And wow, what a quote from her when Ramsay asked what book she’d copied her signature dish from - cut to the confessional camera where she says something like, “I don’t even read that much.” :smack: Yeah, you know, flipping through cookbooks for recipes is a tad different from actual reading.
Good chefs/cooks and good entertainers are two completely different things. If it was a show about talented chefs cooking amazing food, it’d be a Top Chef or Next Food Network Star rehash, and Fox is taking a more…dramatic approach. Yeah, there’d be some viewers, but the whackiness and drama also appeals to the Jerry Springer crowd, so this way they get them and the foodies as well.
Also, I love the fact that they’re dubbing in the karate sounds whenever Raj does a move, especially when he’s in the confessional. I gets me a-gigglin’.
She could also have rehearsed an ‘Save my Ass’ speech to give to Ramsey rather than talking off the top of her head. She knew she was going against Lisa and probably had time to work out some talking points to save herself.
Other than Mrs. Ramsey, I don’t think we have had any deliberate plants from the producers. I do think we have had more than a few who were picked for drama rather than cooking skills and a bunch in the later seasons who were more interested in 15 minutes then being a head chef.
TheHK wikipediasite has updates on the past winners. It looks like the last two winners and Cristina from Season 4 may still be with him. Heather from season 2 came back as a sous chef for season 6, but does not work at a Ramsey resturant any more.
This. They have done this before.
This season is insane so far. It’s like Hell’s Kitchen meets Jersey Shore! I love it!
In the preview I noticed it seems to be a large fleet from a private ambulance company.
I haven’t done anythgin about it but the episode made me really want some sushi.
I think they do this every season now.
Um. What does the ‘no spoilers’ bit in the title mean in the context of a season-long thread?
It means don’t spoil anything on the evening of each show or perhaps even in the proceeding days to let everyone get caught up.
I believe that Mrs. Ramsey ‘plant’ was in Masterchef USA not HK.
No, she did it on HK.
About the “plants”
Take 16 of your friends/coworkers/acquantices and put them on a reality deep-sea fishing show called “Master Baiter”. How many would be accused of being an actor hired to add drama/comedic relief to the show. At least 4 or 5 I bet.
It’s just human nature when a camera is on.
Poor Raj. He was harassed and targeted and finally got the boot.
Sabrina is quite a whack job as well. If you’re trying to manipulate service to make the others look bad, it’s probably not a good idea to admit it so openly on camera.
So far, there don’t seem to be many impressive chefs. The only one who seems to consistent is Vinnie.
Jesus this show is a train wreck. What in the hell is happening in these people’s heads?
That camp chef guy is good eye candy, though, so at least there’s that.
Those challenge contests are fixed. There’s no way every single one can end as a one point cliffhanger down to the last second.
Yeah, it’s pretty obvious once you’ve seen a few.
Speaking of obvious, as obviously as Raj needed to go, I’m surprised he went so soon. I guess that’s why Sabrina girl didn’t get the boot like she should’ve in hour 2, they had to keep some drama around.
Oh, I didn’t realize last night’s was two hours. No more eye candy guy.
I’m glad you watched. I was sorried about how to break it to you. My first thought was, “but he’s the prettiest one!”
I believe they’ve been doing 2 new episodes back-to-back every other week since last season.
I was really bummed they let Raj go so soon, especially with that harpy Sabrina still there. Raj is tailor-made great TV. He’s so unbalanced, but I sort of feel bad for him since the whole team hated him so openly.
I couldn’t stop laughing when he stuffed the entire piece of fish in his mouth and just looked around like “what?”.