Kitchen Confidential

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2005
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21

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  1. Keith
    Oct 7, 2005
    9
    I loved "Hell's Kitchen" so I decided to check this show out because I was having Chef Ramsey withdrawals. This show was hilarious. Its definitely one of the better TV shows Ive seen in awhile. Its cleaver, and funny as all get out. I highly recommend it. I just hope the studio execs at FOX dont yank it before it really gets to blossom.
  2. AudreyG
    May 20, 2006
    10
    i thought this was wonderfully done and extremely funny. fox lost a viewer when they cancelled it!!
  3. TriciaS
    Jul 28, 2007
    10
    Puhleez bring it back! It's tasteful comedy without being boring. It's a laugh! It's refreshing after watching complicated plots within never ending plots of 24 or Lost. It has the potential to last as long as Friends did! It's a shame it was cancelled. What really happened?! There are shows out there that don't have the wit Kitchen Confidential has!
  4. MichaelB
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    This is the first TV show that shows a lighter side to the fast paced, frantic life that we line dogs face, that is those of us that cook on the line in resturants on any given day or night. Please keep this show on.
  5. nikun
    Nov 6, 2005
    10
    love the show, love the concept and love the cast. perfect show, perfect combination that fox knows how to get attention from there audience. the humor began with the british man to the guy who was in buffy to the girl who played Ross' girlfriend on Friends. the show is perfect.
  6. matta
    Oct 17, 2005
    3
    To be honest, actually might kind of like this show if I didn't already know about a watch Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Extras. Oh wait, this show sucks my ass and isn't even remotely funny. Some of the poorest writing of the fall season, mostly because it thinks it's clever when it's so painfully obvious that it isn't. Hard to believe this show To be honest, actually might kind of like this show if I didn't already know about a watch Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Extras. Oh wait, this show sucks my ass and isn't even remotely funny. Some of the poorest writing of the fall season, mostly because it thinks it's clever when it's so painfully obvious that it isn't. Hard to believe this show even has a 64. I would put it barely above "Freddie." Maybe.… Expand
  7. JonathanJ
    Oct 19, 2005
    3
    Seems like a fake show.
  8. CaryH
    Dec 30, 2005
    3
    Love the cast, but..........
  9. nick
    Oct 6, 2005
    9
    excellent first 3 episodes.. laughed really hard! worth a look.
  10. ScottJ
    Apr 28, 2006
    10
    Sad that Fox never gave this show a chance. It is another show that no one will see yet it was very, very good.
  11. cathyl
    Oct 16, 2005
    9
    Know the real Bourdain and this is as close as TV can get without going over the edge and bleeping most of the dialogue!
  12. retiredat56
    Aug 15, 2011
    7
    Although the acting is good the writing does not quite make it. It did have potential. The show has some funny moments and would have done better if it was more mature. As it is, it feels like it was written for 15 year olds experiencing testosterone for the first time. The station did well to pull it and put the show out of its misery.

Awards & Rankings

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#24 Best TV Season of 2005
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#46 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005
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#27 Most Shared TV Season of 2005

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    60
    'Kitchen Confidential" is the kind of new TV show that fits perfectly beside the adjective ''promising." Pilots sometimes strain to set up the entire series, and tonight's episode of ''Confidential" has its share of forced material.
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  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    63
    "Kitchen Confidential" holds more potential than tonight's decent if imperfect start, given Star's track record and casting.
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  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    60
    The biggest problem with Fox's "Kitchen Confidential" is that star Bradley Cooper... is far too appealing to play a bad-boy chef.
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