Talk:Hell's Kitchen (U.S.)

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[edit] Validation

Validation of article performed by WIKICHECK. August:41pm. WikiCheck 17:41, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

What does this statement mean? Also, octopuses 19:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ramsay shoved someone?

No mention of this incident - [1] -which contestant was it? Jooler 17:09, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

  • Didn't see anything on the show about it. There was an issue on the final episode when one of the "contestants" had to go get stitches after cutting himself, but other than that I don't have any information. SpikeJones 21:43, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Apparently, there was something during the next episode's previews that said that Jeff left because of an Injury [[2]] – I myself didn't see the notice. --TheBoompsy 22:39, 14 January 2006 (UTC
  • Perhaps this is a bit speculative, but indeed, at the end of the "next episode preview" of Episode three of Hells Kitchen (season 1) it says, quote, "Jeff Lapoff decided to leave the show due to an injury." Along with this, it is known that one member of the Hells Kitchen contestants did indeed sustain an ankle injury for reasons that are sketchy (see here) apparently the person sued. this is of course never depicted in the show, and we are also never informed during the actual show that Jeff was injured; we are left with the impression that he simply walked out. Could it be that Ramsay injured Jeff and we never saw it? There was a lawsuit.

[edit] We have had this show on T.V. over here in New Zealand

Yes,we have had this show on T.V. over here in New Zealand.I like Gordon Ramsay's no-nonsense way of doing things. - (Aidan Work 04:56, 15 November 2005 (UTC))

[edit] Original Prize

If Michael had accepted the original prize of his own resturant, what would happen to the KCOP lot? 71.111.215.224 19:48, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] infobox

there is an infobox nowPacman 02:33, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contestent last names

I'm trying to track down the contestants' last names, to be incorporated once I have more than a few. So far I have:

  • Gabe
  • Garrett Telle (Working at "Monzi's" [3]; Monzi's chef's name [4]. Also [5])
  • Giacomo Saviano (???- "Saviano's" is the name of his family's restaurant.)
  • Keith Greene
  • Larry
  • Tom (Pauley? So claimed by some anonymous person on Fox discussion board.)
  • Heather West [6]
  • Maribel
  • Polly (information finding hint- she owns a business called "the Food Snob")
  • Rachel Brown [7]
  • Sara
  • Virginia Dalbeck [8]

Can anyone do the same for the first season? Found more first season last names at imdb [9] Crypticfirefly 01:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] season 2 rewrite?

Now that the season is over, I wonder if the season 2 episode recaps are written in an encyclopedic tone, as many of the season 1 recaps appear to be. Is there any interest in breaking the episode facts down into some core elements and leaving complete show recaps (including quotes and extraneous stuff) to the show fan sites?

An example:

  • Original airdate: July 10, 2006
  • Team Challenge: The teams were told to taste various high cuisine dishes such as caviar and fondue, not realizing they were made of average ingredients such as hot dogs and spray cheese. Afterwards, the contestants did a taste test while blindfolded. The Red Team won a TV Guide photoshoot, leaving the Blue Team to clean the kitchen.
  • During the service period, the Blue Team managed to get all their entrees out, and the Red Team was chosen as the worst.
  • Nominees for Elimination: Rachel and Maribel. Rachel was eliminated.

Thoughts? SpikeJones 02:57, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Since there have been no opinions *against* this thought, I'll start stripping down the episodes shortly. SpikeJones 16:53, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Heather's restaurant

While the finale showed Heather addressing the staff at the T-Bones restaurant at Red Rocks, in a recent interview (see references section), she stated that she still hasn't taken the position yet, and is uncertain about which restaurant she is working at. She hinted at being employed at the Italian restaurant. --Madchester 16:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move episode list?

Hi, I noticed that the episode list is slowly starting to take up more room in the article, especially when Season 3 ends, and there'll be about 30 episode entries by then.. Is it okay if I move the list to a seperate article? --Illyria05-- 23:04, 8 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Regarding link to mosaic tile site

I'm new at this wiki stuff, but I was trying to add a link to a site that I saw that had a page about the kitchen set on Hell's Kitchen. I thought it would be relevant. I'm not trying to spam. The page linked to is about the show. And the glass tile is really cool. I'll submit to the community's decision, but I really wasn't trying to spam. If the text label needs to be changed, fine. I don't care, I just thought that people who like the show would like that page. 70.91.195.190 22:27, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

People might like it, but it is a commercial site, and therefor not permitted. Please read WP:EL policy about external links. --Edokter (Talk) 00:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Censorship in Canada?

Out in Canada, at least with basic cable, we only get the Fox edition. So the section with 'Canada is uncensored' would be incorrect ... to an extent.

The Food Network airs the series, once the series is finished being originally broadcast on Fox, entirely uncensored. Sign your posts. 67.68.42.4 01:23, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Has anyone ever confirmed this? I watch Food Network religiously and I've never seen a single episode of Hell's Kitchen on it. Furthermore, Food Network is a "non-premium cable channel", and so would never broadcast an uncensored program featuring profanity during its normal programming. --Slordak (talk) 19:26, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Restructure

This article needs to be restructured. I had to read about how the show's broadcast and about the profanity used before I even knew what the hell the show was about. The basic premise needs to be in the article lead. 60.242.25.81 (talk) 12:33, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Renaming

I understand that pages names should be short, but the name of the HK pages need to reflect two different disambiguations:

  • There is more than just a TV series that is named "Hell's Kitchen", so the TV show pages need to state that clearly in the name per WP:D; for TV shows, this is normally done by adding "(TV series)" to the end of the title.
  • The standard convention when there are two different TV series by country, then the country abbreviation is added to the front, per WP:TV-NAME.

Thus, while "Hell's Kitchen (U.S.)" is sufficient to make the disambigiouation between other "Hell's Kitchen" uses including the UK version, this is not consistent with other TV shows or guidelines, nor is it helpful to the reader since they need to read into the article further to understand if this is the right topic ("US" what? restaurant? show? movie?), as suggested by WP:NAME. --MASEM 15:32, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Basically, I agree. However, I once got into a spat with another admin, including block threats towards me, for doing the exact same thing. Plus, "series" and "season" should not have been capitalised. So I have reverted for now and cleaned up all dangling redirects, but let's get consensus first before moving them to the proper (UK/U.S. TV series) names. — Edokter • Talk • 15:51, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
"Series" and "season" in the article disamb sections don't have to be capitalized. Can you provide a link to where the admin threatened that before, just to see what the arguments were there? --MASEM 16:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
That's what I said... no capitalisation. The argument is here. — Edokter • Talk • 16:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

The name needs to indicate this is a TV series, since there are other uses for the term "Hell's Kitchen". No different than The Office and its various franchises (The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office (UK TV series), etc.) The title alone gives no indication if this is a TV series, film, book, or album - the last 3 mediums that have also used the same title. --Madchester (talk) 17:17, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stupid quote

Ok, I just had to put this up somewhere. Just watching season 1. Ramsay saying (in the last episode) "OK you old ladies, go around the corner and scratch your fannies". You have to be british, like Ramsay, to get it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.47.247.143 (talk) 20:03, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ramsay

Surely it should be "Ramsay", not "Chef Ramsay" throughout. Chef is not an honorific. 121.44.174.200 (talk) 22:38, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Broadcasting

I removed the following sentence from the Australia portion of the Broadcasting section - it just makes no sense in the context of the paragraph. --Bapaveza (talk) 14:35, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

    • However due to very high ratings of his Nightmares series which currently screens 8:30 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays on the Nine Network, it recommenced 30 April 2008.