Ramsay the Angel, Ramsay the Devil
If you didn't already know, Chef Gordon Ramasay (of Fox's awful reality TV show Hell's Kitchen) also has a show that's on BBC America, called Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. It's odd to see the same chef on one of the worst food-related reality TV shows and one of the best food-related reality TV shows.Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is everything that Hell's Kitchen is not, and the premise is pretty simple. Ramsay walks into an operation that is failing and works with the chefs and staff to help turn it around. It's amazing to watch him work ... in HK he's shown as a domineering, cursing, asshole, someone you'd never want to work for. You only get little glimpses of someone who is genuinely concerned about the people he is working with, but in RKN, you get to see the mentor in Ramsay come out. Sure, he has an edge ... what chef doesn't? But it's funny how he takes a quiet yet firm approach, not tolerating any BS, yet also praising and rewarding when necessary. In a recent episode, it amazed me how quickly he found the root of the problem ... although many of the complaints were about the food, he soon realized that it wasn't the chef and instead could be traced back to poor management. He took a very soft, tender, almost loving approach to mentoring the chef. And watching him charm a table of guests using ribald British humor was a revelation.
Ramsay in RKN is a revelation ... here's a man that I wouldn't mind working for, but one that I'd also love to hang out with. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is on BBC America on Wednesdays, 9 PM ET/PT ... check it out.
Oh, and the past few weeks in Hell's Kitchen? I've literally been cringing ... Sara deserves to be shot for sabotaging her team ... it strikes a huge professional nerve for me to see someone not owning up to their mistakes or, even worse, sabotaging their team. If you're not carrying your weight, you have no reason to be in a kitchen.
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