Hell’s Kitchen a Waste of Television Air Time

I missed the first episode of Hell’s Kitchen, and I will miss them all.  I knew that I made the right choice, but feel even better after I read a blog from Jace at Televisionary.com:

It’s particularly jarring given that Bravo’s own Top Chef, which is going into its third season as well, launches next week. Though it lacks the explosive personality of Gordon Ramsay, Top Chef seems more inclined to cast people with, you know, actual talent. Here on Hell’s Kitchen, the producers see much more inclined to cast “personalities” rather than competitive chefs. How else to explain the dog’s dinner that the aspiring HK winners presented to Ramsay in the guise of their “signature dishes” or the fact that more than half of them seem incapable of cooking an egg properly?

Part of me almost wishes that these contestants were merely passionate amateur chefs (competing, much like they do on Ramsay’s other series, The F Word). It would explain the difficulty they have with some basic cooking directives (why on earth would night club chef Vinnie think it all right to add water rather than stock to risotto?) and give the audience some people to sympathize with and root for. As it stands now, I can’t imagine any of these people owning (or running) their own restaurant.

That says it all.  Hopefully this will be the last season we are subject to of Hell’s Kitchen.