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welcome to the Film Insight channel for today's video we're going to discuss some more of the
worst restaurants to be featured on kitchen nightmares and reveal how they're doing now
so sit back relax and without further ado let's get right into the content guys bella luna
for a season 7 episode Gordon Ramsay heads over to bella luna in eastern pennsylvania to rescue it
from closure owned by rosario scolo she purchased the restaurant in 2010 with the help of her two
sons maurizio and jon franco while maurizio works as the bar manager his brother john franco took on
the position of head chef after graduating from culinary school sadly all the food they put out
isn't fresh and tastes dreadful which is why a lot of the customers complain and send it back
most of the staff hate the dining room's decor since it looks like a morgue and they believe
that the management is terrible at leading with little to no options left the owners decided to
call out to ramsay and his team for some help upon his eventual arrival the famous chef meets with
rosaria who admits to opening a restaurant with no experience whatsoever sitting down
to taste test the food ramsay is given several different menus and orders a collection of dishes
everything he receives is either bland overcooked drowned in sauce or tastes dreadful leaving him
feeling disappointed most notably the muscle's marinara dish that he ordered clearly made use of
frozen mussels which angered him deeply storming into the kitchen to confront the staff about his
piss-poor meals especially the muscles john franco tells ramsay that they're forced to use
frozen ingredients since many of the items they offer aren't purchased that often inspecting the
walk-in freezer later on the kitchen nightmare's host finds containers filled with frozen chicken
calamari and mussels showing this to the owner she claims that they buy everything fresh but
eventually freeze it since they're unable to use it all when it's fresh additionally she seems to
not have a problem with using frozen food despite the fact that they advertise cooking meals from
scratch as ramsay continues to investigate the kitchen he finds tons of moldy produce gray veal
and rotten turnip which disgusts him scolding the kitchen staff for letting the place fall to
such a state things get even worse when hair is discovered in a dish that was about to be served
forcing the owners to shut the restaurant down and send the customers home ramsay brings them
aside to have a chat convinced that the owners have given up on the restaurant the famous chef
threatens to leave but jen franco highlights that he wants things to change which motivates ramsay
to stay fast forward to the end of the episode after ramsay gets the bella luna team to wake up
it was finally time to give the place a makeover after revamping the dining room providing the
place with better equipment reducing the menu size and creating fresh new recipes the restaurant's
future was actually seeming bright post kitchen nightmares bella luna's sales increased threefold
but due to issues with the lion lord the owners were forced to shut things down according to
the landlord's daughter however they actually closed down since they hadn't paid rent in months
the business was also rumored to have been selling alcohol with an expired license but this was never
really proven anyway the owners announced that they would be reopening in another location but
this never happened chappies in a season 6 episode Gordon Ramsay heads over to chappies in nashville
tennessee to bring it back on its feet owned by john chappy chapman and his wife star they
originally opened the restaurant in long beach but were forced to relocate after hurricane katrina
destroyed everything due to the move the business has suffered greatly but chappie places the blame
on the locals who supposedly don't understand cajun cuisine aside from the fact that the food
is clearly bad since many people send it back the staff think that the owner sucks at managing and
has an ego problem the owner is so fragile that he kicked the customer out for making a complaint
about a salad how ridiculous on the verge of closure the owner decided to call out to ramsay
for some professional guidance when he finally arrives ramsay notices that there's a creepy
mannequin dress in a mardi gras costume at the entrance meeting with chappie he tells the famous
chef that his restaurant is casual even though it has a formal setup and rates his food 10 out of
10. sitting down to sample the food ramsay scans the large menus and orders several cajun dishes
getting some fried green tomatoes that taste bland gumbo that's watery and cold as well as some steak
and lobster that are tough and chewy ramsay is left with the worst first impression giving
his feedback to chappie on his awful meals he seems to have excuses for everything and doesn't
acknowledge the possibility that his food is just bad observing the dinner service later on ramsay
notices that they have an open pot of oysters kept at room temperature what's more the famous
chef watches as the kitchen staff cook a steak in the same pan as a fish for a pescatarian and is
shocked to find out that chappie hasn't heard of what one is to help the clueless owner understand
ramsay brings him over to the pescatarian customer who explains that she only eats fish and that meat
makes her sick inspecting the fridge later on the kitchen nightmare's host finds lukewarm seafood
spoiled meat and mold in the corners what's worse is ramsay inspects the kitchen even
further he finds mayonnaise that expired three years ago food that's rotting and cooked meat
stored next to raw meat leaving and returning the following day ramsay holds a staff meeting
and it's revealed that chappie is condescending rude and doesn't listen to feedback surprisingly
the owner seems to apologize for his actions which is great and all but the staff are skeptical that
he's being sincere putting his new attitude to the test ramsay brings in some locals who have
a lot of criticisms in regards to the food they highlight that the restaurant food quality is
very low it's overpriced and that the atmosphere is drab shocked by what they were hearing the
owners finally admitted that things needed to change which was a step in the right direction
overnight ramsay and his team modernized the dining room by brightening up the walls
and adding beautiful decor additionally since the menu was way too large the famous chef brought the
number of items down to 22 from 100 considering the fact that chappie described the business
as casual in the beginning of the episode ramsay decided to make new casual uniforms for the staff
fast forward to a few weeks after Ramsay had left the owner decided to revert all the changes made
despite the positive feedback chappie was actually interviewed on several occasions
claiming that the kitchen nightmares team wrecked his business since they made false promises
aside from scrapping all of Ramsay's work chappies was bound to fail since they were avoiding paying
taxes which is why they were ultimately seized by the state on two other occasions chappie opened
chappies bistro and chappies at 616 which both closed down after a year his most recent venture
is rum kitchen which he opened in april of 2016 and it actually has good reviews down city as our
final entry we're going to cover a restaurant that Gordon Ramsay attempted to rescue called down city
owned by abby cabral and her best friend rico conforti they purchased the place back in 2005.
sadly they're having difficulty getting customers through the door and the owners seem to have no
clue why according to some of the staff cabral is the biggest problem since she's a bossy person who
always wants things to go her way considering that the place was months away from closing
down the owners called out to Ramsay for some aid upon his eventual arrival the famous chef
meets with cabral who reveals that she doesn't know how to cook at all after revealing that he
just got back from the hotel next door and that he had a horrible experience with room service
Ramsay is shocked to find out that the service was provided by down city
describing what he ate as cold disgusting and an embarrassment to cooking cabral refuses to agree
with his criticisms hoping to compare what he just ate to the food in the restaurant Ramsay orders a
couple dishes from the menu getting three-way nachos that tasted like a funeral in his mouth
meatloaf that was lukewarm and solid and calamari that was soggy Ramsay was left feeling appalled
meeting with the owner soon after he tells her that the food he ate was revolting and that it
was just as bad as his room service we're not sure why he'd expect anything else but whatever
anyway Ramsay later finds out that they don't have a head chef in the kitchen which is why their food
lacks consistency as kengo came up with the menu it's revealed to be cabral who as we mentioned has
no experience with cooking whatsoever an hour before the next dinner service Ramsay meets
with conforti who tells him that the business is close to a million dollars in debt and desperately
needs to change wanting to see the place in action so he could take note of what needs
fixing ramsay observes the dinner service not only were the dishes constantly being sent back
but when the kitchen nightmares host inspects the restaurant's nasty fridge things get pretty heated
after showing both cabral and conforti how filthy the refrigerator was cabral gets
irate and orders ramsay to leave so he does just that desperately chasing after the famous chef
kunforty tells him that he doesn't want to give up on the restaurant giving them one final chance
ramsay reminds the owners that he can't rebuild the restaurant if they aren't honest with him
agreeing that things need to change capral promises that you'll go along with anything
that ramsay decides to do post kitchen nightmares the restaurant's sales shut up by 30 and they
finally gave the headshot position to someone named jimmy when ramsay revisited months later
he took a look at the fridge and was impressed to find it completely organized unfortunately
though only a year after the episode aired the restaurant closed down in december of 2011.
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