"The F Word" (2005) TV series 2005-????

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Directors:

Richard Bond
Natalie Burke

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

27 October 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A topical weekly show hosted by Gordon Ramsay, aided and abetted by restaurant critic Giles Coren.

Plot Keywords:

Kitchen | Chef | Lifestyle | Celebrity Guest

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Gordon Ramsay	...	Himself - Presenter (39 episodes, 2005-2008)
Janet Street-Porter	...	Herself (16 episodes, 2005-2008)

Also Known As:

"Gordon Ramsay's F Word" (UK) (promotional title)

Runtime:

48 min (18 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London, England, UK

Company:

Optomen Television

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: (#11.5)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

The F-Word

Watch out for those F-words!

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Hot-headed celebrity chef and celebrated restaurateur Gordon Ramsay is now into his second season of "The F-Word" - the weekly food magazine which mixes recipes, celebrities, consumer affairs, and just some good ole Ramsay bad temper.

So what IS the "F" in F-word - well officially it is food, but "f" course it really is a pun on Ramsay's infamous penchant for barking profane syllables at the failings of his employees when they don't deliver the perfection that he endlessly strives for.

There are some changes for the 2006 season, mainly that Gordon's mission is to encourage more people to have Sunday dinner (last year it was to encourage more women back into the kitchen), raising pigs for a Sunday roast in his back garden (instead of breeding Christmas turkeys), and rather than holding a weekly cooking talent contest he is inviting teams of amateur cooks to help him prepare the meals. The most entertaining part of it is that these Joe Public cooks are much more adept at giving Ramsay some of his vituperative language and put downs straight right back at him - which has been made all the more interesting that C4 now screen it after 9pm, meaning that the swearing isn't bleeped out this time around.

A welcome return is the "Celebrity Recipe Challenge", when a celebrity guest challenges Ramsay to make a better well-known delicacy, and then it is up to the restaurant patrons to decide whose version is better.