DJariya

Did anyone here catch the season finale last night?

The owner of The Secret Garden was a total jackass and Ramsay should have walked out on helping him and he seemed pretty close to doing so.

I just cannot believe how arrogant and lazy Michel was. Kept saying that his fucking restaurant was voted "The Best in Ventura County" and his food looked like shit and his kitchen was a fucking toxic waste land. Also, he said initially that he was over 320K in the hole, but he kept saying to Ramsay that his place isn't doing that bad...

When Ramsay puked at the disgusting fumes in the kitchen.

I hope next season they dump the FOX narrator and Gordon narrates the episode instead, which probably won't happen.

Also, why can't Gordon talk to the camera when he expresses his frustrations instead of speaking to the producer or cameraman to his side (or whoever that person is)

Big Boy Laroux

that guy Michel was crazy.

ok, seriously, does FOX think we're all a bunch of idiots? well, i guess they do. The editing last night was ridiculous.

The biggest offender was the screaming match between Ramsay and Michel. This was supposedly happening during dinner service after the restaurant had the new menu and decor. Except it's daylight outside, clearly seen through the windows. Then it cuts to gordon storming off, wearing a completely different shirt, and walking through the restaurant with all of the old decor! then he goes outside, and it's night-time! geez!

Patman

I think his shows are scripted.

nateman

They better be non-WGA members.

Good finale. I know this show is horribly edited, but its FOX! What'd you expect?!

I mean...
Fu*k, that chef was an arrogant son of a b*tch. I alway love the "over-the-top" drama on Kitchen Nightmares. That fight between Ramsay and Michel was classic.

Does anyone know the date for the season 2 premiere? Just wondering if it might start earlier because of the WGA strike.

saoirse

Sure, I don't like the editing, nor do I like the shitty restaurants getting all this free stuff, but it still is entertaining. I think it would be more entertaining if they improved on these points.

orderandlaw

Michel is a total fuck. I don't care if he turned around or not. I was sincerely hoping his restaurant would fail, and I still do.

Keith6601

BBC's Kitchen Nightmares begins filming the new season soon from what I've seen, then I would expect it's back to LA for Hell's Kitchen, then the next season of the US Nightmares; so I wouldn't expect it until next fall, unless they do a 2 hour block of Ramsay with HK/KN which would be awesome.

DJariya

The new season of Hell's Kitchen is already in the can...premieres in April. If Gordon is back in the UK working on the original version, I assume he won't return to do Kitchen Nightmares 2 until early next year.

jeffkjoe

Anyone notice they didn't have an update for the restaurant like they always do?

Either Michel went back to his old ways or he was so pissed off from the whole experience.

prp2

Yeah the whole time I kept thinking what a pompous douchebag Michel was. Did anyone hear his comment about how Gordon wasn't a good cook? I hoped someone would punch him in the face.

mphtrilogy

I think they have been scaling back on these Updates, thats a part of the show they need to beef up

mphtrilogy

Here's a review from the local paper on The Secret Garden..

http://www.venturacountystar.com/new...kitchen-confi/

islandclaws

Ugh. Terrible episode. One of the worst of the season by far. It annoys me that Ramsay doesn't wait for people to push his buttons anymore, he starts right off insulting people in the worst ways possible. Don't get me wrong, I'm a callous asshole like he is, plus I love seeing him ride people into the ground with his quick qit, but sometimes he unleashes too soon and it cheapens the effect. Michel was an ass, but Ramsay should have waited for him to instigate a confronation before going on the offense. I hope they really improve upon the voiceover, editing and restaurant choices next season.

jeffkjoe

Actually according to the newspaper article that was linked 2 posts above,

it turns out that Michel went back to his old menu. They didn't want to show that on the show, I guess.

saoirse

The comments below the story are much more telling. Thanks for this link.

Big Boy Laroux

wait, people get married there?!?! what?!

tlwizard

i heard from a friend in LA that the crazy brick oven pizza restaurant with the 20 flavor combinations menu has stuck to the original menu.