I went so far down that rabbit hole I ended up in the sub-rabbit holes of Hell's Kitchen and Hotel Hell.
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Rewatching the Amy Baking Company ep of Kitchen Nightmares, and it is more disturbing than I remember.
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She's like a character Dee Reynolds from Always Sunny would come up with while on a drug bender.
Or if you combined Dee with Charlie into a single person.
I know, I think I had a mind blown moment after I hit submit.
Hell's Kitchen is great. Watched it since season 1. Hotel Hell is ok. I really do miss Kitchen Nightmares though. Also another good one of his is Master Chef. You'll get to see his calm side on it.
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That one goes a lot deeper, the inheritence came from the kid's grandparent was Australia biggest gangster
There was a 4Chan thread where they figured out the whole thing looked like a money laundering scheme. The fact that only the owners would enter sales into the register was a huge red flag.
I remember after this aired Amy continued to flip out on social media. It was amazing to follow. I think she even pulled the "hackers" excuse at some point.
Looks like she's pretty active on her IG
The fact that he just shrugged and quit without any yelling or huge fanfare means he knew just how hopeless the situation was.
Amy's baking company was a delusional nuthouse and Sebastian was Dunning Kruger Effect condensed tighter than a neutron star.
The person I feel most for in this is Gordon, as much of an asshole as he can be sometimes he does have a huge heart and wants to see people succeed. The man is giving his time, effort and money to better people and they refuse to listen or are so stuck up their own ass they will never see light.
The person I feel most for in this is Gordon, as much of an asshole as he can be sometimes he does have a huge heart and wants to see people succeed. The man is giving his time, effort and money to better people and they refuse to listen or are so stuck up their own ass they will never see light.
This thread has reminded me to watch the Dillon's episode, which I saw clips of but never had the intestinal fortitude to attempt to watch.
It's kind of amusing how there's always at least one supervisor who consistently ducks any level of responsibility despite their position, though it's most commonly the owner and that wasn't the case there.
I can only wonder though, if none of the kitchen staff can cook half the dishes, who the fuck came up with that menu?
It's kind of amusing how there's always at least one supervisor who consistently ducks any level of responsibility despite their position, though it's most commonly the owner and that wasn't the case there.
I can only wonder though, if none of the kitchen staff can cook half the dishes, who the fuck came up with that menu?
I wonder, out of all the restaurants that Gordon Ramsay visited and made an attempt to rescue the restaurant in Kitchen Nightmares, how many of them are still open as of 2019?
I know of at least one, Cafe Hon in Baltimore City, Gordon Ramsay visited Cafe Hon to rescue the restaurant after owner Denise Whiting made a highly unpopular move to actually register the term of endearment that's been used in Baltimore for decades "Hon" as a trademark and actually attempted to regulate the usage of "Hon" and that caused a significant drop in business:
In the Kitchen Nightmares episode, Gordon Ramsay managed to get Denise to cancel the trademark and ran a PR campaign in Baltimore to improve the image of Cafe Hon:
Cafe Hon as of 2019 is still open:
I know of at least one, Cafe Hon in Baltimore City, Gordon Ramsay visited Cafe Hon to rescue the restaurant after owner Denise Whiting made a highly unpopular move to actually register the term of endearment that's been used in Baltimore for decades "Hon" as a trademark and actually attempted to regulate the usage of "Hon" and that caused a significant drop in business:
In the Kitchen Nightmares episode, Gordon Ramsay managed to get Denise to cancel the trademark and ran a PR campaign in Baltimore to improve the image of Cafe Hon:
Cafe Hon as of 2019 is still open:
This was such a weird episode and one of the few that I felt actually worked with the terrible way the US version of the show is structured/filmed. If you're changing the show to be all about the crazy instead of what the UK show was like then you might as well go the whole way and find the craziest of crazy.
Funnily, youtube has somewhat redeemed the US version of the show for me. It's far more watchable when you're just watching the clips of the good bits and avoid all of the structure/editing/everything issues of the full episode.
Funnily, youtube has somewhat redeemed the US version of the show for me. It's far more watchable when you're just watching the clips of the good bits and avoid all of the structure/editing/everything issues of the full episode.
Most of the UK ones are shut, or have been bought over since their shows aired because most of it was filmed pre-recession. I imagine a decent number of the US ones are still going. There used to be a blog that kept tabs on all of them but I dunno if it's still going.
The whole point of my coming into this thread was to say that people like them run the country now.
Yeah, that episode was great TV.
The Nino's one is weird because it's super popular I knew the mom and sister, and know of the brothers.
The Nino's one is weird because it's super popular I knew the mom and sister, and know of the brothers.
Don't know how accurate the list still is but there is this website.
I remember reading a while back that it was around 40% but that number is probably outdated now.
This guy
I watched this one at work last week or so. Truly un-fucking-believable.
I remember when they came on Dr. Phil after they became famous and Amy said that people were calling them and asking if they had Battletoads 😂😂
I dunno, the American version just screams fake to me, overproduced is one thing but so much of it just looks like bad/fake staging.
Honestly Amy's Baking Company is kind of small potatoes compared to the nightmare that was Mangia Mangia. Amy's was probably most noteworthy to outsiders for the aggressive attitude they took to their own customers. Mangia Mangia was straight up disturbing on every level, right down to the interpersonal relations between the people who were working there; at least the wait staff at ABC were all quite aware of the mess they were in.
The whole episode Ramsay looked absolutely pissed at how he was wasting his time. It's legendary.
While this is generally true for Gordon's US shows, (Kitchen Nightmares UK was far better and I wish Ramsay would bring it back with the more documentary style feel) these people were the rare example where it was real. They are actual ex-criminals and crazy people, so it made for excellent reality tv.
While this is generally true for Gordon's US shows, (Kitchen Nightmares UK was far better and I wish Ramsay would bring it back with the more documentary style feel) these people were the rare example where it was real. They are actual ex-criminals and crazy people, so it made for excellent reality tv.
God, it was refreshing watching some of those episodes and hearing Ramsay talk without inception horns constantly going off in the background.
WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE THIS
This is definitely in my top 5 of Kitchen Nightmares.
Absolutely insane.
I've never seen the UK stuff though. I would but there doesn't seem to be a way to stream it, although I'm not looking hard enough, I suppose.
"I'm Polish, mushrooms are very important to me."
One of the greatest lines I've ever heard in my life. Shit had to be rehearsed or something.
Absolutely insane.
I've never seen the UK stuff though. I would but there doesn't seem to be a way to stream it, although I'm not looking hard enough, I suppose.
Burger Kitchen is in my top 5. Shit is WILD.
"I'm Polish, mushrooms are very important to me."
One of the greatest lines I've ever heard in my life. Shit had to be rehearsed or something.
Yup. Her desserts were good, but all the rest wasn't.
Mangia Mangia was insane. The meth addict chef who attacked the owner's daughter? Shiiiiiiit
There's not an actual streaming service, but if you hop on Youtube, you can find a lot of the UK ones, the full episodes, not just clips.
Obviously, not the most optimal, but if you're really craving to watch some of them.
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Let me ask your honest opinion. Burger kitchen, the son and his girlfriend, meth or coke?