It's pretty common to get a degree in Hotel/restaurant management when you are learning from great chefs on the job about how to actually cook. It's the better way to do it if you want to be chef/owner. School can teach you the business aspect, but culinary school won't teach you much as far as how an actual fast paced kitchen works. If anything it kind of ruins people. So many times young cooks come in out of culinary school and you have to completely change their mindset, they think they should do it the way that they learned, one dish at a time. In reality it is teamwork, timing, multitasking, lots of great dishes coming out at the same time and at the right time. Most culinary schools don't teach how to do that little dance.
The whole series was worth it for the Hotel Chester. It was just a story of good people dealing with tragedy and hardship with just no way out. We can rag on the show for a lot, but in this singular episode I think it is fair to say they really did help save these folks. I am so happy for them and wish them all the best.
that episode resonates with me HEAVILY dude, particularly because my mom is also an asian immigrant and she very well could have fallen into the same desperate situation those two were in. Ig it just hits close to home and it makes me so happy to see they're doing well
Sucks they got fucked over by the trash US health care system. People shouldn't get into bankruptcy over a car accident considering the only real way to get around the US is by driving (public transportation in the US sucks)
The problem with this show and kitchen nightmares is that the guests appearing didn’t really want to be helped in the end. Almost all of them would revert right back to their lazy and terrible business managing ways as soon as Gordon left the door. It’s a huge reason why he actually gave up on the shows
Ok this is content perfectly for me, I could watch endless days of Gordon exploring nasty kitchens and hotels. I wish there was a show just called like "America's Worst Kitchens" and it's Gordon going into gross kitchens like "fuck me, this is horrendous"
@@evanjuleen idk man, guy fieri is a known racist and homophobe and his show is mostly just him eating random stuff while the owner looks on in disgust, i have nostalgia for it but can't look past his piggish personality
The thing that legitimizes Ramsay fixing hotels is that he actually has university level education in hotel management and hospitality. They didnt just put him into a hotel caus "lmao he knows kitchens so like ... hotels are close enough"
I worked in a hotel earlier this year. When people make the beds for yhe new guest, they will first strip off the sheets and outside pillowcases from the previous guests' use. Then they put on new sheets and new outer pillowcases on the old stuff. The mattress pad, comforter, and inner pillowcases on the bed are rarely replaced. One of the Heads of House (middle management housekeepers basically) told me when I worked there that she was in a meeting where the manager had complained that I took too long, and my Head explained on my behalf that the only reason it took me so long to make the beds was because I was regularly going to the supply closet at the end if the floor or down to linens to replace the heavily stained comforters and mattress pads. No one else had apparently been doing that even though it was supposed to be a part of the job. Next time you book a room for any hotel, I advise to request that the bed or beds get new pillows and comforter. You can say it's because of an allergy if you feel the need to.
Man, you'd hope that covid would get them to change more than one layer of pillowcases, but of course not. With my level of OCD I wish I could bring like a whole ass tent and just set it up inside the hotel room
Please don’t say it’s an allergy unless it actually is. It ruins it for people who genuinely have allergies. People stop believing your allergy is real because 99% of the people claim it’s an allergy and don’t mean it.
@@DeathnoteBBomg I’ve worked at hotels if you say “I have an allergy” no one is saying “PROVE IT” you just accommodate them. Are we supposed to allergy test each customer? No. If someone is anxious over getting sick because they don’t replace anything (they don’t) and they don’t want to get nervous, that’s a fantastic excuse. Never in my 27 year old life have I ever questioned anyone who says they’re allergic. Stop making up shit to feel marginalized.
@@bananawitchcraft hahah 😂. I just imagined a human put a tent outside a five star hotel. Employee: Mam you cannot do that here Guest: no no I paid a room the hotel Employee: this is reception
I used to work at the restaurant that took over at the brick hotel after the episode aired. Verindar still runs the hotel part so she would lurk around occasionally and take our rags (???). I think the main appeal for the brick hotel is that it's haunted (and the restaurant there now has pretty epic steak)
Unfortunately a lot of ppl don't realize but the hotel and the restaurant industry is actually VERY closely tight knit. In fact, in my state you need a Servsafe Manager certified person in each kitchen AND hotel
@@michaelgray4833 The most basic hotels don’t have restaurants like a comfort inn but the fancy historic hotels 🏨 do and yea honestly when I’ve traveled it was convenient having the restaurant at the hotel we stayed at
The episode about the Chester Hotel made me cry. I felt so bad for them, but especially Suki. She tried so hard to hold it together. I was so happy at the end and was even happier to hear they are doing so well.
About the blue light scenes, most likely a lot of that fluorescence is actually cleaner, whitening agents in laundry detergent flouresce under black light. Also blood doesn't flouresce unless you spray luminol onto it, so it's unlikely any of it is blood unless he's spritzing luminol, which I didn't see. (Just so everyone feels a bit better about the cleanliness of hotels)
On a related note I remember seeing a thing where someone decided to prove that there was either a mouse or rat infestation where these cans of soda were being stored by exposing them to a test that reveals the presence of urine and wow, just everywhere. One problem though. You know what else can be revealed by the same test? Soda. Dried up soda also shows up and it's not uncommon for cans to come out of the factory with traces of soda on the outside.
Special mention to the Four Seasons Inn run by Sandy MacDougall.. the most grateful and humble owner i’ve seen that sincerely received Gordon’s help. That episode was an emotional ride.
watching this show as a teenager made me so scared of hotels (in terms of germs, i'm already a huger germaphobe, for a while I wouldn't sleep under the covers or use the showers in ones I stayed in) but now my job is cleaning hotels and actually they're pretty okay. I don't really trust the kettle or spare blanket though. They barely get cleaned
I worked in a tourist complex that had hotel, motel, backpackers - maintenance Now whenever I stay in one I notice things that are done well or could be better. Things I wouldn't even care about before
My husband and I stayed at The Brick a few years back without realizing it was on Hotel Hell. It was spooky as hell. Also the owner had told us the resteraunt was closed so we ordered Dominos and waited outside, and she literally stood on the porch glaring at us the entire time we were out there?? Was just a really weird experience.
im sorry where did you go to school where they could take you to iceland holy crap? like i believe you but ours couldn’t even afford to take us to the museum lmao thats crazy
@@savannahstargaze not all school trips are free, some schools have programs where students who want to go on a trip go around collecting money, sometimes through jobs or selling products for the school. At my Quebec Secondary School, there was a group of 40 or so students who did this to get a trip to Italy. When everyone else went to the museum or a pool for the end-of-the-year trip, they went to italy for 10 days. However, they were gathering funds all year, setting up food festivals and babysitting services, the trip was with the school but they still worked for it.
I’ll never forget the lady that shit all over the floors and everything. Her raw sewage made it so lethal on the monitor I thought Ramsay would break out a flame thrower
Also the one with the hoarder gay guys that lived in the trailer parked outside the hotel but they refused to call it a trailer because they were too bougie
@@Frogii-123 it was worse! They rented or bought the fancy trailer but did not pay their staff! Gordon was so mad about that haha And then Gordon got in an auctioneer or whatever to see what the "antiques" the guy was all smug about were actually worth... and it was mostly crap haha, so satisfying! And iirc it was double episode. They needed two episodes to show all the crazy things going on 😂
i work for hilton as a receptionist and i’m telling you now that you absolutely should bring your own pillow and blanket no matter how nice the hotel is
One of the biggest reasons the Hotel Chester story gets to me is because the hotel is located in the state I was born and raised in. Not a lot of people think good things when the state is mentioned, so I appreciate and celebrate every little win I find that happens to people who are from or live in that state.
When I first watched Hotel Chester, I nearly cried for those owners. They were genuinely good people struck by tragedy. And my heart almost dropped when you said that only 9/20 of the hotels were still running- I was relieved to see Hotel Chester being one of them.
Like being the first few at a party and wondering if you're just really early or if the party is just not that lit and wondering if it's too late for you to leave without anyone noticing
I miss this show a lot, I wish he would produce it again. as someone who is about to get their masters in hospitality it was always interesting to me to watch what caused the hotels struggles
I don't know why so many people think that managing a hotel is easy. I went to a hospitality/tourism high school and it was hard! There is so much nuance in the way of running hotels and even more in tourism in general. We had to go through a certain amount of hours working in a hotel as maids, servers and receptionists and none of it is easy to do, let alone to manage. I hated it, and instead of continuing my education in hospitality, I now have a masters in publishing and information science, because I knew that I would be bad at whatever work I would do in a hotel lol
Glad the chesterfield hotel is still going. They truly seemed like a sweet couple who was trying their best, but stuck in a sour spot and couldn't get out without help.
Honestly, most of the hotels on Hotel Hell are just a hair below the quality of your average hotel that's never been on the show. I swear, most properties out there are held together by chewing gum and tape.
just wanna add that, at least in Canada, a lot of Colleges group Hotel & Restaurant Management into one course and you learn about both because there is a big cross over in the industries. Adding onto that, I took one of these courses and people actually in the industry value experience far more than schooling when you look to work in these places. I think his experiences from working and traveling would be a huge benefit to him being able to help, sure he's light on some things but would probably know more than people who went to school for this stuff.
2 of the standouts from this series imo were the four seasons hotel and hotel Chester (the one with the Asian lady cooking sushi). Both of those owners were good people who took Gordon's suggestions to heart and both hotels are still open til those day which is awesome
Actually, I hate to say it but unfortunately layla's riverside lodge was recently sold after the owner suffered a heart attack and reasonably wants a more chill life. Still, surviving 8 years after the show is great
@@tinytimtam damn, that sucks but understandable. Least he was able to turn it around and make a profit and was able to sell when he didn't want to continue operating it instead of the place being foreclosed on
I worked during the off season for a 5 star motel in the Colorado Mountains one winter. It was small and we had no restaurant. Even when there weren't guests there was still daily cleaning to be done, maintenance to be done, and every week a deep cleaning was done in every space and room. Then when we did have any guests a lot had to be done, even with just one room being rented out. These people trusted me access to their private space to do daily cleaning and turn overs without messing with their things. This lady hired me for the job and I'm amazed she trusted me to do it for her. I couldn't imagine the amount of trust I'd have to muster up just to have employees when managing a large hotel or motel and the coordinating that would need to be done. And then throw a restaurant into it... yeah, nope.
hi gabi, I live in the area of the harpers ferry episode and went to middle and high school with a kid who worked at the hotel . He was on the show so i can confirm they are somewhat real but he was the type of dude to play up a situation and make it worse, perfect for reality tv. he can be seen chasing after gordon and shouting his name, when gordon is storming off in the episode. anyways great video, ily girl stay beautiful
I remember the episode with the couple living in the hotel, it really showed who Gordan really is. He wasn't mean about anything, he didn't yell, he understood what the reality of the situation was and helped as much as he could.
When my dad was in school for culinary arts, he and some of his classmates took up studies in hotel management at the suggestion of their instructors because a lot of the time those career skills can go hand in hand.
In the hospitality/tourism high school I went to, we had so many different subjects, from general politics and culture, basics of serving and plating, economics like bookkeeping, different types of tourism, hotel management, marketing etc because exactly like you said, all of those things are interconnected
I never understand when they complain that they paint them in a bad light. They almost always make you look fantastic in the end. You've changed and now are super grateful and excited to run your business.
Starkville, MS, where Hotel Chester is, has been a second home to me for many years, and I've even had the pleasure of staying in Hotel Chester post-Ramsay. It truly is a lovely establishment, such that I regret only being able to stay a single night. When I heard you bring it up, and you flashed the picture of it on-screen, I audibly gasped. I had no idea that Hotel Chester was one of those visited in this series, and I'm happy if it brought even a small amount of traction to the city.
omg the amount of people who have told me I should open a restaurant because I can cook. Like I don't do the finances, create the menu, ect. There is so much more to owning a business than the service being provided. And I don't want to handle all that stress lol
I am by no means a professional(only basics of food and beverage management and was servsafe certified which doesn’t say much in the restaurant business anymore) but most things Gordon is seeking in the hotels are the basics that you are to keep an eye on in your dining rooms along with many a few other things that can be just passed off as common knowledge. Like you said these things can easily go unnoticed to the people who are in there often when there isn’t enough hands on deck or enough properly trained staff. It’s a very vague line it seems so yes he does help but definitely more in the way a friend who has own a plant for more then six months can help. They’ll be able to tell you basic care and needs of that plant but may not be able to tell you the knowledge of an person who has actually went to school for botany/herbalism. As you can tell my passion for food turned into plants, that’s why I haven’t care to renew my certification because I’m focused on learning plants so I can sell them as my job instead of working food again.
@@NagaokakyonoKatsumichi having knowledge and not real credibility that is on paper are two different things. He can give advice that goes wrong and can use the excuse “I’m not officially an advisor so you don’t have to take the advice I give.” That would be like saying I have credentials to tell people how to keep up on their restaurant because at one time long ago I worked in restaurants and was servesafe certified. I can still be wrong about something because it’s not my actual current line of work.
@@mirasmiraculouscraftik this comment was from a while ago but gordon ramsey has a degree in hotel management so he does have the educational and practical experience
@@sav44474I just watched this episode, SHE DIDNT EVEN WORK THERE!!! She was the owner’s best friend who “helps out” (by putting business cards on the walls, painting mosaics, and harassing customers)
I'm very impressed by the quality of this video. Your style of narration and the level of research you do is makes for an incredibly interesting story.
Ok so I used to live in Southbridge, MA where the Vienna was located, and I lived there at the time of filming. First of all, a little background on Southbridge: it’s an old mill town, very blue collar that’s had a couple of decades worth of bad luck and bad publicity, but it’s still a sweet little town with strong community. It just so happens to be the brunt of a lot of local jokes. It’s also right next to a very touristy, quaint historic “New Englandy” town called Sturbridge. Think Pawnee vs Eagleton in Parks and Rec. Now, I remember watching the episode and cracking up laughing because in order to make Southbridge look good they filmed the B roll in Sturbridge. I’ve spoken to several folks that worked at the Vienna and they said that the Swingers rumors were absolutely true lol. It seems like they exaggerated some things for TV, but everything that happened was more or less true. The owners also had a French bistro in town where they were notorious for refusing to give you butter to go on your bread because they found it insulting that you would need it? Or something equally as dumb. Regardless, they were at least as difficult if not more so than they were portrayed on TV. I think I heard there were some rumors that the reason the Vienna burned down was for insurance reasons, and possibly to do with funding the other restaurant. I have no way of verifying that last part, although it wouldn’t shock me.
I had an acne problem too for a while. The cause ended up being micro perspiration while I was sleeping. Once I set my thermostat to like 68 degrees instead of 72 at night, my face cleared up fast. Also, not washing my face IMMEDIATELY after exercise caused break outs. If sweat dries, expect a zit.
No one. I MEAN NO HUMAN can shit on this masterpiece. Everything about this series is amazing. Watching it all the way from the beginning and watching the quality get better even though it’s still a dated show. Binged this many times. Love this ahow❤
As someone with a whole month of front desk experience at a Hilton Garden Inn, I think I’m fully capable of running a high-end luxury hotel completely on my own with no help whatsoever.
Fun video! We were able to participate in the filming of the Cambridge Hotel (Upstate NY) episode. We ate at the restaurant before renovations. I had found out that the daughter of the owner was good friends with someone I know so I actually arranged to stay in a renovated room after he left and proposed to my now wife. We had a nice dinner in the restaurant, also supposedly home of pie a la mode, and enjoyed a weekend in a small town not far from home. Fun memory!
@@K8_bman it was good. As Gordon mentioned in the episode, this area has a really healthy apple harvest, so highlighting that for the restaurant that supposedly invented putting ice cream on pie is a no brainer!
The Roosevelt Inn feels like an interesting case to me where the owners and Gordon parted on good terms but ending up going separate way doing their own thing with Gordon initially complaining about dog smell in the hotel and the owners actually doubling down on that turning into a pet friendly hotel and actually being well received and successful in the end. It kinda feels nice they actually got their happy ending
Ok i wanted to say its not exactly why I subscribed but the fact you add the zelda music when you say the "from an hit indie game to a AAA title" just makes me so happy, love your videos
at 6:19 there is a snippet if an episode that Gabi shows that was filmed inside of a rhode island restaurant. im from rhode island and while this may not seem like a big deal, it’s a very small state so everyone typically knows everyone and everything. before this episode even aired, I guess that woman was literally notorious for being extremely rude to customers and difficult to work with. I guess literally no one was surprised that she ended up on an episode of kitchen nightmares and her restaurant still didn’t make it. just an interesting little piece of info there
I like Hotel Hell better than Kitchen Nightmares. There's less yelling and most of the owners aren't narcissists, they're just clueless and their stupidity is fun to watch. Like you said, I also have no idea what makes people think running a hotel is easy and that it can run itself when there's a degree in the field and a standard of cleanliness that needs to be met.
I actually went to one of the hotels featured on here. I'm not sure if it was before or after the fixing. I think before. It was in San Diego. Had all this fancy modern stuff that Gordan said made it look like a race car?? And a lot of use of greys and red. They had a dog ,which I remember playing with in the upstairs area with a little Jake the dog toy. And I remember Gordan called him ugly in the episode. I only skimmed the episode . The hotel from what I remember was just ok. We slept on air beds because they didn't have enough beds in a room for me and my sibling. Just for my parents. Don't remember having an issue w that though. What I do remember is that there was some bar outside . Or club . And they were loud..LOUD loud. And no matter what we did we couldn't quiet the noise. I dont think that's the hotels fault tho . Overall it was an OK stay but I was a kid and don't remember a lot
Hey Gabi, long-time watcher here, and sound editor. You're a musician, I'm sure you know what plosives are in sound editing (you have a pop filter on your home mic after all). I just wanna suggest a lightweight but powerful audio editor like RX Elements that'd let you fix audio quickly on the go. It could probably eliminate every plosive blowout in a video like this one in less than two minutes and alleviate the lack of pop filter.
I was changed fundamentally the day I saw the Town's Inn episodes. The revelation she pooped on the floor of her hotel room will stay with me for the rest of my life.
I struggle with insomnia pretty badly, so I 100% understand the state of mind you were in when you made this comment. I went back to your time stamp and proceeded to die laughing , apparently I missed that on first watch! So thank you 🙏 Lmao
THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I HAD TO SEE GORDON'S BARE BUTTOCKS I STG... tbh tho it was so shocking and funny that my friend and I made a game out of it wondering if we'd get a glimpse of the buns before the end of the episode. 🤣🤣
love the vid!🥰 If you want more nasty hotel experiences Dan Bell’s (This is Dan Bell) Another Dirty Room series is great and they get a reader that detects the amount of germs along with other equipment stuff and OH BOY IM NEVER VACATIONING AGAIN 👀
Gordon makes me think about when I was a kid standing in front of the mirror trying to practice displaying emotions. I feel the underlying, "I could give a fuck less if they sink or swim, but I gotta show it like I care." I think he cares deeply about the food, but everyone else? Well, they're not food. Like his passion for food, kinda dampens his approach to people. He calls someone a creative insult without barely knowing them, and the gives the line, "I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed." His insults feel personal, because he's so offended by the food, and for the food, and he's a justice warrior for food. I respect that. He's also to gourmet to understand a grill cheese, which I find endearing. "It's smoked gouda on an artisanal tuscon bread with saute'd shallots on a bed of spinach with thin slices of genoa salami," or something like that. I've watched try to make one like three times? And he always fails because he get's all paranoid because a grill cheese seems boring. He doesn't seem to understand that grilled cheese is a like a girl who loves big comfy sweaters with sweatpants: She's not her to impress you.
Tbh Gordon Ramsay shows are top tier when it comes to binge worthy shows
So true.
uk kithcen nightmares is my fave US was always SO over the top and fake
@@L-92761have you seen this youtubers other video on Kitchen Nightmares?
100%
It is honestly so addictive, I effin LOVED Kitchen Nightmares and Hotel Hell
Fun fact: Gordon actually got a degree in hotel management which is likely why he decided to do this series in the first place. He knows his stuff
This is literally what I was here for, but now I don't have to do that anymore, thanks man
@Anonymous yeah he's got a vocational degree in hotel management which he studied before taking chefing more seriously
It's pretty common to get a degree in Hotel/restaurant management when you are learning from great chefs on the job about how to actually cook. It's the better way to do it if you want to be chef/owner. School can teach you the business aspect, but culinary school won't teach you much as far as how an actual fast paced kitchen works. If anything it kind of ruins people. So many times young cooks come in out of culinary school and you have to completely change their mindset, they think they should do it the way that they learned, one dish at a time. In reality it is teamwork, timing, multitasking, lots of great dishes coming out at the same time and at the right time. Most culinary schools don't teach how to do that little dance.
Oh I didn’t know that! Hunh you learn something new everyday
@@arnold8746 That makes sense and explains why my old neighbor was like that after culinary school
The whole series was worth it for the Hotel Chester. It was just a story of good people dealing with tragedy and hardship with just no way out. We can rag on the show for a lot, but in this singular episode I think it is fair to say they really did help save these folks. I am so happy for them and wish them all the best.
that episode resonates with me HEAVILY dude, particularly because my mom is also an asian immigrant and she very well could have fallen into the same desperate situation those two were in. Ig it just hits close to home and it makes me so happy to see they're doing well
Sucks they got fucked over by the trash US health care system. People shouldn't get into bankruptcy over a car accident considering the only real way to get around the US is by driving (public transportation in the US sucks)
The problem with this show and kitchen nightmares is that the guests appearing didn’t really want to be helped in the end. Almost all of them would revert right back to their lazy and terrible business managing ways as soon as Gordon left the door. It’s a huge reason why he actually gave up on the shows
This and anglers lodge was cool too
@@Lil_Valor and the funniest thing is- they called HIM. He didn’t just choose a random hotel or restaurant. they called him
Ok this is content perfectly for me, I could watch endless days of Gordon exploring nasty kitchens and hotels. I wish there was a show just called like "America's Worst Kitchens" and it's Gordon going into gross kitchens like "fuck me, this is horrendous"
i think i saw a youtube series that explores terrible hotel rooms
@@casualcrisis6349 you're thinking of This is Dan Bell! -- He looks at dead/dying malls as well.
@@Oaksparrow He went to a hotel that I used to drive by regularly & to trick my kids id pretend we were gonna stay there cos it was THAT rough. XO
I think it's called drive thrus diners and dives or something like that. 💖
@@evanjuleen idk man, guy fieri is a known racist and homophobe and his show is mostly just him eating random stuff while the owner looks on in disgust, i have nostalgia for it but can't look past his piggish personality
Honestly, Gordon paying their salaries and renting them an apartment, is incredibly heartwarming.
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Also I adore when the management is just like “Oh yeah, room 219 is haunted af” and Gordon’s like “Alright I HAVE to check it out now”
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The thing that legitimizes Ramsay fixing hotels is that he actually has university level education in hotel management and hospitality. They didnt just put him into a hotel caus "lmao he knows kitchens so like ... hotels are close enough"
And business in general, guy's got brands
@@adrianbyrdie "I'm not a businessman. I'm a *business,* man." - Jay-Z
I worked in a hotel earlier this year. When people make the beds for yhe new guest, they will first strip off the sheets and outside pillowcases from the previous guests' use. Then they put on new sheets and new outer pillowcases on the old stuff. The mattress pad, comforter, and inner pillowcases on the bed are rarely replaced. One of the Heads of House (middle management housekeepers basically) told me when I worked there that she was in a meeting where the manager had complained that I took too long, and my Head explained on my behalf that the only reason it took me so long to make the beds was because I was regularly going to the supply closet at the end if the floor or down to linens to replace the heavily stained comforters and mattress pads. No one else had apparently been doing that even though it was supposed to be a part of the job. Next time you book a room for any hotel, I advise to request that the bed or beds get new pillows and comforter. You can say it's because of an allergy if you feel the need to.
Man, you'd hope that covid would get them to change more than one layer of pillowcases, but of course not. With my level of OCD I wish I could bring like a whole ass tent and just set it up inside the hotel room
I experience this a lot working in restaurants where I get complaints that I'm slower, but it's cause I'm actually trying to make good food XD
Please don’t say it’s an allergy unless it actually is. It ruins it for people who genuinely have allergies. People stop believing your allergy is real because 99% of the people claim it’s an allergy and don’t mean it.
@@DeathnoteBBomg I’ve worked at hotels if you say “I have an allergy” no one is saying “PROVE IT” you just accommodate them. Are we supposed to allergy test each customer? No. If someone is anxious over getting sick because they don’t replace anything (they don’t) and they don’t want to get nervous, that’s a fantastic excuse. Never in my 27 year old life have I ever questioned anyone who says they’re allergic. Stop making up shit to feel marginalized.
@@bananawitchcraft hahah 😂. I just imagined a human put a tent outside a five star hotel.
Employee: Mam you cannot do that here
Guest: no no I paid a room the hotel
Employee: this is reception
I used to work at the restaurant that took over at the brick hotel after the episode aired. Verindar still runs the hotel part so she would lurk around occasionally and take our rags (???). I think the main appeal for the brick hotel is that it's haunted (and the restaurant there now has pretty epic steak)
im sorry but imagining her slinking around just to steal rags is hilarious
Why did she need so many rags? I need answers
I work there and never seen you. So please don't lie to us again
@@maccusmc how could you tell who this person is if they dont have themselves as their pfp or their full name as their username
@@maccusmc and also they said they USED to work there
Unfortunately a lot of ppl don't realize but the hotel and the restaurant industry is actually VERY closely tight knit. In fact, in my state you need a Servsafe Manager certified person in each kitchen AND hotel
Many hotels mainly fancy historic hotels 🏨 have restaurants and/or bars
Who in the fuck doesn’t realise that hotels and restaurants are closely linked?
@@michaelgray4833 The most basic hotels don’t have restaurants like a comfort inn but the fancy historic hotels 🏨 do and yea honestly when I’ve traveled it was convenient having the restaurant at the hotel we stayed at
The episode about the Chester Hotel made me cry. I felt so bad for them, but especially Suki. She tried so hard to hold it together. I was so happy at the end and was even happier to hear they are doing so well.
About the blue light scenes, most likely a lot of that fluorescence is actually cleaner, whitening agents in laundry detergent flouresce under black light. Also blood doesn't flouresce unless you spray luminol onto it, so it's unlikely any of it is blood unless he's spritzing luminol, which I didn't see. (Just so everyone feels a bit better about the cleanliness of hotels)
i think everyone assumes it’s ~other~ bodily fluids iykwim since it’s usually on the bed and we all know what ppl do in hotels
Yep same with most bodily fluids that would't show up even after the most basic of cleaning.
On a related note I remember seeing a thing where someone decided to prove that there was either a mouse or rat infestation where these cans of soda were being stored by exposing them to a test that reveals the presence of urine and wow, just everywhere. One problem though. You know what else can be revealed by the same test? Soda. Dried up soda also shows up and it's not uncommon for cans to come out of the factory with traces of soda on the outside.
With the stain patterns it’s most likely other fluids, whitening agents and detergents look retry different under UV light
"It's like a mosaic of semen" is probably the most memed and recognizable line from the entire show.
Special mention to the Four Seasons Inn run by Sandy MacDougall.. the most grateful and humble owner i’ve seen that sincerely received Gordon’s help. That episode was an emotional ride.
The one with the cannabis 😂if so I'm happy for that family
@@fettyjay1551 I think that one's the Applegate River Lodge!
Ahh yes the river lodge! Lol such an iconic episode 😂
And that one also only closed this year when Sandy had a heart attack and decided to retire! Not because of any problems with the hotel.
@@fettyjay1551 no it’s the episode where he turned it into Layla’s Riverside Lodge in the end
watching this show as a teenager made me so scared of hotels (in terms of germs, i'm already a huger germaphobe, for a while I wouldn't sleep under the covers or use the showers in ones I stayed in) but now my job is cleaning hotels and actually they're pretty okay. I don't really trust the kettle or spare blanket though. They barely get cleaned
Oh god ive seen the descaling processes of those kettles, also under the beds or behind if the beds are heavy are often disgusting.
I worked in a tourist complex that had hotel, motel, backpackers - maintenance Now whenever I stay in one I notice things that are done well or could be better. Things I wouldn't even care about before
My husband and I stayed at The Brick a few years back without realizing it was on Hotel Hell. It was spooky as hell. Also the owner had told us the resteraunt was closed so we ordered Dominos and waited outside, and she literally stood on the porch glaring at us the entire time we were out there?? Was just a really weird experience.
Throwback to when I went to Iceland on a school trip and we saw Gordon Ramsey at a tomato greenhouse it was truly a pivotal moment in my life
im sorry where did you go to school where they could take you to iceland holy crap? like i believe you but ours couldn’t even afford to take us to the museum lmao
thats crazy
@@savannahstargaze not all school trips are free, some schools have programs where students who want to go on a trip go around collecting money, sometimes through jobs or selling products for the school. At my Quebec Secondary School, there was a group of 40 or so students who did this to get a trip to Italy. When everyone else went to the museum or a pool for the end-of-the-year trip, they went to italy for 10 days. However, they were gathering funds all year, setting up food festivals and babysitting services, the trip was with the school but they still worked for it.
@@pepesilvia429 ohhh okay i see
My school also took us to Iceland, well we poped down to our local Iceland to get ingredients for food tech but close enough
@@spliffyrodgers4266 damn they made y’all popes
I’ll never forget the lady that shit all over the floors and everything. Her raw sewage made it so lethal on the monitor I thought Ramsay would break out a flame thrower
I REMEMBER THAT ONE OH MY GOD
Also the one with the hoarder gay guys that lived in the trailer parked outside the hotel but they refused to call it a trailer because they were too bougie
@@Frogii-123 it was worse! They rented or bought the fancy trailer but did not pay their staff! Gordon was so mad about that haha
And then Gordon got in an auctioneer or whatever to see what the "antiques" the guy was all smug about were actually worth... and it was mostly crap haha, so satisfying! And iirc it was double episode. They needed two episodes to show all the crazy things going on 😂
i work for hilton as a receptionist and i’m telling you now that you absolutely should bring your own pillow and blanket no matter how nice the hotel is
“He studied hotel management” “does that qualify him to tell others how to run a hotel”
Yes
One of the biggest reasons the Hotel Chester story gets to me is because the hotel is located in the state I was born and raised in. Not a lot of people think good things when the state is mentioned, so I appreciate and celebrate every little win I find that happens to people who are from or live in that state.
When I first watched Hotel Chester, I nearly cried for those owners. They were genuinely good people struck by tragedy. And my heart almost dropped when you said that only 9/20 of the hotels were still running- I was relieved to see Hotel Chester being one of them.
Love the Gabi talking about Gordon Ramsay series
amity pfp :)
Her reviewing the Ramsey multiverse is 👌
Uncomfortably early for the first time
That's what he said. ZING!
Some people say that I’m kind of girly
I have become
Uncomfortably early
(Pink Floyd reference I guess)
not sure wtf the other replies are but yeah same
Like being the first few at a party and wondering if you're just really early or if the party is just not that lit and wondering if it's too late for you to leave without anyone noticing
I miss this show a lot, I wish he would produce it again. as someone who is about to get their masters in hospitality it was always interesting to me to watch what caused the hotels struggles
I don't know why so many people think that managing a hotel is easy. I went to a hospitality/tourism high school and it was hard! There is so much nuance in the way of running hotels and even more in tourism in general. We had to go through a certain amount of hours working in a hotel as maids, servers and receptionists and none of it is easy to do, let alone to manage. I hated it, and instead of continuing my education in hospitality, I now have a masters in publishing and information science, because I knew that I would be bad at whatever work I would do in a hotel lol
Glad the chesterfield hotel is still going. They truly seemed like a sweet couple who was trying their best, but stuck in a sour spot and couldn't get out without help.
Honestly, most of the hotels on Hotel Hell are just a hair below the quality of your average hotel that's never been on the show. I swear, most properties out there are held together by chewing gum and tape.
just wanna add that, at least in Canada, a lot of Colleges group Hotel & Restaurant Management into one course and you learn about both because there is a big cross over in the industries. Adding onto that, I took one of these courses and people actually in the industry value experience far more than schooling when you look to work in these places. I think his experiences from working and traveling would be a huge benefit to him being able to help, sure he's light on some things but would probably know more than people who went to school for this stuff.
2 of the standouts from this series imo were the four seasons hotel and hotel Chester (the one with the Asian lady cooking sushi). Both of those owners were good people who took Gordon's suggestions to heart and both hotels are still open til those day which is awesome
Actually, I hate to say it but unfortunately layla's riverside lodge was recently sold after the owner suffered a heart attack and reasonably wants a more chill life. Still, surviving 8 years after the show is great
@@tinytimtam damn, that sucks but understandable. Least he was able to turn it around and make a profit and was able to sell when he didn't want to continue operating it instead of the place being foreclosed on
the original Gordon Ramsey video is what got me hooked to your channel...I'm glad I've come full circle on this channel. love u 🖤
Gordon's face when Callie starts singing is one of my favorite T.V. moments ever
I *loved* Hotel Hell! I wish they would bring it back or have done more episodes. There are PLENTY of hotels to “fix” for an hour lol
I worked during the off season for a 5 star motel in the Colorado Mountains one winter. It was small and we had no restaurant. Even when there weren't guests there was still daily cleaning to be done, maintenance to be done, and every week a deep cleaning was done in every space and room. Then when we did have any guests a lot had to be done, even with just one room being rented out. These people trusted me access to their private space to do daily cleaning and turn overs without messing with their things. This lady hired me for the job and I'm amazed she trusted me to do it for her. I couldn't imagine the amount of trust I'd have to muster up just to have employees when managing a large hotel or motel and the coordinating that would need to be done. And then throw a restaurant into it... yeah, nope.
“Idk do you expect me to fact check thi- I did and I was correct” absolutely took me out 🤣 Gordon really can do any show at this point it seems lmfao
hi gabi, I live in the area of the harpers ferry episode and went to middle and high school with a kid who worked at the hotel . He was on the show so i can confirm they are somewhat real but he was the type of dude to play up a situation and make it worse, perfect for reality tv. he can be seen chasing after gordon and shouting his name, when gordon is storming off in the episode. anyways great video, ily girl stay beautiful
The kid the put himself in every room while they were filming?
@@xoluvp Yeah that kid. Came off as very disingenuous whenever he was on camera.
Bruh I thought he was a plant tbh
I remember the episode with the couple living in the hotel, it really showed who Gordan really is. He wasn't mean about anything, he didn't yell, he understood what the reality of the situation was and helped as much as he could.
also why is gordon literally trying to become barbie with all her jobs but instead its random shows
When my dad was in school for culinary arts, he and some of his classmates took up studies in hotel management at the suggestion of their instructors because a lot of the time those career skills can go hand in hand.
In the hospitality/tourism high school I went to, we had so many different subjects, from general politics and culture, basics of serving and plating, economics like bookkeeping, different types of tourism, hotel management, marketing etc because exactly like you said, all of those things are interconnected
Binging your channel and then finding you just came out with a new video is a divine intervention
I never understand when they complain that they paint them in a bad light. They almost always make you look fantastic in the end. You've changed and now are super grateful and excited to run your business.
Hotel Chester was one of the saddest episodes in the entire show. Some parts in that episode choke me up bad.
Starkville, MS, where Hotel Chester is, has been a second home to me for many years, and I've even had the pleasure of staying in Hotel Chester post-Ramsay. It truly is a lovely establishment, such that I regret only being able to stay a single night. When I heard you bring it up, and you flashed the picture of it on-screen, I audibly gasped. I had no idea that Hotel Chester was one of those visited in this series, and I'm happy if it brought even a small amount of traction to the city.
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I went to college in Starkville, where Hotel Chester is. It’s honestly the coolest thing in town that Gordon put the words on the building
omg the amount of people who have told me I should open a restaurant because I can cook. Like I don't do the finances, create the menu, ect. There is so much more to owning a business than the service being provided. And I don't want to handle all that stress lol
I am by no means a professional(only basics of food and beverage management and was servsafe certified which doesn’t say much in the restaurant business anymore) but most things Gordon is seeking in the hotels are the basics that you are to keep an eye on in your dining rooms along with many a few other things that can be just passed off as common knowledge. Like you said these things can easily go unnoticed to the people who are in there often when there isn’t enough hands on deck or enough properly trained staff. It’s a very vague line it seems so yes he does help but definitely more in the way a friend who has own a plant for more then six months can help. They’ll be able to tell you basic care and needs of that plant but may not be able to tell you the knowledge of an person who has actually went to school for botany/herbalism. As you can tell my passion for food turned into plants, that’s why I haven’t care to renew my certification because I’m focused on learning plants so I can sell them as my job instead of working food again.
Gordon is using knowledge he got from having a qualifications in this field of work.
He is helping in a professional way.
@@NagaokakyonoKatsumichi having knowledge and not real credibility that is on paper are two different things. He can give advice that goes wrong and can use the excuse “I’m not officially an advisor so you don’t have to take the advice I give.”
That would be like saying I have credentials to tell people how to keep up on their restaurant because at one time long ago I worked in restaurants and was servesafe certified. I can still be wrong about something because it’s not my actual current line of work.
@@mirasmiraculouscraftik this comment was from a while ago but gordon ramsey has a degree in hotel management so he does have the educational and practical experience
How is 24hrs to Hell not the weirdest show
He has a truck that transforms into a kitchen and goes undercover with full on disguises
Been a fan since about 70,000 subscribers. I just wanted to say how proud I am of this channels growth and success. We’ll deserved Gabi!!!!
It’s so good to hear someone notices the same idiosyncrasies of Gordon’s various shows, down to the sound drops. I also love the B roll.
I barely noticed they even were different shows tbh
My personal favourite is the one with the crazy lady using brillo pads and business cards to patch holes in the walls.
Idk why but I remember her telling Gordon “Do NOT use the Lord’s name in vain” so vividly 🤣
@@sav44474I just watched this episode, SHE DIDNT EVEN WORK THERE!!! She was the owner’s best friend who “helps out” (by putting business cards on the walls, painting mosaics, and harassing customers)
I'm very impressed by the quality of this video. Your style of narration and the level of research you do is makes for an incredibly interesting story.
another great video gabi! I love how passionate you are about whatever topic you’re covering. thank you for sharing your work with us! :)
gabi, your eye shadow is fire and i love that it matches your shirt
Ok so I used to live in Southbridge, MA where the Vienna was located, and I lived there at the time of filming. First of all, a little background on Southbridge: it’s an old mill town, very blue collar that’s had a couple of decades worth of bad luck and bad publicity, but it’s still a sweet little town with strong community. It just so happens to be the brunt of a lot of local jokes. It’s also right next to a very touristy, quaint historic “New Englandy” town called Sturbridge. Think Pawnee vs Eagleton in Parks and Rec. Now, I remember watching the episode and cracking up laughing because in order to make Southbridge look good they filmed the B roll in Sturbridge. I’ve spoken to several folks that worked at the Vienna and they said that the Swingers rumors were absolutely true lol. It seems like they exaggerated some things for TV, but everything that happened was more or less true. The owners also had a French bistro in town where they were notorious for refusing to give you butter to go on your bread because they found it insulting that you would need it? Or something equally as dumb. Regardless, they were at least as difficult if not more so than they were portrayed on TV. I think I heard there were some rumors that the reason the Vienna burned down was for insurance reasons, and possibly to do with funding the other restaurant. I have no way of verifying that last part, although it wouldn’t shock me.
I had an acne problem too for a while. The cause ended up being micro perspiration while I was sleeping. Once I set my thermostat to like 68 degrees instead of 72 at night, my face cleared up fast. Also, not washing my face IMMEDIATELY after exercise caused break outs. If sweat dries, expect a zit.
Your microphone fascinates me. The audio is so clear but it obviously needs a pop filter. Like it is so good and bad at the same time. Wild.
No one. I MEAN NO HUMAN can shit on this masterpiece. Everything about this series is amazing. Watching it all the way from the beginning and watching the quality get better even though it’s still a dated show. Binged this many times. Love this ahow❤
As someone with a whole month of front desk experience at a Hilton Garden Inn, I think I’m fully capable of running a high-end luxury hotel completely on my own with no help whatsoever.
Fun video! We were able to participate in the filming of the Cambridge Hotel (Upstate NY) episode. We ate at the restaurant before renovations. I had found out that the daughter of the owner was good friends with someone I know so I actually arranged to stay in a renovated room after he left and proposed to my now wife. We had a nice dinner in the restaurant, also supposedly home of pie a la mode, and enjoyed a weekend in a small town not far from home. Fun memory!
Lmao I just watched this episode! How was the pie?
@@K8_bman it was good. As Gordon mentioned in the episode, this area has a really healthy apple harvest, so highlighting that for the restaurant that supposedly invented putting ice cream on pie is a no brainer!
11:14 trilled "d" in the way she says "Gordon" (sounds exactly like the "rr" in Spanish "Perro").
glad to hear about Chester Hotel! that family & The Keating's head chef are the most memorable people from the series for me :"D
The Roosevelt Inn feels like an interesting case to me where the owners and Gordon parted on good terms but ending up going separate way doing their own thing with Gordon initially complaining about dog smell in the hotel and the owners actually doubling down on that turning into a pet friendly hotel and actually being well received and successful in the end. It kinda feels nice they actually got their happy ending
I’m so happy to hear that hotel Chester is doing well.
Good dialog, editing and comedic timing in these videos. Im binge watching rn and it's very entertaining.
Fun fact: the first hotel Gordon worked at was as a chef and he had to leave because he was sleeping with the owner's wife
Nice 😈
That's a nice argument, why don't you back it up with a *source?*
@@rbxless look it up yourself, I'm not a search engine
@@JanYaps very convenient
@@vishnunair7623 what's convenient?
Obsessed with your Gordon Ramsey videos, Gabi! And love your eye makeup!
Hell yeah, I found this channel a few weeks ago through Gordan Ramsay content and I'm so glad there's more
Ok i wanted to say its not exactly why I subscribed but the fact you add the zelda music when you say the "from an hit indie game to a AAA title" just makes me so happy, love your videos
at 6:19 there is a snippet if an episode that Gabi shows that was filmed inside of a rhode island restaurant. im from rhode island and while this may not seem like a big deal, it’s a very small state so everyone typically knows everyone and everything. before this episode even aired, I guess that woman was literally notorious for being extremely rude to customers and difficult to work with. I guess literally no one was surprised that she ended up on an episode of kitchen nightmares and her restaurant still didn’t make it. just an interesting little piece of info there
The Henesys theme fits your channel so well lmao I love it
As always, your makeup is awesome and your video is fun to watch. Thank you
I worked at a hotel: YES, bring your own pillow and blanket.
That Quaker lady who owned the hotel and would just shit herself randomly fucked me up bad because I knew someone like that
Omg she was terrible!!!
I am loving these captions "burned down ... Not on purpose" "somehow open" 😂😂
I like Hotel Hell better than Kitchen Nightmares. There's less yelling and most of the owners aren't narcissists, they're just clueless and their stupidity is fun to watch. Like you said, I also have no idea what makes people think running a hotel is easy and that it can run itself when there's a degree in the field and a standard of cleanliness that needs to be met.
my fav part of every episode is when gordon bathes, in every single episode
I actually went to one of the hotels featured on here. I'm not sure if it was before or after the fixing. I think before. It was in San Diego. Had all this fancy modern stuff that Gordan said made it look like a race car?? And a lot of use of greys and red. They had a dog ,which I remember playing with in the upstairs area with a little Jake the dog toy. And I remember Gordan called him ugly in the episode. I only skimmed the episode . The hotel from what I remember was just ok. We slept on air beds because they didn't have enough beds in a room for me and my sibling. Just for my parents. Don't remember having an issue w that though. What I do remember is that there was some bar outside . Or club . And they were loud..LOUD loud. And no matter what we did we couldn't quiet the noise. I dont think that's the hotels fault tho . Overall it was an OK stay but I was a kid and don't remember a lot
Hey Gabi, long-time watcher here, and sound editor. You're a musician, I'm sure you know what plosives are in sound editing (you have a pop filter on your home mic after all).
I just wanna suggest a lightweight but powerful audio editor like RX Elements that'd let you fix audio quickly on the go. It could probably eliminate every plosive blowout in a video like this one in less than two minutes and alleviate the lack of pop filter.
0:40 that is LITERALLY one of the microphones of all time gabi..
I think that Gordon Ramsay strangest show was "Gordon Behind Bars", in which he teaches 12 inmates how to bake
I was changed fundamentally the day I saw the Town's Inn episodes. The revelation she pooped on the floor of her hotel room will stay with me for the rest of my life.
high pitched gordon ramsay at 15:17 is so much funnier to me than it should be
He came to the Hotel Chester in my town, they’re still open and ALWAYS busy. I pass it almost everyday on my way to the gym.
I clicked on this because the thumb nail says “unqualified” but like the man has a degree in hotel management he is perfectly qualified lmao
oh for real?
It's probably about the hotel owners, which are unqualified for the job.
@@wiggard
No, it's definitely clickbait.
You should also do a Deep Dive into ‘Bar Rescue, I’ve watched all seasons of it and there is more than enough content for you to go through.
Me and my wife binged this show recently and I’m glad to see you expressing so many of the same thoughts we had lol
I love that you keep using death note music in your vids! It’s really awesome to see some love for that amazing soundtrack.
This is the best show lol I just watched it for the first time, absolutely chaotic
16:08 idk if it's that i haven't slept in 30 hours but that clip of gordon shaking that flower thing got me rolling on the floor out of air
I struggle with insomnia pretty badly, so I 100% understand the state of mind you were in when you made this comment. I went back to your time stamp and proceeded to die laughing , apparently I missed that on first watch!
So thank you 🙏
Lmao
THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I HAD TO SEE GORDON'S BARE BUTTOCKS I STG... tbh tho it was so shocking and funny that my friend and I made a game out of it wondering if we'd get a glimpse of the buns before the end of the episode. 🤣🤣
Kitchen Nightmares and Hotel Hell was my favoriteeeeeeeees. Tysm for covering Hotel Hell, not many creators do
I also would do anything for Gordon Ramsey… you’re good girl 😂
Your videos keep getting better. Definitely gonna keep binging this channel
My hometown was featured in an episode….it’s an assisted living home now.
Can't believe you ignored the fact that every episode has a Gordon Ramsay ass shot as he stepped into the shower lol
love the vid!🥰
If you want more nasty hotel experiences Dan Bell’s (This is Dan Bell) Another Dirty Room series is great and they get a reader that detects the amount of germs along with other equipment stuff and OH BOY IM NEVER VACATIONING AGAIN 👀
Gordon makes me think about when I was a kid standing in front of the mirror trying to practice displaying emotions. I feel the underlying, "I could give a fuck less if they sink or swim, but I gotta show it like I care."
I think he cares deeply about the food, but everyone else? Well, they're not food. Like his passion for food, kinda dampens his approach to people. He calls someone a creative insult without barely knowing them, and the gives the line, "I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed." His insults feel personal, because he's so offended by the food, and for the food, and he's a justice warrior for food. I respect that.
He's also to gourmet to understand a grill cheese, which I find endearing.
"It's smoked gouda on an artisanal tuscon bread with saute'd shallots on a bed of spinach with thin slices of genoa salami," or something like that. I've watched try to make one like three times? And he always fails because he get's all paranoid because a grill cheese seems boring. He doesn't seem to understand that grilled cheese is a like a girl who loves big comfy sweaters with sweatpants: She's not her to impress you.
I rarely wish a comment were two times longer so I could keep in reading. You have such a captivating writing style
do a hotel hell song, with the beat sample being the stock violin
upping the quality lately loving it gabi well done
Omg hearing the Henesys music over Gordon Ramsay just made my day. I need it played over him freaking out and throwing stuff. It's too funny