"The F Word" (2005)TV series 2005-????

Directors:

Richard Bond
Natalie Burke

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

27 October 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A topical weekly show hosted by Gordon Ramsay, aided and abetted by restaurant critic Giles Coren.

Plot Keywords:

Kitchen | Chef | Celebrity Guests | Non Fiction

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Gordon Ramsay	...	Himself - Presenter (39 episodes, 2005-2008)
Janet Street-Porter	...	Herself (16 episodes, 2005-2008)

Also Known As:

Gordon Ramsay's F Word (UK) (promotional title)

Runtime:

48 min (18 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London, England, UK

Company:

Optomen Television

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: (#11.5)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

The F-Word

The F Word

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

I didn't watch Hell's Kitchen, but I would have wanted to, and I missed the first series of this really good cooking documentary show. Gordon Ramsay presents a programme of challenges, skills, recipes, celebrities and wannabe chefs. Every week Ramsay gets new non-skilled chefs to create starters, mains and desserts for 50 customers, and they have to prove themselves as worthy chefs with 150 customers paying. Also, Ramsay brings in a celebrity in the kitchen to try and beat him at making a delicious meal for some judging customers. There are many episodes with Janet Street-Porter exploring the choices of alternative (and possibly controversial) foods, other guests, in the restaurant, discovering recipes, and going against Gordon in the recipe challenge, have included Giles Coren, Martine McCutcheon, Al Murray, Joan Collins, Les Dennis, Jonathan Ross, Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie, Richard Wilson, Jimmy Carr, Davina McCall, Colin Jackson, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Sharon Osbourne, Kathy Burke, Dermot O'Leary, Jeremy Clarkson, Ronnie Corbett, Cat Deeley, Ricky Gervais, Johnny Vegas, and Gordon's wife and kids. It is remarkable how much Ramsay uses "the f word"/swears, but also how funny it can be, especially when he does it to the French guy at the restaurant. Gordon Ramsay was number 84 on The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols, and he was number 82 on The 100 Worst Britons (for his arrogance I guess). Very good!