phony

dartleyk

the program is highly scripted to the point of people waiting to deliver their lines, being moved to a better location for the camera, about as rehearsed as 'reality' can get; then there's the host, a failed restaurant owner who lied on his resume and was fired but somehow got back on the air; then there's the cooking; nope, it's yelling and screaming instead, but every once in a while a great revelation like the host's chicken tastes better because? ready? he put salt and pepper on it; geez, who knew; then there's the mythical 10k budget, except there seem to be dozens of volunteers and donators; try buying a full commercial kitchen, stainless, triple sink, double fryers, oven, broiler, warming oven and 2 fridges (plus full pots, pans and utensils) for $7k? so yes, ramsey's format except the guy here is thickheaded, says the same thing again and again, yells a lot, and doesn't cook; watched one full, tried another to see if that was just an embarrassing fluke; nope

score 1/10

dartleyk 24 June 2012

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2632678/