polarisrider1
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New season of hells kichen. So far not impressed.
Kitchen Nightmares
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Hells Kitchen vs. Master Chef
The participants on Hells Kitchen¹ are already "Professional Chefs", many having their own restaurants. (These are "professional" chefs?)
Compare their skills on Hells Kitchen with those of the contestants in the first season of Master Chef. These were all amateur chefs, with "day jobs" such as: College Student, Teacher, Software Engineer, Bartender, Financial Advisor, Construction Worker, Physician, Homemaker, Eldercare Worker, Marketing Executive, and the like. The closest any of them were to the restaurant business were a few who were waiters/waitresses/servers in dining establishments.
How is it, then, that by and large the contestants on Master Chef were far more creative, were better chefs, and fared far better in the challenges than the so-called "professional" buffoons in Hells Kitchen?
(Are the "professional chef" contestants on Hells Kitchen deliberately chosen for their sheer incompetence, for "dramatic effect"?)
First season winner on Master Chef: a 22 year old college student!
P.S.: I enjoyed watching Joe Bastianich as a judge on Master Chef: What a steely "poker face" — unless a contestant's effort absolutely knocked his socks off, which might elicit a slight smirk/smile.
<hr size="2" width="75%">(¹ Yes, I know, it's a possessive form, so I should use an apostrophe here, but while the forum's stoopid automated censor allows the word without the apostrophe, it apparently objects if the apostrophe is used, thus: "****'s Kitchen". It even munges the "naughty word" in the Wikipedia link, so you'll have to find the Wikipedia page for Hells Kitchen yourself if needed! Arrrgh!)
The participants on Hells Kitchen¹ are already "Professional Chefs", many having their own restaurants. (These are "professional" chefs?)
Compare their skills on Hells Kitchen with those of the contestants in the first season of Master Chef. These were all amateur chefs, with "day jobs" such as: College Student, Teacher, Software Engineer, Bartender, Financial Advisor, Construction Worker, Physician, Homemaker, Eldercare Worker, Marketing Executive, and the like. The closest any of them were to the restaurant business were a few who were waiters/waitresses/servers in dining establishments.
How is it, then, that by and large the contestants on Master Chef were far more creative, were better chefs, and fared far better in the challenges than the so-called "professional" buffoons in Hells Kitchen?
(Are the "professional chef" contestants on Hells Kitchen deliberately chosen for their sheer incompetence, for "dramatic effect"?)
First season winner on Master Chef: a 22 year old college student!
P.S.: I enjoyed watching Joe Bastianich as a judge on Master Chef: What a steely "poker face" — unless a contestant's effort absolutely knocked his socks off, which might elicit a slight smirk/smile.
<hr size="2" width="75%">(¹ Yes, I know, it's a possessive form, so I should use an apostrophe here, but while the forum's stoopid automated censor allows the word without the apostrophe, it apparently objects if the apostrophe is used, thus: "****'s Kitchen". It even munges the "naughty word" in the Wikipedia link, so you'll have to find the Wikipedia page for Hells Kitchen yourself if needed! Arrrgh!)
polarisrider1
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Don't worry about spelling Nash! You are right about the contestants. It gets ratings up showing fools who are not suppose to be and vice versa. (most my spelling and puntuation errors I blame on Droid keypad being so small for my fingers.
I know about that — fat fingers and iPhone4! Of course the target key is hiding behind the fat finger, so I frequently hit a key on the row below the one I'm aiming at.
(… "punt-uation" — a football term, eh?
Yeah, some fall weather in AZ this past week. The storm(s) that went through the metro Phoenix area knocked down a bunch of power poles in Mesa, then headed up I-17 toward Flagstaff, and triggered 4 tornadoes(!), damaging hundreds of homes, rendering 30 uninhabitable. Also derailed railroad cars(!) near Bellemont (west of Flagstaff). Plain Crazy!
1. azcentral.com: Arizona tornadoes take toll on homes, trees.
2. NPR/AP: 4 Tornadoes Tear Across N. Arizona, Damage Homes.
And for a fleeting few minutes the automated weather station at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport was reporting a "wintry mix" of precipitation(!)
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mezz
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I had been following the Weather Channel on that one, that was some crazy weather, in fact, they did say there was snow falling in the mountain range shortly after the Tornadoes hit. This week here in the Keweenaw has been spectacular for October, Temps have been in the mid 60's & sunny all week, today we are around 72 & sunny. Helps with getting those outside projects done before things get wet, though, I am looking forward to a change. Glad all is well.-Mezz
polarisrider1
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Taking shape.
Arizona tornados (yeah, off topic)
On Tuesday 10/12/2010 the Flagstaff NWS updated the storm report for October 6, 2010: Tornado Outbreak Strikes Northern Arizona — October 6, 2010 (Updated October 12, 2010 at 500 PM MST).
On Tuesday 10/12/2010 the Flagstaff NWS updated the storm report for October 6, 2010: Tornado Outbreak Strikes Northern Arizona — October 6, 2010 (Updated October 12, 2010 at 500 PM MST).
polarisrider1
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Hells Kitchen is back tonight! picking up where it left off a few weeks back. I would fire the program Manager at Fox in a heartbeat. Who would mess up the programming that bad?