Rat Man
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When you go from Cable TV to Streaming you find yourself binge watching every season of old shows. Right now one of the shows I'm watching is Hell's Kitchen. The show cracks me up. As some of you might recall I cooked professionally in three different kitchens when I was a much younger man. Each new season of HK starts with a new group of so called chefs. The groups range in size from ten to fifteen participants. The last man or woman standing after enduring Gordon Ramsey's abuse for ten or twelve shows wins a quarter million dollars and gets to be head chef at one of Gordon's restaurants. I wonder where they dig up these pathetic misfits. Gordon is known for his abusive and filthy mouth. If I had to deal with these people I'd probably be far worse. In the first place there are only two states of being for food that you're serving in a restaurant. It's either right or it's not. There is no confusion; no gray area. For Gordon to ask that food be prepared properly isn't unreasonable. These people are supposed to be professional chefs after all. In the places I was employed working the line was some serious poopy. You were expected to do ten things at once and do them all correctly, sometimes through sixteen hour shifts. Every mistake made cost your bosses money SO YOU DIDN'T MAKE MISTAKES. Ninety percent of the losers that go through Hell's Kitchen literally wouldn't last five minutes working the line in a real kitchen. And they cry. In all my time in the food industry I never saw anyone cry, ever. Your boss screams, curses, throws things.... that's normal in any kitchen. No one cries. In Hell's Kitchen a few of the so called chefs are crying during every show. Like what the hell? I guess if the producers hired all competent chefs to compete the show wouldn't be as interesting. I don't blame Ramsey for hollering and cursing at all. The collection of totally useless, helpless, hopeless, idiot doofus morons calling themselves chefs would drive the pope to curse.
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