302393 Mon Jul 18 13:05:40 -0700 2005 15 29 Not About Food 0 1692617 Saw the teaser for Kitchen Confidential teaser during the Simpsons last night. I was confused...it looked like Melrose Place in a restaurant. Then I read the plotline on the FOX website. It IS Melrose Place in a restaurant! (Darren Star is producing after all) Here is the text of the plotline taken from: http://www.fox.com/kitchen/ "Based on renowned chef Anthony Bourdain's best-selling autobiography and from executive producer Darren Star ("Sex and the City") and Dave Hemingson ("Just Shoot Me," "American Dad"), KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL exposes the secrets of the restaurant business through the delectable story of a talented chef who's determined to climb back to the top of the food game. Chef JACK BOURDAIN (Bradley Cooper) found enormous success at a young age. Unfortunately, Jack's culinary genius also let to a lifestyle of boozing, womanizing and drugs - excesses that eventually landed him in the gutter. After hitting rock bottom and deciding to sober up, the only job he could get was slopping soggy pasta for the masses at a tacky opera-themed restaurant. Out of the blue, Jack is offered an opportunity to get back in the game as head chef at a top New York restaurant. There's just one problem: the owner gives Jack a mere 48 hours to fully staff his kitchen and prepare to dazzle over 300 customers - including the food critic for the New York Times (who also happens to be a jilted ex). Jack hastily assembles a renegade crew of colleagues from his past, including chefs STEVEN (Owain Yeoman), SETH (Nicholas Brendon) and a rookie pastry chef named JIM (John Francis Daley). Also along for the ride are TANYA (Jaime King), the hostess, and MIMI (Bonnie Somerville), the owner's gorgeous daughter who can't wait for Jack to fail." Whatever it will be like...I am guessing it's going to be a heck of a lot better than that Emeril's NBC trainwreck. With this show and his upcoming Travel Channel series, it's going to be a Bourdain year. Link: http://elmomonster.blogspot.com Mon Jul 18 13:05:40 -0700 2005 0 elmomonster 1 1692621 Sorry to be out of the loop, but what travel channel series??? Mon Jul 18 15:36:06 -0700 2005 1692617 0 leslieodo 2 1692622 Sorry!! Just saw the thread below. Mon Jul 18 15:38:29 -0700 2005 1692621 0 leslieodo 1 1692631 When is the show going to air? Mon Jul 18 17:27:05 -0700 2005 1692617 0 Sarah 2 1692635 The website: http://www.fox.com/kitchen/ .says Monday, Sept. 19th at 8:30/7:30c on FOX. Link: http://elmomonster.blogspot.com Image: http://www.fox.com/kitchen/images/kcon_01.jpg Mon Jul 18 17:47:30 -0700 2005 1692631 0 elmomonster 1 1692639 Does anybody have any inside poop on this? Is Bourdain involved? Did these people just buy the rights and are butchering it? I know that a movie version has been talked about off and on but never got off the ground - Bourdain seemed to be involved in some of those rumours - at least I remember him making a comment somewhere that something (regarding Kitchen Confidential) was in the works. Mon Jul 18 18:12:32 -0700 2005 1692617 0 applehome 2 1692646 According to the linked interview, Bourdain consulted w/ the show's creators and seems pretty amused by what they did w/ the show. In typical Bourdain fashion, he doesn't take himself or his life too seriously... Link: http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=71104 Mon Jul 18 19:10:17 -0700 2005 1692639 0 Carb Lover 3 1692650 I have the pilot in my office but haven't watched it yet. I hear it's good. Mon Jul 18 21:05:59 -0700 2005 1692646 0 xavier 3 1695133 So, The show was pretty good. It was no where near as horid as Rocco's. There were a few quotes straight from Bourdain's book used in the show... Pretty good overall. I'll watch it again. Tue Sep 20 00:16:34 -0700 2005 1692646 0 JustReviewed 1 1692652 This travesty has to die as painful a death as that Rocco idiot. I don't know how Bourdain could approve this or sell his story to be used in this way. Disgusting! Mon Jul 18 21:15:14 -0700 2005 1692617 0 Candy 2 1692712 It's all about the money. I saw Robert Parker (spencer for hire) speak and someone said how can you stand to see your books "ruined" by TV. He said he does it for the money. He felt that a bad movie or TV does not harm his integrity as a writer. It does not effect his popularity as a mystery writer so why not take the bucks? Honestly, if the show is bad would you no longer reccomend Bourdains's book? Would you no longer eat at his restaurant? Wed Jul 20 09:55:14 -0700 2005 1692652 0 foodiex2 1 1692654 I'd rather eat fastfood for a year than watch this crap. It looks horrible. Mon Jul 18 22:32:22 -0700 2005 1692617 0 KenOnDean 1 1692682 Is it just me or does this remind anyone else of when Kramer sold his life story to J. Peterman? If Bourdain isn't in it, I'm not watching. It sounds like more Fox pap to me. I hate to prejudge but I'll bet I'm right. Tue Jul 19 16:45:52 -0700 2005 1692617 0 Tee 2 1692685 Ditto Tue Jul 19 17:27:07 -0700 2005 1692682 0 Seattle Rose 1 1695161 I thought the commercials looked bad, but I have to say it was enjoyable. (And I really really HATED that Melrose place show). Sure, I would like to see even more gritty realism from the books but at least the characters are likable. Tue Sep 20 13:00:17 -0700 2005 1692617 0 Jersey City Mods 1 1695166 I looked forward to it and hoped it would be amusing but it was so bland and predictable I almost couldn't sit through the episode; I barely noticed when it shifted to a commercial. Disappointing. Tue Sep 20 13:45:48 -0700 2005 1692617 0 K. McB.