[the_chosen_one]

That's true, but Carole's earned the respect of the housemates and she's earned her place as the person who 'controls' the kitchen, over the weeks. All the house are in agreement that particular HMs have certain jobs/roles. I know she can be strict in there at times, but if you notice, she's only strict when people do things wrong (Gerry tries to clean the bath with the toilet cleaner) or use too much of the food rations. It's for their own good alot of the time, but most of them are too spoilt to even listen or care, they just start arguing back claiming to be responsible adults, when if they were, she wouldn't have to keep going on at them. I remember Nicky spending alot of time in the kitchen, and Carole stayed out of her way because Nicky knew what she was doing, presumably.