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welcome to the Film Insight channel for today's video we're gonna discuss some more of the
worst restaurants to be featured on 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 pj's steakhouse
for a season 3 episode gordon Ramsay attempts to save a restaurant called pj steakhouse from
closure owned by a married couple named joe and madeline they opened the restaurant in the memory
of joe's brother pj while it's very nice that they want to commemorate him they have no culinary
background whatsoever having previously worked in the construction industry having invested
over 2 million dollars into the business they've only lost money and are in a deep pool of debt
not knowing how else to move forward the couple decides to call to ramsay for some guidance
upon his eventual rival Ramsay is unimpressed to see that no one is there to greet him and
that the place is a ghost town after finally meeting with joe the famous chef scans the menu
and is perplexed that they only have two types of steaks which is very low for a steakhouse
ordering some crab cakes that were rancid shrimp and roasted garlic ravioli that tasted nasty and
flamingo that was tough Ramsay was left feeling disappointed heading into the kitchen the kitchen
nightmare's host tells the chef eric that his meal was awful which causes the staff to get
into an argument they seem to blame one another for the issues with the food but joe comes clean
and admits that it's his fault since he's given up Ramsay highlights that he'll need to step up and
take charge of his staff for the restaurant to succeed which he completely agrees with
later on Ramsay meets with joe's wife who explains that the restaurant only makes four thousand
dollars a week which is nowhere close to enough since they need to make 17 000 to break even
to keep the restaurant afloat the couple was forced to sell their dream home and invest the
rest of their money into the business following this conversation Ramsay attempts to observe the
dinner service which didn't go so well to say the very least not only did the kitchen
quickly get overwhelmed but the food was sent out at a sluggish pace and was sent right back
what's more when the famous chef takes a look at the walk-in he finds tons of moldy and rotten food
once the piss-poor service was over and done with Ramsay showed the staff the state of the
fridge and forced them to throw out the spoiled food the following day the kitchen nightmares
host introduces some new specials that will be added to the menu for the upcoming service
unfortunately since eric was colossally incompetent he was incapable of following Ramsay's
recipes and left mid-service out of frustration it was clear that eric was a weak link to the
restaurant so Ramsay advises that they fire him and promises that he'll hire a new chef for them
fast forward to the end of the episode after Ramsay redecorated the dining room updated the
menu and hired some highly skilled staff members the restaurant's future was looking bright
weeks after the taping of this episode the restaurant sales had certainly improved but this
wasn't enough to keep them afloat sadly since they weren't getting close to the required 17k awake
to break even and had insanely high deaths they shut down in may of 2010. consequently both joe
and madeline decided to return to their previous careers in the construction business in the place
of pj steakhouse a restaurant called manor oktoberfest opened up which has solid reviews
kingston cafe in a season 4 episode gordon ramsay pays a visit to the failing kingston cafe to bring
it back on its feet owned by a radiologist olympic athlete named una morris she opened
the restaurant back in 1992 since she had a strong passion for cooking hiring her son kian to be the
restaurant's manager she oddly doesn't listen to his suggestions on how to run the restaurant
what's more morris micromanages every aspect of her business and this often leads to food
being sent out at a sluggish pace considering the fact that the restaurant only serves five
or so patrons a day and that oona has spent all of her retirement money to support the
business she called out to ramsay for some help instead of going straight to kingston cafe the
famous chef meets with keon who reveals that his mother's management style is the biggest issue
heading over to the place soon after ramsay points out that the exterior looks more like
a home than an actual restaurant greeted by una upon entering she expresses that she does
everything at the restaurant including designing the menu sitting down to order some food ramsay
scans the odd looking menu and orders a collection of staple jamaican dishes as expected everything
he received was either really dry and overcooked or simply tasted dreadful meeting with the staff
to give them his feedback the kitchen nightmares host says that the dining room is depressing the
food is soulless and his experience was awful being completely honest the older son tries
to tell ramsay that he thinks the food should be cooked from fresh but when it cuts him off
according to the owner jerk chicken is meant to be dry since that's how they make it in jamaica which
is true but ramsay highlights that it was so dry that it was practically inedible
returning later on for the dinner service ramsay is completely shocked with what he witnesses
as orders pour in complimentary salads are sent out in martini glasses which leaves ramsay and
the customers feeling perplexed while all of this is unfolding ramsay decides to take a look at the
fridge and notices that all the food is frozen and bagged paying una visits soon after at her medical
practice the kitchen nightmare's host highlights that she needs to make big changes if she wants
to succeed touched by his words the owner admits that she's put her last 300 000 into the business
and can only keep it open for another month after a tearful conversation with una ramsay has a chat
with kyon and highlights that he needs to help his mother out since she has a lot on her plate which
he agrees with now that both of the key players at the restaurant agreed to change ramsay hoped
to introduce some new specials for the upcoming service overall the patrons were in love with
the specials added but hated all the items on the original menu since they continued to use
frozen garbage following the dinner service ramsay gathers the staff and dumps all the food-filled
bags on the floor letting them know that it's time to move forward while una was very disappointed to
have to waste so much food she decides to trust the famous chef and goes along with the changes
working overnight with his team ramsay transformed the restaurant's interior and even upgraded the
exterior by giving it a new sign everything on the old menu was replaced with fresh jamaican dishes
and the staff was given casual looking uniforms post kitchen nightmares una decided to put the
past behind her and fired most of her staff replacing them with new ones a year after the
rescue had taken place ramsay decided to revisit and was impressed with the drastic improvements
after temporarily closing down and reopening back in november of 2013 the business lasted for a
couple more years but finally shut down in august of 2018. nowadays kion works in a completely
different industry putting most of his focus into branding and marketing lela's as our final entry
we're going to discuss a restaurant that gordon ramsay tried to rescue called lilla's owned by
lala guilin she opened the restaurant 8 months prior to the taping of this episode but it's
already on the verge of closure investing most of her savings to fund the restaurant guilin owes
well over 100 thousand dollars what's more she has a lot of problems with her staff but most notably
tabitha and ricky who frequently argue in front of customers desperately needing some guidance
before the business crashes and burns guilin calls out to ramsey for some aid upon his eventual rival
ramsay compares the area to a ghost town and notices that the restaurant is just as empty
finally entering the famous chef is impressed by how clean the place is but is embarrassed to see
spelling mistakes on their menu ordering a couple of dishes to test the food ramsay is completely
disappointed and can tell that it's all pre-made this is later confirmed by tabitha who explains
that practically everything on the menu is frozen leaving ramsay feeling disappointed
luckily they do make one thing from scratch being brownies so ramsay decides to order some
unsurprisingly tabitha gets into an argument with the chef ricky since they don't have the
necessary ingredients to make any leaving and returning the following day ramsay decides to
inspect the kitchen and is appalled with what he finds aside from the fact that the walk-in
wasn't cold and smelled awful the fridge wasn't working properly so all the produce had gone bad
disgusted with what he had found the kitchen nightmare's host forced the staff to deep clean
the area before he could move forward once they were done ramsay attempted to observe
the dinner service which was busier than usual since there was a theater performance nearby
overall it was a complete and utter disaster since the kitchen ran out of ingredients for many of the
dishes on the menu and sent out powdered mashed potatoes supposedly the owner wasn't even aware
that they used pre-made mash and admitted that her staff was lazy after getting the staff on
the same page revamping the menu and giving the dining room a complete makeover lellas was given
the second chance it needed post kitchen nightmares both ricky and tabitha excelled
and were able to get along for the sake of the business although since the restaurant's debts
were way too high lellis was forced to shut things down soon after being rescued currently speaking
a restaurant called aladdin junior restaurant and cafe opened up in its place which has good reviews
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