The Plonker Club

With two contestants elimintaed from Hell’s Kitchen yesterday, you now have an even better chance of winning the autographed copy of Gordon Ramsay’s Great British Pub Food that the Plonker Club is offering to celebrate the new series!

With Chef Louie not even making through the first service and Chef Melinda punted at the end of it, even people not watching the show can have a guess and win! Although another contestant has now enetred the show (Robert from Season 5), we can almost bet that Joseph is on his way out – after losing it and offering to take Chef Ramsay out into the carpark (I’m guessing he failed marine training if he can’t handle that verbally assault??!!). Your odds of winning just got much better!

So get on over to the Plonker Club Forums by clicking here and guess the winner of Hell’s Kitchen Season Six – entries close in five days.

Chief Plonker
The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
www.theplonkerclub.com

With locations in London and New York City, Gordon Ramsay’s Maze restaurant focuses on quality ingredients, imaginative flavor combinations, and simple preservations. The dishes are served in small portions, enabling patrons to savor a wide variety of tastes in one visit. This cookbook gives readers the opportunity to cook the Maze way. But it is more than a collection of the restaurant’s best recipes. The book explains how each dish would be served in the restaurant, following which additional recipes are offered using the same ingredients. Each signature dish — for example, Braised Shin of Veal with Pea Risotto and Butter-Roasted Cod with Silky Mash and Spiced Lentils — is followed by two additional recipes using the same ingredients and geared to the home cook. Covering starters, entrees, and desserts, Gordon Ramsay’s Maze shows how to make meals both artful and delicious, all highlighted by Ditte Isager’s gorgeous photographs.

The book will be released in October of this year, published by Key Porter Books – Pre order your cop now by clicking on the above links.

We’ll have more information on the specifics of the cookbook as they are released!

Chief Plonker
The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
www.theplonkerclub.com

For a limited time, get the ever popular Hell’s Kitchen game on your iPhone for only 99 cents – that’s a saving of 80%! The game has also been upgarded to fix some of the bugs and will keep you entertained for hours as you do you best to keep Chef Ramsay’s temperature simmering!

Here is a few reviews of the game;

Along with the game you get 35 recipes, which you unlock as you finish each day’s service successfully! I loved the game on PC, I just wish they had brought out an Adult Version where Chef Ramsay could let fly with all of the colourful language that we know and love! I know I definitely would have burnt a few more meals!

Grab the game here

Chief Plonker
The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon RamsayFansite
www.theplonkerclub.com

If you couldn’t be bothered (or are having trouble finishing)  Hell’s Kitchen and want to get to work cooking the Gordon Ramsay Recipes within the game – here are the unlock codes for the recipes!

Starters

1. Warm vegetable salad with warm carrot and ginger vinaigrette – zobcly
2. Roasted tomato soup – hcxaei
3. Pumpkin risotto with roasted mushrooms – rouogi
4. Zucchini cannelloni with ricotta and pine nuts – xhopcg
5. Caesar Salad – baczgf

6. Smoked ham, broad bean and scallion risotto – jtudby
7. Bruschetta of sardines and tomatoes with sauce choron – pedgqi
8. Marinated tomatoes with goat’s cheese and aged balsamic vinegar – kvdicl
9.  Sea scallops with sweet potato purée, candied walnut vinaigrette – mwpdss
10.  Spaghetti lobster – tiphid

11. Pan-fried soft shell crabs with capers – heuqpm
12.  Seared marinated tuna with pickled daikon root – fkirww
13.  Simple grilled vegetables – jpmxkm
14. Crab salad with marinated avocado, tomatoes and olives – xsrzmg
15. Watercress soup with poached egg and potato salad – vjryyw

Mains

1. Breast of duck with braised red cabbage and caramelized endive – jscqkh
2. Fillet of beef Wellington with roasted carrots and mashed potatoes – cdnfhg
3. Grilled wild striped sea bass, crushed new potatoes and cherry tomato sauce – jhdffx
4. Fresh tuna tartine – ncjtvk
5. Roasted chicken with herb gnocchi and mushrooms – nogvvo

6. Prime rib with sautéed confit potatoes and creamed cannolini – cxnwoj
7. Thai beef salad – aapfvh
8. Char-grilled pork chops with caramelized apples and eggplant caviar – zljdxn
9. Halibut with herb crust, spinach purée and potato galette – kmzpzw
10. Salmon with a warm salad of cucumber, olives and tomato butter sauce – mkecme

11. Sea bass with vegetable blanquette and lemon thyme veloute – yrknhx
12. Pan-fried swordfish with pickled cucumber and horseradish crème fraîche – woruvl
13. Meatloaf – jszrdg
14. Mint lamb burgers – fsyscl

Desserts

1. Grapefruit and blood orange terrine with marmalade ice cream – gagsis
2. Chocolate chip cookies – sfovob
3. Pumpkin pie with maple syrup and pecan ice cream – ewrwlc
4. Buttermilk pannacotta with mango blackberry compote – nzhjag
5.  Hot chocolate fondant with malt ice cream – qizpdk

6.  Baked New York cheesecake – hgmwwx
7.  Brioche bread and butter pudding with bourbon – cniezb
8.  Passion fruit crème brûlée with bitter chocolate sorbet – nilluq
9.  Nectarine and almond tart with iced jersey cream – xxylsw
10. Blood orange upside down cake with walnuts and cream – mpqobo

11. Buttermilk and vanilla parfait with strawberry salad – uclrvt
12. Flourless chocolate cake with tangerine sauce – gwsnpl
13. Chocolate soufflé with mint ice cream – tqmhnf
14. Polenta shortcake with roasted peaches and ameretto whipped cream – pzlyqi
15. Chocolate bread pudding with raspberry coulis – hxxxdm

So get Cooking!!

Chief Plonker
The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
www.theplonkerclub.com

4.0 out of 5 stars What’s that all about?, 31 Oct 2008
By Discrepancy (Oxford, UK)

I am usually not impressed by Gordon’s “rushed” which he calls “high-energy” approach to cooking. Nevertheless his recipes are usually easy to follow and as tasty as it gets – if that’s what you are looking for you won’t be disappointed. Cooking books do not need anything else than that – so why have I rated it as 4 stars only? The simple answer is I do not like his non-cooking, not recipe related introductions and the title. On one occasion he’s ranting about Delia’s “cheat approach” which led him to donate all his Delia cooking books to a charity shop. My second “favourite” is the revelation that his wife has started to cook something vegetarian for the kids once a week. These statements are not only unnecessary they distract from the subject which is food. I do love cooking and great food but hey in the end it’s food not world peace so stop ranting, argueing and self-praise. In my humble opinion the only absolute in the world of cooking is to COOK YOURSELF and avoid fast food/ ready meals. So it does not matter if you are using cheats and cheap ingredients if this creates the basic conditions to make you cook.

The other annoying point is the title. Nothing in this book relates to “cooking for friends”, it’s just a selection of recipes, which are suitable everyday and anytime.

To summarise: A decent cookbook with a misleading title but a good selection of very nice recipes written by a chef with an attitude.

5.0 out of 5 stars Gordon Ramsey: Cooking for Friends, 10 Oct 2008
By Cook book Addict “GC” (London)

I have all Gordon Ramsey’s books and this one is ideal for people who think everything he creates is expensive
This book deals with things like Oxtail soup which is a simple recipe and easy to make
I really recommend this title for everyday cooking with the Ramsey touch

David Driscoll
The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
www.theplonkerclub.com