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for today's video we're going to discuss even more restaurants featured on the uk version of kitchen
nightmares and review how they're doing now so sit back relax and without further ado let's
get right into the content guys la lanterna in a kitchen nightmares episode Gordon Ramsay heads
over to the failing la lanterna to rescue it from closure owned by chef alexander scott he purchased
the restaurant years ago after being inspired by childhood italian holidays unfortunately due to a
lack of customers he was forced to remortgage his house and is currently 180 000 pounds in
debts which is why he reached out to Ramsay for some eight upon his eventual arrival the
famous chef meets with scott who informs him that only two people work in the kitchen taking a look
around Ramsay is unimpressed with the awful 1980s style plastic italian restaurant decor already
left with a bad first impression the kitchen nightmare's host sits down to order some food
after getting some broken pre-packaged breadsticks he orders a collection of staple italian dishes
ordering a minister on a soup that was oily and greasy an italian sausage dish that looked
like two poodle genitals doused in parsley and an amaretto cake that was still frozen in the middle
ramsay was let down even further heading into the kitchen to give his feedback ramsay expresses that
the restaurant's aesthetic is outdated and that the food is terrible and inauthentic inspecting
around the famous chef notices that the floor hasn't been cleaned in a while that the equipment
is filthy and that their storage is filled with old food having a brief conversation with
sous chef aldona she admits to ramsay that she doesn't actually cook and only uses the microwave
walking out from sheer irritation ramsay notices that the owner's car has a custom number plate
on it that's spelled a1 chef which makes him irate leaving and returning the following day the famous
chef attempts to observe the dinner service which is disastrous not only is chef scott wired on
red bull and not cooking properly he states that he'd rather be playing golf than do prep for the
restaurant things really aren't any better in the dining room with the host gavin seeming completely
clueless hilariously the owner claims that he was trained by a well-respected chef in the
area so ramsay decides to pay him a visit meeting with jeff mario who is currently a taxi driver he
indeed confirms that he trained scots back in the day with this in mind ramsay decides to help the
owner develop his own identity rather than rely on the second hand knowledge of mario before that the
famous chef has a chat with scott who reveals that he hasn't paid himself in over 4 months but spent
thousand pounds on a bmw two weeks into running his business due to the fact that he no longer had
any money ramsay encourages him to sell the car so he can take what he earns and put it towards
getting better equipment once they listed it online ramsay called some celebrity chefs to
try and sell the a1 chef number plates but it was a complete bust later on the famous chef hosts a
little challenge getting the restaurant's chefs to make a pizza with the best one getting a spot on
the menu rather than have the kitchen nightmare's host be the one to judge ramsay gets people from
the street to test the food and cast their boats this episode's challenge is quite infamous since
a vegetarian entered the restaurant and tried to quote unquote's vegetarian pizza which actually
had some meat on it to add insult to injury ramsay laughed in the person's face which is a moment
he's gotten some flack for anyway aldona ends up winning the competition securing a spot on the
menu and since the menu was far too large ramsay cut it in half for the upcoming service the famous
chef gets the owner to implement the shortened menu excited to see how things will go sadly due
to gavin's incompetence he let way too many people get into the restaurant at the same time which
overwhelmed the kitchen and led to a disastrous service confronting gavin soon after ramsay brings
him to a field no not to kill him but to set him straight hoping to also wake the owner up
the kitchen nightmare's host brings him to a 12 year old restaurant that has thrived thanks to
its simple and fresh italian meals fast forward to near the end of the episode after ramsay got
everyone on the same page and redecorated the dining room the restaurant's future was looking
bright overall the relaunch was a success with the customers praising the food but complaining
about the wait times post kitchen nightmares the owner reported that he was able to clear 20
000 pounds off of his debt and finally started paying himself for the first time ever he also
mentioned to the press that he was making close to 4 000 pounds a week and was making a profit
although after only 2 months this dropped down by 3 000 and scott was forced to file for bankruptcy
ultimately la lanterns shut down close to 10 weeks after the episode aired in july of 2005 and the
building was put up for sale supposedly scott became a car salesman and still hasn't had any
luck selling his cheesy nameplates would you buy it if you had the chance the place for yet another
kitchen nightmares episode Gordon Ramsay heads over to d place to bring it back on its feet owned
by israel ponz he opened the cafe bar several years ago and was initially met with great success
having invested 150 000 pounds of his own money into the business he also got a loan
of 250 000 from the national brewery which meant he had a lot on the line sadly his business went
down into the dumps after the first two years and stopped being profitable which is why the
owner called out to ramsey for some guidance when he finally arrives he meets with the owner and
his wife who revealed that the restaurant's sales have dropped by more than 50 percent
since they were desperate to win back customers the owner employed a wannabe fighter pilot named
philippe plays to be the executive chef he certainly does qualify for the position having
25 years under his belt but he isn't exactly used to having three people work under him and
barely anyone to cook for despite the fact that it was valentine's day when ramsay arrived only
24 seats were booked that night out of 84 which is awful already appalled with how far things
have fallen the famous chef sits down and scans the menu for some food ordering a scallop and
shrimp cocktail that was rubbery and overcooked and a creme brulee that was runny ramsay was left
feeling disappointed oddly a worker named dave gets into an argument with chef blais about the
runny dessert which is so loud that it can be heard by customers heading into the kitchen soon
after the famous chef gives his critique to the staff highlighting that they have a lot to work on
leaving and returning the following day the famous chef observed the lunch service and is offended to
see that most of their food is bought in almost everything that's served is already prepared
meaning that the cooks only need to heat things up which is incredibly lazy regardless of this
fact the service is still slow and the customers naturally send back their piss-poor meals with
the service ending in complete disaster ramsay questions the executive chef on his skill level
to which he admits he never cooked this lazily in the past later on the famous chef sits down with
the owner to discuss the abysmal situation and the restaurant's incredibly low standards according to
pons his business only dropped down to this level because he completely lost his passion the kitchen
nightmare's host reminds him that he needs to stay strong and step up if he truly wants to bring
the restaurant back to life hoping to resolve the clear tension between chef blaze and david ramsay
gets the two to talk it out following what is a lot of heated conversation the two finally resolve
their personal issues and shake it out which is a step in the right direction soon after the famous
chef reveals that he'll be revamping the menu to include classic french dishes like cluck mystery
justifiably the owner is skeptical that changing the menu will do anything since his executive chef
changed it three times to no avail to promote communication between staff members ramsay
does a little team building exercise putting the staff into groups of two he gets one on
each team to create a dish while blindfolded while their partner guides them on what to do
both of them tried to make some guacamole but to everyone's surprise chef blaise and dave's team
was the winner after this interesting exercise the kitchen nightmare's host makes it clear
that they need to continue working in tandem for this rescue to succeed of course before
relaunching Ramsay spent some time with the chefs to ensure that they wouldn't mess up with the new
menu he'd be implementing for the first time in forever the restaurant was fully booked for lunch
since so many people were eager to see the changes made while the night was pretty rough with dave
being fired after a heated argument Ramsay was at least hopeful that they were going in
the right direction post kitchen nightmares the owner expressed that while he was grateful for
the famous chef's help it was far too late to do any good reportedly chef blais revealed that tons
of people were complaining about the new menu but that it was obvious by the episode that they were
going to ultimately fail since he was unable to pay back his debts he sold the business to new
owners interestingly enough they decided to give dave his job back which is surprising since he was
pretty problematic but he must be doing something right since the place is still open to this day
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