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Mega64 wrote:

Does anyone actually watch for the cooking? It's been about Ramsey telling people how much they suck in creative ways since day one.

In that regard, I think it's standing up well despite being formulaic. Then again, I've only been watching for two seasons so I haven't been exposed to it long enough to get sick of it, so what do I know?

This show has never been about cooking, it has been (ostensiby) about running a kitchen. They rarely focus or showcase contestant recipes, and for most of the shows, the menu is set by Ramsey, not the "chefs". Whenever someone says, "Top Chef is the superior cooking show", I roll my eyes, because HK isn't a cooking show, so no duh. Those two shows are apples and oranges.

I agree about HK transcending the formula -- my wife and I quit watching Kitchen Nightmares a couple of shows into S2 because it's the exact same show every week only with a different cast, and the editing is so samey and obviously out of order chronologically that it starting becoming grating.

Wil might as well have worn a pin that said, "Ask me about my homosexuality". How many guys wear a pin on their collar like that? Of course Ramsey was going to ask (especially if the producers told him to).