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and reveal how they're doing now so sit back relax and without further ado let's get right
into the content guys maison demacia i had someone come in and throw red wine all over the venetian
plaster and i thought that i should charge them for that in this hotel hell episode from season
two Gordon Ramsay heads over to las cruces new mexico where we find a 14 bedroom boutique hotel
named meson de mesa it is owned by kelly sawinski who bought the property in 2006
for 1.2 million dollars and spent another 1.2 million dollars redecorating it unfortunately
her choice of decor was beige venetian plaster walls which gordon found to be incredibly dull
at the front desk gordon is asked to sign a cleaning agreement saying he won't damage the
expensive 7.50 per square foot venetian plaster gordon refuses and is shocked that every guest
has to sign the cleaning agreement when gordon heads over to his room he finds that it's also
beige when he asks for another room he is informed that all the rooms are beige
gordon finds the owner after the disappointingly dull room and sits down for a meal it tastes like
vomit worse off the owner callie starts singing to the eating guest she's not a particularly
good singer and makes a fool of herself she does this all the time and no one likes her singing
her favorite song is shares if i could turn back time she has delusions that she sounds like she
cali seems to be more interested in her singing career than her hotel career
gordon decides it's time to speak to the hotel's general manager to find out why it has little
business and the food tastes like vomit the general manager is a man called zan whose
wife assists him in running the hotel zam has only nine weeks of experience running a hotel
his experiences in running restaurants but it doesn't matter because even the kitchen
isn't producing good food gordon is unimpressed later on he calls a meeting between the chef the
general manager and the owner an argument breaks out and a blame game ensues she's a [ __ ] to
work for you can't work either but hang in there because in six months i'll be running this place
and she'll be gone i mean literally right out of the box zan blames the owner for the hotel's
failure the chef also blames the owner for making tuscan inspired dishes instead of local dishes
but ultimately it is zan who gets found out he has been telling employees that the owner kelly
will be leaving the hotel so they should instead follow his direction chef ciara
confirms these allegations this amounts to sabotage and cali promptly fires general manager
zan with the owner what would you do i would fire that person that bad mouth me you're fired
zan's wife also quits in a huff after the firing we get a better look at the hotel
the pool is dirty cali the owner has three stages from which she can disturb guests with her singing
one of the stages is by the pool there is no breakfast service or room service for guests
that's all they've got to offer how depressing is that all in all cali is only 70 000 left enough to
keep the place running for another six months chef Ramsay spends 150 000 revamping the hotel he puts
up a mess on demacia hotel and restaurant sign on the side of the hotel the under utilized pool
undergoes a drastic makeover the restaurant gets a new look with white linen tablecloths and a fresh
breakfast buffet david a promising employee of the messiah is promoted to become the new breakfast
chef the menu is revamped to a taste of new mexico the meson de mesa suite is also redecorated from
boring beige to bright locally inspired colors guests also no longer have to sign a waiver
this is Gordon's biggest makeover yet and how does cali react to this makeover at first she
is glad but soon turns ungrateful and begins complaining that she can't possibly maintain
all the new changes she complains that she needs new staff to take care of the new breakfast buffet
and furniture Gordon is pissed he tells her he can pack everything up and leave her with her
sad old furnishings she calms down immediately and promises to maintain the new meson de mesa
how is that mason de mesa doing this episode was filmed in june 2013 and after Gordon's visit
things were looking good for a while however in august 2014 the mesodermacia ended up going
for sale for 2.85 million dollars in 2016 cali brought a 50 50 silent partner to run a restaurant
separate from the hotel the restaurant would be called the nm grill and bar it's open to middling
reviews in yelp and trip advisor in 2016 cali was quoted as saying really when that man Gordon
was here he didn't do anything i could keep almost every place he has gone to has closed and i didn't
praise god this will be reincarnation three for me by 2016 she had tried three times to breathe new
life into the meson de macia she failed in 2017 the hotel was sold to new ownership they renamed
it the hacienda de mesa and it now has excellent reviews in google reviews and tripadvisor
monticello hotel the boiled eggs in a bag done peeled you're buying boiled eggs yes for this
episode Gordon travels to longview washington where he hopes to improve the fortunes of the
failing monticello hotel the monticello was built in 1923 and is one of the oldest buildings in the
town the owner philip loving foss inherited the hotel from annabelle jewel when philip was in
his thirties he worked as a bartender at the monticello and fell in love with annabelle who
was in her 60s philip's girlfriend ginger helps him run the hotel as the general manager she is
also 30 years his senior Gordon arrives and is amazed by the grandeur of the monticello
this impression does not last long though because when he checks in he discovers that his room will
not be at the monticello instead he'll be staying at the motel next door which is as gordon puts
it a characterless shoebox 1960s motel this is surprising since monticello has so many unoccupied
rooms vanessa the receptionist informs us that the monticello has only four functioning suites nearly
all the other rooms are packed with junk that philip and ginger have hoarded over the years
gordon who refuses to stay at the motel is taken to one of the four suites gordon is disappointed
for such a grand hotel the room is hideous the furnishings are old and shockingly enough
the room's mattress has been lifted from phillips home after seeing the room he
meets the owner and his girlfriend to understand what ails the monticello ginger explains that
the hotel is losing money to the tune of thirty thousand to thirty five thousand dollars a month
from philip we learn that the hotel is worth three to five million dollars and that he inherited a
total of ten million dollars when annabelle passed away when golden asks about the state of the hotel
the duo blames the staff who they say are lazy and take advantage of them gordon sits down to eat and
when the food arrives it is dreadful gordon visits the kitchen and finds out from chef dan that
everything is pre-packaged frozen or canned chef dan doesn't even get to say what goes on the menu
the restaurant even buys boiled eggs because the staff doesn't work long enough to prep
fresh food it is quickly evident that the problem isn't the staff it's philip gordon discovers that
philip has been in the papers for drunk driving the expensive cars in the parking lot are all his
he wears expensive bling jewelry and lives large together with ginger philip has a drinking problem
and runs the hotel like a miser vanessa the receptionist takes home 500 every two weeks
the business is being mismanaged by philip who mistreats his staff paying them peanuts while he
lives large new guests come in and they receive the same treatment gordon got they have to sleep
in the motel and not the prestigious monticello i don't think i can shower in this i wonder if
we can ask for a different room this is awful there is also no room service gordon brings out
his black light to show us what customers pay 250 dollars a night for he shines a light on the bed
and the amount of filth is stunning mysterious stains and bodily fluids emerge under the light
like a crime scene with this level of sickening vile filth the monticello might as well be a
brothel that night gordon sleeps in the bathtub earlier on he'd been sleeping in a sleeping bag
it's time for an intervention and gordon and the staff confront phillip even ginger realizes the
extent of the problem philip drinks too much and when he does he is awful to the staff
who are desperate to save their jobs philip walks away from the intervention but gordon corners him
in his office where he gets him to agree to get some professional help afterwards gordon's team
get to work reinvigorating the hotel they open up four more suites and bring in some new furniture
they introduce room service and a new menu featuring fresh local ingredients
guests are booked for the new suites and they are happy with their rooms we learned that chef dan
has been sober for nine years and has chosen to sponsor phillip on his road to recovery
gordon praises the staff for their outstanding job and reveals that they are all employees
of the month for their exemplary work how is the monticello doing the monticello does well at first
the staff get better wages and philip enrolls in a programme however the monticello is closed in 2014
reviews after gordon's visit have been mixed in 2016 philip threatened a judge and was sentenced
to 90 days in prison the monticello is put up for sale in september 2016 and is sold for 2.8 million
dollars in 2017. the new owners invest three to four million dollars in remodeling the monticello
but ultimately the monticello shuts down in august 2019. the new owner believed the
building's historical significance would be enough to draw in customers it is converted into studio
apartments with shared facilities for communal living this episode was filmed in june 2013
hotel chester what time was this suki oh pardon me i'm sorry for this episode gordon heads down to
starkville mississippi searching for hotel chester which is located close to mississippi university
the hotel is struggling despite having a stockade of potential student customers nearby
david and his wife suki molindore bought the 36-roomed hotel in 2000 and it was a
success early on however tragedy struck as david got into a car accident which left him
bedridden for nearly six months his feet were crushed and his back was broken in two places
pretty soon the hotel began to lose money so much money that the couple filed for bankruptcy we
were losing so much money that i had to file for bankruptcy david had been a hotel troubleshooter
for 39 years before purchasing the hotel chester tsuki's restaurant experience is washing dishes
never worked in any restaurant kitchens before in my entire life eventually the couple lost their
home in foreclosure and the whole family had to move into the hotel faithful wife suki left
her job in real estate to come work as a chef and manager but she had no experience running a hotel
and the business floundered but here comes gordon to save the hotel chester first off the rooms it's
the usual the furniture is old the walls cracked and the rooms were last redecorated 10 years ago
in 2003. gordon is not digging it though it has to be said this is not as bad as some other episodes
on to the restaurant gordon sushi takes 97 minutes to arrive and when it does he does
not dig the food as well he finds it disgusting chewy and strange all at the same time tsuki's
sushi is hopeless on top of that david reveals they are 900 thousand dollars in debt
suki didn't know nine hundred thousand dollars we are in debt please don't say you don't know
later on after a grueling three-hour service filled with bad food it's time to go home and
gordon gets to see where the molin doors live it's the windowless handicap room of the hotel
and gordon is sorry he tells suki he didn't know things were this bad david is also in bad shape
as he has been recovering for the past five years gordon has never wanted to
help two people so severely he gives them a revamped new apartment and pays for six months
the hotel chester gets modern rooms new signage and he introduces a new menu with local cuisine
that has the golden burger included this gordon hopes will be appealing to the students the new
beer garden outside is stunning a new head chef and two assistants are hired gordon will cover
the head chef's salary the three new hires will train existing staff suki and david are ecstatic
as gordon has done more than they expected this was a standout episode of hotel hell
how is the hotel chester today it is still open and the reviews on yelp and trip advisor
are glowing most people love the friendly stuff the beer garden and the breakfast
today if you type the best hotel in mississippi the historic hotel chester appears as a top result
david and suki still own the hotel this episode was filmed in june 2013. well that will be all
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