you don't taste that i do now yeah took a while chicken is supposed to be a good and
rather safe thing to get at a restaurant but on gordon ramsay's kitchen nightmares there's clear
evidence that ordering chicken is like playing russian roulette with the drumstick well it's time
to order up 10 of gordon ramsay's worst chicken experiences on kitchen nightmares stripped and raw
sam's mediterranean kebab room donkey fried chicken strips are a basic pub restaurant
food that pretty much anyone can make you certainly don't have to be a trained chef
to batter bread and cook pieces of chicken you could even go with one of many frozen brands and
heat them up in a few minutes no biggie however at sam's mediterranean kebab room in california
even the frozen kind can be too much to handle for a kitchen staff as gordon was overlooking
the service at the restaurant he noticed some unsettling detail on a plate right before it
was served to a customer and intercepted it immediately this is where i usually start throwing
things oh that's terrifying he pulled apart these severely undercooked chicken strips and
was appalled by the sheer obliviousness displayed by the cook gordon informed him that he couldn't
serve that bleep and expect to get away with it the cook's excuse was that it looked cooked on the
outside so obviously it must have been cooked on the inside and gordon was not having it wouldn't
even an unaccomplished cook know the difference between cooked and still raw chicken strips
either way the uncooked chicken led gordon to say that he wouldn't serve that to his dog clunker
the five-second rule la galleria 33. no way we are not eating that disgust it's fine
it passed the five second rule you might be familiar with the famous five second rule that's
been haunting every doctor and every chef since it was first heard you know the rule that says
that if you drop your food on the floor you can still eat it if you pick it up under five seconds
well gordon expressed his disbelief with the said rule during his visit to the italian restaurant a
la galleria 33 in boston after being served some rather disappointing meals gordon did his usual
kitchen run with the cooks to supervise how the restaurant operates he then witnessed something
horrifying the cook dropped a piece of raw chicken on the dirty contaminated floor and put it in the
pan like nothing happened gordon's eyes said it all he was so appalled by the cook's carelessness
he kept looking around to see if anyone else took notice gordon confronted the cook but he
just shrugged it off and continued to prepare the chicken with the intention of serving it
ramsay then sought the support of the owners and told everyone they looked like a bunch of
idiots you don't drop chicken do you this is really hard for you isn't it raw chicken on
the floor was definitely a big no-no for gordon ramsay the scary thing is it wasn't for the cook
a loss for words down city what do you think
no one likes to hear bad news but the owner at down city knew what she was getting herself
into when chef ramsay showed up he was there to help her restaurant and getting rid of all the
decomposing meat in the coolers would certainly be a first step after they served him a mediocre
meal gordon went downstairs to see where all the bad food was coming from he was faced with
an outrageous reality not only was nothing labeled but he also discovered bags of chicken carcasses
in the freezer and that caused immediate concern the carcasses were also accompanied by some good
old raw chicken he went to get the owner to show her his appalling discovery but she didn't seem
phased at all gordon couldn't get an answer from anyone about why chicken carcasses were
being stored in the cooler for indefinite periods of time 2 000 years later he grew increasingly
frustrated and finally asked the owner if she was at a loss for words after insults were thrown and
accusations were made gordon was eventually kicked out of the restaurant so much for trying to get
that restaurant standards up you know one without chicken carcasses in the freezer for instance
bit naughty but that's the kind of games i play when i want to win hot flashes kingston cafe ah
look at this my first day as a woman i'm getting hot flashes very few could compare
to the owner of kingston cafe a doctor who tried her best to become a good restaurateur
from the beginning the tension was very high between gordon and the owner as gordon criticized
the name of the restaurant's signature dish a plate of jerk chicken named hot flashes which
also happens to be a symptom of menopause as soon as he saw the name as unappetizing as it sounded
gordon ordered the dish with a lot of reluctance he said the dish was tasteless dry barely lukewarm
and even went as far as saying that it was an insult to jamaica the owner of the restaurant
tried to argue that ramsay simply didn't know what authentic jerk chicken was supposed to taste like
why ramsay partly agreed by saying he didn't mind mostly dry chicken but he didn't want the dry and
inedible one he later found out that all the chicken was cooked in advance and then frozen but
who knows for how long no one at the restaurant could remember when it was first cooked and
when the owner's son tried to agree with gordon about the chicken's freshness he was immediately
shut down by his mother needless to say this was definitely not one of ramsay's favorite chicken
experiences with old and bland chicken who can blame him look look it's white inside some chicken
with that oil spanish pavilion is that gasoline i smell when gordon visited spanish pavilion in new
jersey he sampled some of the menu items to assess the restaurant among those items was the chicken
with garlic sauce which gordon was very excited to try but disappointment was also on the menu
disappointed as soon as gordon got his plate he asked for an extra bowl to pour the excessive
amount of oil sitting underneath his chicken he tasted it only after he drained the oil and
said it was absolutely dreadful he made the owner try it and he reluctantly agreed that it was dry
gordon even went as far as asking the cook to taste his own meal who just brushed it off and
said it was so good the cook finally asked what was so wrong with the chicken to which gordon
replied that it was way overcooked but the cook didn't seem to agree with him on that things got
worse when gordon discovered fridges jam-packed with an endless supply of slimy chicken not the
freshest kitchen he's been to that's for sure hard like a bullet trobianos solid rock hard prawns
you dig deep when you come across the mashed potatoes some cooks try to reinvent the chicken
breast to come up with something flashy chef ramsay doesn't really appreciate flashy he
appreciates competence and the cooks at trobianos definitely did not meet his standards he ordered
the shrimp-stuffed chicken which already sounded peculiar and he wasn't sure what to make of it but
after he tried it he knew exactly what to make of it not only does shrimp stuffed chicken not sound
like a fancy dish but it also sounds a little nuts i know it's crazy ramsay claimed the shrimps were
rock hard like a bullet and immediately sent his plate back to the kitchen when he asked the owner
why on earth the cook would stuff a chicken with shrimp he had no satisfactory answer it doesn't
really make you want to find out what his other creations are and ramsay even said it made him
concerned about what he's actually tasting you like him overall he called this unique creation
disgusting and wasn't pleased about any of the other dishes no matter how exclusive they sounded
that hard shrimp really caught him off guard maybe the cook would have had better chances
with a separate chicken dish and omitting the bad shrimp and left a classic beloved dish alone
a godsend levante's american bistro you're pulling my plonker now aren't you after observing the
poor quality of food the cook was churning out at levante's american bistro gordon ramsay decided he
had to try some of it for himself he ordered the chicken carleta which is levante's signature dish
what are you eating spaghetti carbo-loading the waitress explained to gordon how the recipe for
the sauce came to the cook in a dream which left him a little skeptical but he ordered it anyway
the dream quickly turned into a nightmare as soon as gordon tried it he was overwhelmed by
the overabundance of garlic after sending back his plate in disbelief he described it as a dry
rubbery and chewed dish that never should have been put together in the first place the cook
even later said he was inspired by god to make that sauce which just sounded ridiculous to gordon
he was so frustrated with the poor quality of the food he called it the worst italian food he's ever
had a little harsh but yet justifiable even other customers complained that the chicken tasted
frozen which is not exactly what you hoped for he also found a brand new surprise in the fridge old
slimy green stinky and wet chicken wet it was enough for gordon to stop the service for the
night if you knew they're off what did you say he forced them to apologize to every customer
in the restaurant no wonder he threatened to shut down levantes if the owners didn't shape
up fast it smells capri i don't think you can actually cook italian food is one of the more
popular cuisines around and you can find good italian restaurants all over the world
unfortunately you can also find very bad ones gordon got to experience the
latter when he visited capri an italian restaurant in california
and a summary log he ordered the chicken scarpariello which means shoe in italian
and he was left in awe ramsay was dubious as soon as he saw the dish and after taking only one bite
he knew something was off then he smelled it bad move he asked the server if the chicken was fresh
not off to a very good start the server asked the owners how old the chicken was before they
served it to him again not good news they didn't know how long the chicken had been around or even
when the last delivery was but hey they did take it out of the freezer yesterday which is
good right there was even a witty comment from one of them that was thankfully not heard by gordon oh
it's 14 years old yeah just imagine his reaction if he did hear it are you wearing a diaper no man
up a little bit come on given the news gordon let out some profanities and felt a little sick
understandably just wing it michonne's i've had better heavenly chicken wings a popular
happy snack plus they're really easy to make but for some reason michonne's managed to make the
whole thing more complicated than it had to be gordon said it was a shame since the sauce was
actually good it was one saving grace yeah there was the first thing the restaurant served him was
one lonely chicken wing and it was dry they told him it was smoked this morning but gordon had his
suspicions he asked the owner to find out when exactly it was smoked and turned out they were
actually a day old off to a disappointing start after his meal he went to the kitchen to meet the
chefs and made a shocking discovery all the food had been microwaved before it was served to him
nothing was fresh as for the wings instead of serving hot and fresh batches to customers
the cooks used the seventeen thousand smokers to store them and then heated
them up in the microwave gordon said it didn't make sense to cook food to perfection with high
quality equipment only to spoil it with a two dollar microwave did you put the microwave in
the trash yes why would you just microwave zap things sure you can eat old reheated wings at home
but when you go to the restaurant you expect them to be fresh gordon made his kitchen rounds and
found boxes upon boxes of old cooked chicken wings in the fridge comparing it to a mass grave a mass
grave of chicken wings not the worst thing to find in a kitchen but not the best either
raiding the fridge wow that's a great deal so i'm getting exactly what i want then most of
the action on kitchen nightmares happens in the kitchen but more often than not gordon discovers
that a restaurant's real issues actually lie in the refrigerator one thing that is guaranteed
to drive gordon mad is the improper storage of perishable foods especially raw meat like chicken
it's a question of health people he is often left speechless by the horrific lapses of judgment
from restaurant owners who aren't committed to their kitchen at all most of the time they're
just unaware or simply unbothered by the basic sanitation regulations like maybe don't leave
the old chicken out in the open for over a week it just seems logical eight fingers it's not a buffet
use the cocktail stick he's a cocktail stick but unfortunately gordon often has to deal with cases
of raw chicken being stored next to cooked chicken expired slimy chicken and badly defrosted chicken
which does not sound appetizing in the least pale and moldy chicken is also quite often on the menu
yikes a lot of cooks are in denial of their disgraceful kitchens and simply refuse to accept
gordon's criticism but they need to remember that he wouldn't be rummaging through their kitchen if
it wasn't a nightmare to begin with finish it then finish what go ahead and tap or click on one of
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