May 15, 2008
FOX is the final network to have its upfronts this week. As far as upfront weeks go, it hasn't been the most exciting. In this Internet age we live in, secrets are almost impossible to keep – we all knew which shows were being canceled and which weren't. We knew which new series were going to be picked up. The one thing that networks can keep secret, however, are their final schedules. FOX released two schedules today, one for Fall and one for the Spring. Below, you will find the Fall schedule, followed by a look at the new series and some commentary.
November 21, 2007
Kitchen Nightmares star Gordon Ramsay might be from the United Kingdom, but he knows where his bread is buttered, and aims to help out his American market as well.
Kitchen Nightmares has new episodes through the remainder of November, including one you can watch tonight as you make any pre-Thanksgiving preparations tonight. Ramsay has also offered up some tips for you if you are making one of the big birds for Turkey Day.
November 7, 2007
Culinary greatness or Hollywood fame and fortune? The toss-up between the lure of both callings is the focus of tonight's episode on Kitchen Nightmares with chef Gordon Ramsay. In the spotlight will be Sebastian's in Burbank, California.
The volatile Ramsay must sort out the priorities of both the owner and his staff in order to bring Sebastian's back on track.
October 24, 2007
Each week on Kitchen Nightmares, Gordon Ramsay undertakes overhauling an entire restaurant, both the front and back of the house. You would think that was challenging enough, but it turns out that he's even ready for a bigger task: overhauling an entire town.
After Ramsay's “I burnt my testicle” media hoax, it's hard not to take anything outlandish that he says with a grain of salt, but he said he's serious.
October 17, 2007
Were you starting to worry about how you would get your recommended daily allowance of Chef Gordon Ramsay after this season of Kitchen Nightmares ends? While Hell's Kitchen was picked up for another season, for now, it appears that won't air until summer of 2008.
Never fear, you will still have the chance to watch various and sundry kitchen staff be berated all through next spring, as Fox has just picked up Kitchen Nightmares for another ten episodes.
October 10, 2007
It's been a rough year so far for Gordon Ramsay.
He's been embroiled in controversy around his show Kitchen Nightmares, his former mentor Marco Pierre White threatened to sue him for statements Ramsay made in his book, his own brother was arrested and jailed on drug charges in Indonesia, and his London restaurants took a critical hit in an influential guide.
There is, however, some good news on the horizon for Ramsay, possibly delivering him out of the Kitchen Nightmares of recent months into a much better place.
October 3, 2007
Long before Kitchen Nightmares, back when Gordon Ramsay was a young chef, and wanted to excel in his career, he went to study French cuisine in Paris. But he didn't stay. Instead, he returned home to the U.K. to help elevate the globally-derided British food scene. While he hasn't been able to single-handedly bring them to the level of France – France still has 26 3-Michelin-starred restaurants to the U.K.'s 3 – he has helped contribute to the new food culture in Britain.
So what next? Time to go back to France. And feed them some British food.
September 26, 2007
Gordon Ramsay has made a career out of being foul-mouthed. Of course, no one can deny his culinary expertise; even with the recent mild critical knocks some of his restaurant, he's still got three Michelin stars to his name, something only two other venues in the United Kingdom can also claim.
But let's face it – three Michelin stars and all the skills to pay all the bills in the world weren't what brought Chef Ramsay intercontinental television success. No, what separated him from the other talented food professionals are his temper and his way with expletives. His British show The F-Word is a cheeky nod to two things he's familiar with; food, and…well, the f-word.
On last week's premiere of Kitchen Nightmares, however, Ramsay might have met his foul-mouthed match in Peter Pelegrino, the manager of the restaurant at the heart of that episode. And, actually, not just his match; based on the footage that aired, Peter had the chef handily beat when it came to the bleeps.