What is this program? culinary makeover
When and where? premieres July 12, 8 p.m., on BBC America
Who should watch this program? aspiring restaurateurs, expletive lovers
So how is it? Gordon Ramsay is my favorite jerk. His intolerance for culinary ineptitude is exceeded only by his freewheeling use of the F-word. In Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, the kitchens in question are those of British restaurants whose clueless owners are on the verge of financial ruin. Ramsay spends one week on location identifying problems with the menu, the service, even the concept of the place, and attempts to correct what's gone wrong. It's not as easy as it sounds. One pub owner's addiction to kooky plates ("This one's like a fucking swimming pool for Barbie!") is hard to break, although Ramsay does, literally. Another chef proudly serves Ramsay his signature dish, a fillet steak kebab hanging from a hook, only to be told that it comes off like "a fucking donkey's dick swinging in front of my face." Ramsay isn't always abusive (he declares the publican's Yorkshire pudding "amazing"), but it's definitely more fun when he is. Each episode ends with Ramsay returning after a month to see if his edicts have held, and more often than not they haven't. Maybe that's why British food sucks. Stateside fans who only know Ramsay as the maestro of Hell's Kitchen may be pleased to learn he's bringing an American version of Kitchen Nightmares to Fox this fall. Fuck me!
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