During Gordon Ramsay’s visits to failing restaurants, the chef always makes sure to
inspect it thoroughly - from the dining area to the fridge.
Most of his findings can make even the strongest of us gag in horror.
Like Chef Ramsay said it himself.
8 Year-Old Fake Caviar
During dinner service, Gordon spotted something odd in the Kati Allo restaurant.
It was a food lift, sending dishes up to the kitchen.
Gordon thought there was a team of chefs downstairs, but in reality, it was just a single woman
heating the food in a microwave.
The food coming from downstairs looked horrible!
That’s when Gordon decided to further investigate which lead to an inspection of the fridge.
It looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in eons.
The floor was disgusting too.
Two slabs of meat were just laying around.
That was a big health hazard!
A big no-no.
But Chef Ramsay was still unearthing more and more disgusting things from the fridge.
Like a jar of fake caviar that was 8 years of age.
Or some heads of lettuce that were completely rotten.
Gordon even violated one of them, to show how far gone they were.
The sound they made…
it wasn’t a pleasant one, that’s for sure.
Ramsay was considerably concerned about the state of the restaurant.
When he confronted head chef Manny about the fridge.
Maybe he meant he hung out in there every day?
Because he certainly wasn’t cleaning or organizing.
Gordon also confronted Manny about storing cooked and raw meat so close together.
But it all came to a head when Gordon pulled out the jar of fake caviar.
It smelled rancid.
Ramsay also poured it - and it looked horrible!
From all of this mess, Gordon only had one thought in mind.
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Frozen Food for 12 Months Straight
When Gordon went poking around Mama Maria’s fridges, he was stunned.
The Chef wanted to see all of the frozen food that was actually stored in the place.
Bit by bit, Gordon discovered more and more of it.
First, it started with fettuccine and some penne.
But more and more frozen food popped up.
To make things worse, it wasn’t frozen properly - the colors were hideous.
The amount of food just out of two freezers could have fed a small battalion.
When he opened a new freezer, Gordon couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
The chicken was just laying there - they looked disgusting and could not be cooked!
The Chef also found moldy frozen meatballs.
The amount of food stored in those freezers was so much that the editors even put together
a "24"-style montage to emphasize the shock value.
Nothing in Mama Maria’s seemed to be left unfrozen.
Gordon decided to confront the whole staff, in order to give them a wake-up call.
Ramsay set out all of the food, to show them the whole picture.
One of the staff estimated the restaurant probably had 400 pounds of frozen chicken.
For Mama Maria’s, it was time for a fresh new start.
Pun intended.
Contaminated Fridge
The fridge of the Old Neighborhood Restaurant was like a horror show.
It seemed like everything about it was off.
Some of the things stored had a putrid smell.
When Gordon took a look at the salmon, and just left them on the edge of the tray.
They didn’t bother to throw them away!
Turns out that the owners were hoarders.
Which is especially worse when the hoarding includes food.
Empty, giant cans were laying around in the fridge.
A total mess.
The state of the fridge was also pretty bad - it looked like it hadn’t been cleaned
in years!
But that wasn’t the end of it.
Chef Ramsay also spotted another fridge, with a new set of horrors.
When he unwrapped a piece of meat… the sight of it was too much.
When Gordon asked Chef Alexa when the fridge was last cleaned.
Maybe it was a Monday two years ago?
The lamb chops were sitting in disgusting, milky water.
The fridge was covered with fudge from the mud pie.
Gordon probably got used to seeing bad restaurants storing cooked meat close to raw meat.
From top to bottom, every single thing in that fridge had been cross-contaminated.
Worst yet, Gordon found out they were usually cooking that stuff and serving it to customers!
The Warm Fridge
After witnessing the complete mess during the Barefoot Bob’s dinner service - complete
with an awful-looking chicken parm - Gordon had his eyes set on the fridge.
You won’t be surprised to learn that it was utter chaos in there.
First of all, there was just a slab of meat sitting in the fridge!
The chicken breasts were just dumped - people didn’t even bother to take it out of the
bag.
The fridge wasn’t even cold - That was a clear indicator that the staff had given up.
They couldn’t even make the fridge work.
On the floor - a bag full of pork belly!
What was next to it?
You guessed it, And next to that?
Gordon called the staff over, of course, to give them a proper scolding.
He showed the pork belly and the cooked wings.
He also berated them for the chili.
Chef Ramsay was so angry that his voice cracked a little bit while he angrily cursed at them!
All in all, Gordon gave the whole staff a rant that they surely wouldn’t forget.
Not done there, there were more fridges left to see and rotten frozen pizzas to uncover.
There were 25 pizzas in total, all sitting in disgusting water.
Plus, some tuna just left on the side.
Even the owner was distressed.
A Bad Fridge for the Ages
Things went quickly off the rails during Chappy’s inspection.
The jar of mayo had such a strong brownish hue that Gordon mistook it for mustard!
The food had expired three years ago.
If a chef or the rest of staff couldn’t even throw out a three-year-old jar of mayo,
there wasn’t much hope for the place.
For anyone wondering, yes - cross-contamination surely popped up in this fridge.
Raw and cooked beef were sitting right next to each other.
Shrimps left to rot in a pot, stinking to high heavens.
The fridge was absolutely nasty.
Gordon had just one question for the staff.
The answers weren’t great though.
Chappy just came up with a sloppy excuse.
He proceeded to berate the chef even more.
Things were just flat out bad.
When Chef Ramsay confronted him, Chappy just stood there in silence.
It seemed like he was baffled.
Gordon kept showing how the kitchen was moldy and dusty.
It was so bad, Chef Ramsay didn’t let anything more come out of that fridge.
That poor staff even got schooled.
The fridge was in complete disarray and Gordon let Chappy know it.
In fact, that might have been one of the biggest of Gordon’s takedowns.
Moldy Fridge
When word got out that Gordon was taping a TV show at the Murphy’s Hotel, the place
was packed.
While these clients might have had the chance of appearing on a TV show, they also certainly
had a pretty bad experience.
The whole place was a mess - with people sending their food back, the bartender kissing random
people and all the way to guests not being able to check in.
Since the reception was closed, they had to go to the bar to check in!
Because the owners seemed incompetent at everything, Gordon just HAD to check the fridge.
Turns out, it was a mess as well.
A pot full of an unidentified food with a rancid smell.
A filthy pot with nothing inside, left at the back of the fridge.
A little bit of dirty water even spilled on Gordon!
A bucket that had mold on the outside and on the inside.
Moldy tortillas kept inside a mail package!
Chef Ramsay was mega pissed.
They always say things like that, don’t they?
Gordon showed the real state of the fridge to them.
The owner even let out a, “Oh wow.”
Which Gordon, of course, mocked.
It was like an Owen Wilson movie out there!
Owner Brian at least wasn’t satisfied by that.
Gordon said they should all be ashamed!
The moldy bucket?
It was thai chili from 2006!
Gordon berated all of the owners.
Seascape Fridge
When Gordon inspected the Seascape’s fridge, he couldn’t even tell what most of the things
were.
That was just how far gone the whole kitchen was, especially the fridge.
The twice-baked potato looked like a rock straight out of an alien planet.
All in all, it looked like the Seascape hadn’t been cleaned since it opened.
Gordon even found some of the food he had on the day before.
They were kept in a dirty bucket!
Guess that’s where the strange taste came from.
Suffice to say, Chef Ramsay wasn’t very happy with the fact that he had eaten there.
The refrigeration of the whole place was off.
The pesto sauce looked appalling.
The colours were completely off and it was moldy.
Gordon was justifiably angry.
The staff even had the balls to say the kitchen was clean!
Ramsay stopped everyone dead in their tracks.
A simple scrub of the fridge showed how bad things truly were.
Instead of being ashamed of his own kitchen, Chef Doug was just angry about being called
out.
There was even a package of dog food!
But it didn’t have dog food in it.
The pork looked like it had mutated.
Doug said that was his lunch.
Clearly!
He kept a half-way cooked chicken in the fridge!
At least he felt bad about the pesto sauce.
At least!
A Heartbreaking Fridge
During dinner service, Gordon witnessed the chaotic and careless attitude of most of the
Hannah and Mason’s staff.
He saw it all - from rotten lettuce to week-old desserts.
Chef Brian even mistook shrimp for a bowl of bread pudding!
After all that, Chef Ramsay just had to look at the fridge.
He pulled both Brian and Chris, the other owner and chef, for an impromptu inspection.
Brian seemed completely checked out - he was smirking throughout the whole thing!
They said that the bacon was from lunch service.
A spatula was left inside one of the containers, too - absolutely disgusting.
The whole fridge was completely mishandled: badly stored food and rotten vegetables.
But they managed to surpass expectations.
A lot of bad fridges seem to have cooked meat next to raw meat, right?
But this particular fridge had raw meat and cooked meat in the SAME container!
Gordon was appalled - and speechless.
At least for a bit.
Then he was back to screaming at the top of his lungs.
He even came up with a great insult for Brian.
But it wasn’t all just fun and games.
This restaurant was actually dangerous - they could have contaminated the whole town!
Gordon could only do one thing, really.
He had the whole restaurant shut down, right during dinner service.
Not only that, it was also Valentine’s Day!
That must have been awful for those on dates.
But, hey, at least they walked away with their health mostly intact.
Fridge With Dyed Tuna
Because the service at Jack’s was so horrible, Gordon decided to come in early and check
the fridge.
First, he found salmon marinated in an Italian dressing.
It looked gross and unappetizing.
Then, he noticed tuna that was dyed pink so it appeared more authentic!
Imagine eating tuna that was dyed just so it could look better.
The mushroom risotto looked filthy.
It was completely grey!
Because of the chaos of the freezer, Ramsay had to confront the staff.
Leftover ingredients were just taken directly from the steam table and put in there.
Gordon couldn’t even tell what that thing was!
The tomatoes were off by a long mile - some of them were covered in mold.
It kept going and going.
There were beef bits covered in blood too.
Overall, it seemed like another case of people not caring at all.
No one wanted to step up to the plate either.
Like Gordon said, if things continued like that, the restaurant wouldn’t have any chance
of staying open.
The General Manager, AJ, didn’t have anything to say for himself.
Even with 40 years of experience in the business.
The “infamous” risotto also reappeared.
Gordon displayed it to everyone - and he was pissed!
Nothing was stored properly.
The chicken was completely gruesome.
At least this reality check motivated everyone to start cleaning things.
Disgusting Fridge
Last but not least, comes the Handlebar fridge.
Gordon checked out the fridge and was alarmed by how dirty and disorganized it was.
And things seemed to be just laying around without any thought.
An almost completely eaten pie was still hanging in the fridge, instead of being thrown out.
Gordon also found fresh broccoli.
Meanwhile, the chef prepared frozen vegetables because she couldn’t be bothered to cook
the fresh ones.
The back of the fridge looked like it hadn’t seen soap and a sponge in years.
It was all grimy and gross - the dirt was even stuck to Gordon’s fingertips.
Worst yet, Chef Ramsay found some dirty, old clams.
At first, he couldn’t even recognize them!
The staff didn’t seem to care about cleanliness at all.
That just confirmed what Gordon thought - the restaurant didn’t have a true leader at
the helm.
He called a meeting with the head chef and the owner.
When he asked why the whole kitchen and fridge were such a mess, they didn’t have a great
response.
Which doesn’t matter, if the current situation was still looking more like a landfill and
less like a kitchen.
When the chef said the fridge was cleaned a week prior, Gordon just didn’t buy it.
But the owner took the chef’s side!
All in all, Chef Ramsay was angry with the sorry state of the restaurant.
The owner had the fridge steam cleaned, but didn’t check the result!
Meanwhile, all he wanted was a pat on the back from Gordon - and never owned up to his
responsibility.
Gordon was just disgusted with all of it.
So, how does the fridge in your home look?
Would Gordon complain about something in it?
Let us know in the comments!
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