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worst businesses to be featured on 24 hours to help them back and reveal what they're doing now
so sit back relax and without further ado let's get right into the content guys la serena visiting
the failing la sarenata in los angeles california Gordon Ramsay attempts to rescue it from closure
owned by a mother named aurora she gave the managerial duties to her son marco senior
and he gave the chef's position to his son marco jr considering the fact that the restaurant was
opened in the mid 80s and hasn't been updated since it's safe to say that it's quite outdated
however since aurora built a place from the ground up with her late husband she doesn't want to let
go of the past and isn't open to change this causes a lot of clashes between the owner and
her son who wants to bring the restaurant to the modern times aside from the fact that the
constant bickering creates a toxic atmosphere for the staff and patrons alike the owner had to sell
her home and her two other businesses to keep the place afloat being months away from closing
down the family decided to call out to Ramsay for some much needed help upon his eventual arrival
Ramsay disguises himself as a tourist and enters the restaurant with a busload of people ordering
some staple mexican dishes from the menu they're only disgusted with what they receive but are even
more disturbed to see the waiter sweat right into their food as he serves them nasty having
seen more than enough the famous chef takes off his disguise gathers the staff together and shows
them some damning footage he recorded not only are aurora and marco shown constantly arguing but the
kitchen staff was caught serving spoiled food to customers and carelessly cross-contaminating
their cooking surfaces soon after Ramsay holds the staff meaning to get a complete understanding of
the issues at hand according to marco he and his mother haven't given up on things but the staff
is where the problems truly lie on the other hand Ramsay's revealed by just about everyone else that
there isn't any leadership and that the management is the problem following this interaction the 24
hours to hell and back host heads into the kitchen to inspect things and finds rotting produce
frozen chicken and kale that smells rancid forcing the staff to clean the kitchen and discard all the
spoiled food Ramsay talks to both aurora and marco to set things straight surprisingly marco admits
that he doesn't step up as much as he should but the famous chef reassures him that it'll help him
if he puts in a bit more effort later on Ramsay shows the staff how to make some of the dishes on
their updated menu and leaves them to be trained by his team for the rest of the night hoping
to motivate the restaurant team even further the famous chef shows them even more footage
but it's a video of the family working together from the very beginning reminding them that they
carry the weight of the father's legacy on their shoulders they really need to work hard for him
following some additional training and modernizing the interior to make it more appealing la sarenata
was ready to relaunch all in all even though the staff was nervous and made a couple mistakes at
first the patrons were shocked with how fantastic their experience was after the taping of this
episode it seems like the management decided to return to their old ways and brought back
their old menu while it's shocking news to hear the restaurant is still up and running
to this day with a solid four stars on yelp many seem to praise the fresh food and the vegetarian
slash vegan options but others complain about the poor service quality vassi's restaurant and bar
for a season two episode gwen ramsay heads over to waterbury connecticut to rescue vassi's restaurant
and bar from closure owned by vasilios khalidis vassi and his mother he opened the place in
2002 to follow in his parents footsteps who were veterans in the restaurant industry though after
his father passed away in 2008 things only went downhill to the point that the restaurant is 500
000 in debt and on the verge of closing down not knowing how to move forward the owners called out
to ramsay and his team for some much needed help when he finally arrives ramsay goes undercover
as usual and disguises himself with a beard and a wig confused by the menu the famous chef fails to
understand why there's french onion soup in an italian restaurant ordering some staple dishes
like kalamari which was rubbery and old shrimp that tasted rancid and clams that were clearly
spoiled the famous chef was disgusted finally taking off his disguise ramsay's presence seems to
intimidate a chef named val who immediately wants to leave but the famous chef kindly reassures her
that he's not there to put her down but just wants to help gathering the staff together
ramsay brings them to his hell on wheels truck to show them some hidden footage that he captured
what they see is vassi being abusive to the staff the kitchen using frozen produce and fruit flies
making their way onto the food additionally val is shown dipping her fingers and licking them
as well as a chef dropping food on the floor and serving it to a customer how disgusting
oddly the owner barely has a reaction to the footage and when confronted about it he just
expresses that he's tired later on ramsay briefly talks with vassi's mother tula who reveals that
her son owes her a whopping 250 thousand dollars to get a better idea as to why the restaurant
is failing so miserably ramsay heads into the kitchen and is shocked to find spoiled shellfish
which vastly is pushing val to serve despite her attempts to tell him that it would be a terrible
idea to give them to customers vassi wouldn't listen which results in the cook deciding to leave
ramsay of course chases after her and helps her understand that the restaurant would fail without
her help thankfully after val has a one-on-one with the owner she grows a lot more confident
that he's going to change now that the staff was seemingly on the same page ramsay introduces the
new menu which would have a greek influence while the changes seem to really anger the owner the
famous chef reminds him that he has to let go of the past and rebuild things if he wants to succeed
after hours of renovating ramsay finally shows off the changes made to the staff starting with
the kitchen which received tons of new equipment and then the dining room which had improved the
court upon the restaurant's eventual relaunch food critics and bloggers alike filled up the
dining room and were ultimately impressed with their experience several months after the taping
of this episode vase revealed that his customers love the new concept and more importantly that
he finally started to get along with val however a while later he decided to not only change the name
to vasis taverna but also reverted back to the old menu claiming that the customers demanded it
regardless of the fact that their customer numbers peaked thanks to ramsay's changes he decided to
reverse it anyway in the end the restaurant closed down in january of 2020 since the owner received
an offer that he couldn't refuse but that fell through since he thought the deal was assured
he let his entire staff go and was forced to keep the restaurant closed until he found another buyer
brownstone bistro in a season one episode ramsay heads over to brownstone bistro in los angeles
california to bring it back on its feet owned by a man named clipe jackson he decided to purchase
the business five years prior to the taping of this episode but has been struggling to get by
while the place was once booming with business things quickly took a turn for the worse when
jackson lost his son feeling an overwhelming sense of sorrow the restaurant's standards really
deteriorated as a result unsure of how to recover jackson desperately calls out to ramsay and his
team for some guidance arriving in the disguise ramsay enters with a group of local food critics
and notices that there isn't a host to greet them and that the servers aren't smiling when serving
guests ordering some staple dishes from the menu the group is unimpressed with their meals and they
all think the food tastes dreadful fed up with what he's seeing ramsay removes his disguise and
directs the staff to his hell on meal's truck so he could show them the footage that he captured
what they're showing are clips of the staff goofing off while working and engaging in
unsanitary practices while preparing food oddly the general manager nicole starts laughing while
watching the staff do anything but their job and when confronted by ramsay about it
she gets defensive and rude heading back into the restaurant with the staff the famous chef
reads out some of the reviews which include complaints about the food being cold the staff
being distracted and there being terrible wait times ramsay then tells the staff that they need
to show their commitment if they want him to help the restaurant which results in the line cooked
terence deciding to quit later on the 24 hours the hell and back host heads into the kitchen to
inspect things and finds bags of produce with no dates or organization what's more the food prep
area is caked in dirt and the grill is covered in grease which left the owner feeling embarrassed
having a one-on-one soon after with the owner in his office he reveals that he's grieving over the
loss of his son who was tragically shot to make matters even worse the pressure the restaurant
put on his marriage was too great to the point that his wife left and took his daughter with her
moved by his tragic story ramsay promises clive that he's committed to bring back
his passion for cooking and to restore his failing restaurant after countless hours
of renovating training and facilitating a reconciliation between clive and his wife
brownstone bistro was given the second chance he needed once after the taping of this episode the
business's sales certainly increased and the customers were ecstatic with the changes made
aside from the fact that the reviews were mostly positive after ramsay left the restaurant oddly
closed down in october of 2018. even though it did reopen briefly with new owners it's listed
as closed on their yelp page so it's safe to assume that this rescue ended in failure
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