Review

Hotel Hell

Common Sense Media says

Celeb chef helps hoteliers, one foul rant at a time.
Age
14
Quality
 
  • Positive messages1
    Hotel Hell highlights the various issues that can help/hurt the hotel service business and underscores things like good communication, respect, and team building, albeit amid some "tough love"-style behavior.
  • Positive role models0
    Ramsay is tough on hoteliers and staff to the point of being insulting, but the intent is to help people save their businesses. Hotel and B&B owners sometimes treat their employees with disrespect and/or lie about their behavior.
  • Violence1
    Ramsay often loses his temper, curses, yells, and insults stubborn or clueless hotel owners and staff. Owners sometimes argue with staff, and vice versa.
  • Sex2
    Ramsay is sometimes shown taking of his clothes and/or in the bath (his bare bottom is blurred).
  • Language3
    Words "hell," "crap," "bitch," and "pissed" are audible; curses like "s--t" and "f--k" are bleeped, with speakers' mouths blurred. Ramsey is known for his frequent and creative use of profanity.
  • Consumerism2
    Hotels from around the country (like Juniper Inn and the Keating Hotel) are featured. Diamond Collection inspectors and logos are visible.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking2
    Beer, wine, champagne, and mixed drinks at consumed at bars and over meals.
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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that Hotel Hell, part of Gordon Ramsay's reality franchise, features the celebrity chef working with bed and breakfast and hotel owners to turn their failing businesses around. Despite his trademark salty vocab ("pissed," "bitch," "crap"; stronger words bleeped with mouths blurred), angry exchanges, and insults, Ramsay works hard to help folks turn things around. He's occasionally shown taking his clothes off (his bare bottom is blurred), and adults are shown drinking over meals and during cocktail hours.

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Age
16
Based on 3 parent & educator reviews:
  • 100% say language is an issue
  • 67% say violence is an issue
  • 67% say they noticed product placement
  • 67% say sexual content is an issue
  • 67% say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking
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August 17, 2012
11
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Parent of 6 year old
October 4, 2012
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Families can talk about Gordon Ramsay. What's his appeal? Do you think he's as mean in real life as he seems on his shows? Why do people like watching him yell at other people? Is he a role model? Why do you think hotel owners agree to appear on reality shows that expose the problems with their business? Is it in exchange for the help to improve it? Or is it for promotional reasons?
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Parent
October 14, 2012
18
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Bad Message for Jesus
I think that the word "hell" is very offensive to christian parents like me. Do you really want our children to learn about such words and unfollowing to Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior? Is this a positive message? Our children cannot learn about this offensive word. I cannot have this and I will be contacting the Christian Petition Council to revoke this show from the Jesus channel
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Adult
January 2, 2013
15
Not for kids & under
 
Wow, what a ripoff of a show!!!!
This show is crap. No wonder it got cancelled already. It is dumb, stupid, mindless, and really does not make any sense at all. Screw you Gordon and all of your dumb shows,(MasterChef also). This show isn't even anything useful. The only honor this show has is worst show on Fox. I suggest you don't watch this dumb and terrible quality ripoff of a show!!!!! Oh, and even worse, it is a ripoff of any terrible reality show out there.
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