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channel for today's video we're going to discuss some more restaurants featured on the uk version
of 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 the granary in a kitchen nightmares episode Gordon Ramsay
heads over to the granary located in fairham uk to rescue it from closure owned by a man named nigel
nyadoo he opened the business with the intention of making a fortune opening the place back in 2003
he expected the wealthy locals to flock to his exclusive dining club sure to some degree he was
met with relative success when the place first launched since a bunch of celebrities attended
even though he managed to generate a lot of excitement around the restaurants none
of the patrons returned which is why the place is currently losing four thousand pounds a week
as a last ditch effort to save his business nieto hired a local chef named martin white to bring his
vision of a modern british menu to life having little success with this the owner called out to
Ramsay and his team for some professional guidance upon his eventual arrival the famous chef is given
a tour of the place and points out that the decor is blind and stiff which offends the owner deeply
sitting down soon after to scan the 60 dish menu ramsay describes the selection to be silly but
orders a collection of items anyway after its ghastly meal the kitchen nightmare's host is
brutally honest about the fact that the food was nasty and far from modern british observing the
dinner service later on ramsay hopes to see how the staff would react to an influx of customers
it's safe to say that they were incapable of doing so since the food was delivered to the
tables at a sluggish pace meals were sent back for their poor quality and orders piled on like
there was no tomorrow the following day the famous chef walks around the area to get some feedback
from the locals about the restaurant most seem to think that the meals are way too expensive and
that the service is terrible so many avoid it to reduce costs ramsay concludes that the restaurant
should focus on making simple dishes with locally sourced ingredients putting together a menu for
the upcoming service that included fresh pork and locally grown vegetables it was a massive hit with
the patrons making over 1500 pounds with a new menu nyadou admits that ramsay was right all along
and that things need to change hoping to draw more attention to the restaurant ramsay and the granary
team hosted a food fair events and impressed the locals with their improved dishes fast forward
to near the end of the episode after the famous chef improved the restaurant's decor and menu
the business was finally ready to relaunch despite the fact that the reopen was pretty awful ramsay
still had faith that the restaurant could succeed weeks after the taping of this episode the owner
reported that their customer base increased drastically as did their profits when ramsay
returned over a month later he was impressed to hear that the patrons loved the food and service
and kept returning for more as good as this sounds it wasn't all smooth sailing for the restaurant
since it was the target of an arson attack back in december of 2008 and was severely damaged somehow
it still stayed open for another year but nehru decided to put it up for sale back in october of
2008 since the damages set them back way too much the fish and anchor gordon ramsay heads over to
lampeter west wales to save the fish and anchor from impending closure after winning 700 thousand
pounds on the football pools mike simonera and his wife karen converted their fish and chip shop
into a full-on restaurant unfortunately since the owners often get into heated arguments with
each other their business has suffered greatly supposedly their fights have gotten so bad in the
past that they got themselves into legal trouble considering the fact that the restaurant became
infamous in the community the owners decided to call out to ramsay in hopes that he could turn
things around when he finally arrives the famous chef is shocked to see one of his recipes on the
menu board alongside a mishmash of random dishes from various places ordering a minestrone soup
that's chunky and weird looking chicken coma that's terribly messy and spinach that looks
like snot ramsay is left with the worst first impression giving his feedback immediately after
the mic being as blunt as possible the famous chef tells him that he isn't a good cook and shouldn't
make dishes that are too challenging through some discussion ramsay's disappointed to hear that mike
used canned curry sauce for the coma dish which explains why it was not only messy but bland
hoping to get some local feedback the kitchen nightmare's host takes a look at the businesses
reviews and learns that the owner fabricated some of them including one from someone in afghanistan
appalled ramsay leaves and returns later on for the evening service which frankly doesn't make
him any happier since the restaurant's menu is way too large and complex food takes colossally long
to leave the kitchen but it doesn't exactly help that mike does one dish at a time customers were
left to wait for over two hours and were snacking on bread which is understandably frustrating
one bold patron was fed up and decided to march into the kitchen to ask about his food but was
only met with curse words and was asked to leave embarrassed by how awful the service was going
ramsay finds out through a waitress that this was a normal occurrence by the end of things only half
of the customers got their meals which the owners could care less about since they disappeared like
cowards from the back of the restaurant ramsay later points out that the biggest problem is
their menu which is clearly too much to handle but also that mike and karen are too argumentative
the following day the kitchen nightmare's host has a chat with mike and discovers that he has italian
heritage and love cooking traditional food with his nonna in the past hoping to revive his love
for italian cuisine ramsay takes the owner to a local farm to pick fresh tomatoes and gets him to
cook his known as meatball recipe inviting a local rugby team for the evening service they sample
mike's meatball dish and are impressed with how flavorful it is as more customers poured in for
dinner karen decided to go out for a smoke break but when she finally returned she made a bunch
of mistakes which caused an argument following the piss-poor service ramsay attempted to act
as a marriage counselor and essentially told the couple to keep their private life private
fast forward to near the end of the episode after ramsay revamped the menu to include classic
italian dishes gave the dining room a makeover and convinced the couple to be more professional
the restaurant was given the second chance it needed over a month later when the famous chef
returned he was pleased to see that the owners kept the smaller italian menu that he implemented
taking a look through the reservation book ramsay decided to call a few customers and
was proud to hear that they loved the atmosphere and food and didn't hear any fighting despite the
fact that the business improved greatly thanks to Ramsay's help the owners decided to put it up for
sale a year later for 295 000 pounds it's not exactly clear why they did this but many claim
that the owners started to slip once again and couldn't fully recover from their past reputation
as our final entry we're going to cover a restaurant that Gordon Ramsay tried to save
called la para de boriana owned by a man named lawrence davey he purchased the restaurant with
the financial help of his father who gave him 40 000 pounds 18 months in he's lost well over 20
000 pounds so to compensate he added tons of new dishes to the menu at one point the items were
mediterranean-centric but after devi raised the number of dishes available to 72 they also began
to serve chinese and turkish meals worried that the business wouldn't survive until winter the
owner reached out to ramsay for some aid upon his eventual rival the famous chef meets with davey
who exposes the fact that he's 75 000 pounds in debt hungary the famous chef sits down and scans
the menu soon after but is understandably confused with the wide range of dishes available ordering a
filet steak kebab that arrives swinging on a hook ramsay likens it to the swinging genitalia of a
donkey which is hilarious getting a creme katarana for dessert the famous chef is appalled to see
that it's burnt yet runny at the same time leaving and returning the following day ramsay inspects
around and is disgusted to find dog feces in the dining room and thick grease in the deep fryer so
he forces the staff to deep clean the area later on the famous chef blends some of the restaurant's
dishes into smoothies in order to show the staff that their flavor combinations are incompatible
this included blending prawns with chocolate and chicken with bananas which they all thought
tasted disgusting with this in mind Ramsay highlights that it's not necessary to put
a twist on every dish and encourages them to reduce the amount of items on the menu to 12.
fast forward to near the end of the episode after Ramsay fully implemented his 12-dish spanish menu
the restaurant's future was looking bright weeks after the taping of this episode the
owner revealed that his business finally became profitable and that he managed to pay back some
of his debts a year later when Ramsay returned he was disappointed to see that they reverted back
to serving average uninspired food ultimately the restaurant closed down in august of 2008
exactly two years after this episode was taped since nothing had really changed
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