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Television: Hell's Kitchen
Monday, 2005 June 6 - 11:59 pm
Fox's new reality show actually seems pretty interesting.

On "Hell's Kitchen", Fox's new reality TV show, a dozen aspiring chefs compete to get a dream job as the chef of their own restaurant. But first, they have to prove themselves in pressure-packed situations while being hounded by a relentless critic.

It's part "American Idol" and part "Survivor". Fox really seems to be getting the reality-TV essentials down: make something into a competition, make the show stressful, and use an irate British guy to get under the contestants' skin. Brilliant. This is really the Americanized version of "Iron Chef". The Japanese show is too polite and refined for the likes of American TV audiences.

I find this show interesting because, like "American Idol", I get to see prima donnas get cut down, while at the same time I get to see something that interests me: in this case, cooking. I like to cook, when I'm not feeling too lazy to do it. It's a creative outlet, and the one creative outlet that I actually get to EAT.

I'm constantly amazed at how many people know nothing about cooking. I mean, I've met people who can barely chop an onion or grill a steak. Follow a recipe? That would require knowing what a teaspoon is, and knowing how to simmer things. And just forget about coming up with something off the top of one's head... that would require understanding that things like "meatloaf" contain more than one ingredient.

I believe that cooking is another one of those subjects that should be required in school. (Etiquette is another. And auto shop. And basic carpentry.) People need skills, man.
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Comment #1 from Jenn (Guest)
2005 Jun 8 - 11:18 pm : #
I dig the Japanese version of Iron Chef. The dramatics, the voice overs, the backhanded compliments, and I get endless amusment from watching the Chairman bite into the yellow bell pepper every time.

The American Iron Chef that's currently airing is ok...god knows I love me some Alton Brown. But it's missing the flair that the original had.

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