Seriously. He’s not coked up.
Top Ten Reasons Why I Love Gordon Ramsay.
10. He curses more than I do. Makes me look like a $#!&ing lady.
9. He’s a man. He cooks.
8. Fish doesn’t mind that I have a crush on him. That’s because Fish has a man-crush on him. So, it’s something we can share.
7. Something inside me gets happy when he says this.
6. When he talks to people, they respond with, “Yes, Chef!” I want people to start doing that to me. I want to learn how to do that. That’s really cool. I think maybe I can get the kids to do it, if I pay them. Or you guys could, in the comments. Just start your comments with, “Yes, Chef!” and make my day, will ya?
5. I’m a sucker for a British accent.
4. In the third season of Hell’s Kitchen, he offered to send Julia, the Waffle House cook, to culinary school. Right before he fired her ass, but still. It was extremely heartwarming.
3. Because he looks coked up all the time, but I choose to believe he’s just really exuberant and excited and passionate. Plus, he makes these pancakes while hopping around and looking really coked up. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u_Omk6kI2U[/youtube]
2. He’s not coked up. He’s clean. Don’t say anything bad about Chef in my presence.
1. 
You gotta love a man in whites.
“Yes Chef!”
Ramsay is golden, Scottish, god in my book. I love him. Have you seen the BBC America version of Kitchen Nightmares? The US version aired Wednesday on Fox, not bad but not as good as the original. Of course, if I have to pick between American tv and BBC, BBC wins every time.
I’d go on and on, but if you don’t have BBC America then I’d just be teasing you so I won’t.
Tee hee. You said, “Yes Chef!”
Actually, I do have BBC America and I have seen almost all the UK Kitchen Nightmare episodes. I do like the American version; the pilot was too insane, I think, more because of the flippin’ insane people at that restaurant rather than the production. I’m looking forward to next week’s episode. And, as always, I can’t wait for next year’s Hell’s Kitchen. He doesn’t call anyone donkeys on Kitchen Nightmares; that’s really the only drawback.
Well, that’s true, he doesn’t call too many people donkeys in KN. But in the BBC version you do get to see him change into his whites and well, a shirtless Ramsay is always good. Hey, don’t look at me like that, I’m single. Now if we could just figure out how to get chef Eric Ripert shirtless I’d be a very happy girl. I’d be over the moon if someone could get a hold of the Vita Prep ad Ripert did.
Okay, sorry, I’ve wandered off. I think I’ll go chase that fantasy for a while. Have a good weekend!
“Yes Chef”
He can come make pancakes for me any time. Yes indeed. Somehow I missed Hell’s Kitchen but I think I’m going to have to dig up previous episodes. Gotta love the Internet. Thanks, Lani
YUMMY!
A man like that who looks good and cooks…..HE must be a dream.
Throw in the accent and I am done like yesterday’s dinner!
Oh, I love that the BBC version of Kitchen Nightmares misses half the curse words. Like they’ll bleep donkey and miss f@%*. Love it.
My husband says “Yes, Chef” at me when he’s feeling punchy. I think he has some man-love for Gordon too.
Scottish accent? Ima gonna hafta start watching…
Oh, and yes Chef, thank you Chef. Ma’am. Sir. Chef Ma’am Sir.
Yes Chef! Actually, I haven’t had a chance to see HK, but I have a thing for Alton Brown. Does that count?
Julie,
Alton counts! Definitely! I have a minor crush on him as well. He loses out, though, because he doesn’t call anyone “donkey.” It’s the “donkey” that gives Gordon the edge, I think.
I’m at work and can’t listen to the sound, but was that homemade syrup? OMG! My stomach growled at my computer when he poured it over the pancakes.
Oh, and Yes, Chef!
Yes. That was caramelized bananas with rum. The rum was what was flaming. And it looked lovely, but I won’t try it because… well… I lit a pot of boiling water on fire once and setting anything aflame deliberately just screams of tempting the Fates. But y’all should try it and tell me how they are. They look yummmmmy.
You set water on fire? Seriously? Wow, that’s talent.
Did you know that chicken in the microwave can go from edible to charcoal in about 3 seconds? That was the moment I realized my microwave was good for popcorn and reheating coffee and making nachos.
I’m not familiar with Gordon Ramsay but now I must tune in. I have a thing about chefs. I once did a match.com search that included the word”chef”. Okay, more than once. You see, I also have a thing for alpha males and chefs are generally alpha. Oh, and the UK thing also gets my panties in a twist. A scottish alpha male that cooks? Oh my! (Please hang on whilst I swoon)
Do you think we could send Russell Crowe to culinary school if we all chip in for tuition? I don’t think Stinky Boy was really all that enthused about going to college anyway.
If you guys are interested in seeing Ramsay he’ll be on Larry King Live tonight (25th) at 9pm. Him and his wife are embassadors for an anti-domestic violence campaign in the UK.
Janina – you will not be disappointed.
Cynthia – thanks for the heads up! I set my DVR…
Yes, Chef! They refer to Tom Colicchio this way on “Top Chef” too. I once heard about a company that let the employees choose their own titles, so if you wanted your title to be Fairy Princess of Accounting, then presto. I always thought that would be fun.
Guess who I dreamt hand fed me his own creation last night? It was almost as good as the “Fish on a motorcycle” dream.
Thanks Cynthia for the heads up on Larry King.
RR – that’s so cool! From this day forward, I’m Chef. So I want every comment to start with “Yes, Chef!”
Until the joke wears off. Which was yesterday, so… forget it.
Sheryl – nice dream! Where do you get yours? I want to shop there.
RR,
Oooh! I like that idea. So instead of “fulltime student” I am now:
Goddess of the Undergrad
niiiice!
Jessie…
I think you hit the nail on the proverbial head with this one….
do people think hell is gonna be fun…
How does the rss feed work so I can get updated on your blog?…