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12 • January 5 - 11, 2020 • Brainerd Dispatch By Michelle Rose TV Media N o restaurateur or chef, profes- sional or amateur, would want to hear the words "You'll kill some- one!" — Certainly not from Gordon Ramsay. The line that launched 1000 memes is most famously associated with "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares." But if Ramsay doesn't actually say it in an episode of "Gor- don Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back," you can almost hear it every time he steps into a walk-in fridge and inevitably pulls out rancid meat. (Cue the sniffing and the retching.) Get ready for more disgusting dining discoveries: Season 3 of "Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back" premieres Tuesday, Jan. 7, on Fox. If you haven't seen it yet, the real- ity show is a mix of "Kitchen Night- mares," "Restaurant: Impossible" and, well, pretty much every other Ramsay-led show. And there's a dash of "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993) in there, too, depending on the pros- thetics and costumes used to help Ramsay go undercover as a custom- er at the top of the show. This season will feature 10 differ- ent eateries, and Ramsay sightings in Arkansas and New Jersey fueled some speculation online as to which "closed for renovations" restau- rants would be featured. (Partici- pants can't disclose any details until the episode has aired.) Rescuing failing establishments is Ramsay's TV stock-in-trade, and in "24 Hours," the hot-tempered chef rolls up to the establishment in his hard-to-miss mobile kitchen/com- mand center. Ramsay and his be- hind-the-scenes team have just 24 hours — and there's a big count- down clock to remind us of that — to address the issues (personnel or otherwise) plaguing the business, refresh the eatery and its menu, and help the owners launch anew. It's classic Ramsay, but, hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. And clearly, the 2019 Critics' Choice nominee "ain't" broke: Season 2 of "24 Hours" pulled in higher ratings (about a 5% increase) than its first season and averaged about 3.47 million viewers. So the show is a consistent performer for Fox. And so is its star, whose own produc- tion company is behind "24 Hours." Ramsay looks poised to serve up at least three more shows in 2020. There's "MasterChef" (auditions were held nationwide in the fall) and "MasterChef Junior," and "Hell's Kitchen" was also renewed for two more seasons. Rumor has it that Season 19 already filmed last spring, though there's still no word on a premiere date. Given that we last saw Ramsay on the Sept. 18 finale of "Mas- terchef," fans will be eager to get their dose of kitchen disasters and Ramsay-isms when "Gordon Ram- say's 24 Hours to Hell and Back" re- turns on Jan. 7. Gordon Ramsay with the owners and staff of M'Dears in "Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back" Ramsay returns: Fiery chef is back with more restaurant rehab NEW to the Northern Pacific Center 1521 Northern Pacific Road on the Campus of the Northern Pacific Center Coffee Shop and Boutique O P E N 1 1 A M - 9 P M T U E S D AY- S AT U R D AY 2 1 8 - 5 4 6 - 5 9 7 5 2 3 2 4 T H S T, I R O N T O N IRONTON LEGION -Open to the Public - SERVING FOOD TUES. – SAT. 11AM-9PM Happy Hour: 2-5 P.M. Daily Burger Night: Every Tuesday 4:30 to 8 p.m. Friday Night Dinner Specials: 5-7p.m. Daily Lunch Specials: 1/2 Sandwich with Homemade Soup Entree Lunch Special Due to Popular Demand... Bar Bingo Every Thursday 6:30 pm GUARANTEED $250 JACKPOT Pulltabs E-tabs Meat Raffles Fridays & Tuesdays 5:30 pm Charitable Gambling Premises: #00148-002 Proudly Serving our Veterans, our Youth and our Community Need a little less help reading the paper? inforum.com 01/03/09 01/04/09

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