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Hell's Kitchen Season 5
marigold:
An interview with Colleen Cleek:
Colleen says ‘Hell’ just wasn’t for her
TVGuide.ca: Hi Colleen, thanks for taking the time to talk with me today.
Colleen Cleek: Oh, you’re welcome!
TVG: The show portrayed you to be one of the red team’s biggest downfalls. Do you feel you were perceived fairly?
CC: Well, you know, anything can happen in Hell’s Kitchen! [Laughs.] And the way we’re perceived and the way we are is two different things. Was it fair? I don’t think life is fair, so I’m going to leave that up to the producers. I wish they had portrayed me in a leadership and a mother role, which I really did take, but you know that doesn’t make for good drama! [Laughs.] My statement is “Move over Martha, I was on the wrong show!”
TVG: Do you feel your teammates helped or hindered your own personal performance?
CC: At first no one’s going to help you, are you kidding? This is a competition; it’s every man for yourself. They’re not going to help you until you help yourself, and I got that after the second day. You just don’t make excuses, you put your head down and you do the work. I wasn’t as helpful to them either. Like when Lacey sat down and decided she wasn’t going to work, I was going to pack her bags for her. I was really surprised they all wanted to baby her at first, and I was like “Not me!” But then I think they got on the bandwagon with that – you know, s*** or get off the pot! Do your job or get out!
TVG: I think many viewers are surprised Lacey’s still on…
CC: Oh, she creates great drama! [Laughs.]
TVG: Speaking of drama, several times Ramsay insulted your cooking school. How did you deal with those outbursts?
CC: I just treated it like an out-of-control youth. I didn’t take it personally, I was going to do my job to the best of my ability and I wasn’t going to bring myself down to the level of yelling back. But when he started to attack my business and say I was fraudulent, that’s where I drew the line and got upset. My people here love me, and I do a damn good job, and we just have different philosophies about food.
TVG: Ramsay did say you were extremely tenacious. How did it feel to hear him praise you?
CC: It was good, I was thankful I went out on a positive note. I’m sorry it happened on a night when I actually did perform – the worst thing I did was leave [an oven] door open and one dessert out of 55 was bad. It was nice that he said I was tenacious to America, but I would’ve loved to have been the person to win and then turn him down!
TVG: So his compliment didn’t really make up for all his insults.
CC: No! Absolutely not. I even invited him to come and teach at my school, but I doubt he’ll ever take me up on that offer.
TVG: Who do you think might win the competition?
CC: If I were to pick people that I thought had great palates, had the talent, could handle the pressure and still keep their individuality, which is important, I would choose Paula or Danny. I really bonded with them.
TVG: Any advice for next season’s contestants?
CC: Stay true to your cooking ability, do the best job you can, and don’t let anyone question you or bring you down – you’ve got to be strong.
TVG: What are your future plans?
CC: I have a cooking school called The Classy Gourmet, where I teach skills to the home cook on how to prepare great meals on a budget. I also co-host Omaha Life, which is on Fox, and that’s where I cook daily preparing very sensible dishes. My vision and my goal is to take this around the United States and put a dent in the way America eats. You’re going to see a lot of me, I’m not stopping. Ramsay, watch out!
http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/TVs+most+incompetent+chef/RealityTV/Exit+Interviews/Articles/090312_Hells_Kitchen_colleen_DC.htm?isfa=1
marigold:
:ascared
Next Week in Hell's Kitchen
The chefs race into the kitchen to prepare their own tapas-style dishes, using only…leftovers? To make this worse one chef mistakes balsamic vinegar for soy sauce. During all the mayhem Chef Ramsay pulls one contestant aside and provides a well-needed wake up call. Will Ramsay's next rant force someone to leave Hell’s Kitchen for good?
http://site.citytv.com/hellskitchen/index.aspx
Soccermom71:
Thank you for the welcomes Marigold :waves: and Texas Lady. Apskip, I agree with parts of your post. I know Carol very well, she has cooked for my kids. That burger was Her dish to make, and she made a decision to make and she took a chance with something that is a best seller in her restaurant, that her own kids like, and she has made it at parties where I have been and everyone liked it, even my kids. She may have made a bad call, but he said make it a high end burger, it was her turn to make something, and that was her choice, and she has to live with it. She is an Executive Chef, and has to be tough to be a female in that role, and has had to stand up for her own point of view more often than not in her career, just like any female exec has to do, and that was what she did. Usually she doesn't make mistakes, it was one bad call, it is a very good possibility that she may not have realized other team mates Besides the one she was trying to TUNE OUT was telling her to change the cheese. It must have been pretty good since the mom and grandma couldn't stop eating it LOL
I saw they showed the battle to go on next week too, but I hope they get past it and the red team wins. I think that Carol, LA, and Paula are all very good, but I have no idea who will be the last 2 standing, believe me I have tried to find out! All of the chefs were the best of the best in order to get there, they have to go through hell to get to Hell... and they are all portrayed at their worst and with creative editing made to look even worse.
marigold:
:lol: The mom and grandma bit is making me laugh
That's so true I couldn't agree with you more well said
HK5 Best Season Ever :hearts:
TexasLady:
--- Quote from: Soccermom71 on March 13, 2009, 10:11:38 PM ---Thank you for the welcomes Marigold :waves: and Texas Lady. Apskip, I agree with parts of your post. I know Carol very well, she has cooked for my kids. That burger was Her dish to make, and she made a decision to make and she took a chance with something that is a best seller in her restaurant, that her own kids like, and she has made it at parties where I have been and everyone liked it, even my kids. She may have made a bad call, but he said make it a high end burger, it was her turn to make something, and that was her choice, and she has to live with it. She is an Executive Chef, and has to be tough to be a female in that role, and has had to stand up for her own point of view more often than not in her career, just like any female exec has to do, and that was what she did. Usually she doesn't make mistakes, it was one bad call, it is a very good possibility that she may not have realized other team mates Besides the one she was trying to TUNE OUT was telling her to change the cheese. It must have been pretty good since the mom and grandma couldn't stop eating it LOL
I saw they showed the battle to go on next week too, but I hope they get past it and the red team wins. I think that Carol, LA, and Paula are all very good, but I have no idea who will be the last 2 standing, believe me I have tried to find out! All of the chefs were the best of the best in order to get there, they have to go through hell to get to Hell... and they are all portrayed at their worst and with creative editing made to look even worse.
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Thanks for the insight about Carol. She hasn't been featured much so she has been in the background for me until this week. (Maybe I should say she hasn't been targeted by Ramsay, which is a good thing!!) I'm laughing about trying to find out because that's exactly what I'd be doing in every way possible! :snicker: Grandma would have eaten every bit of the burger if she could have. :funny:
Carol, LA and Paula have all been working hard as a team in the background while Andrea, Lacey and Colleen have had more camera time and I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do now that the weaker cheftestants are dwindling down. One of them should emerge as a leader and I can't see Andrea in that role...
(I still feel bad about Coi though... I don't think she should be considered one of the weaker chefs)
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