The character that Gordon Ramsey puts on for Americans is so wild. Certainly he's to the point and frank whenever he appears on British TV, but he's far from this raging aggressive personality he has on American TV.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 35 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

That right there tells you how to appeal to Americans: Loud, Derogatory, Belittling Insults from an Authority Figure.

American Dream right there, being an unimaginably brash asshole to subservient employees, and that makes you famous.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 9 points 17 hours ago

And we (Americans) eat it right up because anyone with a British accent automatically exudes authority and instills a bit of brow-scraping from the frothing masses. Also, a large portion of American has never traveled to other countries, nor experienced anything but domestic accolades and propaganda for their whole lives.

So yeah, the irony.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 19 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

American Dream right there, being an unimaginably brash asshole to subservient employees, and that makes you famous.

In his (our?) defense, isn't he usually fairly kind (if still foul-mouthed) to the staff, and relentlessly harsh only on the owners?

[–] prongs@lemm.ee 13 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

For Kitchen Nightmares that's true, but Hell's Kitchen is another story altogether for his persona.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 9 points 17 hours ago

Kitchen Nightmares was fairly educational. The format was:

GR: expert advice, pragmatic offer of recommendations, expectations of compliance

Owners/Chef: "No."

Hijinks ensue

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 14 points 20 hours ago

Well, in Hell's Kitchen they're contestants. That's just our inherent schadenfreude towards people who volunteer for anything.

[–] obre@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I've only watched a few episodes, but it seems like he's kind to the wait staff and cooks generally, and reserves most of his venom for owners and managers

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You watching the US or UK version?

[–] obre@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Kitchen Nightmares (US)

[–] Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

Nah, gordon ramsay is known in the industry for being an absolutely insufferable fucking dickhead.

His british tv persona has done wonders to rehabilitate his image; hes much, much closer to his hells kitchen persona than you realize.