Last night on the box -HELL’S KITCHEN the final

Hell’s Kitchen has finished and Linda Evans was crowned champion… which is not to say she can run a kitchen or cook, it only means she was most popular.

What began as an interesting show, was sadly turned into a ‘Big Brother’ style popularity contest, which had less to do about food or cooking than it did about popularity.

Back when Marco was doing the firing at least he had an insight into the usefulness of the contestants in the kitchen. He judged them on their cooking and their teamwork within the kitchen, but then in an attempt for ITV to make some money through the public voting system which has become so popular in recent years, the show was ruined. The voting public doesn’t know whether these people can cook, all they know is Linda Evans was on Dynasty back in the 80s and they liked her. So ultimately she won.

Personally I would have liked to have seen the show be more about learning to cook then it was about celebrities playing in the kitchen, and I would have liked to have seen some foodies pick the winner, not the great unwashed British public… but that is only my opinion.

All-in-all Hell’s Kitchen was an entertaining show to watch, and a decent example of reality TV, but as a cooking show it was pretty poor!

What to watch: CHOPPING BLOCK; HELL’S KITCHEN FINAL

Wow that Marco Pierre White is a busy man. Not only is the final of Hell’s Kitchen on tonight, but also at 10pm over on ITV2 the great chef can be seen in his American show Chopping Block.

I have yet to see it, but from what I have gathered from the trailers, Chopping Block is a cooking show in which couples compete to own their own restaurant. Sounds interesting, and because Marco is in it, it should be filled with a bit of excitement, as I am sure the Americans will be pretty scared of a huge Englishman, with a french name shouting at them!