Roasted chicken can be a bore, but fire-roasting brought out its juicy best, and a lovely corn risotto added luxury.

A thick sirloin steak was neatly sliced, its flavor heightened by peppercorns and smoked salt, but the accompanying creamed corn risotto was dense and undersalted.

A sweet corn risotto seemed perfect, with a dusting of Parmesan and 40 dime-size leaves of lime basil folded in before serving.

This corn risotto has no rice in it even though risotto means a rice dish in Italian.

A striking eye-catcher was the fork-tender braised lamb shank magnificently set over an appealing corn risotto and crowned with a thatch of wispy onion rings.

Other superb appetizers have included fricassee of grouper cheeks with sweet corn risotto, and tempura-battered squash blossom stuffed with jumbo lump crab in a tomato broth.

Grilled swordfish, with fresh, but under-ripe mango salsa, roasted corn risotto and asparagus, was overcooked to a cardboard consistency.

Jen's Dungeness crab and corn risotto with lobster tail was immediately spit out by Ramsay as the rice was raw.

Entrees include grilled leg of lamb with white beans and figs and pan-seared scallops with corn risotto.

His soft-shell crab with almonds is salty, and the corn risotto with the salmon tastes like canned corn from the school cafeteria.