<![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I would hope that someone WOULD swear a blue streak at any restauranteur who had the irresponsibility and audacity to serve food to unsuspecting paying customers from kitchens like we have seen Chef Ramsay inspect on his shows, both in the UK and the USA.

As Chef would say, "You could KILL someone serving this &$A@!" (Raw chicken?!? Spoiled seafood?!? Rotting meat?!?)

While there may be parts of these programs that are "staged", I doubt seriously if anyone could debate Chef throwing up after eating "off" seafood at one of the restaurants fetured on the BBC program. I agree with many of you who prefer the BBC version; it's far more realistic and thought out, far less fomulaic.

In the USA, Anthony Bourdain wrote a brilliant book about his experiences in the NYC restaurant business, and after reading it, I was loathe to eat out anywhere in America. After seeing Chef Ramsay's first show, I will never eat out again!

IMO, what people should be concerned about is the lack of Food Inspectors, and/or the graft they are willing to take to give restaurants a "pass", that the restaurants are serving inferior food (frozen, past the shelf life, etc.), that the food is contaminated by rodent/insect feces, that the staff is unhygienic, that the kitchen is filthy and the iceboxes and freezers are kept in an appallingly horrible state full of deteriorating food and mold, and so on.

I don't really care for the "F Word" program as much, as it seems to me to be an exercise in child abuse. There is plenty of time for the children to learn where meat comes from, and IMO making them hardened to the suffering of our fellow creatures (kept as pets!) at such a young age might well present emotional and ethical problems for them in the future.

I've often wondered where Chef got his ability to use fairly good psychological tactics dealiing with some of the people who ASK him to come and help them; I just wish he would use the same sound judgment when it comes to his proginy.

Other than that, I commend Chef Ramsay for opening the eyes of the public, and I don't care if he swears a lot or not. He's geting our attention, so we aren't all "donkeys" suffering from food poisoning or laying on a slab in a morgue somewhere.

I would recommend everyone learn how to cook and educate themselves on hygienic procedures when it comes to the safe handling of food.

best_chef

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @BowlingAlleyLawyer:
The man uses insults the way Miles Davis plays the trumpet. He's a fucking virtuoso. I once heard him insult someone's tastebuds by saying "You have a mouth like a cow's arse." That just makes me laught every time I think about it.

Botswana Meat Commission FC

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> Actually his quote was "You come down to my kitchen with a ridiculous hat on like that again, I'll stick it UP your ASS fucking sideways."

And this is only one of the many reasons I have a very strange and oddly erotic crush on the Ramsay...
His BBC America shows are all on my TIVO. He makes for a wildly/weirdly sexy weekend and thank the lord my boyfriend gets a giggle out of how beautifully/brutally honest he is with his subjects. He thinks I have a new-found hotness for him. I am unashamedly willing to admit it is all Gordon. I even bought him the Gordon Ramsay biography for his birthday.
Is that wrong?

BowlingAlleyLawyer

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I love Kitchen Nightmares on BBC America. Also How Clean is Your House?, You Are What You Eat, and the original What Not to Wear. All those Brit show are grittier than American makeover shows: incredibly out-of-shape people standing in their grannie panties in three-way mirrors, individuals inspecting their own poo, emotionally stunted packrats with rotten hygiene and houses full of cat hair and spiderwebs, etc. etc. Make me feel quite pretty, actually.

Carol Gardens

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @Jenniferhdaniel: It's the lurid text messages she sends me about him that cross some line.

Private Hangnail

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I am sorry, but we cannot get excited about any of these garbage fakeality shows. When accountants and the stupidity of the American public are combined you get this sort of rubbish.

Triborough

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> Gordon Ramsey and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are my heroes. Love.

IntoAshes

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> Was that "E" from Entourage with the ten gallon chef's hat on?

trickydick

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @ bellethellama: That woman makes me angry every time I think about all the work everyone did and how terrible she was. And then I wonder why my parents won't give me the money to play at being a "restauranteur" in Paris.

AshMas

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @McCheeburger: No no, it looks like Padma actually laid down on a giant flatbed scanner and was, well, scanned in. Try it at home with a vase or pencil or something, and you'll see what I mean.

In Other News...

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @Nic Fit: So far my favorite BBC Kitchen Nightmares was the Parisian-based vegetarian restaurant--a total trust fund brat was gifted this restaurant in a prime location by her daddy, and even with a great chef at the helm courtesey of Ramsay finding one (who was eventually hired for one of his own restaurants) the place closed in less than six weeks because she just didn't care. It fills me with such self-righteous rage whenever I watch it.

bellethellama

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @4_Chan!!!!!11!one: Agreed. I have been enjoying Ramsay for quite some time now, but I love him best when he is sorting out the eateries of the plebs. He always does a good job on 'em.

Gotta have a shout-out for the wifelet, Tana, who makes all this delicious TV possible. She mums their 4 kids and does all the home cooking. Gordon is not a New Man.

[uktv.co.uk]

pufflehuff

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @In Other News...: Um, do you mean is that a scanned photo or did they lie her down on a flatbed scanner to capture that image?

Or am I completely missing the question? <---strong possibility

McCheeburger

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> From what I gather, a lot of people don't think Gordon can cook either. Is he successful because he's British -- the other famous chef from the U.K., Fergus Henderson, became celebrated for his extensive use of offal. Not sure how much competition that might be!

But anyway, if you've been in Hollywood, you see how people with English accents often get away with murder (good jobs, et. al.), and I'd wonder whether Ramsay is just another example? Now that Rocco DiSpirito has made an ass of himself, TV looks to someone from across the pond for more authority!

Or something like that. Carry on!

TimeWarnerRhymeAnaheim

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @belltolls: Yeah, me too, but I'd keep her in long sleeves.

McCheeburger

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @ms.creant: Contestants should practice risotto and beef wellington till they can cook it in their sleep before the the first episode films. Donkeys.

TallulahSkankhead

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I typed "fist fillets" ... which brings a whole new meaning to what I was trying to say ... also ... that is the name of my new band.

Jenniferhdaniel

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @winniemc:

I just thought it sounded funny. And wrong.

Chaim Gnadelstein

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @McCheeburger: Did they take Padma's photo on a scanner?

In Other News...

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @Chaim Gnadelstein: How do you fuck someone with baby gloves?

I think you are mixing your metaphors...

ps. kid gloves aren't made from actual children

winniemc

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @Botswana Meat Commission FC: I kno, I'm addicted to it.Not only do I lust after him on it, there's just something so satisfying about somebody who knows what they're doing to a T, screaming at arseholes who think they're the dogs bollox but haven't a clue.

@Wrathos: Em no, but he will be tonight so thanks for that.By the by, does he call you donkey?'Cos that I would like to hear about...

His wife is such a lucky woman..

Calraigh

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @ADismalScience: I saw that episode of Top Gear.... hilarious. It's a shame that Simon Cowell can't be that bold on AI without huge public outcry. It would be a much more watchable show - in spite of Paula.

MidTwix

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @Chaim Gnadelstein: Yep. Cool, huh?

I Don't Get It

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @BettyCrocker: Oh no you didn't!

Bof

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @ADismalScience: I gotta check that out.

Nic Fit

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I couldn't decide which was better .... last night's show with the fist fillets ... or the one before when he asked the david gest douchebag if he smoked:

Douchebag David Gest: "Do you mean cigarettes?"

Le Chef: "No." (Proceeds to puke up raw meat surprise ... heaved more than once ... nice.)

Jenniferhdaniel

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @BettyCrocker: Ha. That reminds me of my grandfather's favorite Thanksgiving joke: All the pies are pumpkin (pronounced "punkin") here.

fiveinchtaint

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @CaptainHangNail: Your mother has good taste.

Jenniferhdaniel

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I'm commenting just for the halibut.

BettyCrocker

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @Nic Fit:

Let me set the stage for you here.

Simon Cowell sits down for a smug interview, and they do a bit where they put a "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car." Simon's racing around some track in a Chevy Malibu, which he repeatedly calls "rubbish" despite its sponsorship of the show. Then, when asked where he placed on their celebrity leaderboard, he thinks that he has unseated Gordon Ramsay - the previous time leader. Simon, of course, wins by 2 seconds and says "Yeah, but Gordon's fat, so that's worth at least two seconds."

ADismalScience

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> Is the F Word the show in which Ramsay raises animals in his back yard -- and allows his children to grow attached to them as pets, moreover -- before he slaughters them, in full graphic display for the cameras, for meat for his restaurants?

Chaim Gnadelstein

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> The F Word is a FANTASTIC show- it's repeating on BBC America on Sunday mornings. I can't recommend it highly enough.

srhbks

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @Chaim Gnadelstein: yes, much better than the American versions

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @pre555soul: I only watched a few of the American episodes of Kitchen Nightmares (and they were very good), but I always catch the BBC ones; there are a lot more of them and they're usually better.

Buzz Killington

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I see our mini-post boxes have made a reappearance.

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @Chaim Gnadelstein:

Uh..."UK aggressive-aggressive"...

Chaim Gnadelstein

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I agree with many of you regarding Kitchen Nighmares. That show is excellent and I like to catch on the weekends. Much better than Hell's Kitchen which is all Foxed out.

BalknChain

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @ADismalScience:

I agree. The American way is to fuck you with baby gloves, but fuck you just same. I'll take US aggressive-aggressive over US passive-aggressive any day.

Chaim Gnadelstein

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @Nic Fit: 100% with you on that. The British version of Kitchen Nightmares is replayed on BBC America.

fiveinchtaint

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> His BBC shows are so much better. Fox sucks. But I love some Gordon Ramsay!

And I love you, Hamilton, for not making a "pawn/prawn" pun to start this post. Because you could have.

City_Dater

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @ADismalScience: Bless your heart.

Bell County

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @ADismalScience: Yeah, dude, but the Brits are overly nasty, in my humble opinion. Okay, Americans are wide-eyed optimists, but all in all it's a good quality. Yay!

Nic Fit

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> Forget Fox, check out the original BBC programs (BBC America). Kitchen Nightmares is way better than the US version. I also love the "F Word" -- it's so surreal: part cooking show, reality contest, farm report, and with some British celebs thrown in for any reason. I love the fact that in the season I've seen so far, he's LOST every cooking challenge. It's also where they invented the idea of making a contest by asking diners how many would have paid for the meal they received.

meechybee

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I love this man. Honestly, British television is full of much more vibrant personalities than its American counterparts. These people are straightforward assholes about things, and honestly it's way better than the American method of being disingenuously nice about things. Seriously, everybody in America should see a Simon Cowell interview on Top Gear, in which he is approximately 10,000 times more nasty than he's ever been on AI.

ADismalScience

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> The guy has had major issues ever since that capon dumped him.

KarenUhOh

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> Do the contestants on Hell's Kitchen have to be so second rate? Aside from the obligatory fauxhawk guy and weird glasses guy, all of the contestants are either fat, ugly, loudmouthed, or stupid, and most combine two or more of the characteristics, and not in an entertaining way.

But I love all the crying.

Excusado

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @McCheeburger: That scar does something to me.

belltolls

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @Calraigh:
Then you would love the bbc version of Kitchen Nightmares. At about the 10 minute mark of EVERY episode, there's a shot of Gordo taking off his shirt and baring his hairy chest before putting on the chef wear.

Botswana Meat Commission FC

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> Kitchen Nightmares is so much better, though...I think it's a shame that they had to add all the reality TV Americanisms, like the slow dramatic music, everyone lining up all the time, people stepping forward and all that. I prefer the British one where he just yells at chain-smoking layabouts with bad teeth.

Nic Fit

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> Thank you for confirming I wasn't the only one sitting on the edge of my seat last night over the weight of a fish fillet. Only slightly less entertaining are the destroyed looks on the contestants' faces that appear throughout the whole show. Come on, people, you knew what Ramsay was like: suck it up!

ms.creant

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @Sally Tomato: I thought Kitchen Nightmares was amazing. Clean up your damn restaurant, you pigs!

Whatever happened to that show?

Withnail

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @valarmorghulis: Thats his other show on BBC called 'The F Word' and its great. The James May episode was classic.

Buzz Killington

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I love Ramsay - there's something so deliciously S&M about him. @4_Chan!!!!!11!one: I caught his other show 'The F Word' when I was in Scotland and flipped out. You think Kitchen Nightmares is good, F Word kills it. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that show.

Sally Tomato

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I leaned last night JUST HOW FUCKING HUGE HALIBUT ARE. And that 5.9 ounces of fillet is, well, good enough to win.

In Other News...

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> @Calraigh: Does he call you 'Donkey'?

Wrathos

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> The dude that looks like David Gest creeps me out.

Wrathos

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> My mother is hot in the biscuit for Gordon's bald sous chef. It's admittedly creepy.

Private Hangnail

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I regularly have unbelievable sex with Gordon Ramsay.
Unfortunately and not a little strangely this only occurs in my mind and when I'm asleep.It usually involves the expletives 'fuck', 'fuck off' and my personal favourite, 'fuck me'.
Holy, holy, holy Lord.

Calraigh

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I realized that this must be a good show, because it had me waiting anxiously to watch a dramatic scene of fish fillets being placed on a scale.

Not since Geraldo opened Al Capone's vault has television provided a more riveting spectacle.

Meh, Ramsay may be a great chef, but I find his antics insipid and common. Besides, I only have room and time for one chef show, and I'm all about the Padma.

Hell yeah!

McCheeburger

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> I can't remember if it was on FOOD, or BBC, but the other day I caught a bit of a show where Ramsey was trying to gross out James May (of Top Gear) with odd foodstuffs and couldn't, then managed to lose a blind cooking contest with him. Gordon was his usual plesent self about the turn of events, but had to politly ask May to leave so he could get back to serving the diners.

valarmorghulis

]]> <![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay Brings Halibut To Life]]> Gordon Ramsay is a genius. His other two BBC shows are also brilliant.

Buzz Killington

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