NOT CRAP. A real guilty pleasure, but I'm glad I've found somewhere to admit it.

The UK episodes run rings around the US version, but I like the fact most of the American chefs feel like they have something to prove - ie: They feel no shame in the slop they make but say "Gordon's thinks he's all that. I am better than him!"

Nothing can beat the Bonaparte's episode, with the dumb-as-fuck teenager who lied about being a chef and gave GR food poisoning...or the Irish pub with the alcoholic son who baked ribs in Coca-Cola inbetween swearing and collapsing...or the greasy spoon that served brie and nectarine salads with the chef who kept swearing and shouting "DUURRR!!" at GR...or...oh, sod it. I must stop!

Fuck me, this show is not crap. I just caught about three hours worth on BBC-A this afternoon.