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SHVPS4DETH
Mar 19, 2009

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KN will either take over for Thursdays when HK is over or Fridays when the doomed Rake runs out of episodes. The latter seems more likely since it'll be sooner (perhaps 8 weeks if they air all 13 episodes produced which is shorter than an HK season, right?).

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SHVPS4DETH
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Hell's Kitchen Contest 2014
:ramsay: - 0
"IT'S RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAWW" - 45
"BIG BOY!/STUPID COW!" - 2
"C'MERE!" - 45
"SHUT! IT! DOOOOWWWWWN!!!!" - 12
"GET OUT!!" - 23
General rear end-Kissing - 5
General Douchebaggery - 120
Food Smashed or Thrown - 15
Emotional Breakdown - 20
:jp: - 8
Misleading Preview Moments - 15

(Tiebreaker) Winner = Bev

eta tiebreaker

SHVPS4DETH fucked around with this message at 03:19 on Mar 12, 2014

SHVPS4DETH
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Did we ever get a final game count on this ep?

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Propaganda Machine posted:

That said, I got a bottle of fish sauce once to make pad thai, and I can't bring myself to play with it. Smells like garbage water.

:getin: I got oyster sauce to make broccoli beef and I've used it in a bunch of different recipes because of the umami factor.

SHVPS4DETH
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So with Twee permabanned is the game just done with?

SHVPS4DETH
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My favorite moment from last night's two-parter:

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Alterian posted:

Masterchef really needs a drunken 2am snack cooking challenge where they only get things to cook with that you would find in a cabinet and fridge in a house that hasn't gone grocery shopping in over a week.

I once made an oily lovely chicken and mushroom risotto under these exact conditions.

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Ghostpilot posted:

HAHAHAHA, the choir singing "Wolfgang Puuuuuuck!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1NvP3V7u5Y

SHVPS4DETH
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That was a much better episode than Amy's. I'd even say this holds its own against the best of UK KN.

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WeLandedOnTheMoon! posted:

Also, apparently I am crazy because I didn't find her daughter to be sympathetic in the least. That evaporated the moment she turned on Kevin, who seemed to be one of the only employees who actually cared.

We're both nuts then because in my eyes she did nothing but shitstir and blow smoke up her mother's rear end. Her boundless negativity would have her fired on this show were she not the owner's daughter. Also, there are approximately zero people who have dated meth addicts who weren't at least users themselves.

SHVPS4DETH
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Also sometimes the food is finished by baking it in the dish in a salamander or oven. Most dishware doesn't contain any moisture for a microwave to heat.

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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:

Chicago pizza is a sort of cheese and tomato soup, though?

Oh no you didn't just go there.

It's an Italian quiche. Get your poo poo-talk correct, son. :colbert:

SHVPS4DETH
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I guess MasterChef S4 starts in a few hours?

SHVPS4DETH
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Leslie is an insufferable douche. Don't get me wrong, I don't like anybody this season but Malibu Sterling is a chief offender.

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CommanderApaul posted:

This was the worst shitshow of a performance I've ever seen them have on this show, and I know the previews are misleading, but I seriously thing Ramsay is going to say 'gently caress you all, noone gets a black jacket, now do this poo poo over again."

Definitely the ep needs to be in the clip show of the best worst episodes of HK. This season is a lovely joke and last night proved it. I also think they're going to have the three least-worst do a new dish and no one's safe going into service.

Hell's Kitchen S12: "I'm struggling to give this a 1."

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raditts posted:

Joy/Rochelle finale I guess?

I think you're wildly overestimating Rochelle's chances. Melanie has a strong redemption arc set up for these last 4 eps imo. That said, Scott having whole minutes of face time with Andi has me thinking he could have a similar edit going.

SHVPS4DETH
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What really struck me is that there were still 15 contestants going into last night, because I'd be hard-pressed to name and give a brief description of 10 of them. The editing this season has been piss-poor and scattershot at best. And yes, we had seen exactly zero screentime of Christine before tonight.

Calling a winner at this point is absurd because any given episode half of the cooks will go entire episodes without saying a word or having focus brought to their food. Once it gets down to a number the production team can capably handle (I would guess ~9-10) then things will make more sense. Up to this point though, this season is a complete mess.

Also Cutter didn't go home because Malibu Ken redeemed himself and they need a new villain to replace him. Cutter's perfect for the role since he takes exactly zero ownership for his failings.

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benisntfunny posted:

Sounds like you think this show is an actual competition based on skill.

No, I saw the season when Luca won. I know better.

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Mordiceius posted:

I think you meant to say Jessie.

Correct. "Oh hey we have someone who's a cakewalk to market, has a ton of experience as a private chef and has consistently put out amazing dishes. We'd better send her home in third for some bullshit while giving her an open invitation to work at any of our restaurants." :psyduck:

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Hand of the King posted:

In Hell's Kitchen, when Chef Ramsay tells one of the contestants to "gently caress off", does that always mean the person is completely out of the competition like Gabriel was?

Pope Corky the IX posted:

Doesn't Gordon Ramsay tell everyone to gently caress off? I figure that's just his way of saying goodbye.

"GET. OUT!!" generally indicates they're eliminated by the end of the episode. "gently caress off" really is just a period on the end of a conversation for him.

SHVPS4DETH
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Like... it was sort of believable? I guess? Like Joy minus Kayshia removed her center and she lost her poo poo over Ramsay being as condescending as he always is?

Whatever, congrats to the inevitable finale of Melanie and Scott since no one else is in the way anymore. Like I think we're supposed to be behind Rochelle since she sprung back from a major mutilation but she hasn't proved her worth at all otherwise, and Jason's a proven total fuckboob/inevitable medical liability/sexist fuckwit.

Davros1 posted:

And next week's VIP/secret service thing teased in the trailer is going to be their families, right?

Obviously, yeah.

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Dr. Abysmal posted:

I always hated these things on this show, this isn't Hell's Kitchen. Like who gives a poo poo if Leslie is a bad line cook or Willie doesn't know how to expedite.

Speaking as an irl line cook/expediter, I give a poo poo. Working the line means knowing how to do a specific set of things for a long shift and do them consistently well, which Leslie poo poo the bed on hard. Eggs are easy as gently caress and dude couldn't put two fried egg plates in a row that looked a.) the same or b.) good, e.g. not drenched in olive oil which has no place in diner-style egg preparations.

Now Willie, I get. If you've never expedited before you have no idea how much you're in control of and how specific you have to be and how discerning you must be. To be suddenly tasked with telling a hard working person "not good enough!" is overwhelming if you're a sweet dude like Willie clearly is. Daniel was up to the task, but Willie made the right choice taking Leslie off his station. I'd have told him to go home instead of putting him in charge of burning bread. His attitude is dogshit and has no place on a line, and it speaks to his inability to lead (you know, like everything else we've seen from him all season.)

Yes, it's a bullshit reality TV show, but if you can't cook you shouldn't be called a chef. The producers of the show know this. If you fail at the 101 you have no business telling anyone else what to do.

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Rudager posted:

I still don't understand how any of these skills are required to write a cookbook?

Fair point, honestly.

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Zero Star posted:

Oh hey, Bev and Chris are coming back for the HK final. That means that two people from the top 12 don't show up. My money's on Joy and Gabriel.

Joy obviously won't be there. Gabriel's destructively incompetent so he'll show up for sure.

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Davros1 posted:

I'm going to miss Elise. Sure she shouldn't have been there and was over her head, but at least she was cute.

I firmly believe this was a stealth medical problem elimination. Leslie's playing nicely with others and they need a punching bag. Who better than Cutter, the dumbest motherfucker?

Propaganda Machine posted:

I mean, I come from a hunting-friendly area and I don't think I've seen venison for sale except for this one out-of-the-way shack, and maybe a farmer's market or two.

Venison jerky is amazing and you need to put some in your mouth asap. Legit. Well-made venison jerky anyway.

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That is really loving sad. Sorta puts a big downer bow on that haphazardly edited ep.

Was anyone else perturbed by how few rooms they were able to make available post-reno? That place was enormous and they somehow ended up with only 12 rooms? I mean sure it's a 200% increase but still :psyduck:

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Brocktoon posted:

My wife also hates Courtney, her stripper heels and her horrible lipstick. She's constantly yelling at the screen.

Throw my name is this hat. It's extra hilarious because she's such a consistent performer and the producers keep giving her so much shine.

Agreed with Leslie having one if the weirdest edits ever. After last night I wouldn't be shocked in the least if he won the season.

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g0lbez posted:

The competitors in Masterchef are given recipes before most challenges, I'm sure that helps.

Also cooking classes for said recipes. Otherwise if you take any Joey Fartpants off the street like Cutter (remember his ~artisan~ pizza?) and tell them to make you dim sum, odds are they won't even know what that is. A recipe won't tell them what they need to know either. Don't get me wrong, he still hosed it up; but without that level of instruction MC would be even more amateur hour.

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Tiny Chalupa posted:

Is it worth watching season 1 and 2?

If you enjoyed seasons 3 and 4, absolutely yes. I've watched all four live and I remember 1 and 2 being much more enjoyable.

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Propaganda Machine posted:

Whoa wait when did all this bullshit with X-Factor happen?

XFUSA had imploding ratings since its debut and last season got so low that Cowell jumped ship and they cancelled it. It's just as well; the show was never good and got worse every year as its budget plummeted and talent pool thinned.

Speaking of which, new HK this Wednesday huh :getin:

SHVPS4DETH
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I really need to pick the brain of the geniuses who collaborated to make this happen. Wardrobe, location, portraiture, it's all just every possible shade of wrong.

Mad Dragon posted:

Salt from goon tears. :laugh:

To be fair literally zero women who have watched this show are going to want to buy her cookbook. Forget the other contestants hating her, the problem they'll have is America hating her.

With that said, by the end of these two hours I never wanted to hear her talk ever again.
Every response to praise: "THAANkyou :smug:"
Every response to criticism: "okay. :geno:"

SHVPS4DETH
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La Tasha's doing the "quietly competent" thing that Joy did last season, but seeing the way that turned out who even knows.

But yeah Team Sterling, Go Hundred or Go Home

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minimalist posted:

So has Red Band Society been cancelled yet?

Not yet, but it will be. They dropped the hammer on Mulaney and Utopia, RBS can't be far behind.

In fun actual thread related news Masterchef Jr starts tomorrow :dance:

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JoshGuitar posted:

I can't be the only one who giggled like an idiot at Sade thinking she was actually supposed to cook dog food :lol:.

I kind of expected her to get the boot after Sterling (TEAM STERLING!!) and Frank were safe for that exact reason. But yeah funniest moment of the season by far.

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Zero One posted:

Whichever producer gave Samuel a brief case to file his drawing deserves a raise. Biggest laugh of the night for me.

I'm pretty sure that was his own briefcase. He seems like that kind of kid. Y'know, the kind that act prematurely middle-aged? That's Samuel, and that's his briefcase.

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Slightly Toasted posted:

It's masterchef, they're all plants.

SHVPS4DETH
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Ramsay Megathread: "Your death had meaning."

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OmegaBR posted:

We're certainly at that point where the boring, if not capable contestants are left. That's pretty much black jackets at this point.

If the finale isn't Jen vs Tasha I will be very surprised. Of course I always say some variation on this every season and am nearly always wrong so go Ro vs Bryant

Rest in Hundred, Sterling. You had the most graceful, beautiful exit in this show's history and are the head chef of my heart.

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None of what worked about MCJr S1 is working this season. Like at all.

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They needed to make a 2-hour block of two better episodes. That or I'm glad they got them out of the way. This season is rapidly petering out, especially with Bryant no longer being a sneering cartoon villain. Though with Roe gone it'll maybe be interesting to see who Jen hates next since the last month or so like every talking head she did was about her vendetta against Roe.

Tasteful Bulge posted:

We barely got to know the kids, the challenges didn't give room for anyone to shine and the eliminations were arbitrary.
Nailed it. This is everything that is wrong with S2. Every ep feels like it's maybe 20 minutes long but unlike breezy, easy to watch shows I'm mostly wondering if I missed something that explains why the two kids went home. The only contestants with distinct personalities are Samuel (who for a little kid is way too much of an unlikeable shithead) and like 3 of the kids who already went home (Anna, Oona, and the kid with the really good hair).

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