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marigold:
:jumpy: Gordon Ramsay wins GQ Men Of The Year Award
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GQ Men of the Year Awards
Gordon Ramsay was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
The celebrity chef has successful restaurants and reality shows on both sides of the pond.
Link: http://www.gqmagazine.co.uk/Men_Of_The_Year/winners2008.asp
marigold:
:jumpy: GQ Magazine Men Of The Year With Gordon Ramsay Comes Out October 2, 2008 :wohoo:
OCTOBER 2008
Welcome to GQ's 11th annual Men Of The Year awards, in association with Alfred Dunhill, the grandest and glitziest event in the British magazine calendar. After last year's stellar success - which celebrated Sir Paul McCartney, Orlando Bloom and Simon Pegg along with Gordon Ramsay, Sir Michael Caine, Lewis Hamilton and Kanye West - when it came around to blueprinting the 2008 issue some of the more pessimistic GQ affiliates wondered whether we could even match, let alone surmount 2007's spectacular ten-year anniversary celebrations.
Well, naysayers (you know who you are; more importantly we do), we hope we have confounded you, not least by orchestrating the reunion of the biggest band in the history of rock'n'roll - Led Zeppelin, this year's Outstanding Achievement award-winners. Getting three of the world's biggest rock gods onto the same page wasn't the easiest thing to do, but consider it our gift to those of you who couldn't wrangle a ticket to their extraordinary one-off show at the O2 in London last December. Only this time, there's no need to go on eBay, simply turn to page 306 immediately.
But enough macho triumphalism. Other award-winners this year include Manchester United captain and England team brave Rio Ferdinand, pop wunderkind Mark Ronson, mayor of London Boris Johnson (New BoJo - we're happy to report on page 319 - is just like Old BoJo, but now with added hero status. And a personal groomer), the legend that is Tony Bennett (that's right, the worlds greatest living singer), Hollywoods coolest leading man Josh Brolin and Britain's greatest ever boxing champ Joe Calzaghe. Elsewhere in the issue, Piers Morgan keeps the editorial punches flying; his interview with HRH Dame Helen Mirren on page 178 is, quite frankly, astonishing. From Max Mosley's extracurricular activities, being "razzied" in that bikini, to cocaine and the casting couch, Stratford's one-time "Queen of Sex" opens up, lets fly and, for once, leaves the usually loquacious Piers Morgan speechless. Led Zeppelin? Wild? They ain't got nothing on you, Ma'am.
Enjoy the issue.
Link: http://www.gqmagazine.co.uk/thisissue/October_2008/letter.asp
marigold:
An interesting article from Variety:
Video Games Review: Hell's Kitchen
Hyperbolic, abrasive celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay brings his trademark verbal abuse -- but thankfully none of the show's moronic contestants -- to the videogame adaptation of "Hell's Kitchen."The game employs Ramsay's high-intensity style to make an unoriginal but competent restaurant management simulator crazier and more fun than it has any right to be. Casual players who want to be authentically cursed out while running a kitchen should make this adaptation at least a modest success.
Since "Cooking Mama" debuted two years ago, the idea of a culinary game on the Wii has conjured up nightmarish visions of wrist-fatiguing, motion-controlled chopping, slicing and dicing. But in the vein of casual PC classics like "Diner Dash" and "Cake Mania," "Hell's Kitchen" tasks players with managing the various aspects of a busy kitchen and dining room via simple point-and-click mechanics.
"Hell's Kitchen's" primary career mode requires players to switch back and forth between a dining area rapidly filling with guests and a kitchen where ingredients need to be prepped, dragged into their respective cooking vessels and monitored to make sure they cook for the correct amount of time. It can get pretty complicated, as games of this successful genre often do.
The Arcade Mode allows players to simply manage the kitchen, juggling increasingly complex dishes. In both modes, it all takes place under the watchful eye of a stern Ramsay, whose fully voiced feedback lets players know if they're handling things well ("Finally I've tasted something delicious"; "I'm a very proud man") or chides impatiently when something gets bungled ("Move your ass!"; "It's rubbish!"). The determining factor in success or failure is whether the chef is pleased with the player's restaurant management -- when the literal flames of his impatience max out, the game's over and an explosive Ramsay exclaims, "Do not touch another thing in this kitchen!"
Those looking to replicate the show's train wreck appeal in which incompetents are constantly berated may be a bit disappointed. Since that wouldn't exactly make videogame players feel good about their purchase, this version of "Hell's Kitchen" features a moderately gentler Ramsay who's much more willing to dish out the praise.
A game that hinges on the management of so many complex elements looks absolutely overwhelming in its later stages, but early on, "Hell's Kitchen" does an excellent job of training players in one element at a time. With so many things to keep an eye on, the game benefits from an intuitive layout that isn't cluttered with too many confusing details. It also wisely eschews presenting a creepy photorealistic Ramsay; he's slightly stylized, but still true-to-life with his signature glower and finger-jab.
Reviewed on Wii.
Link: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117938465.html?categoryid=1079&cs=1
marigold:
Hell's Kitchen wii
In Hell's Kitchen, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is prominently featured , blazing up the kitchen with his trademark intensity.
His likeness will taste and comment on the culinary creations of players, as well as judge their overall performance.
The game also features a recipe book with several of Gordon Ramsay’s favorite food concoctions for players to print, try out and share.
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