I LOVE watching Gordon Ramsay in those competitions. When someone's REALLY trying hard, not just making excuses, he is not as harsh on them as those that make excuses. The Hell's Kitchen series, the producers DO tend to have things happen like the oven turned down or the burners turned up. The whole point is to see if the people are watching or not. But for people making their signature dish, they make sure everything is perfect so that the people can show their true colors. Poor guy's yerked SO many times due to people's bad cooking. But what's interesting is to watch how he handles KIDS in cooking shows. Even when he yells at them for idiocy, he strictly watches his tongue.