More fun with Chef Ramsay

Would you believe that Gordon Ramsay has another show? This one premiered a few weeks ago on BBC America and is called "Gordon Ramsay's the F Word," a play on the word "food" as well as a nod to Gordon's penchant for cursing. This show is very interesting as it has a lot of different elements in it.

Throughout each episode the overarching focus is on one night's dinner service at one of his restaurants. He explains (very briefly) how to make some of the dishes he is cooking that night for dinner. He also has a food critic friend that hangs out in the restaurant and he goes and chats with him about something each episode. The food critic guy also has his own segments, like what food men should eat to increase their sperm count (I doubt we would ever see such a topic on an American show). Gordon also has a challenge each week where someone tries to make a better dessert than him. In one episode he competed with his mom and in another an actor from the BBC show "The Eastenders." During each dinner service there are also two new cooks trying to get a job with Gordon. He sends one home at the end of each episode, although it is during the ending credits and is really a minor part of this show. I guess they wanted to have the "Hell's Kitchen" aspect to the show, but they could really get rid of that part of the show altogether. The show also has a segment called "getting women back in the kitchen," which involves women who wrote to Gordon and expressed that although they are quite successful in their careers (one was a doctor), they don't know how to cook. Apparently he has gotten flack in Britain for this segment, but I like it because I don't know how to cook either.

Finally, the best part about the show is that it shows Gordon with his family. Yes, his family. A wife. And four children! And a cute house with a yard and turkeys that they are raising, which will, unfortunately for the turkeys, become Christmas dinner. This show, like "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares," reveals what a genuinely nice guy he is and brings out his sense of humor. I really like this show, although they might be trying to squeeze too much content in each episode.