Hell's Kitchen is mindless reality TV entertainment of a pretty high caliber. I know nothing about cooking or the world of professional chefs, but any time this is on I get sucked in. Gordon Ramsay is a large part of why the show works so well. He's not mean in the way Abby Lee Miller is mean. He's mean with a purpose: to bring the best out of contestants. Maybe not always, but a good chunk of the time, at least. The show has the same problems that any reality competition show has, and oftentimes the "drama" seems very clearly constructed by producers. Still, I'd be lying if I said it didn't work.
Review of Hell's Kitchen
