Kitchen Nightmares

Let's talk about one of my favourite shows: Kitchen Nightmares. There are two versions on TV, the American show and the British one. [You might consider leaving this fact out till later. It will add to the suspense of why the other clips you saw were so bad.] The program consists of a chef, Gordon Ramsay, who is invited by the owners of failing restaurants in an attempt to revive their businesses.

One day, I happened to watch an episode on YouTube and thought it was excellent -  so intense and real that I decided to watch some more, which were just awful in comparison [the comma here clarifies that they were awful after you watched them as opposed to when you chose them]. It turns out that the first episode I watched was from the UK version and the others were from the US one. [It would be more correct for an episode to be 'from' a version of a show, rather than a version itself but it's not a big deal. Also, you need the 'were' because the conjugation changes from singular to plural and the parallelism from the first clause cannot be used.] I didn't know there was such a difference beforehand. [While this sentence is correct, it is not necessary as you are just discovering the show and your reader assumes that you know nothing about it beforehand.]

Although I must admit that I do love the US version now. But sometimes it feels so incredibly fake. For instance, when the staff are shown the redesigned restaurant, it feels like they're trying too hard to show their enthusiasm. The show highlights the failure stories of owners, including bad family relationships and the collapse and bankruptcy of a business if a prompt solution isn't executed as soon as possible. [Not proper to ever start a sentence with 'and'] That's actually true - we love a good failure story, as long as it ends in success. [Dual implication of 'that' at the start of the sentence: does it refer to the previous sentence OR the fact which you state about a good failure story?] For Ramsay, failure shouldn't [more appropriate because philosophies are about what 'should' happen and rarely about what 'does' happen] carry any stigma in the restaurant business. If you failed before you have to start over again, be strong and make clever decisions. Well, that's my interpretation actually. The show's more simple than that to be honest. 

The program also underlines the fact that we can find the most disgusting items in restaurant kitchens: [Mold and cockroaches, which you refer to later are not food products, so it is better to pre-reference them with 'items'.] from mold to cockroaches. [I'm not quite sure what you meant by 'to the least'.] Rotten food becomes pretty normal on every episode. Though the show's well recommended, don't even think to watch it if you intend to nibble or snack, it will ruin it haha. [Funny sentiment: 'it will ruin it' has two identical pronouns and what will ruin what is not syntactically clear, though it is still quite clear what you mean.] Apart from that, the show's very nice sometimes, especially the UK version [do not use 'above all' when comparing two things]. If you enjoy watching drama a great deal, fake drama, people yelling and swearing in English, this is your show! Your slang and swearing vocabulary will improve for sure! [I agree completely: Ramsay is the best curser on TV! :-)]

The show's gone nuts [I like this expression 'to go nuts', you can also use 'to go viral'] on YouTube and also on Spanish TV. For that reason, the Spanish version has also been available since a couple of months. [The show is old enough to not qualify for the use of present tense.] Surprisingly, it isn't too bad! The Spanish chef is Alberto Chicote, a fat version of Ramsay. If you like Spanish cuisine, they show a variety of Spanish failing restaurants. [This is a very funny sentence and ironic: it works brilliantly here at the end and captures the essence of the show: if you like food, you will like to watch restaurants fail!] Will they end happily? Not quite sure...

Hola Andres!

¡Me encanta este programa tambien!  Pues la verdad es que no miro mucho tele pero cuando estoy almuerzando, mis compañeros de trabajo e yo miramos la tele bien menudo.  Este programa es lo mejor que podemos ver en la hora de almuerzo ya que "daytime television" en EEUU es bastante horrible.

Estoy de acuerdo contigo que los capitos inglesos son mucho mas mejor.  Los de EEUU son mucho mas formulados y tienen una banda sonora desmesurada.  Pero todavia son muy emocionantes!  Te quero asegurar que todos los estadounidenses no son tan groseros, tontos y ruidosos como algunos de los dueños de aquellos restaurantes!  Me parece que son frecuentemente personas de New Jersey o New York, y sí el estereotipo tenga un poco de verdad an este caso... :-)

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Kitchen Nightmares

Let's talk about one of my favourite shows: Kitchen Nightmares. There are two versions on TV, the American show and the British one. The program consists of a chef called named Gordon Ramsay, who is invited by the owners of failing restaurants in an attempt to revive the businesses.

One day, by chance, I watched an episode on YouTube and thought it was excellent - so intense and real that I decided to watch some more, which were just awful in comparison. It turns out that the first episode I watched saw was the UK version and the others were the US one. I didn't know there was such a difference beforehand.

I must admit though that I currently love the US version now though. But sometimes it feels so incredibly fake. For instance when the staff are shown the redesigned restaurant it feels like they're trying too hard to show enthusiasm. The show highlights the failure story among owners including bad family relationships or and threatens collapse and bankruptcy for of business if a prompt solution isn't executed as soon as possible. And that's actually true, we love a good failure story -as long as it ends with success-. For Ramsay, failure doesn't carry an stigma in the restaurant business. If you failed before you have to start over again, be strong and make clever smart decisions. Well, that's my assumption anyway actually, the show's more simple than that to be honest.

The program also underlines the fact that we can find the most disgusting food products on in restaurants' kitchens. Anything from mold to cockroaches to the least. Seeing rotten food becomes pretty normal on during every episode. Though I quite recommend the show's quite recommended, don't even think to watch if you intend to nibble or snack, it will ruin it haha. Apart from that, the show's sometimes very nice -above all the UK version- but if you enjoy a great deal watching drama, fake drama, people yelling and swearing in English, this is your show too! Your slang and swearing vocabulary will improve for sure!

The show's been a nuts hit on YouTube and also in on Spanish TV. For that reason, the Spanish version is has also been available since a for couple of months. And surprisingly, it isn't too bad! The Spanish chef is Alberto Chicote -the fat version of Ramsay-. If you like Spanish cuisine, they show a variety of failing Spanish failing restaurants. Will they end up happily? Not quite sure...