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{{quote|''"(contestant name), I thought it was horrendous."''|'''Simon Cowell''', many times}}
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* Toby Young on ''[[Top Chef]]''. He started out as this trope in trumps, his comments about the contestants' food being incredibly snarky and including comparisons to WMDs and cat food. He admitted in his blog on Bravo that he had no idea what the show was about when he accepted the job, and assumed that what the producers were hiring him for was to be the Mean Brit. Once he realized that he was expected to actually critique the food, not just criticize it, he got a bit better. But not enough better to get the producers to keep him on for another season, though.
* "Nasty" Nigel Lythgoe (who is bringing his show to the UK) held the title before Simon Cowell.
* Red Symons, the main judge on the Red Faces segment (a segment similar in format to ''[[The Gong Show]]'') of ''[[Hey Hey It's Saturday]]''.
* [[Gordon Ramsay]] acts this way in his shows ''[[Hell's Kitchen]]'' and ''[[Kitchen Nightmares]]'', although it is arguable that the show's producers gave him directions to do so. At times his temper becomes too much to handle that it pushes buttons and some contestants will once in a while lose control and lash back at him. On the other hand, any aspiring chef who makes it through his tutelage must have truly worked hard and honed their skills, as well as when praise and enthusiasm is due, Ramsay will give it to the deserving.
** He tends to keep his temper relative to his expectations: screw-ups by professionals in the culinary - restauranter, chef, waiter, etc.(who should know better) - will get the full brunt of his wrath, while non-professionals (like those who appear on ''[[The F Word]]'') are treated much more patiently by Ramsay.
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