You know Gordon Ramsay [1] and you've already met the contestants of Hell's Kitchen Season 4 [2], but what did you think of the first episode? I'm incredibly disappointed. Since Ramsay is searching for a chef for his own restaurant [3], I hoped this season would be more serious than past years.
However, it ended up being like a bad April Fools' joke. It was uncomfortable to watch and I felt bad for the contestants. Watching them slip and trip around Hell's Kitchen was like watching a parody of Top Chef [4] on Saturday Night Live. I miss the heroic, do-good Ramsay of Kitchen Nightmares [5]. To discuss the episode in more depth, and check out my top five Ramsayism of the night, .
Throughout the show, I kept asking myself is Ramsay really going to hire an electrician or receptionist to head his first ever Los Angeles eatery? Other questions I had are listed below, so let's talk over the episode.
- What did you think of Gordon's disguise?
- Is Bobby the most annoying guy or what? Weren't Jason's comments completely sexist?
- Isn't it funny when the diners in the restaurant get all pissy? Haven't they ever watched Hell's Kitchen?
- What was with the crappy captains?
- Don't you think the phrase "for the first time in Hell's Kitchen history" is totally over used?
- Did Louross nominate the right two contestants for elimination?
- Is it just me, or are the contestants strangely familiar? Bobby is an uglier Tre from Top Chef Season 3 [6]. Louross reminds me of Hung [7], also from Top Chef Season 3. Rosann could be Nikki [8] from the current season of Top Chef's cousin. And Dominic, well he looks like Robin Williams.
Finally, if you missed the episode here are my favorite Ramsay quotes:
- On Craig's oversized chef hat: Little boy syndrome downstairs?
- On Petrozza's hen in a pumpkin: Let's see what we got for trick or treat, shall we? Right now looking at that mess, it makes me want to stick your f***ing head in there.
- On Vanessa's horrible attempt to be a captain: Morning Vanessa, wakey wakey, get a grip.
- On Matt's presence in the kitchen: He's standing there pissing his pants looking for his white chocolate caviar tartare crap.
- On Louross stepping up as captain: Thank god someone has a f***ing set of balls.
Photo courtesy of Fox [9].