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Why Kitchen Nightmares Was Actually a Failure.
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@Nik.No.K 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that 15 of the restaurants are still open is actually like amazingly stupendous if you know the industry. Most restaurants fail in the first 5 years. The restaurants in the show were either already failing or about to fail. The fact that he was able to bring back 20% of them and STILL be in business today is almost unbelievably good.
@EpicBeno 2 жыл бұрын
yeah i totally agree, i feel like people forget how difficult it is to keep any business open with frequent economic crises and just capitalism being a bitch
@steveosk8s 2 жыл бұрын
Plus to survive the last two years as an independent restaurant is special in and of itself.
@traviswall1982 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, thank you. I was wondering if the comment section was more astute. Running a business is no joke
@TheAVJ2 2 жыл бұрын
some just relocated and did better even if the scale was smaller in comparison they managed to pull through and some even changed management so they can offload some of the work
@MrKrtek00 2 жыл бұрын
Also, if we consider that he could do only quick fixes realistically (there were many unfit owner/manager in those shops)…
@sydposting 2 жыл бұрын
If anything, the show proves that you can have a complete renovation from floor to ceiling, and an “idiot-proof” menu, but if you don’t know how to run a restaurant (or a business) in the first place, none of that will matter. Bar Rescue actually goes into a lot more of the numbers/accounting side of an establishment’s success, not just the food and aesthetics.
@miss_mush5533 2 жыл бұрын
I like Bar Rescue. I also have a small crush on Jon Taffer.
@ginger_nspice 2 жыл бұрын
This is so true!
@TheBestAsbestos13 2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE when Bar Rescue installs that system that tracks the bartender's pours and generates data about how much money the bar SHOULD be making vs what it is actually making. People seem to think running a hospitality business is easy money, but in reality for a place to be considered "affordable" and frequented by the public, your margins have to be razor-thin. A savings of pennies, multiplied over hundreds of pours or servings of food, can make or break you!
@qaraganda2885 2 жыл бұрын
I honestly think about the scene here they humbled the misogynist bartender so much. I kinda love that show
@matheusmoreira9951 2 жыл бұрын
The UK version of Kitchen Nightmares had more of the financial side as well, but that part was probably deemed 'boring' by FOX producers
@JennaCalifornia 4 ай бұрын
FYI Amy and her husband have broken up now and she went back to the US. He rants about her on his Facebook.
@concept5631 2 ай бұрын
That's hilarious.
@beachbelle_ Ай бұрын
maybe his facebook got hacked AHAHAHAHAHA
@aurorabuciochavez7782 11 ай бұрын
Kitchen nightmares was not a failure at all. All of these restaurants were 100% going to fail without him. Him rescuing 15 is unbelievable and applaudable. Not to mentions I’m pretty sure the rate was higher but covid wiped some out that he had technically saved. That’s not his fault. Others chose to sell the restaurant, also not his fault. There’s a website that goes into great detail about every restaurant on the show. Can’t remember the name but it shouldn’t be too hard to find.
@shizzlemywizzle1 6 ай бұрын
Did you watch the entire video before rushing to comment in defense of a celeb chef?
@eileencooke601 6 ай бұрын
Did you not watch the video?
@VjjQueen 4 ай бұрын
Bro could have watched them and still commented on it. Still relevant.
@Timothy_B 4 ай бұрын
@@shizzlemywizzle1that’s the creators fault for using a click bait title. Can’t have your cake and eat it too.
@enyraries 4 ай бұрын
@@shizzlemywizzle1 clickbait is clickbait
@grey-spark Жыл бұрын
So basically, Gordon takes a terrible restaurant and gives it the chances of a average restaurant. That's actually impressive. When you frame it that way, the Ramsey Curse is nonsense.
@freddogrosso9835 Жыл бұрын
IDK, he curses a lot, imo.
@yoc0banjo435 Жыл бұрын
@@freddogrosso9835ramsay curses is a grammatical analysis, not a mystical spell
@konpietadeezbawlsinyomouth Жыл бұрын
@@yoc0banjo435watch as I make it a spell
@zarlok5294 11 ай бұрын
@@yoc0banjo435 😜dhowbiz
@RepubsWannaMarryKids 11 ай бұрын
@@yoc0banjo435I just laughed imagining Gordon as some Harry-potter style wizard.
@ICantRecognizeCelebrities Жыл бұрын
I think a good side of this show was to de-romanticize the idea of owning a restaurant. People will think about opening a business without really thinking about the crucial responsibilities to be successful: managing your employees in a non-abusive manner, maintaining cleanliness by the standards of the FDA, and keeping up with the additional costs or repairs of a whole new building besides your own home are a few things Gordon helped people consider
@vatsalparmar5740 Жыл бұрын
Yup. And if your first job happens to land in such a restaurant, after closure you do not have a very good repertoire to go job hunting elsewhere. Restaurant management is no piece of cake, is what this show taught me.
@RossLemon Жыл бұрын
Great point. A lot of people just want the "passion" part of whatever business they're getting into and they think the "business" part will magically fall in line. In my personal opinion that's the problem I see with a lot of aspiring internet artists. They say they want to draw and/or do art for a living, but they have zero business plan on how they're going to make money with their art. All they know is "draw cool picture and then someone pays me a commission for cool picture."
@jamesparkerone Жыл бұрын
Good point.there are literally cafes in my town that thr sign just chages they give it a go, it fails, rinse repeat. Same as bars as well
@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock Жыл бұрын
Yeah I don't think that rider "in a non abusive manner" has any relevance to a Gordon Ramsay show 🤣
@katliit9442 Жыл бұрын
Not really. What I got from the show was the owners had MASSIVE flaws in ego, denial or change was a big one most of the time. Just don't be stupid and be open to change and put in work.
@avataryangchenbl9706 8 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Amy and Sammy don’t just live in Israel as a choice, Sammy got deported that’s why they live there.
@MrBriankjeld 5 ай бұрын
yay !!!!
@marqkc 4 ай бұрын
Not surprised someone with multiple convictions lives in the place with lenient laws now...
@kingbaby8761 4 ай бұрын
"Don't call the cops!"
@user-op8fg3ny3j 4 ай бұрын
@@marqkcdeported to the country doing genocide
@Muffinpurplegurk 4 ай бұрын
@@user-op8fg3ny3jno such thing as Palestinians
@marshmallowmountains4636 10 ай бұрын
In Kitchen Nightmares Gordon Ramsay is a doctor who only treats people with stage 4 cancer on death's door. 15 is way more than I thought would be around.
@jameshutchinson3672 6 күн бұрын
There’s a lot of muck thrown at the show but as so many have noted: owning and operating a “successful” restaurant often entails breaking even or running in debt.
@WhosBean 2 жыл бұрын
The failure rate is 70% among ALL restaurants. Gordon's failure rate is 80% among the WORST restaurants. Arguably Gordon actually improved their chances a lot. To be relatively sure, you'd have to look at the failure rate among restaurants so bad they'd be on kitchen nightmares. Not sure how to quantify "bad"-ness though. Maybe Yelp reviews/ratings or hygiene inspection scores.
@SuzER08 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I think this is what a lot of people forget. The restaurants on kitchen nightmares were essentially guaranteed the fail before they got on the show, and some of them (albeit a small percentage) didn't fail after being on the show, so I'd call that a success actually
@Albinojackrussel 2 жыл бұрын
Ideally you'd want to look at the resteraunts that would have been on kitchen nightmares but pulled out/changed their minds.
@wr0aig 2 жыл бұрын
If anything, kitchen nightmares may have saved some of the good staff in those restaurants. Being depicted on the show as someone who genuinely cares abt their work despite their circumstances and being given confidence sent a bunch of young people to culinary school, college, and/or to work in actually successful restaurants.
@KingOfGaymes 2 жыл бұрын
Not to mention how a lot of them reverted back to their old ways after the show and Gordon’s help, ways which were killing them already, which just puts this already half dead restaurant into the ground
@KingOfGaymes 2 жыл бұрын
@@wr0aig yeah like Nino who can clean everything
@wesleyward5901 2 жыл бұрын
The only mistake Gordon ever made: Trusting people to actually change their shitty behaviour and practices.
@osmanyousif7849 2 жыл бұрын
I think it took Amy’s Baking Company for him to finally realize that. Though it should’ve taken him sooner….
@kmhkennedy 2 жыл бұрын
I mean… Gordon opened a restaurant in Cape Town and it closed a year later. I went there once (because of all of the hype) and it was one of the most average, actually bellow average, restaurant experiences I’ve ever had. Cape Town does have some of the most amazing restaurants, so maybe he just couldn’t compete? Throw a rock and you’ll hit some hole in the wall with the most amazing food ever, or go somewhere fancy and eat right on the beach. I do wonder about the standards overseas. Like if Gordon’s is representational then that just… blows my mind. I went with like ten people, and they all were also wildly underwhelmed. The place was empty, with one other table of people. I felt bad for the waiters.
@pillowboy7995 2 жыл бұрын
@@kmhkennedy I doubt gordon really cares about his restaurants honestly
@RandoWisLuL 2 жыл бұрын
@@pillowboy7995 that restaurant wasn't " his" . He didn't care after it was all said and done because its not his war to win. He made his money, he gave his side and after that, his job is done. He does care about HIS restaurants and how they are ran.
@pillowboy7995 2 жыл бұрын
@@RandoWisLuL Yeah that's what I figured but his chain restaurants are simply that chain restaurants.
@jra3978 11 ай бұрын
Amys baking company it was found that Amy didnt even bake the deserts she bought them and lied about it 😂
@RavCat 4 ай бұрын
Deadass that was my favorite episode because it ends with Gordon just dipping
@Kapoonas 4 ай бұрын
Lmaooo 100% 😂😂😂
@SAPANNow Ай бұрын
@@RavCatDefinitely, it is easily the best episode. All time classic
@BelleDraws-i5d Ай бұрын
Poor Gordon. He had his hopes up when he saw the display cakes and the clean kitchen
@osmanyousif7849 Ай бұрын
To be fair, after reading a lot of statements, it’s clear that the restaurant was a scheme to begin with. The problem was the fact that Samy made a huge mistake by having a sociopath running the kitchen.
@iamcat1797 4 ай бұрын
Restaurant owner: *is gross and dangerous* Gordon: your restaurant is gross and dangerous. Restaurant owner: *surprise pikachu face*
@rehanpoonawalla7406 Жыл бұрын
Funfact, Amy's baked cakes were actually not hers to begin with. they were bought from a different store outside their restraunt 😭
@rock_SauFaCe Жыл бұрын
I came to say this. Also, since their episode, they have continued their insane tirades.
@logical_evidence Жыл бұрын
He’s also involved with the mob,
@kdburner7356 Жыл бұрын
@@logical_evidence yea being banned in 2 whole countries is pretty insane lol
@kaplingnag7267 Жыл бұрын
@@logical_evidence a y o ?
@Serai3 Жыл бұрын
Those two were a huge fraud from day one. NOTHING Gordon could have done would have saved that lunatic business. It was fun to watch it implode, though. 🤣
@billycake5830 2 жыл бұрын
Side note: whoever is running the Kitchen Nightmares channel is killing it with their video titles
@basementdwellercosplay 2 жыл бұрын
I feel it's more like cringing, feels very how do you do fellow kids to me
@dariozhe 2 жыл бұрын
@@basementdwellercosplay i dont agree, it feels very like the person doing that just stopped giving a fuck, its very refreshing
@meerarajendran415 2 жыл бұрын
@@basementdwellercosplay as the "fellow kids" id say the guy is killin it
@a1suruxx 2 жыл бұрын
There’s a full on secret playlist abt the microwaves that Gordon has killed lmao
@perraterca 2 жыл бұрын
some people think Ramsay's daughter titles it idk about that tho lol
@a6c6a8 11 ай бұрын
Most restaurants fail, but Gordon Ramsay definitely helped because, it’s very astonishing that 15 restaurants survived for that long
@deank7327 4 ай бұрын
From a local kitchen nightmare episode, I can say that the renovations were never fully completed, and the production company was looking for last minute contractors to fix things up and get things fully operational for a follow-up episode a year later.
@KoltPenny Жыл бұрын
You're forgetting that he's got an 80% failure rate, on 100% of restaurants that are already failing.
@SolarBrain4128 Жыл бұрын
From that perspective, it's kinda impressive that 20% were saved from certain doom.
@Yemmy23337 Жыл бұрын
Yup, most are usually in extreme debt too and only months from bankruptcy.
@godricktheminecrafted3113 Жыл бұрын
Yeah it’s like CPR Sure it only works 10% of the time, but that’s still 10% more than doing fucking nothing
@Judgement_Kazzy Жыл бұрын
She didn't forget that, that's one of the main takeaways of the video
@stoagymahalo5268 Жыл бұрын
kinda funny the 20% literally just kept their kitchens' clean and work normal. I ONLY seen about 3/4 real treasures where I think that's what he was looking for like the southern cook mama he fell for.
@Jamerific Жыл бұрын
Gordan has said that the reason he stopped Kitchen Nightmare was the fact he put in so much time and resources only for the place to end up closing any way. A lot of the places were in the process of closing already, seeking a renovation so they can sell the place easier, or it ended up being too till too late when it came to being rescued. "Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back" was his answer to this problem since he did like helping people, but hated wasting a lot of time and resources.
@crowdedcar Жыл бұрын
He came to my town for 24 hrs of hell, and the college bar they renovated is still open and thriving.
@Itsunclegabby Жыл бұрын
I heard it's coming back.
@Jamerific Жыл бұрын
@@Itsunclegabby Not sure how true that is given he is swamped with shows as it is.
@Jamerific Жыл бұрын
@@docwhammo But the restaurant is the show. Not sure what you mean by a "point". The goal is to help a struggling restaurant. If you saw the British version, they focus more on saving the business and less on the drama. The American version focuses on drama and less on the actual training staff.
@robertjv Жыл бұрын
I mean, I can imagine him using a lot of money, to help renovate others restaurants to help them stay open. Only for them to close down and sell the restaurant. So, I I kind of understand why he stopped
@robinfee1513 Жыл бұрын
Finn McCool is a giant in Irish folklore, who created the giants causeway and ripped out a large chunk of land and tried to throw it at another giant in Scotland.
@alyssa6156 8 ай бұрын
"frantic pee-pee dance" CRYING THATS EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE 🤣🤣
@KASHYAP772 Жыл бұрын
I mean, these restaurants were all absolutely horrendous. The fact that he managed to keep 15 of them open permanently is incredible.
@exocolt15 7 ай бұрын
No it’s not. Similar show restaurant impossible does the same thing with more then 2X the success rate at about 40% with a a third the time. Gordon cared more about “good tv” than fixing restaurants.
@jeffthealpacaisyourdad385 6 ай бұрын
@@exocolt15 it is amazing since most of these restaurants were in heavy debt. Some being a couple hundred thousand. So it's a miracle he was able to get some of these restaurants to do good 😂
@sakinoru4557 5 ай бұрын
@@exocolt15 tbf most of the restaurants Gordon visited were so far gone in their debts by the time he visited them that it's hardly surprising that most of them couldn't keep afloat. Most of them were in debts for years (some nearing $1 million in debt), and there's really only so much you can do to revive such a business, especially long-term. Some were already in process of closing/selling, which really defeated the purpose and was just a waste of time and resources for Gordon (one of the reasons he stopped doing this show until its rerun this year). Some also closed down during Covid, which by itself was simply a really bad period for restaurants in general. Which... well, Gabi explains all that fairly well in her video. I didn't watch "Restauran Impossible" so I can't say what's the major difference, but I think one thing to check would be to see the initial state of the restaurant they visit. The process of picking the candidates also might differ.
@chloesimpson2744 3 ай бұрын
Exactly, 100% of the restaurants would be closed by now if it wasn't for him. 80% of ALL restaurants close within 5 years anyway
@afrodobooks Жыл бұрын
Actually, if I recall right, this is partially why Gordon gave up in Kitchen Nightmares. I read that he got tired of dealing with the same problems over and over again, and knowing that most of the time, after he left, the owner would probably turn around and go right back to doing what had tanked their business in the first.
@AnD1262 Жыл бұрын
stomach ulcers and a pocket always full of stomach meds just to do the same thing over and over
@manai2683 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's at the end of the vid.
@Catacx Жыл бұрын
Not to mention he got A LOT of flame and hate online too.
@Catacx Жыл бұрын
@@afrodobooks oh yeah that too
@originalashloki Жыл бұрын
@@afrodobooks To be honest, the type of people he was trying to help is exactly the type I'd expect to sue in desperation. Most of them were greedy, lazy, ungrateful, and unable to empathize with the people around them. Combine that with their immense load of debt and you've got a recipe for disaster. I think it's safe to say we've all worked for the type of people he tried to help at some point, and they deserved to fail long before. I mean, just think about how stubborn a person would have to be to become so far in debt. I'd be throwing in the towel at $20k. Maybe even sooner. Let alone, half a million USD. Maybe that's because I'm not a business-savvy risk-taker, but it just seems like putting yourself into an amount of debt you will never be able to unburden yourself from for as long as you live is really, really stupid and arrogant.
@Timothy_B 4 ай бұрын
All these restaurants are on the verge of failing and closing. The fact he is able to save so many, in such dire situations, is remarkable.
@pmichael73 11 ай бұрын
Most of the nightmare restaurants - like the Bar Rescue bars - were facing mountains of debt (and also other unrevealed factors) that were pretty hopeless when the team moved it. Chef Ramsay did a lot of valuable retraining in cookery, management, and community involvement that were great lessons to owners and employees - not to mention to us as audiences who loved every expletive.
@jaymieberry Жыл бұрын
Side note: the American version was exaggerated because that's what our media industry wanted but his UK version was actually so wholesome and he rarely raised his voice
@jaymercer4692 Жыл бұрын
Whilst European version is technically accurate it seems odd to not just say UK version.
@jaymieberry Жыл бұрын
@@jaymercer4692 I'm so sorry, I forgot that it was UK. I'll edit it now. I didn't mean any offense
@jaymercer4692 Жыл бұрын
@@jaymieberry Why so apologetic?
@jaymieberry Жыл бұрын
@@jaymercer4692 I don’t like making mistakes that might upset someone
@squibbelsmcjohnson Жыл бұрын
Yup, definitely American
@0xEARTH Жыл бұрын
a little upset that Momma Cherri didnt get an honorable mention in here, because while she did indeed close down, she closed down *well* after the episode aired, after she moved to a *much* better location, and after she herself just decided "this is too stressful". it was one of the few places where the food was absolutely amazing and Gordon had nothing but nice things to say, and one of the very few times he's cleaned his plate at a restaurant he visited. that said though, it is *very* interesting that there's no discernible cause for the failure of a lot of them.
@PlayerBros2 Жыл бұрын
She also has her own youtube channel
@0xEARTH Жыл бұрын
@@PlayerBros2 yup, subscribed long enough to see *both* times those Microstrategy hacks hit them! have to try one of her recipes soon, i'm just Broke™ lmao
@eveakane6563 Жыл бұрын
Most of the failures stemmed from the owners being unable to change, I believe. They don't take criticism well, so the employees probably quit as a result, or they shut it down and fired the employees instead.
@feircy Жыл бұрын
It easy to come in and point things that sre wrong and get people on board when things are slow. When they have to deal with keeping all of that up and the stress of running an actualy busy restaurant its no surprise most people failed or gave up
@lcg8220 Жыл бұрын
For the UK version a lot of it is probably due to the actions of our government, they've made life for smaller businesses a complete nightmare over the last decade and we never really recovered from the recession either.
@destinystarrr_ 4 ай бұрын
As an Irish person Fionn Macumhail (Mccool) is indeed an actual name, it’s based on a fairy tale about giants that Irish scéalaithe (travelling storyteller back in old times) would tell. Obviously it got passed down and people still tell the Fionn Macumhail fairy tell to keep our culture alive!
@Handlethis.96 Жыл бұрын
I just finished owning a restaurant. I saw my mistake in many episodes of kitchen nightmares. I learned a lot from Gordon. Personally, I don’t believe that those restaurants can be saved but the messages were solid.
@charlesleroq932 3 ай бұрын
I feel this. Like, there isn't a magic formla for success, but there's best practises which that show highlighted
@eldritchteletubby9319 2 жыл бұрын
Btw, Amy from Amy's Baking Company bought all of her desserts from a different shop. She wasn't a good baker lmao. Edit: There are a couple of restaurants that just closed because the owners wanted to close them. Momma Cherry's (was that the name?) closed because it had been wildly successful and she just wanted to retire with her cash (she still has a KZfaq channel by the way, it's delightful). There were a couple of restaurants in the US version that were only staying open to try to get out of debt, and as soon as the debt was gone and they'd made enough money to keep the owners afloat, the owners closed them. So it's still not as bad as it seems.
@DaBarby 2 жыл бұрын
One restaurant in the US version, the Capri, did quite well with the changes, having positive reviews on Yelp and Tripadvisors before closing in 2019 due to declining sales and the owners’ health issues.
@diosoth 2 жыл бұрын
Momma Cherri closed down because of rent, not by choice.
@eldritchteletubby9319 2 жыл бұрын
@@diosoth Yes and no. She said that she could have moved to a different location with lower rent, but she preferred to close because she wanted to retire.
@haileybalmer9722 2 жыл бұрын
I read recently that Mama Cherri came out of retirement to run a catering business. The restaurant on Kitchen Nightmares closed in 2007 due to financial trouble. The press tried to make it seem like it was Gordon Ramsay's fault, and she said that Gordon had helped her a lot both on and off camera. She went on to write a couple of cookbooks, and opened a new restaurant that only closed recently because she wasn't having fun running it anymore. She's a champion, I love her.
@eauhomme 2 жыл бұрын
One restaurant, if I recall, already had a buyer before Ramsey even showed up, and sold immediately after the episode, using the extra equipment he brought in to up the price.
@mzcytin Жыл бұрын
Another that deviates greatly from the formula was Mama Cherri's Soul Food Shack (UK). Gordon LOVED the food so much that he cleaned his plate. Mama Cherry has cookbooks, her own secret seasoning, and a yt channel now where she teaches us to cook on a budget and talks about her amazingly interesting life story. Yes, I'm a fan. She taught me to cook peach cobbler.
@0xbenedikt Жыл бұрын
The entire UK show is entirely different in style. It does not follow the same or any formula too closely. The episodes are much more diverse and different from one and another.
@insertnamehere5809 Жыл бұрын
It was the economy & expanding too quickly that hurt her restaurant. The food was still excellent, circumstances beyond her control worked against her.
@barastyr344 Жыл бұрын
@@0xbenedikt The UK one is also much calmer lol
@bubbatea3818 Жыл бұрын
@@barastyr344 omg the UK is such a breath of fresh air from the US version. Don't get me wrong I still laugh at some of the moments in the US version, but you get tired of the screaming and arguments very quickly. Pretty sure that the drama was pushed by the network in the US version because they saw how popular the UK one was and that did not sit well with Gordon.
@lonesavior Жыл бұрын
Mama Cherri shows how tough the restaurant industry is. You can be a together person who does almost everything right and still fail.
@frogskeleton222 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the name Fin McCool’s is most likely a reference to the mythical irish character ‘Fionn McComhaill’.
@BladedEdge 3 ай бұрын
Which is pronounced "Fin McCool"
@mothman6224 5 ай бұрын
That episode with Amy, the weird cat noise lady... You missed SOOOO much. Please look into it further, I really think you will be shocked, and I would love to hear your take! The dude was some mobster/gangster sort of guy, they both had prison records and actually got deported. Amy ordered in all of her baked goods and pretended she made them herself.. It's a wild story 😂 There is a lot more to that story
@VorpalSnickerSnack 5 ай бұрын
She got a lot of surgery after.
@chaost4544 2 жыл бұрын
"Kitchen Nightmares" is basically a series showing bad management and bad management just doesn't go away magically after Ramsey visits these places. Judging by what I've seen on the show I'm surprised 20% of them survived.
@calebfuller4713 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, basically 100% of them were going to close if they didn't change. And despite improving the menu, decor, etc, the same bad management is left in place to make the same bad decisions.
@Jaddaprog Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the fact that these restaurants were already in such bad spots makes it more amazing that any survived to be honest.
@metazoxan2 Жыл бұрын
@@calebfuller4713 and even if the bad management is fixed a lot of them are in such a financial hole when Ramsey shows up that it's honestly already too late.
@katliit9442 Жыл бұрын
Ever wonder why there are old people who still don't know much? Because they are like most of the guys in kitchen nightmares.
@kurtcobainsdoormat Жыл бұрын
your pfp is everything, pink floyd rules
@MarquisdeSuave Жыл бұрын
11:37 : "Amy wasnt even that bad of a chef, she was a good baker." Um, no. The cakes and pastries they sold at Amy's restaurant were made elsewhere and brought in. While Ramsey couldnt say it on camera at the time there were a lot of suspicion that she brought everything in and then pretended she made them. Somebody on Reddit did the research and found 2 of the companies that were selling the exact same items that ABC had on her menu.
@GradKat Жыл бұрын
Amy was a nut job. I remember her sitting there mimicking all the different noises her cats made.
@MamaMOB Жыл бұрын
Also there’s a big difference between baking and all other forms of cooking. You can be good at baking and not good at any other type of cooking.
@ositaiza888 Жыл бұрын
plus i do remember some of the food she had sent out not tasting good,,, all they had going for them was that they didn't have rats lol
@sourgreendolly7685 Жыл бұрын
@@ositaiza888 Even the rats couldn’t put up with Amy’s bull 😂
@aanshuk Жыл бұрын
Amy and her husband (don't remember the name) actually got arrested for assault (I think) a few years after the episode.
@mcgoo721 6 ай бұрын
Coming from the industry, thats a surprisingly high success rate. People open restaurants all the time without knowing wtf theyre doing. Theyre incapable of managing it to his standards with him gone. These places were so bad too. Ive only worked at one place thats comparable and had to turn it around myself. Shit is hard ha
@ollie2111 Жыл бұрын
LITERALLY THO. When I saw an episode of the UK version I was like wow... this is notably a lot calmer. Both the editing and that it seemed like he was nicer. It's really fascinating.
@spacecadet35 Жыл бұрын
An 80% closure rate implies a 20% rate of restaurants still open. And that is incredible. According to the Restaurant Association, 60% of all restaurants fail in their first year and 80% close within five years. Considering that the restaurants Gordon Ramsey were on their last legs and were often heavily in debt, he has managed to do at least as well as the national average for restaurants that are much better funded. So let us celebrate the amazing success of the show and not look for failure where there is none.
@RainWelsh 9 ай бұрын
This is what a lot of people don’t seem to realise. Some of these restaurants were hundreds of thousands, if not literally millions of dollars in debt. Realistically, giving them a makeover and teaching them good business practices at that point is like pissing on a forest fire.
@localabsurdist6661 7 ай бұрын
1) some of them couldn’t handle the depth and closed 2) some closed bc they realized running a restaurant wasn’t for them 3) retirement 4) opening up a new restaurant, closing the old one/switching locations 5) actually making enough money to pay back the depth and closing after that so there are a lot of things that could go on with the people running the restaurants - closing also doesn’t always mean failing
@exocolt15 7 ай бұрын
Holy comparing apple and oranges Batman
@Fighting.Flower Жыл бұрын
The British version of Kitchen Nightmares feels more raw (for lack of a better word), it's silence mostly broken by speech, almost as if you're really there. It brings out the reality in reality show. The American version of Kitchen Nightmares is very dramatized, with intense music, sound effects that give the words more of a boom than they would have otherwise. It brings out the show in reality show.
@DarkJak2050 11 ай бұрын
_"The British version of Kitchen Nightmares feels more raw (for lack of a better word)..."_ You mean "realistic"?
@Fighting.Flower 11 ай бұрын
@@DarkJak2050 No, i meant more like edited in a very unedited fashion, if you catch my drift. Like the show as a whole doesn't feel all that realistic, but the emotions do feel very strong and unmuddied. That's what i mean by raw.
@sarvamithraJr 10 ай бұрын
Fact
@Mikeper94 9 ай бұрын
"it's fucking raw!"
@awittyusernamepleaselaugh7481 9 ай бұрын
@@Mikeper94 "Look! LoOok! *LoOoOoOoK!*"
@angelcalderon5680 5 ай бұрын
Another factor that seems to have slipped your mind: the 2008 recession. Already failing restaurant + recession = none of the restaurants from the early seasons of kitchen nightmares (and for most of the UK run) really had a chance
@chiedzawith2ds 2 ай бұрын
She said that
@animestopmotions 6 ай бұрын
The fact mfs actually expected him to change failing restaurants in a couple days is crazy
@_bebeboudeur_ 3 ай бұрын
they need at least a week or a month
@BinturongGirl Жыл бұрын
The British version was so much better. He tailored his advice to the actual specific problem each restaurant faced, rather than making it fit the plot beats dictated by the formula. Lower production budget meant they didn't automatically do a big pointless refurbishment every episode, and they tried to improve the *cooking* rather than just revising the menu.
@blackgrlfly Жыл бұрын
america and uk are completely different audiences. that show wouldnt succeed in america thats just the reality.
@BinturongGirl Жыл бұрын
@@blackgrlfly I think US audiences are treated very badly by the production companies. Many have watched and preferred the UK version of Kitchen Nightmares, a series about actually improving the output of restaurants, but all they were given was an overly emotional soap opera with new characters each week. Making it the British way is slower, it takes longer because they need to film a lot of footage so the episode can come together in the edit. With the forced story beats we see in EVERY episode of the US version, they know exactly what they need to film before they go in. Way faster and cheaper. Americans aren't stupid. They just get treated that way by their TV. They get programming that caters to the lowest possible denominator, audiences watch it because... that's what there is, and then the companies say "that's what the people want" and churn it out; fast, cheap and stupid.
@x-man9473 Жыл бұрын
@@BinturongGirl I also like to point out that Gordon speaks more calmly in the UK version and understands that things get heated. That makes his behavior in the US version less acceptable. In the US, he insults people 24/7 and mocks them. When someone finally gets heated and speaks back to him, he goes on a ego trip trying to make them feel less than him. And the comments section is full of Gordon fanboys who blindly defend anything he says and hypes up the roasts that he does.
@BinturongGirl Жыл бұрын
@@x-man9473 Good point. In the British show it comes across as the genuine frustration of a man passionate about the subject. The US anger is deliberately cultivated.
@peytonburrell6303 Жыл бұрын
@@BinturongGirl I dunno, we have short attention spans and an incredible sense of arrogance/ignorance, I think you could slap a stupid label on that.
@anthonyvillanueva5226 2 жыл бұрын
When I first saw commercials for Hell's Kitchen, I remember thinking that Gordon was way too angry. Then I actually watched Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares, and it turns out Gordon was the sane man most of the time.
@Acquilla7 Жыл бұрын
Yeah. I've watched most of his series, and there's a pretty stark difference imo between how he treats the people on HK and Nightmares versus the ones on MasterChef (especially the kids on the kids version). It's almost as if he expects certain standards from people actually working in the industry, and considering that improper food prep is a good way to kill someone, I can't really blame him for getting angry sometimes.
@jbracq2008 Жыл бұрын
@@Acquilla7 most of it is literally scripted, they play it up for the views.
@blackgrlfly Жыл бұрын
@@jbracq2008 yea yea skeptic while producers will do what they do in regards to editing no one is being handed a script to read from and gordon takes his name seriously
@JimmyBonez Жыл бұрын
"Idiot sandwich" will still be my favorite line.
@Drekal684 Жыл бұрын
@@jbracq2008 Didn't he once take a pan that was on fire and dump it in a sink? Which is, you know, not how you deal with a grease fire at all? That was clearly scripted. No way would he have done that except for the camera.
@jesse-re8ep 22 күн бұрын
I’ve long believed that many of the owners already planned on selling the business they just wanted the extra publicity and the remodel to increase the property value
@jessigraphiel9048 3 ай бұрын
Amy was actually a bad cook. The cake was store bought.
@SavvyMuhon 2 жыл бұрын
3:35 As someone who works in the restaurant industry (I’m a server), I *think* the reason he does this in the midst of the dinner rush is because that’s when staff feels pressured to get food out quickly. Sometimes, when there’s pressure people will cut corners and sacrifice quality. Rushes are when the most health code violations will happen.
@myeverchangingself6658 Жыл бұрын
Yup, as someone who has worked in many coffee shops this is very true. Honestly it’s the reason I don’t go out much anymore especially not during rushes
@joycue4560 Жыл бұрын
Lol yup, can agree.
@jadecoolness101 Жыл бұрын
Doing it during a rush is basically the ultimate test.
@SavvyMuhon Жыл бұрын
@@jadecoolness101 It’s the big “Sink or Swim”
@herman3376 Жыл бұрын
true true
@PPedroFernandes 2 жыл бұрын
Just leaving my two cents. 1- No, it's not Gordon's/the team's fault. Most people are just not willing to change. 2- Kitchen Nightmares wasn't a failure at all. The producers couldn't give a rat's ass about the restaurant. All they wanted was good TV content. If the restaurant was saved? Well great, nice bonus. But that was not the point at all. It's TV. It's entertainment. Kitchen Nightmares was successful big time
@beanstalks8 2 жыл бұрын
did you watch the video 😭😭😭😭
@sommerblume9671 2 жыл бұрын
@@beanstalks8 clickbait title so why bother
@k.m512 2 жыл бұрын
3- Most of the people probably just wanted a free renovation so they can sell at a better price and repay their crippling debts
@naiadolling 2 жыл бұрын
Gordon actually did want to help, but the US team just wanted drama. That’s actually partially why he stopped filming. He got sick oh how fake the US production team made the show seemed- even though it’s actually not scripted, just a crap ton of heavy editing. Gordon stated he liked the UK series more because of its authenticity (especially in comparison to the US version).
@asmrtpop2676 2 жыл бұрын
Your second cent makes no cents.
@suhfee 7 ай бұрын
moving to israel is the restaurant supervillain ending lmfao
@mikoistired18 4 ай бұрын
not even moving. amy’s husband got deported and moved to israel against his own will… lmao
@nexithedestroyer 3 ай бұрын
@@mikoistired18 lmao
@sparkyblue7016 2 ай бұрын
@@mikoistired18 Damn, why was he deported lol?
@PrimetimeX 2 ай бұрын
why??
@suhfee 2 ай бұрын
@@PrimetimeX buddy you’re in this thread calling everyone antisemitic just get your check from israel and go
@markjackson6431 8 ай бұрын
Amy wasn’t a “good baker”, it was confirmed that they ordered in those deserts
@BadgerOff32 Жыл бұрын
There's also a rumour that one of the reasons the show ended was because the owners of some of those restaurants would get the show in purely to give their place a makeover, then cash out and sell the place weeks later while it was still newly renovated. While a restaurant looked old and was failing it was practically worthless, but after an interior refresh, new kitchen equipment, tv exposure and a link to a famous chef, they were suddenly worth quite a bit more. Apparently the producers got fed up of people applying to the show purely so they could get a free makeover so they could sell up. Probably not the *only* reason the show ended, but it was probably one of them!
@LastbutNotFirst Жыл бұрын
or could be the fact gordon ramsay said "youre business is flowing down the hudson".. and the guys restaurant failed. he commited suicide in the hudson.
@bryanryan4504 Жыл бұрын
Interesting.
@samanthajade3782 Жыл бұрын
That actually makes alot of sense though like you said I'm sure not the only reason.
@davidhenson1316 Жыл бұрын
@@bryanryan4504 this is probably why every episode after season 3 or 4 had REAL PEOPLE problems instead of just restaurant problems. If the situation was more real it was a better investment for the producers.
@ugan2 Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't be surprised. There was a bar featured on bar rescue that did something similiar. Like legit place was up for sale when they came and the makeover got them a better price
@demonninetaledfox Жыл бұрын
I actually walked into Amy's Baking Company before they were on the air for kitchen nightmares. I'm in AZ, took a trip to the area, and my mom wanted to get her nails done. The resturant was near by and we went in to see if it was any good only to see it was absolutely packed with no one really seeming to be getting served and no one ready to tell us how long the wait was. A customer near the door said it wasn't worth the wait and we should go to a burger place a drive away, and we did lol.
@titanicclub9481 Жыл бұрын
Aww
@Hxhjli Жыл бұрын
You dodged a bullet for sure🤣🤣🤣
@andrewreviewschannel883 Жыл бұрын
Oh
@RonPlayzRoblox635 Ай бұрын
good thing you did
@reilover69 6 ай бұрын
13:19 when amy said this all gordon could think to himself was "F u c k"
@alyssaashford5218 2 ай бұрын
From my understanding Amy and her husband sammy moved because Sammy got deported and Amy, with her seemingly only redeeming quality about her being a weirdly supportive wife, followed suit cause I also believe he went to jail after he went back.
@zacharyhenderson2902 Жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter how good the food is or how good the management is, you can't keep a 40-seat steakhouse open in a town of 300 people.
@aff77141 Жыл бұрын
Straight up. We have a town of 1400 in a touristy area, majority of places have to close in the slow months or suffer through 3 table shifts
@Coeus06 Жыл бұрын
is that too much or too little
@theYouTuberfr Жыл бұрын
@@Coeus06 what do you think?
@Coeus06 Жыл бұрын
@@theKZfaqrfr idk that’s why I asked.
@froggywithaheart Жыл бұрын
@@Coeus06 too lil population for too many tables
@13367amalia 2 жыл бұрын
An episode was shot in my home town of Chelan Washington. The ice cream portion that got the makeover boomed in popularity, but their hotel and restaurant continued to fail. The husband literally made EVERY female employee uncomfy and reverted back to everything Gordan fixed. My best friend worked there an entire summer and only got two paychecks. She was never given all of the money she made (she was 17). Because of its prime location and the fact that the building is owned by the town's historical society, it sold easily and I've heard they're much more successful. An icecream place right by the lake in a summer tourist town is always going to do well. Although the locals still dont really eat there...lol
@KingOfGaymes 2 жыл бұрын
Omg that couple was awful.. The husband was so nasty. Like he’d go on vacation a week before his wife and daughter came so he could be alone for a bit? What kind of person does that
@13367amalia 2 жыл бұрын
@@KingOfGaymes a narcissist who only cares about themselves lol that word gets used too often, but having met him and talked to being who have worked for him, its appropriate lol
@lmo7724 2 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t that Hotel Hell?
@svenowsky 2 жыл бұрын
His name is Gordon have you ever seen someone named Gordan💀💀
@13367amalia 2 жыл бұрын
@@lmo7724 yeah
@shishankshaw2413 2 ай бұрын
23:51 that sound effect always gets me. 😅
@lopodyr Ай бұрын
21:49 I would argue "knowing when to quit" is ALWAYS more honorable than the "keep pushing" mentality. What a lot of posers call "quitting" is actually "picking one's battles more wisely". There is nothing cool about failing "but at least you tried hard".
@MichaelSuperbacker 2 жыл бұрын
Kitchen Nightmares was not a failure! The people who kept driving their restaurants into the ground are too blame!
@MichaelSuperbacker 2 жыл бұрын
Oh Hi Gabi! I liked your acting at the end of the video, that was funny!
@MichaelSuperbacker 2 жыл бұрын
oh and FYI , wow your singing at the end is great! Keep going! Rock on!
@theflaminglionhotlionfox2140 2 жыл бұрын
Oh hey it's air umbrella man
@samkirby3775 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, but do they recognize that and help move it along quicker so they can take over?
@DEV-rw7eu 2 жыл бұрын
Oh it's the guy with the air umbrella
@ChrisLincoln Жыл бұрын
I'll never forget the moment in the Amy's episode where a server was double-checking the order and got fired for asking a question, then Amy called her "a poisonous little viper". Because she wanted to make sure she was grabbing the right table's food.
@pinkdarkboy7127 Жыл бұрын
And I believe that happened right after Amy was mixing up her words and kept saying the wrong food for the wrong tables, so the server genuinely had a reason to be concerned.
@kressnt3984 Жыл бұрын
Not to the point of firing people. But that shit is way too common in restaurants. I've been cook and server before. And the amount of times cooks will shit on servers for asking simple questions about whether it's the right tables food or not is ridiculous
@ShadiC636 Жыл бұрын
The running theme with the restaurants Gordon visited was that owners were arrogant, pompous and too proud to listen to his advice and would switch back to their old ways after he left. That’s why they failed.
@cdreid9999 Жыл бұрын
most toxic person ive ever seen. I got the impression she was 100% a teophy wife hed destroy his life to keep
@brysonkuervers2570 Жыл бұрын
She was probably just upset cause the waitress was prettier lol
@cocknose 11 ай бұрын
i dont really think gordon was at fault for these restaurants closing, i mean they were most always on the verge of bankruptcy anyway and most of the owners were clearly belligerent lol
@RepubsWannaMarryKids 11 ай бұрын
Yeah most had such horrible habits and or financial issues that even with a makeover and menu change, it eventually devolves back the chaos it was before.
@kooliokatz2540 2 ай бұрын
I nearly spit my drink when you said "real human emotion" and amy started meowing
@theotherjared9824 Жыл бұрын
The premise of the show was to find a failing restaurant and set it up for success. It was up to the owners to actually succeed. The show isn't at fault for the actions of the individuals.
@Figgy20000 Жыл бұрын
Some of them were so deep in debt Ramsey himself wouldn't have been able to keep it alive. Also you can't create a miracle in 3 days which is how long he had to work with in most episodes.
@Theproclaimed Жыл бұрын
@@Figgy20000 lots of the owners also went back to the failing menus and failing gimmicks after Gordon leaves
@blueblack3591 Жыл бұрын
Agree
@westerling8436 Жыл бұрын
He actually bought some of the restaurants
@amogus9825 Жыл бұрын
Fr
@parliamentlite 2 жыл бұрын
Would be interesting to see a "Kitchen Noobs" series where Ramsey coaches people trying to start a new restaurant, see where their success fate compares to others.
@MuttFitness Жыл бұрын
I'm in
@Tomsm8 Жыл бұрын
that's what kitchen nightmares is!
@JP-lz3vk Жыл бұрын
Effectively that's what Gordon has been doing with "Plane Food" and "Bread Street" franchises.
@Tomsm8 Жыл бұрын
@SDH usually when an idea isnt working, maybe so. kitchen nightmares is world renowned now. a name change would be awful to the brand
@ic4192 Жыл бұрын
@SDH Go watch a soap opera
@gl4886 24 күн бұрын
Actually it came out that Amy didn’t bake the cake she gave Gordon but bought them premade 🤣
@mauricioastapenco9051 Ай бұрын
"Amy is actually a good baker" oh she doesnt know does she?
@ajjerio3927 Жыл бұрын
I would consider Momma Cherri’s soul food kitchen to be an outlier in Gordon Ramsay’s show as well. Gordon Ramsay had no problem with the food1 the main issue was how small the diner was, the general location and the lack of staff. He even “cleaned his plate” the first time after arriving there. Momma Cherri’s is somewhat still in business but the owner actually runs a KZfaq channel for cooking recipes. She is a Deep South minded woman, who acts outgoing and seems like a genuinely good person.
@rachelbird2440 Жыл бұрын
That was my favorite episode. She seemed like such a sweet woman. I would consider her an outlier as well.
@daddysempaichan Жыл бұрын
She's the definition of suffering from success. They had to shutdown their restaurant because it was too successful and too many people was trying to get in. A bit sad, perhaps, but I find it hilarious. At least they won't have as much trouble finding customers.
@ajjerio3927 Жыл бұрын
@@daddysempaichan I don't fully know if she needed Gordon Ramsay, outside of the publicity for more customers than what she had from the get-go. He helped dividends with that aspect, but her food from her channels (the plating and general mindset) doesn't appear any different from the original video.
@usermcskull4713 Жыл бұрын
shoutout to the chef as well, he's just a really nice guy. he has a kid and loved his job
@DDRWakaLaka Жыл бұрын
@@ajjerio3927 No, she really did. She was running her business terribly and was hemorrhaging money. Not because she was a bad person -- on the contrary, she was being far too generous and lenient. Gordon helped her step up and act like a real owner.
@marcovmedia Жыл бұрын
I cannot believe she didn't mention the Burger Kitchen family DRAMA! It was a 2 parter! The owner is wild, he stole the inheritance that his son was meant to receive from his grandfather to open the business, told the son he was a partner now, and makes him work at the business like an unwilling unpaid manager. There may also be some drug abuse. It's brutal. I gobbled that up like a wagyu burger.
@puppetstudio4989 9 ай бұрын
also the dad was actually in a crime family from his book he wrote
@imagiraffe2848 9 ай бұрын
And it was one of the only restaurants with an actual chef, who was skilled and experienced😂 and they forced him to cook shit food
@jharp08 7 ай бұрын
That man was beyond unhinged
@speedslider3913 7 ай бұрын
@@puppetstudio4989That jerk should've gone into waste management instead of getting his son's life tangled up in his restaurant.
@EC2019 6 ай бұрын
I thought the funniest thing about that episode was the fact that the dad was so insistent on wagyu being the best meat, but he kept calling it "way-goo" and clearly didn't know what it was.
@spoddie 2 ай бұрын
Many years ago I did a small business course. Part of it was budgeting to work out the expected revenue and costs. We went through some examples such as cafe and small restaurant. We used real numbers, rent for available stores, furniture and equipment costs, labour, electricity, and what revenue you'd need to break even. The numbers were eye watering.
@Akamuaru999 9 ай бұрын
i will never unsee the little peepee dance at the episode wrap lmao
@CJFromGroveSt09 Жыл бұрын
To be completely fair there overbooking for a “stress” test is something every successful restaurant should be ready for as a restaurants’ influx of customers during certain parts of the year and special occasions whether on the show or not
@biggestastiest Жыл бұрын
i think it's a massive overreach on the producers part to overbook when the staff aren't ready. restaurant staff usually know when a rush is coming, and i think artificially making the restaurant busy to suddenly overwork the staff is kind of cruel. maybe im just a soyboy, who knows.
@jfoxtrot24 Жыл бұрын
Was gonna comment this too. It’s the point of a “STRESS TEST”! If you can’t handle having a full dining room, change the number of tables you have. It’s important to show where the deficiencies of a system exist. It’s done in all industries and is vital to most.
@igtut1 Жыл бұрын
@@biggestastiest The staff knows that it will be a stress test. They have more opportunity to prepare than if they had a sudden rush organically.
@jadecoolness101 Жыл бұрын
@@biggestastiest it's not overbooking though. They have a certain number of tables and chairs, if the staff can't handle all of those tables and chairs being filled, the there's TOO MANY tables and chairs.
@aff77141 Жыл бұрын
For real like... If you can't handle a busy night how are you going to make any money? That's the whole point
@MrMolotov69 Жыл бұрын
The fact that even some of them are still open a decade or so after the show is impressive considering how brutal the restaurant business is, the impact of recessions and pandemics, rising food costs and the fact that these restaurants were already failing in the first place. Also sometimes people just get tired of the restaurant business and move on even if the business was making money.
@jaxs69 Ай бұрын
I feel so sad when Gordon “fixes” authentic and homey looking restaurants and makes them the same cookie cutter white wall and hard furniture ones :( like you can have a good restaurant and still have a quaint environment
@brittislove 11 ай бұрын
all the violin noises were fire yo If you ever have a violin bow and are near a drum cymbal, slide the violin bow on it. Thats how they're making that noise
@imaninazahra4963 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Amy's baking skill isn't good and the cakes tht Gordon complimented her on was bought from the bakery near the restaurant.
@nousernameideasadly9611 2 жыл бұрын
Thats exactly what i was thinking cus like if ur bad at cooking regular meals but gordon ramsay loved “your cakes” why would u keep running a restaurant and just open an actual bakery💀
@carelsby 2 жыл бұрын
? I thought it closed down years ago
@nousernameideasadly9611 2 жыл бұрын
@@carelsby yea it did
@gilly5809 Жыл бұрын
I was going to mention this too
@yaccfonoti Жыл бұрын
Guys the average lifespan of restaurants is 4.5 years. This show started 18 years. So I'm surprised any of then are even open. And keep in mind all of these restaurants were a hot mess, so I'm surprised 15 of them are still going.
@smsmsmsmsmsm Жыл бұрын
So true, 18 years is impressive so 15 is not bad at all lol
@guilhermehank4938 Жыл бұрын
Many also suffered from the "virus of unknown origin" lockdowns
@AwesomeFinish 5 ай бұрын
Turns out Amy didn't bake that cake, it was ordered in.
@Dreamingofyou317 5 ай бұрын
100% of the restaurants are in dire trouble to begin with. 20% is impressive
@NytanThePetLobstetEnthusiast Жыл бұрын
As someone who has worked as barkeeper and as waiter before I think that them overbooking restaurants to create stressful situations is actually a really good method to judge how a place is run. For the work Gordon is doing there i.e . improving management and service it's a really effective practice. You need a machine to function even under stress and my personal experience is that flaws in quality (food, service and management) only become really apparent under stress. But they are still negatively effecting work efficiency and quality even if everything is chill you just don't notice it. And if it gets more hectic actually really good staff gets "bottlenecked" by the people who let mistakes slip when nothings going on. We've seen that on Kitchen Nightmares with some talented chefs and waiters as well. Starting to restructure everything during dinner service is a bit questionable (except for the cases where he actually discovers major health risks for the guests in the kitchen) but just for judging the performance of a restaurant creating stress is a really good benchmark imo
@elianaslivia4405 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely, you get to see the flaws in people, staff and the system when it’s under pressure. I noticed that when it gets overwhelming I get snappy, while someone else gets forgetful, and another isn’t fast enough to keep up. It’s a trial by fire
@RustyNips Жыл бұрын
Ya that's why they do it I remember in one episode (probably a UK one or hotel hell with a kitchen diner thing) Where Gordon explains basically what you just said and posts that he in in town and to go to that restaurant on Twitter or something so it gets packed and he can see how they function on a busy day Only problem I really see with it is alot of the restaurants go from like 2 customers a day to that overbooked 1000 people so maybe they should give them 2 days 1 with more average turn out then the next go overboard so they can at least get in the groove of things and not go from -100 to 100 While also fixing "smaller" problems like rotten food or other health risks before there's a large potential about of casualties lol
@kassassin_brahgawk 11 ай бұрын
I've worked as an expo/food runner, server, host, and bartender. Imo, the restaurants function depends hardcore on how good your hosts are. They can't double or triple seat servers, they can't rush the kitchen. They gotta REALLY understand the flow of the restaurant. I worked at a busy pub/restaurant in a hotel in downtown Milwaukee with a closet for a kitchen and we would sometimes do easily 250-350 people for a lunch rush. Whether or not servers were overwhelmed and the kitchen could keep up would all hinge on how hosts sat customers. If they say them too early, people would be waiting pissed off at a table, and we would have to comp their meals. Having people wait without sitting buys the kitchen time to catch up with the multiple orders of custom menu items and ensure they go out to the right table.
@oak_corvum Жыл бұрын
Kitchen Nightmares was never a failure. Gordon is a chef, not a relationship counselor or a financial advisor. He cooks, not binds relationships.
@DrCranberry Жыл бұрын
I feel like also, like ALL restaurants close eventually. Thats just business, look at Momma Cherri's restaurant, Gordon LOVED the food, but she tried to expand too fast and lost it. It's not really her fault she didn't MAKE bad food. Sometimes people either get tired and sell, or something else happens. I think theres a big difference of "failing because you serve shit food" and "failing because you just got tired and some it to someone else".
@hampuswirsen7793 10 ай бұрын
00:40, thirsty for some Ramsay?
@somelamenamehowaboutmr.juk6231 16 күн бұрын
I wanna especially thank you for 00:35 because I was on the toilet watching you, like one does, and my mother walks up to the door as soon as that part started.
@jonaskeepauthor1935 Жыл бұрын
"There's no way Gordan could be completely responsible for a restaurant's failure" Except his own, his own restaurant failing was 100% his fault. To his credit, he acknowledged this, learned from it, and moved on.
@Jellybeansatdusk Жыл бұрын
Good point, very funny.
@neptuneplaneptune3367 Жыл бұрын
Wich honestly just shows how he is way better then any of those owners who blame it on him. He atleast fully aknowleges it is 100% his mistake. Some of these owners probably too this day still blame Ramsey ore anything but themselfes
@MrSporkdude Жыл бұрын
Sure let's not forget that most restaurants close anyway
@chattycatty3336 Жыл бұрын
@@MrSporkdude what does that have to do with this comment?? They are right, its no ones fault but the resteraunt owners
@ThwipThwipBoom Жыл бұрын
@@chattycatty3336 ur mom
@vascocarvalho2451 2 жыл бұрын
You can't say it's his fault. He leaves them with a new better menu, good PR, lots of people ready to go there and try their product. But of course, after a while, if the people don't change their habits and go back to doing things their way, the problems resurface. Old habits die hard and you can't teach old dogs new tricks
@chrisdudleytrumpet 2 жыл бұрын
That might be why she said it isn't his fault lol
@d3monicwolf Жыл бұрын
@@chrisdudleytrumpet I think Vasco was looking at the Thumbnail and then responding.
@jaysahndehruloooh 5 ай бұрын
23:15 i’m version on youtube, found the FUNNIEST clip, i believe it was a welsh or scottish restaurant but he’s teaching these 2 young chefs how to prepare a filled chicken breast thing and his commentary was INSANE. i’ve watched almost every single kitchen nightmare and hotel hell episode on youtube, and the things i’ve heard out of gordon’s mouth is actually insane 😂 “gently, gently… make love to it, don’t F*** EHT”
@dylanchilders 3 ай бұрын
Working in a kitchen is already stressful enough, but I couldnt imagine having gordan ramsey show up yelling and hissing at everyone while customers flood the restaurant and orders pile up. Like that’d probably be my 13th reason why at that point
@minjun1221 2 жыл бұрын
There’s a Korean version of kitchen nightmares that used to air by Chef Baek(celebrity chef) and in his series they have a different format where he chooses a town to help, and 3 restaurants there. He then visits all 3 restaurant on an episode, gives them feed back and visits them once a week totaling 3 episodes. Unlike Gordon Ramsay’s kitchen nightmares he focuses more on developing sales tactics(such as pricing), shrinking menus to only best sellers and doesn’t focus too much on fixing up their interior.
@vaffangool9196 2 жыл бұрын
*That's cause Koreans* are used to restaurants looking like the inside of your little brother's first apartment, with blankets stacked in a corner and a beer calendar hung crookedly by a ldisconnected landline phone.
@kcrules1234 2 жыл бұрын
Where can you watch this?
@minjun1221 2 жыл бұрын
@@kcrules1234 it’s called 백종원 골목식당
@kcrules1234 2 жыл бұрын
@@minjun1221 thank you!
@zad_rasera 2 жыл бұрын
Did those shops become successful?
@BrianRocksNow 2 жыл бұрын
I worked at a Dairy Queen that had SO MANY cockroaches in the walls, the boss loudly verbally assaulting his wife in the kitchen on an hourly basis, an ice cream machine from the 50s that stopped working halfway through a rush, small holes in the walls conveniently placed in areas where small children would mash food/trash through, a mini-fridge kept by the cooking area stuffed with several perishable items for slightly quicker cooking times (cross contamination), and not once did we do better than a D+ on an inspection. It was embarrassing to work there. Wanna know what closed us down after the same dude owned it for 30 years? The IRS finally noticed he paid the employees right from the resisters and counted large quantities of food loss to make up for it. So yeah, I'm not shocked some of these places are still doing just fine. Lol
@ahumanbeing7536 Жыл бұрын
It's always the small DQ's isn't it lamo, the ice cream machine at mine exploded and it took us hours to mop it up, not to mention what we found behind the frier once
@BrianRocksNow Жыл бұрын
@@ahumanbeing7536 We had the soft serve milk baggie explode in the freezer once. I feel your pain. It *was* a small town DQ for sure, lol.
@transcribemusic 6 ай бұрын
23:50 The violin you mentioned is probably not a violin but an instrument called waterphone. Just thought you might want to know, in case you want to buy this for the next tense conversation with one or your friends whenever they serve you raw food
@Jose04537 11 күн бұрын
People forget kitchen nightmare happened AFTER the 2008 crisis, EVERYONE'S bussiness was suffering. Restaurants have a 80-90% failure rate after 10 years, now imagine that after one of the worst economic crisis in the world.
@TheDrakanMaster124 Жыл бұрын
How did you not even mention momma cherri like she is the perfect example of doing everything right, and being super successful after the episode to a point where she's too successful and has to shut down because of the stress.
@SemorreButte Жыл бұрын
If i remember the episode she was a softie and the employees took advantage by being lazy, also she tried to do everything and burnt herself out bc she took on too much responsibility
@TheDrakanMaster124 Жыл бұрын
@@SemorreButte before Ramsey, sure. But after they were able to get a bigger restaurant but was successful but very stressful. My uncle was a head chef for many years but quit and now works in a nursing home, because in the restaurant industry only 10% of restaurants make it and it is extremely stressful.
@S3Cs4uN8 Жыл бұрын
@@TheDrakanMaster124 To add to this, after she moved on from the restaurant she moved onto youtube and has a pretty successful channel sharing recipes and the like. The Head Chef also ended up going out on his own to found his own restaurant that from what I've heard was also doing quite well for itself.
@drskellybones8049 Жыл бұрын
@@S3Cs4uN8 ooohh do you know her channel name?
@S3Cs4uN8 Жыл бұрын
@@drskellybones8049 'Momma Cherri' You'll find it very quick just by searching the name.
@chatlom Жыл бұрын
Late to the party here, but "moved" to Israel is a major understatement lmao. Her husband was, iirc, deported back to Israel for not disclosing his past criminal behavior (things like extortion and drug trafficking... a la breaking bad) and he's been barred entry from countries like France and Germany. He had a whole court case with the US immigration services and everything. I remember it being reported, very mockingly usually (rightfully so imo), in Israeli papers at the time. His wife has also done some illegal stuff in the past. These two are just hardcore nuts. Great vid btw! Really enjoyed it. :)
@stevenbacon-cheddar9914 6 ай бұрын
Finn McCool was a figure of Irish legend and folklore. Way to tell the world you aren’t Irish without telling us you’re not Irish😂
@zatzu9618 3 ай бұрын
Thinking that 15 restaurant still open is bad or a failure is just a terrible take. He actually did a good job that he saved some failing restaurant.
@SoSoMikaela Жыл бұрын
Finn McCool is a hero of Irish folklore. It makes total sense why an Irish restaurant would be named that…
@username9175 5 ай бұрын
Originally spelled Cumhaill
@clockworkkirlia7475 4 ай бұрын
@@username9175Fionn mac Cumhaill, to be specific.
@Tatwinus 4 ай бұрын
@@clockworkkirlia7475 calling a restaurant cumhail in the us is probably not a good idea
@ianslee4765 4 ай бұрын
@@Tatwinus yeah, shoulda been cumhall
@BladedEdge 3 ай бұрын
Or is it the *best* idea?
@tommoore2012 Жыл бұрын
11:35 I might be wrong, but I remember in the episode Gordon finding out that Amy didn't actually make any of the pastries herself. They had a contract with a third party that produced for them for her restaurant. She tried to justify this saying that it is common in the industry and while she is correct, for a bakery to not actually bake them? That's like a burger joint not actually making their burgers.
@valthenvega2434 9 ай бұрын
Yes! That is some Steamed Hams shenanigans!
@LaBlueSkuld 4 ай бұрын
I remember switching to the UK version of Kitchen Nightmares and it was just so refreshing to see how straightforward it was instead of trying to establish this HYPERDRAMATIC EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER WITH MUSICAL STINGS EVERYWHERE.
@philipgarcia546 2 ай бұрын
The awful terrible owners moved to israel- makes perfect sense. A+ to the writers
@tee_nanners 2 жыл бұрын
On the subject of the emotions and people being portrayed being real: This is something I always end up having to explain to my mom. She "gets" that reality TV isn't real, and that's fair, but she is under the impression that entire shows are completely fabricated. Like she thought the cast on Survivor are all plants. I had to explain that, yes, there's a LOT of manipulation and editing happening to create an overall story, a lot of the time in Reality TV, the folks involved are very real. The casting process searches out the most entertaining people, or the most obnoxious people, or the most emotional people, and then the show writes itself. KZfaqrs like Scott Cramer have been trying to get on reality shows and game shows for a while, but the issue is that the casting directors are pretty good at knowing who will be too level headed for TV, they're not looking for a well-spoken, mild mannered person. They're looking to entertain. And Kitchen Nightmares is no different. The casting directors and producers aren't just looking for a bad restaurant, they're looking for a restaurant run by people that will be entertaining to watch.
@MamaMOB Жыл бұрын
I think your mom has a better handle on reality TV than you do. Every single person on a reality TV show is an actor. Not everything they do is acting but they are in fact actors. There are no longer reality TV shows with real people on them. Haven’t been since the 90s. Also that KZfaqr is also an actor.
@ggundercover3681 Жыл бұрын
@@MamaMOB I'm sorry but when those problematic ppl show how problematic they are on other platforms after reality tv, it's them.
@skunkjo3195 Жыл бұрын
@@MamaMOB as someone who works in film & television, this is patently untrue lol
@randomuser5732 Жыл бұрын
@@MamaMOB "the moon is a paid actor" 🤓🤓🤓
@hthazee 2 жыл бұрын
interviewing people is such a skill in itself! that screams CLASSIC college film professor lol
@topminijc 5 ай бұрын
Can only imagine he chooses to enter the kitchen during the busiest time to see if the staff are putting people in danger with how they handle food and not following protocols. 🤷
@tomatkinson4880 21 күн бұрын
As someone who used to help run a restaurant the fact that Gordon was able to save that many restaurants is insane. Running a restaurant is not fun or easy. Having a successful one makes you an alcoholic lol
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