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If you’ve seen Hell’s Kitchen on Fox, you probably already have an opinion about Chef Gordon Ramsey.      And if you’ve only seen him on that show, you might have a low opinion of him because of the way he rants and raves on that show.

Well, there’s a new show coming this Fall, and Gordon’s back.   The show is:  Kitchen Nightmares.   You might think of skipping that show just because of Gordon Ramsey.

That would be a mistake.

If the show is anything the British version of the show, Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares, you’re going to see a completely different version of Gordon Ramsey.    If you have a satellite dish and subscribe to BBC America, you can see what I’m talking about.   Ramsey has help quite a few kitchens come back from the brink, and he’s very helpful and sympathetic.  He does a lot of things to help the restaurants out of whatever rut they’re in.  

Typical problems are: a menu that’s WAY too big; owners that are losing money and who raise prices to try and compensate; chefs that try and to make dishes that are much too fancy for their skills.

I really enjoy the British version of the show, and I’m looking forward to the American version.   It’s going to air on Thursday nights, 9pm Eastern.