Culinary Skills via Couch

We're obsessed with food, cooking, travel and well, even watching people cook. A guilty pleasure is tuning in to follow the poor aspiring chefs getting thrashed by Gordon Ramsay on Hell's Kitchen every week. But at the end of the day, would we have the skills to perform under the wicked-smart-high-stress instruction of Chef Ramsay. Hmmm. Maybe time to leap into the depths of a virtual Hell's Kitchen. You can always turn it off. The game is complete with Ramsay's tirades and high-intensity coaching, with a chance to unlock real recipes from the restaurant to test at home (the real perk). Who knows, you may even learn something. If throwing yourself into a virtual pressure-cooker doesn't sound appealing (yet), try your hand at Order Up from Wii: a game of virtual restaurant kitchens, cuisine education, and culinary prep. As with anything Wii cooks up, this rendezvous into the culinary world is engaging and humorous, testing players on everything from preparation to presentation, in burger joints to gourmet restaurants. Rising stars will make their way through the culinary ranks, with chances to be chef/owner and create recipes...all while being tested by food critics, demanding customers and the high stress kitchen environment. An excuse to sit on the couch and learn something? Take it while you can!