Kitchen Nightmares

[soapyone]

Anyone watch last night? This is Chef Ramsay's new show. This was a family owned restaurant called Peter's Italian Restaurant. Peter was something else and Ramsay had to shape him up...he co-owned the Restaurant with his Sister Tina..( poor thing)....he liked to spend money on himself and give out free meals even though the Restaurant was going under. The Bill collectors would come and he would run them off...and even fight with them.

The kitchen was a mess and most equipment didn't work....the walk in cold room was a mess with spoiled food. The first thing Ramsay did was to install new kitchen equipment...this made the other cooks happy.

Ramsay installed a new family style menu and finally told Peter the place would be better off without him as he did nothing but walk around and eat the food. Needlesstosay.....Peter shaped up and Ramsay left with the place doing well.

[southerncharm]

I went back and forth between that show and the finale of last comic standing---I was so glad Gordon layed into that creep! LOL! I was hoping he would!! :P

[PattiCake]

Peter was a jerk! His sister Tina (really his whole family) should have stepped up a long time ago and told him to put up or shut up. :rant: I'm glad Ramsay laid into him good.

This show is OK, but I have a feeling I may get tired of it after a while. It will be the same scenario week after week - the restaurant is a mess (for one reason or another) and Ramsay comes in like a white knight and saves the day. :P

[hoplady]

I enjoyed it but will have to wait and see if its something I'll watch on a continuing basis. I do watch Hell's Kitchen . . .

[southerncharm]

I FLOVE Hells Kitchen. I hope it comes back on. :D

[dwts]

I missed it, but I did want to catch it. Love Chef Ramsey!

[PattiCake]

There's a similar show (it may even be called the same name) on BBC. It's a better show to me because it goes a little more in depth about the restaurant and why it's a mess. I think the American version will want more drama, naturally! :P

We love Chef Ramsay at our house, too! DH and I would LOVE to eat at one of his restaurants!! :Wub:

[dulcedoux]

Taped it (does anyone do that anymore?). Devotee of HK ever since seeing the British version while over there two years ago. Chef Ramsay is terrifyingly adorable.

[southerncharm]

Taped it (does anyone do that anymore?). Devotee of HK ever since seeing the British version while over there two years ago. Chef Ramsay is terrifyingly adorable.I so agree! That man makes my mouth water...nothing to do with the food! LOL...I was yelling at hub, we need a dvd recorder..I was having to flip back and forth!

[southerncharm]

I may have to peek on commercials! I love DWTS!

[bcbgirl]

i have a feeling i would never eat out again if i saw that show...and i hate to cook so im just not going to watch LOL!

[hoplady]

I'm upset that its on opposite Private Practice. I watch IRT . . . :( I'll have to see what I'm going to be able to watch online. Dirty Sexy Money comes on tonight too opposite CSI NY . . . :(

[southerncharm]

I'm upset that its on opposite Private Practice. I watch IRT . . . :( I'll have to see what I'm going to be able to watch online. Dirty Sexy Money comes on tonight too opposite CSI NY . . . :(See.......first it was NOTHING on....now EVERYTHING!!!!! UGH.

[Betty27_1]

I love Chef Ramsay, he's my absolute favorite TV Chef.

I watch the British version of Kitchen Nightmares, so naturally I was going to tune into the American version.

Love Hell's Kitchen. I'm shallow, I'll admit the one thing I didn't like about Hell's Kitchen was they didn't show him changing into his chef's jacket like they do on Kitchen Nightmares. My Dad came into my room tonight while I watching Chef Ramsay change into it and he asked me if I needed a cold shower :D.

I watched his other show on BBC America as well, The F Word.

But tonight was an excellent episode. I'm glad that worthless General Manager quit. In my opinion, Chef Ramsay was way too soft on the guy. I have never seen such a worthless General Manager as that guy was.

[bcbgirl]

i watched private practice tonite and i was kind of disappointed. it was ok, but it just wasnt as exciting as greys anatomy!

[soapyone]

The restaurant was Dillon's in NYC this time. Sort of an East Indian, Italian, Irish place with hundreds of flies. It was just two blocks from Chef Ramsay's restaurant.

Gosh, what a nasty place....eek! And, what was it with those sheets on the wall?????? Ramsay redecorated the place, thank goodness. He changed the Main name to Purnima's and changed the menu. They had all kinds of Managers for this and that. The General Mgr was a dud and quit....he needed to. I wonder if any of this is acting etc or all real....if so, I never want to eat out again! Yuck!!!!

[southerncharm]

The restaurant was Dillon's in NYC this time. Sort of an East Indian, Italian, Irish place with hundreds of flies. It was just two blocks from Chef Ramsay's restaurant.

Gosh, what a nasty place....eek! And, what was it with those sheets on the wall?????? Ramsay redecorated the place, thank goodness. He changed the Main name to Purnima's and changed the menu. They had all kinds of Managers for this and that. The General Mgr was a dud and quit....he needed to. I wonder if any of this is acting etc or all real....if so, I never want to eat out again! Yuck!!!!Oh, soapy, I was so entranced with Dancing, I forgot to peek! I wish I had tivo!!!

[soapyone]

Oh, soapy, I was so entranced with Dancing, I forgot to peek! I wish I had tivo!!!

Just a tip....Don't eat before you watch this show because you might :Sickest: after seeing it!!! LOL

[PattiCake]

That episode last week was really disgusting. :Sickest: DH commented that he was glad we rarely eat out anymore - me too!

Looking forward to watching tonight. It's one show DH and I like to watch together, which is pretty rare.

[southerncharm]

Ive got to watch that tonite! I love Gordon!

[PattiCake]

It comes on the same time as Private Practice, so we watch Nightmares live and I have Private Practice set up on the DVR. :)

[smurfgirl]

It comes on the same time as Private Practice, so we watch Nightmares live and I have Private Practice set up on the DVR. :)

I loooooove Private Practice. I'll peek in between commercials though, I'm interested to see what it's like. I'm just not sure I want them to ruin restaurants for me lol

[southerncharm]

LOVED IT! I adore that man! He was nastier this time. Cool! I like him that way! He tells it like it is!! I would have fired that manager on the spot, but It seems to have worked out. (wonder if he will stay that way?) Apparently there was a long term connection between the owner/chef and the manager..

[Betty27_1]

LOVED IT! I adore that man! He was nastier this time. Cool! I like him that way! He tells it like it is!! I would have fired that manager on the spot, but It seems to have worked out. (wonder if he will stay that way?) Apparently there was a long term connection between the owner/chef and the manager..

Was he southern? I love it when he gets nasty with people like that :Wub:.

I would pay the airfare just to go to one of his restraunts and eat off his menu. There's a few recipe's in his cookbook's I'm dying to try, but it's finding the time to make them.

Here's one of my favorite quotes by him:
People say I'm a monster, but I'm not a monster.. I just have to maintain a high standard that people are paying a fortune for. I seem to be the only chef in the country who gets upset when things go wrong.

[soapyone]

The restaurant last night was in Bellmore, NY called the Mixing Bowl Eatery. It had been in business for ten years and was on the brink of closing now. Mike the smiler and sometimes crier Mgr said they were all like one big happy family that worked there...the other employees didn't agree with that.

The Owners were Billy the quiet Chef and his wife Lisa who wasn't too happy with Mike or the Eatery. She would just as soon had it close up.


As usual, Gordon changed the menu to smaller, lighter, healthier portions and redecorated and got them back on track.

I don't know about this show...I think alot of acting is going on ......at least we didn't see any bugs, mice etc running around the place this time.

[PattiCake]

I don't know about this show...I think alot of acting is going on ......at least we didn't see any bugs, mice etc running around the place this time.
I agree Soapy. I definitely think there's a lot of acting on this "reality" show. ;) I noticed this place was cleaner than the last one, but did you see the previews for next week? Looks like another dump. :Sickest:

[soapyone]

I agree Soapy. I definitely think there's a lot of acting on this "reality" show. ;) I noticed this place was cleaner than the last one, but did you see the previews for next week? Looks like another dump. :Sickest:


Yes, next week looks like another one to make you upchuck and never eat out again!

[southerncharm]

Really? You all think its alot of acting? I guess I get so busy watching Gordon I dont pay close enuff attention....LOL! Does anyone know if there will be another Hells Kitchen??

[PattiCake]

During last season, they had commercials asking for people to apply, so I would think there will be another HK.

Well, honestly, I think all "reality" shows are scripted to some extent. Some are just better at hiding it than others! ;)

[southerncharm]

During last season, they had commercials asking for people to apply, so I would think there will be another HK.

Well, honestly, I think all "reality" shows are scripted to some extent. Some are just better at hiding it than others! ;)LOL...thanks Patti! I can't wait! :D

[soapyone]

Don't forget...it's on tonight. It looks pretty " icky" from the previews. Eat after the show...LOL! Evidently a woman and her son almost run the restaurant into the ground.

[hoplady]

Thanks for the heads-up. I missed it last week.

[southerncharm]

Thanks for the reminder! Im still trying to figure out where all my shows are!

[hoplady]

^^
Me too. Sadly, most of the ones I want to see all come on the same night and same time. I'm watching less and less regular TV and more and more, if thats possible, of the Food Network!

[soapyone]

Tonight the restaurant was the 105 yr old Seascape in Islip , NY. It was run by Mother Irene and Son Peter. The Father had died a couple of years ago and evidently Peter didn't think he lived up to his standards. Peter was a meek, sad little man. He said it would take $800 to a Mil to save the place.

It was a stinky place and Ramsay finally shut it down. He told Peter to fire the head chef Doug who was a snarly man and also the Sous Chef who just stood around. The kitchen was truly a mess and Irene said the Health Department had given them a rating of 95. That Inspector should be fired!!!!!!! Irene had told Ramsay it was very clean....LOL ! Gordon tried the Crab cake and said it was Crap Cake. Finally, Ramsay got Peter going and the restaurant remodeled with a new fresh fish menu. Also, a new chef was hired.

Five months later Peter sold it!

[southerncharm]

Tonight the restaurant was the 105 yr old Seascape in Islip , NY. It was run by Mother Irene and Son Peter. The Father had died a couple of years ago and evidently Peter didn't think he lived up to his standards. Peter was a meek, sad little man. He said it would take $800 to a Mil to save the place.

It was a stinky place and Ramsay finally shut it down. He told Peter to fire the head chef Doug who was a snarly man and also the Sous Chef who just stood around. The kitchen was truly a mess and Irene said the Health Department had given them a rating of 95. That Inspector should be fired!!!!!!! Irene had told Ramsay it was very clean....LOL ! Gordon tried the Crab cake and said it was Crap Cake. Finally, Ramsay got Peter going and the restaurant remodeled with a new fresh fish menu. Also, a new chef was hired.

Five months later Peter sold it! Great show!!!! I hated the so called chefs...But then..............Peter sold it!!! I couldnt believe it! What an idiot!!!!!! :Faint: I think momma should have run it....

[PattiCake]

I think momma should have run it....
That was weird. She seemed to be the one with the, ahem, cajones, so why wasn't she running it? All she did was scream at the son to be more of a man! :rolleyes:

That place was so gross. :Sickest: I couldn't believe the Mother made a point of telling Ramsay how clean it was.....boy, did that make her out to be the idiot! :weird: I'm glad they fired both the chefs and got a new one.

Actually, I don't blame Peter for selling the place. He obviously is not a manager-type. Take the money and run I say!

[rayeeinva]

That was weird. She seemed to be the one with the, ahem, cajones, so why wasn't she running it? All she did was scream at the son to be more of a man! :rolleyes:

That place was so gross. :Sickest: I couldn't believe the Mother made a point of telling Ramsay how clean it was.....boy, did that make her out to be the idiot! :weird: I'm glad they fired both the chefs and got a new one.

Actually, I don't blame Peter for selling the place. He obviously is not a manager-type. Take the money and run I say!
Poor guy looked like he was having an anxiety attack half the show. The place was so disgusting.

[soapyone]

I'm wondering if the Mother ran the Inn part of the complex and the Son was left to run the restaurant when his Father died. Funny, how when the food was so awful and people said the place stunk there still appeared to be customers there and customers were unhappy when Gordon shut the place down...one guy was asking if they weren't going to serve them! He and another old guy were already seated waiting.

Pretty smart of Peter to let Ramsay and the show fix the place up and then he sold it.

[soapyone]

Don't forget...it's on tonight. They will be at the Olde Stone Mill. Wonder what kind of nasties it will have crawling around the food! :weird:

[southerncharm]

Thanks soapy! I have so much trouble remembering when its on!!!

[PattiCake]

I :Wub: Gordon Ramsay. I made Hubby promise me a few weeks ago that he will take me to Ramsay's restaurant in New York one day. We'll see. ;)

[rolauzon]

I :Wub: Gordon Ramsay. I made Hubby promise me a few weeks ago that he will take me to Ramsay's restaurant in New York one day. We'll see. ;)

That would be pretty awesome!!!! I have watched both shows & loooove them.....If you ever go to his restaurant you'll have to let us know.......

[soapyone]

Oct 17 show.....Finally, a restaurant with no nasty bugs or mice crawling around. This was the Olde Stone Mill run by Dean and Barbara. Dean was stubborn and was the one to clash with " Biker Gordon " this time. The couple was in debt half a mil. Gordon did his usual menu change making the place a steak house and changed the decor.
On the first night of the Menu change with a full house the Gen Mgr Tom was so nervous and sweating terribly. Gordon told him he smelled and sent him to the bathroom to freshen up.

There was a problem with the tickets printing out causing the Chef Mike to get behind which ended with Dean going off on him and shouting. I really wonder if the customers heard this as they tried to show it or if the shouting scene was prerecorded for the show. Hmmmmmm!! Anyway, Gordon saved the day...and all's well that ended well!

[hoplady]

This was an interesting show for me. I knew I recognized the name of this restaurant and as the show progressed I remembered where I had heard it. Robert Newman's fan club gave him a gift certificate to this restaurant a few years ago. I also remembered hearing at the time that there was some GL tie to the restaurant so I tracked the website down last night. It stated that the owner, Dean, has appeared on both GL and ATWT. I thought I remembered that he was related to someone on the show but hey . . .

[soapyone]

. It stated that the owner, Dean, has appeared on both GL and ATWT.

I guess this proves my point that there is alot of acting going on for this show!:rofl:

[PattiCake]

It stated that the owner, Dean, has appeared on both GL and ATWT. I thought I remembered that he was related to someone on the show but hey . . .
I KNEW IT!!!!!! I kept telling Hubby that the guy Dean looked really familiar, I swore I had seen him on another show.....of course Hubby thought I was crazy. Can't wait to prove him wrong tonight!! :rofl:

[southerncharm]

Well isnt that something! LOL! I thought the steak house menu was perfect. Gotta have a steakhouse in town!

[hoplady]

I KNEW IT!!!!!! I kept telling Hubby that the guy Dean looked really familiar, I swore I had seen him on another show.....of course Hubby thought I was crazy. Can't wait to prove him wrong tonight!! :rofl:


When I checked him out today, I saw that he had also been on Oz.

Here is a little info and a couple pictures.

http://www.actorsvaultonline.com/deanmarrazzo.htm

[PattiCake]

Well isnt that something! LOL! I thought the steak house menu was perfect. Gotta have a steakhouse in town!
Yeah, looking at those steaks made me hungry. BTW, Hubby is taking me to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse tomorrow night for my birthday - can't wait! :D

Hoplady - do you remember who he played on either ATWT or GL? I can't remember. :confused:

[hoplady]

Yeah, looking at those steaks made me hungry. BTW, Hubby is taking me to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse tomorrow night for my birthday - can't wait! :D

Hoplady - do you remember who he played on either ATWT or GL? I can't remember. :confused:


Love Ruth Chris, right up there with The Palm.

I don't have a clue who he was on either show. One place I found today indicated that he was recurring on GL but I can't find anything with his name anywhere which really makes me wonder if he used a different screen name them. Oh yeah, also I saw that he might have been on the Soprano's so I wondered if maybe he was involved with the show when the Santos storyline was part of the show . . . Looks like those are often the type of roles that he plays . . .

[southerncharm]

Yeah, looking at those steaks made me hungry. BTW, Hubby is taking me to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse tomorrow night for my birthday - can't wait! :D

Hoplady - do you remember who he played on either ATWT or GL? I can't remember. :confused: Oh, Happy Birthday Patti!!!!!! :hug: :party:

[PattiCake]

Thanks! :hug: Actually, it's not until the 29th. We're celebrating early because this weekend (the 27th & 28th) we have a million things to do. Then on my birthday, I'm leaving with my mom, sister and brother in law going to Tennessee for a week.

[soapyone]

Happy Birthday Patti! :party:

I hope you have a wonderful one! :hug:

[PattiCake]

Thanks Soapy!! :hug:

DH said no Kitchen Nightmares tonight (10/24) because of the World Series. :( Oh well, at least I can watch Private Practice tonight! :P

[southerncharm]

Oh Booo!!!!! :(

[soapyone]

Thanks Soapy!! :hug:

DH said no Kitchen Nightmares tonight (10/24) because of the World Series. :( Oh well, at least I can watch Private Practice tonight! :P

We'll be home tonight, my husband will be watching the World Series , so I'll check out Private Practice too.

[soapyone]

I wasn't impressed with Private Practice sorry to say!:(

[hoplady]

I watched Private Practice last night for the first time too and was not only disappointed but disgusted. I'm no prude, I think it was just the juvenile way that the subject matter was treated. I won't watch it again.

[thienhuong]

I wasn't impressed with Private Practice sorry to say!:(

kate walsh needs to go back to Grey's and since I watch Criminal minds, I don't care if pp is cancelled or not

[PattiCake]

I wasn't impressed with Private Practice sorry to say!:(
Last night's episode was not good, IMO. It's not as good as Grey's, but it's OK I guess.

[soapyone]

The show should be back on tonight. Wonder what dreary place that Gordon will shape up this time?

[Betty27_1]

Did I miss an episode of Kitchen Nightmares? The last new episode had previews for a pizza/Italian place and last night's was a rerun of Dillon's.

[soapyone]

Did I miss an episode of Kitchen Nightmares? The last new episode had previews for a pizza/Italian place and last night's was a rerun of Dillon's.

Nope....I wasn't home so I just checked my tape...it was a rerun of Nasty Dillon's with all of the flies and so many managers! Ugh!

[southerncharm]

Oh good.

[hoplady]

I missed that episode the first time and was pretty sure that it was the same one from what all I had read here the first time around.

[soapyone]

I believe it is a new one tonight in a restaurant in Burbank , California.

[hoplady]

I think so too Soapy, at least that is what it seemed like last week and I checked it online today and it indicated it was a new episode.

[soapyone]

Nov 7...

It was a Pizza Place called Sebastian's....the owner was Sebastian who was also the Chef and a wannabe Actor. He had fired 49 people in the last year, was losing money 90% of the time and probably could stay open for only six more months. Ramsay tried the food off of the huge menu and wanted a " sick bag"......the guy used only frozen products which didn't set well with Gordon. Frozen pizza dough....LOL!
Well , now we knew from the beginning that Sebastian was an actor. I'm losing interest in the show.

[rolauzon]

That was sooo gross last night everything was frozen. The guy had such an attitude too. Then when Chef Ramsey was talking about using the stove & non frozen foods the staff was delighted, but the owner there was still a jerk........Finally at the end he saw the light.

[PattiCake]

Finally at the end he saw the light.
I wonder if his big transformation wasn't all staged? All Sebastian talked about was his "unique concept," :Blah: :Blah: What I don't get is why he blew up after anyone could see that the restaurant was doing great with the new menu? He was really a strange one.

[rolauzon]

I wonder if his big transformation wasn't all staged? All Sebastian talked about was his "unique concept," :Blah: :Blah: What I don't get is why he blew up after anyone could see that the restaurant was doing great with the new menu? He was really a strange one.

I guess he couldn't accept his unique concept was a bomb. He was a strange one. I don't know how much is staged, and it does make you wonder about it too......

[southerncharm]

I didnt get to see it. Hub wanted to watch the award show. And I got caught up on here...LOL...didnt go to the bedroom. Im sure there will be a re-run.

[hoplady]

This was really a strange episode. It was like he let Chef Ramsey redo his restaurant then went off about the menu which he'd already reluctantly agreed to. Sebastian was a class A jerk! At least the place was clean though. LOL And the most used item in the restaurant was the microwave! :P

[southerncharm]

This was really a strange episode. It was like he let Chef Ramsey redo his restaurant then went off about the menu which he'd already reluctantly agreed to. Sebastian was a class A jerk! At least the place was clean though. LOL And the most used item in the restaurant was the microwave! :PEwwwww!!! I very seldom use the microwave to "Cook" mostly reheat.:)

[southerncharm]

Hee hee hee! I LOVE Gordon Ramsey!!!!

[soapyone]

Nov 14

An Irish Pub ,family restaurant called Finn McCools wasn't so cool. Located in the Hamptons and owned by a former police officer ( 20 years on the force)....with his sons, Brian the Chef and Jason who was the Bar Manager.

Carol the Waitress thought Gordon was pretty fine, she'd like to get her hands on him. LOL Gordon thought the window curtains looked like Granny's curtains....

Gordon tasted the food as usual that the Chef prepared and evidently the Shepherd's Pie made him ill...lots of vomit sounds...ick!!! Buddy, the father called Brian " Chef Short Cut"...he must have taken a short cut on that Shepherds Pie. Didn't need to hear that. Opening night with the new decor and new menu had the family on the run, but as usual all ended well.

Interesting, at the end of the show they were asking for restaurants who were having problems to apply for the show. I'm surprised they didn't qualify that by saying you must be able to " act " too! LOL.

[southerncharm]

Nov 14

An Irish Pub ,family restaurant called Finn McCools wasn't so cool. Located in the Hamptons and owned by a former police officer ( 20 years on the force)....with his sons, Brian the Chef and Jason who was the Bar Manager.

Carol the Waitress thought Gordon was pretty fine, she'd like to get her hands on him. LOL Gordon thought the window curtains looked like Granny's curtains....

Gordon tasted the food as usual that the Chef prepared and evidently the Shepherd's Pie made him ill...lots of vomit sounds...ick!!! Buddy, the father called Brian " Chef Short Cut"...he must have taken a short cut on that Shepherds Pie. Didn't need to hear that. Opening night with the new decor and new menu had the family on the run, but as usual all ended well.

Interesting, at the end of the show they were asking for restaurants who were having problems to apply for the show. I'm surprised they didn't qualify that by saying you must be able to " act " too! LOL. Yeah, I saw that!!! I wish I had a restaurant!!!!! :P

[leilani]

Sounds like an interesting show!

[soapyone]

Looks like the last show is on tonight . The Secret Garden!

[southerncharm]

Ill have to watch. I love Gordon.:)

[soapyone]

Ill have to watch. I love Gordon.:)

I wonder what kind of a nasty restaurant this last one will be...LOL!:rofl:

[southerncharm]

What is it with these "upscale" restaurants having food that is frozen or canned?? Geez....I try to do everything fresh even at my house!

[soapyone]

The Secret Garden was on the brink of financial ruin.....up to $120,000 in debt. Michel was the owner/chef and had a big ego. On the first day Gordon couldn't find the entrance door, so funny!

Gordon told Michal.."Don't take this personally, but your food is crap!" after being served a meal. Gordon inspected the kitchen as usual and it was sickening....maggots in the potatoes.....eek!

Gordon did his usual kitchen cleaning, redecorating of the dining room, put up a new sign and designed a new menu. So in the end , after some ups and downs, and alot of bickering everything turned out ok.