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Wake Forest farmer/chef storms out of "Hell's Kitchen"

Andrew Forster, a farmer/chef living in Wake Forest, was a contestant on the current season of "Hell's Kitchen" on Fox. That is, until Andrew got angry and stormed off the show earlier this week.

"Hell's Kitchen" is Chef Gordon Ramsay's reality competition cooking show, and if Ramsay is known for anything, it's screaming and cursing at his charges. Remarkably, Andrew never bothered to watch the show (now in its seventh season) before agreeing to appear, and once he got there, he decided pretty quickly he didn't like being yelled at.

Charlotte newlywed studies at Bravo's "Chef Academy"

Bravo’s latest entry to its line up of mouth-watering reality shows is “Chef Academy,” which follows Michelin-winning French chef Jean Christophe Novelli, who comes to Venice, California to start a culinary institute.

And when it premieres tonight at 11, among the 9 students he seeks to teach and train is Carissa Loughhead St. Aubin, a Charlotte newlywed who says she’s ‘nauseous with excitement’ to see the first episode.

The show is a little different than “Top Chef” or “Hell’s Kitchen,” or the other do-or-die elimination food shows. On this show, students get three chances to fail before they flunk out of the school. But while Novelli, a prankster who reveals a deep love of the TV character “Columbo,” isn’t the cussing tyrant that is Gordon Ramsay, St. Aubin says he’s not a pushover either.

What to Watch on Tuesday: Hell's Kitchen puts Canada on the line

Hell's Kitchen (8pm, Fox) - "Hell's Kitchen," the cooking competition show for people who wish "Iron Chef" and "Top Chef" just had a little violence and profanity, begins its new season with a 2-hour premiere tonight. Gordon Ramsay is as angry and demanding as ever, and the 16 contestants are a truly staggering mix of whackos. All have huge egos, naturally, but a few border on mental or emotional instability -- all the better to push the tease of some actual physical violence this season. The big prize is a job as top chef at a restaurant in the Canadian resort town of Whistler, B.C. (site of 2010 Winter Olympics), but a few of them would be better served by a year in anger management classes. Or cooking school. Ramsay's attitude? We get that. He knows what he's doing, he has standards in his kitchen, and he's in charge. But coming from bozos who can't devein shrimp, it just feels like "crazy." One thing is for sure -- it's never boring.

Better Off Ted (9pm, ABC) - Veronica learns something that impacts her rivalry with her father, who is the CEO at another big company. Ted tries to impress his father by bragging about a Veridian discovery which could cure baldness.

Miami Social (10pm, Bravo) - Did I mention that I hate this show? Mostly I hate that Ariel person, but honestly, they should have just named this show The Real A-Holes of Miami.

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (10pm, HBO) - One segment is with former Oakland Raider Barrett Robbins (right), who went AWOL the night before the 2003 Super Bowl. Also, a profile of boxing trainer Freddie Roach, and a 14-year-old cancer patient adopted by the Northwestern University women's lacrosse team.

What to Watch on Wednesday: Katie Holmes does her best Judy Garland

So You Think You Can Dance (8pm, Fox) - The one where Katie Holmes sings and dances like Judy Garland. UPDATE: Holmes will not appear on tonight's show. US Magazine previously reported Holmes would appear this week, but E! Online now reports that Holmes will appear on the show's finale August 6. Man, if you can't trust US, who can you trust. So we'll have to wait a few more weeks to see the Judy Garland dance number.

Gordon Ramsay's F-Word (9pm, BBC America) - British TV host Kate Garraway challenges the host to beat her recipe for bread-and-butter pudding. Then Ramsay goes hunting for wabbits.

Clean House: The Search for the Messiest House in the Country (10pm, E! Style) - If your doorbell rings, don't answer it. It could be Niecy Nash.

Questions for the President: Prescription for America (10pm, ABC) - President Obama answers questions on healthcare reform at a White House forum hosted by ABC's medical editor Timothy Johnson

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