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We now have some more information on the new Gordon Ramsay television show, courtesy of a representative from Optomen Television. Gordon Ramsay’s new television show is called Ramsay’s Best Restaurants and at this stage the only information that they are giving away is the entry page on the Channel 4 website that we alluded to last month and the twitter address for the new show – which is RamsaysBestRest (click for the link).

The criteria for nominating your favourite restaurant in the UK is only that the restaurant be independently owned and preferably one without awards such as Michelin stars or AA Rosettes. The judging criteria for nominess is based on quality food, quality of service, passion and pride of owners plus their ability to go above and beyond for their patrons. Restaurants should have at least two chefs, no criminal record (or charges pending) and obviously be available and agree to terms and conditions of shooting schedule (which to date hasn’t been named).

The nomination form can be found at this address http://www.fword.tv/nominate.aspx

There is a take part letter than you may want your nominated restaurant to complete – which can be found here http://www.channel4.com/food/on-tv/GR%27s%20BR%20Take%20Part%20Letter%2007%2001%2010%20v2.pdf

The categories for the restaurants are:

*British

*French

*Italian

*Indian

*Asian

*Rest of Europe

*Fine Dining

*Open

Check out the twitter feed, we’ll bring you more as it is released!

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Fresh from Gordon Ramsay’s Twitter Feed (@gordonramsay01) comes news that they have just filmed their 100th episode of the hit show Hell’s Kitchen in the USA.

Here’s Gordon’s tweet “most amazing day, 100th episode celebration on set. a real milestone, congrats all!”

Here is the attached picture

Gordon Ramsay and his cake celebrating 100 Hell's Kitchen Episodes

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The far inferior American sister show to Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, will air on Channel 4 Feb 12 at 9pm only weeks after the third season of series premiered in the USA. First to get the now reduced three day Gordon ramsay treatment is the Hot Potato Café in Fishtown, Philadelphia.

Watch at your own peril!

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Cookalong Live USa will be aired on C4 Feb 5 at 9pm and contains no swearing – not because it is edited out, because Gordon Ramsay didn’t use the word during this hour-long live cooking special!

As previously reported the show features LeAnn Rimes, Alyson Hannigan, Cedric The Entertainer and Whoopi Goldberg and instead of the F Word, Gordon’s favourite word is ‘amazing’!

Enjoy if you haven’t ‘come across’ the footage already!

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It’s no secret that I don’t like the US verison of Kitchen Nightmares – that much and now that the ‘visits’ seem to be cut down to three days in this third series – all of the goods bits have been stripped out. No more cooking lessons, looks at innovative promotional ideas and the other charms of the original UK version.

While unhappy restaurant owners aren’t anything new, here is something interesting from the owner of the restaurant which is to be featured this coming Friday – Paul Bazzini of Bazzini’s. He isn;t complaining about being mis-represented or unfairly targeted – he just wishes that he was a part of the makeover!

While he is very thankfully of the work done to secure the future of the family business but missed out on the face to face consultations we have grown to expect. He says that he spent “hours of the taping waiting off-site”, then simply led into his made-over kitchen to start service.

Part of the fun for me is watching Gordon teach the chefs, create recipes, work with kitchen staff etc but here is seems it is even artificial than I ever thought. As Bazzini said “you have no interaction with Ramsay at all. He comes with a very big machine of assistants and helpers. The only time that I ever spent any time with him was on camera.”

Very disappointing! Get the full story at http://theridgewoodblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/run-for-your-life-chef-gordon-ramsay.html

I’ll still watch the show, but remember it for what it used to be!

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