Hell's Kitchen
(Season 2; America)

Channel 5
Friday 11pm.

a b o u t i t:

World renowned Chief Gordon Ramsay put 12 chiefs to challenges and the winner would get to win a restaurant in Hollywood! Think Donald Trump's Apprentice, Boot Camp and American Idol.

l o v e:

The extensive Divison of Labor (DOL). It is easy on the part of customers to order, wait, complain and enjoy our meals, while there's actually complex DOL supporting the foundation of the interaction. In fact, the extend of the DOL dawns on me that what we eat is never simple!

The chaos in the kitchen. Okies, I am sadist. I enjoy the yelling, cursing and clumsiness revolving round the pressure to serve quickly in the kitchen. It is funny to see how blur some of the apprentice chiefs become under pressure. (E.g: Forgot to switch on oven or turn on the stove while cooking, serve cold spaghetti, meat caught in fire...) and how Ramsay and the assistant chiefs reacted ("you forget to switch on the oven, stupid!; Maron, you get out of my kitchen..). Haha.

The Experts (in all senses). Some of the apprentices are passionate and good at cooking and calm at handling Chief Ramsay's insults. While some are doing a good job at pissing their peers. Others are conspiring away.


d i s l i k e:

The excessive cursing and usiage of the F-words. I watched an online uncensored clip on one of the episodes. 95% of Chief Ramsay's curses include an F-Word at minimum. Wow, Hell's Kitchen is another show other than American Pie to learn how to use the F-word so creatively! Gosh. However, I think he is trying to create this highly stressful environment and coach the apprentice to adopt to the pressures. Nonetheless, the swearing is a bit over for me.

w e b s i t e:

http://www.fox.com/hellskitchen/


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p.s: anyone know where to watch Hell's Kitchen online??