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[touaregsand]

It would seem that it is from the book, mostly.

And here is our handsome staff. They look better than any krewe I have ever worked with. And they are remarkably clean.

I hope that it's a good show. There hasn't been a good restaurant show on TV since "Frank's Place" went off of the air.

The woman to the right doing the "ass and titty, hand on hip, S pose" was on some reality show. No?

[ludja]

No Central or South American staff in the kitchen?

[Jason Perlow]

No Central or South American staff in the kitchen?

Yeah, where's the Mexican sous chef?

[Lady T]

Can't help but notice that the tattooed, brilliantly skilled, overwhelmingly profane, Hispanic crew of KC seems to be elsewhere for this series.



Edited to add: Looks like everybody saw the same thing at the same time!

Edited by Lady T, 19 May 2005 - 11:09 AM.

[touaregsand]

Can't help but notice that the tattooed, brilliantly skilled, overwhelmingly profane, Hispanic crew of KC seems to be elsewhere for this series.

I think the show's audience base will be the same as Melrose Place.

Having grown up in LA (allover) that show was a white wash of characters and backdrop.

[hannnah]

The cast list is promising, if weird. I'm having trouble with the concept of Frank Langella, as in Dracula and Skeletor, in a sitcom, but hey. I'll definitely watch.

[touaregsand]

No Central or South American staff in the kitchen?

Yeah, where's the Mexican sous chef?

I heard Enrique Iglesias will be guest starring in a few episodes.

[ludja]

Can't help but notice that the tattooed, brilliantly skilled, overwhelmingly profane, Hispanic crew of KC seems to be elsewhere for this series.



Edited to add:  Looks like everybody saw the same thing at the same time!

But you said it best!

[hannnah]

The woman to the right doing the "ass and titty, hand on hip, S pose" was on some reality show. No? 

Nope. The OC, Friends, and NYPD Blue, but no reality TV.

[JPW]

The woman to the right doing the "ass and titty, hand on hip, S pose" was on some reality show. No? 

Nope. The OC, Friends, and NYPD Blue, but no reality TV.

Hannah,

I hope that you had to look that up and didn't know it off the top of your head.

[hannnah]

Hannah,

I hope that you had to look that up and didn't know it off the top of your head. 

She did look vaguely familiar, but yes, I looked it up. IMDB is a wonderful thing.

[Okbrewer]

And Bradley Cooper should look familiar to fans of "Alias", he played Will Tippin.

[joiei]

It's on Fox, I will wait before passing any premature judgement beyond that. God, they all looked too white for any kitchen staffs I have been around in the last 15 years.

[touaregsand]

It's on Fox,  I will wait before passing any premature judgement beyond that.  God, they all looked too white for any kitchen staffs I have been around in the last 15 years.

Maybe it's set in a small town in Idaho.

I think the cast for Beverly Hills 90 whatever were mostly from Kansas.

[Genny]

I find the synopsis interesting since that particular section from Kitchen Confidential was not exactly humorous. That said, if this show captures Bourdain's sardonic wit, it could become 'must see'.

[bpearis]

That looks like John Daly in the cast picture -- he was Sam on Freaks and Geeks (he's grown a little).

[zilla369]

moderator's note:

I've merged today's thread about the upcoming Fox TV Show "Kitchen Confidential" with one that was started last fall.

As you were ,

Marsha

[jhlurie]

The fall schedule grid at TheFutonCritic.com confirms that the show will air Mondays at 8:30pm.

FOX has the weirdest strategies--putting a show like this in the early evening. It's after the equally non-family-friendly "Arrested Development". In a way it's a good pairing, but the placement of that pairing is mondo bizarre.

[chefzadi]

including the food critic at The New York Times, a jilted ex.

Like that wouldn't IMMEDIATELY set off huge alarms in the food media as far as conflict of interest goes in real life... Amanda Hesser was roasted after her Spice Market review for allegedly having a friendship with JGV and because he had a blurb on her book jacket... Can you imagine if she was an ex girlfriend or an ex-wife?

Bourdain dated Ruth Reichl?

[jhlurie]

It would seem that it is from the book, mostly.

And here is our handsome staff. They look better than any krewe I have ever worked with. And they are remarkably clean.

I hope that it's a good show. There hasn't been a good restaurant show on TV since "Frank's Place" went off of the air.

The woman to the right doing the "ass and titty, hand on hip, S pose" was on some reality show. No?

If you mean Jaime King, she's coming off the movie "Sin City" recently, so arguably she's actually a hot property.

[Margo]

I like that one of the characters is named Steven Dedaelus. Silence, exile, and cunning.

[Genny]

I bet HBO could get the gritty casting and language better than FOX...

[ronnie_suburban]

That looks like John Daly in the cast picture -- he was Sam on Freaks and Geeks (he's grown a little).

Yes he definitely has. And in the back (on the right) is John Cho from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.

=R=

[hola lola]

i dont see how anyone can do Tony Bourdain as well as Tony Bourdain.


And yes, its doubtless that HBO could pull this show off way better than any other network could.... boooooo

[ingridsf]

I was watching another Fox show, "House," about a cranky, antisocial -- but brilliant, BRILLIANT! I tell you -- doctor played by Hugh Laurie. Thought, "My, he would make a most excellent Bourdain if they ever produce KC."

Dang.

[Chris Amirault]

If you look carefully at the photo were our hero, boy "Jack," is holding a fish, you may detect the name of the fictional restaurant: NOLITA.

Exsqueeze me?

[lorilei1170]

I was watching another Fox show, "House," about a cranky, antisocial -- but brilliant, BRILLIANT! I tell you -- doctor played by Hugh Laurie.  Thought, "My, he would make a most excellent Bourdain if they ever produce KC."

Dang.

You are SO right! I'm a big House fan and I could totally see him doing Bourdain!

[Genny]

I was watching another Fox show, "House," about a cranky, antisocial -- but brilliant, BRILLIANT! I tell you -- doctor played by Hugh Laurie.  Thought, "My, he would make a most excellent Bourdain if they ever produce KC."

Dang.

You are SO right! I'm a big House fan and I could totally see him doing Bourdain!

Too bad he already has a great gig...NEXT!

[bao]

[Moderator's note: The next three posts were merged into the main thread on the Kitchen Confidential TV Show.]

Did any of you see this?

Kitchen Confidential TV series

I saw the preview for this series during a commerical break for Hell's Kitchen this evening. It came off cheesy to me.

[Gifted Gourmet]

If it is as good as it looks to be, it might be worth watching ... but the photograph? They look a lot like models ...