hello everyone hope you're having an awesome day today welcome to film insight in today's video
we're going to be discussing some more restaurants featured on the uk version of kitchen nightmares
and reveal how they're doing right now so sit back relax and without further ado let's get right into
the content guys la land turner for a season 2 episode gordon Ramsay heads over to la lanterna
to bring it back on its feet even though the business was touted to be something of an italian
restaurant ramsay discovered that there were no italian ingredients in the restaurant's kitchen
which is pretty counter-intuitive the famous chef was not impressed with this restaurant
from the get-go since the meals were not only pre-cooked and pre-packaged garbage
but the presentation of the food was dreadful what's more their walk-in refrigerator was filled
with spoiled food and rotting vegetables which is nasty to make matters even worse
the kitchen was filthy and the floor looked like it hadn't been scrubbed or mopped in weeks
it was a miracle that none of the customers had ever reported getting food poisoning from the
deplorable conditions of this god-awful restaurant the restaurant owner chef alex scott revealed to
ramsay that he was running low on funds and was losing approximately a thousand pounds a week
despite these claims the famous chef discovered that alex had spent a whopping 48 000 pounds on
a shiny new bmw car with custom plates it's unbelievable that he would do such a thing
especially considering the fact he was on the verge of losing his restaurant chef ramsay made
him sell his car to help pay off his debts and later set out to correct the staff's nonchalant
attitude to achieve this he taught gavin the manager to be firmer with the staff and be
more involved ramsay even managed to reignite the staff's passion for cooking by throwing a pizza
making competition which was won by the sous chef in his final effort to transform the restaurant
ramsay revamped the menu so that it was shorter and simpler to follow what's more he changed the
decor giving the dining room a beautiful upscaled look when the famous chef did a follow-up check
six weeks later he discovered that the restaurant was doing exceptionally well the kitchen remained
clean and organized and the chefs continued to serve freshly made food with authentic ingredients
which greatly impressed Ramsay the best part is the restaurant finally started to make a profit
and the owner managed to pay off some of his debts which is fantastic unfortunately this didn't
last for very long since the restaurant ended up closing in 2006 and has remained closed ever since
bonaparte bonaparte's was the very first restaurant to be featured on the uk version
of kitchen nightmares in 2004. located in silston england this failing restaurant proved itself to
be a perfect fit for the show having tons of fundamental issues gordon ramsay narrowed down
the restaurant's problems to two major things the first one was that the restaurant's menu
wasn't catering to the needs of their targeted demographic which was the local working class
the second problem that ramsay identified was that tim the head chef was incompetent which isn't too
surprising since he was 21 at the time to put his lack of skill into perspective tim struggled to
cook an omelet which is a complete embarrassment this made many question how he even became a chef
in the first place even though ramsay taught tim how to get good deals on produce from leeds kirk
gate market which is the biggest market in europe he still failed to get the hang of things the
famous chef becomes even more frustrated when tim somehow manages to mess up a meal despite being
there to guide him through the process however by the end of the episode it seemed like tim
finally improved and managed to successfully cook food for around 50 diners without messing up after
revamping the menu ramsay left the restaurant with high hopes that it would survive unfortunately
this was not the case since the restaurant was in an even worse state when ramsay returned a
month later the dining room was completely empty and the storage area was filled with rotting food
ramsay referred to the outcome of this rescue as a nightmare which is what inspired the show's name
unsurprisingly the restaurant closed its doors in 2005 and was sold for about 450 000 pounds to
new owners renaming the place to reflections bar this also closed down a few years later in 2009
and was sold to different owners who named it dinero's wine bar which also failed
interestingly enough tim was going to be on the fifth season of big brother but after the casting
crew figured out his identity they decided not to have him on the show the fenwick arms lancaster
in 2006 gordon ramsay stopped by the gastropub then elaine and brian were in charge of the
fenwick arms located in clarton lancaster at that time the restaurant offered low market food at
high market prices according to elaine and brian they worked 120 hours per week without taking off
brian opined that he resumed work only seven days after undergoing a triple heart bypass still their
efforts and claims did not wipe away the 250 000 pounds they owed to creditors gordon ordered
a complex taster meal it was prawns served in a martini glass before asking for a rack of lamb the
renowned chef compared his experience eating the last meal to nibbling a golf ball gordon realized
that brian would spend lots of time preparing each dish before nathan the head chef further brian was
poorly micromanaging the entire food production process the kitchen was messy with equipment and
crockery overcrowding the area gordon began by decluttering the kitchen and simplifying the menu
at the end of the season the fenwick arms had a new look and appeared ready to scale new heights
however things transitioned from bad to worse in 2009 elaine and brian moved to the ship inn
located in albert while the fenwick was sold to new owners who gave the restaurant a massive
internal and external revamp the pub would later close in 2011 and was sold for the second time
it reopened in june 2013 as a seafood restaurant and pub and survived the lockdown caused by the
prevailing pandemic the fenwick arms is still operating as a pub and received significant
customer reviews elaine and brian later moved from the ship in the glass house
surprisingly the glass house was one of the very few restaurants that gordon ramsay believed
had potential from the very beginning he noticed that the restaurant had a beautiful
building in a prime location with a constant flow of tourists despite having potential
ramsay discovered that the place had many issues including poor food and service quality
the biggest reason why the restaurant was facing these problems was because of the owner neil who
was terribly inexperienced ramsay also took note of the fact that the head chef richard was lazy
which undermined the efforts of the rest of the staff who were genuinely good at their job
the famous chef's first course of action was to make the staff clean the kitchen and repaint it
he also created a simpler menu that was easier for the chefs to work with ramsay left the restaurant
with high hopes and was not disappointed when he returned a month later he noticed that the staff
had managed to maintain the high standards he instilled in them which helped with boosting the
restaurant's profits following the taping of this episode the glass house stayed open for another
decade but was eventually rebranded and reopened as the fulling mill surprisingly it's still open
and run by neil to this day the walnut tree inn when it comes to the most disastrous businesses
featured on kitchen nightmares the walnut tree inn has to be at the top of that list
being featured in the first season of the show gordon Ramsay decided to give this place a visit
hoping to rescue it from impending closure he revealed that the restaurant had once been highly
successful under its former owner and founder but things eventually regressed financially speaking
under the new owner francesco Ramsay also revealed that francesco was an old friend of his
since he used to manage one of his restaurants when Ramsay finally headed over to the business
to see things for himself he realized that the situation was far worse than he'd expected
the restaurant didn't have a head chef and the food prices were way too high which was ridiculous
since the quality was well below average the overall quality was so bad that the restaurant
had lost most customers which explained why the restaurant was struggling financially
to solve these issues Ramsay hired an experienced chef who was capable enough of cooking every dish
on the menu next he crafted a menu with affordable prices that was sure to attract diners while still
leaving the restaurant with some profit returning a while later to assess the restaurant's progress
Ramsay was happy to learn that the service quality had remained excellent but was disappointed that
the patronage had dropped dramatically the biggest reason for this was that francesco
decided to drastically raise the prices despite Ramsay's attempts to create a cheaper menu
francesco refused saying that he would rather go out of business than sell cheaper food
while the famous chef predicted that the restaurant would close its doors this was
surprisingly not the case the walnut tree inn is still open to this day and even won a michelin
star which is impressive though the restaurant's ownership has since changed and francesco has
nothing to do with the place which probably explains why it's doing so well well that'll be
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