, honey! Really funny.

Ya know, while 'on the rag' does have several differing yet related shades of meaning, you can't really hear it without also thinking of the colloquial menstral ref. So, props for picking up on that.

I love that you really do your research. Also, you must have really pored over that episode bc, as someone else upthread also commented, you caught a lot of things I missed.

Thanks!

These so-called chefs are all a disaster zone. I cannot picture a single one of them successfully supervising one dinner service, let alone running their own kitchen without running it into the ground.

Does anyone else think the busty, pretty girl who can cook is a dead ringer for Lauren Holly? The resemblance is uncanny...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000452/

p.s. I think those diners get paid to *not* eat and go home hungry and cranky.