Kitchen Confidential

Typical Fox Network... They love to allow a great show a chance and then kill it with uneven airings, poor promotions, and interruptions. Lets just face it, they did the exact same thing to Firefly and a handful of other shows. As far as this show is concerned, I just watched every episode in one day and I'm on my second round. I've worked in kitchens all my life, everything from fine dinning to dive bars and I've loved every second of it. This really does capture what goes on in the back of house. I'll be the first to admit that almost everything seen in this show I have witnessed or participated in... from a fork into someone's rear to having sex and doing drugs in the walk-in. I have now gotten out of the party days, but still manage to have a great deal of fun at work. A true kitchen really is as tight-knit as Jack and his crew, and the personalities are all typical in the kitchen. I can not begin to describe how much I love this show and how disappointed I am with Fox for canceling it.

there's alot to like about this show, such as the inside jokes kitchen folk can enjoy and proof of the every expanding whedonverse in the form of the adorable nicholas brendan and the lovely morena baccarin. woot!

It's everything I don't like about primetime television. It's campy, predictable, the humor is dry, gimmicky, and not very clever. It's cheesy and tries to be too slick for it's own good. It has a pretty amazing and great-looking cast, but the characters lack any depth or development, and their actual acting here, considering what I know some of these actors are capable of, is just... bad. It's unoriginal, and it has the same variety of characters almost every show like it has, except in a (wait for it...) KITCHEN!!!1 It completely tarnishes the name of the legendary Bourdain and his book and amazing Travel Channel show, and doesn't stay true to Bourdain's actual life, which in and of itself would've been interesting enough as a show, although admittedly too racy for cowardly li'l ol' Fox to air...But I can't stop watching it. I just can't. It's addictive. It tries to be edgy and it is cheesy, but it knows that, and that's part of it's charm. It just somehow works with me. I'm 7 episodes into it, and I find myself wanting to cause pain to whatever executive decided to cut this show out without giving it a chance. Like other reviewers said, with the influx of popular cooking shows nowadays, this would have been a real winner, and I would've followed it religiously if it was still on the air. Amazing show.