@Astropheminist Honestly he would touch toxic, radioactive sludge barehanded to examine it, and then scold whoever was responsible for it. Gordon is a savage and a badass.
Im sure everyone there knows well this... "restaurant" like: "Dude, want to get salmonella at that place today? I have difficulty in taking a shit lately"
Can you just imagine you're out for dinner somewhere like on a hot date and you're having a good time and all of a sudden Gordon Ramsay busts out of the kitchen with an "I'M SHUTTING THIS PLACE DOWN!" and you have the existential terror of *oh my god what did I just eat*
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure all customers you see in the show are aware what's going on and that Gordon Ramsay is there filming an episode, they would need their permission to put them on tv I think. That being said, to end up in the situation you described would be both horrifying and hilarious 😅
Bruh I worked at McDonald's in high school and they had pretty damn high cleanliness standards compared to that place. Like oh you didn't like that burger? Trash. Make a new one. Soda tasted weird? Trash. Pour a new one. When that chef said, "It's impossible to clean everything" SIR if 16 year olds at McDonald's can clean better than you, you should feel ASHAMED.
It isn't surprise at all, mcdonalds is huge brand, and their franchising model is really solid with them having to go do quite extensive training for it. Overall, it's just highly refined and organized business, and they have so much to lose with crappy standards of basics like cleanliness and hygiene.
it was once my sole job it was to clean at a fast food restaurant. 1 year of hell. never again. the grease.. the goop.. the slime on the walls.. it was so much worse when I started since no one was dedicated to the position before me. if I didn't wear gloves most of the time I probably would've just died lmao. but I'm pretty sure he does it to make a point. a restaurant _should_ be clean enough to touch any surface with bare hands and not have anything stick to you.
@@kiraoshiro6157 I remember when I got new management at sprouts and me and my coworker had to scrub the entire bakery by ourselves. We had to even clean the ceiling and it was gross. No one had properly cleaned the place in yearssssssss. I can’t imagine having to clean at a fast food restaurant. I’m glad I only mopped at McDonald’s 😅 props to you!!
Part of the responsibility is also on the manager. If the manager doesn't inspect the kitchen periodically and doesn't chew out the chefs for not cleaning then they aren't doing their job.
The kitchen is indeed the chef's responsibility, but not 100% The chef is the manager's/owner's responsibility, so if the chef is getting lazy then that's their responsibility to fix. If the kitchen is filthy, the chef messed up, and if the chef messed up, then the management messed up. It's a shared responsibility. Remember than heat goes upwards.
@@blame7121 very true. I still thing the chef is in majority fault if it’s kitchen related though. Considering the manager has a lot more to worry about than just the kitchen. Shared, but not equal. Vast majority of these chefs just give up on trying and shouldn’t be working
@@brendolbreadwar2671 if you're the manager at a restaurant, the kitchen should be one of your main worries. At the end of the day if customers are getting sick or even dying after eating at your restaurant, the responsibility is not solely on the chef. The manager should be checking the kitchen is being kept up to standard at least once a day, and making sure their chef is doing as they're told. It's crazy to me that monitoring the kitchen for safety measures for his customers and the employees wouldn't be considered a part of "the manager has a lot more to worry about..." What is more important at a restaurant than the food?
@@MadiganinPeach bruh you completely went off onto your own little world with this one. Obviously the kitchen is one of the most important parts, I was simply saying that’s the chefs soul responsiblity vs being responsible for multiple other things. Clearly it’s not soul responsibility on either of them, idk where you got that from.
I know you don't always read the comments Ken, but that thing at the top he "stuck his fingers in" lol, is designed so that the cooking fumes go upwards and attach to the metal cover around the extraction but naturally not all of it goes out. The remaining oils then gradually move down and collect in that "trench" thing but it should be cleaned most days if not every day. It should never become a moat of oil xD
It's called the hood vent. They are supposed to clean it every few months, but there's always black sludge on the bottom track. There's small 1/8 pans that are supposed to be dumped every night, and those metal cartridges are supposed to be removed and cleaned about once a month or so. That dark brown film he scraped off was either right above a flat top grill or the fryer vents. It's pretty nasty but I promise you that everyone frequently eats somewhere that has that oil film right above somewhere that your food is cooked. It's not as gross as it looks. It's just oil that has been vaporized and drifts up before the hood vent pulls it out. Now the shit that he scraped off of the bottom of the stainless steel table and the old either chimichurri or guacamole or whatever that green shit is isn't very good, but the brown discoloration is the plant material oxidatizing. It doesn't necessarily as old as it looks. Not making sure that it's wrapped before it goes into the reach in cooler will cause that in 6-8 hours even if it was made on the same day. The fact that it's in the cooler doesn't mean that they're serving it. Cooking is a SUPER hard job it pays SUPER shitty so it's no wonder that they either overlook something that they can't see in the back of the " low boy" cooler or just don't give a shit that it's in there. There's probably something in everyone's fridge that is very questionable or just straight up bad. That doesn't mean that you're going to eat it.
As someone that worked at a fast food place, that thing should be cleaned at least once or twice a day, depending on how many customers are served. I was the shortest cook so I would struggle to get it even with the step ladder and would have to make the tall people do it. I would come back from a day off to have that sludge dripping over and onto the grill or me. Made me feel like I'm one of the few people that actually cared about cleanliness.
As someone who’s gone through ServSafe and worked in kitchens hearing the chef say “I cooked it Friday and then RECOOKED IT Saturday” LIKE, NO!!! That is such a big no no and the fact that it was STILL in there to be sold 🤢🤢 this might actually be the worst I’ve seen
I've only done servsafe twice for renewal but worked and helped in many kitchens and even i know all of what this chef did, I'm surprised someone didn't call the health inspector to check this place out cause someone 100% got sick. My twin works at a deli and usually they're the only one who closes and even they make sure to clean every surface, know everything about the kitchen, the times food was out, what time to stop cooking, etc. They're not even a chef and do much more for their kitchen than this guy
Safe Serve certification doesn't mean anything. All of the staff including waitresses, waiters, bartenders, and cooks all take an open book test and that's all a safe serve cert. means. Everyone that handles food is required to have one, and people working in restaurants aren't necessarily the most intelligent people among us. Now getting a "food manager certification isn't as easy. It's not open book and requires you to have a working knowledge knowledge of all safe handling of food products, and there's legally supposed to be at least 1 person on premises at all times. The shit that I've seen is absolutely bananas, but ppl rarely actually get a food born illness.
I took just the basic food handlers class my county requires for all restaurant workers and a food managers class almost 20 years ago and I definitely haven’t forgotten that you don’t reheat food a second time. Once a week my family has a leftovers night, and anything that’s been reheated that doesn’t get eaten is thrown out (when we had dogs, some of it went to them). We’ve made sure our kid knows that you don’t take something out of the fridge, reheat it, then put it back in the fridge. This is basic, basic stuff.
@@pstmory5032 weird...the servsafe I know is proctored and not open book. One week course and you have to study every night unless you have a photographic memory.
@@pstmory5032 if they actually care about the work they do it would mean something. but people these days just want to make an easy buck, do the least work possible, and take 0 responsibility.
@xxRAINA1xx Another reason was because of the Le Deck episode (S6E2) He says it literally drove him to his breaking point, and he canceled the show himself. He replaced it with the 24 Hours to Hell and Back version, but it got canceled after a couple years.
@@mortalkombatboot Season 6 was just Absolutely rough. Sal's, Mill Street bistro, Kabob Place, Barefoot Bobs, Chappys, the place that accused him of planting a rat, Amy the crazy lady and her mob affiliated husband! LOL The list goes on....
You see him spitting the food out many times or just simply sending it back. I’m assuming he doesn’t actually swallow a lot of the things he’s tasting.
I got my first job at 14 working for McDonald's. They instilled in my mind that if you're not dealing with a customer or actively prepping or cooking, YOU ARE CLEANING! And that's coming from a fast food joint... I don't get people who put their whole livelihood on the line and treat, what should be their profit, into potential lawsuits.
Bro that's the same thing my boss always says. We had one kid we told to clean that bent down so little the motherfuckers knees barely bent, swab the rag across the thing we told him to clean, and end up saying "my legs hurt can you clean this for me? I have baseball practice and school." I looked at him and said "then you either need to quit this job, quit school, or quit baseball." He said that in front of Nick, a manager there that does literally anything the store needs him to. He had worked his entire shift with no break. And we told another kid to mop the lobby and they got caught being on their phones sitting back in one of the leather armchairs by the fake fireplace.
I've worked in the kitchen before. I can tell you that it is important to always do a thorough clean. My first job was a dishwasher. The cooks on the line would always basically pull the kitchen apart and thoroughly clean it.
that is love for cooking love for your customers and love for you rreputation, food gets inside us! kitchens need to be as clean as an operation room on a hospital
@@Weiswolfe Funny. Before I joined my restaurant (as a dishwasher) a manager left. 4 years later she came back, to a new kitchen crew, and remarked to the other managers that the place used to be THAN a hospital. It takes a certain mindset to give af about cleanliness I guess
I worked in a fast food hellscape that was open from 5 AM to midnight, with the openers not showing up until 4 AM, and our kitchen and other prep areas weren’t exactly spotless and sparkling, but they never ever looked anywhere close to that bad. We made time to clean! Every! Single! Day! Not every Tuesday! Every day! Not having a clean kitchen when you get there at 11 AM and don’t open your doors until 5:30 PM is absolutely inexcusable! Also, I’m willing to bet that the waitress was internally celebrating when Gordon shut them down. No telling how long she’s had to put up with this nonsense.
Yeah. I'm pretty sure the LAW actually says that you have to clean every single day when it comes to catering and stuff. I study catering and I literally feel embarrassed because this is what people see or expect of everyday restaurants because this is the example these restaurants give.
It was a 3 day old pasta salad that sent an entire family (7 children) to the hospital and the youngest one of them died. We tend to forget that not only meat can give you severe food poisoning.
I just saw Gordon talking about how he got insanely sick all the time from doing kitchen nightmares, and he's got a stomach ulcer (multiple I believe) and another health issues I can't remember. I can't imagine doing a show that shows kitchens so disgusting that you literally get long term heath effects.
I still remember the night this episode aired. My dad yelled out “HOLY SHIT WE DODGED A BULLET HUN!” This restaurant was down the street from my pediatrician and my dad loved seafood. Thankfully they never stopped there for lunch 🤢
I have had to clean a restaurant kitchen that was about as bad as this before. This is all real, it looks so disgusting that it seems like it's fake but trust me, without proper cleaning procedures kitchens can get this bad. Last place I cleaned had a bile of festering oil under the fryer that literally looked like Jabba the Hutt
@detectivelemon420 sorry but I'm also glad it was the most horrific thing you've ever heard, because it was literally the most disgusting thing I've ever had to look at and yeah lol. It's gross but it's real. If you ever get to talk with a chef ask him if he's cleaned under the appliances. If he says no don't ever go to that restaurant
@@danbowes dude I'm just not going to go anywhere. I'm just always now wondering if I'm gonna be eating jabba hutt fry's, and to be frank I can't handle that in my life.
@detectivelemon420 lol don't worry too much. This is extreme cases. Most kitchens are clean AF. It's the nasty ones that are a problem and that's like 1/100. If the restaurant looks shady in the dining area then you know. Most places actually care so yeah, you're safe mostly
Kitchen Nightmares always makes me feel so good about my kitchen, lol. I might not be able to keep it spotless due to my disabilities, but it's never gotten anywhere close to these kitchens.
i always say getting a compliment from my grandpa is like getting a compliment from gordon ramsay. they don’t come often but when they do you really hold on to em lol
In my experience of working in kitchen for a decade, most kitchens have a level of acceptable dirtiness for the health inspectors. I’m surprised we passed every time every place I’ve worked, because under the fryer and the broiler were the dirtiest and looked impossible to clean. When we expect the inspection, the bosses would run around frantically making sure dates on food were in check because that’s what inspectors really care about. Grease buildup isn’t a real health hazard for customers.
I was going to say the same. It's amazing what all passes. Like there are some things that are immediate addressing, or maybe shut down (tho from what our inspector told us in training, it's very rare), but there is also a lot more that just is okay or passes inspection lol.
"they are called twice baked because they get baked twice, once to bake the potato and once to cook after they are stuffed with cheesy mashed potato goodness!" ok...ok... this sounds good
Yeah, I like them. What my family used to do was do the first bake and assemble them in advance, then freeze them. We pulled them out, added a few extra toppings, and baked them the second time on the day of whatever meal we were prepping them for. It was great for holidays with a lot of dinner guests.
That’s when you know to run away! That’s just nasty! And feel better soon Kenny!!! Story time! A friend of my family bought a bar that had been abandoned for a good somewhat years and the inside was trashed and disgusting that you wouldn’t want to stay in, I couldn’t even stay because it was so disgusting that I wanted to vomit! They worker hard though and now it looks amazing! But just shows how much not caring about your place can do to it.
Pretty sure you can only reheat a leftover once. Like if you have a lasagna in the fridge, take a portion out to reheat and leave the rest in the fridge. Also dont leave cooked pasta out too long before you refrigerate it.
Yeah, just take what you want out and leave the rest in the fridge. Reheating the whole dish and leaving it at room temperature and putting it back in the fridge is what's making people sick
7:00 I saw a similar story on Brew's channel. Father and son made a pasta dinner and continuously reheated it, left it out for a couple hours, then put it back in the fridge for days. It smelled funky on the fourth day, but they ate it anyway. The father recovered, but the son (17) ended up with juandice, liver & kidney failure, brain swelling, etc, until he died
My ex-husband was such a pushover that one night he ended up being the only employee in the Burger King he managed for the entire night and was about to have to open by themselves so I took my son up there and set up a little spot for him to sleep and my husband's office... I then went to do the cleaning portion following the same standards I had learned a decade ago working at McDonald's and he came out and got mad at me because I was taking so long cleaning the lobby I tried to explain it was because clearly somebody hadn't been doing it correctly cuz it was taking me like 10 minutes to wash a single booth and he just flat out said Well we don't do it like that here I was trying to clean the tables too well so he put me on another job and so I had to keep going into that restaurant There was like a 5-in thick layer of grease and grime over every single surface in the lobby that nobody was even attending to clean. When he asked me to come clean and help do other things he wanted me to take a moist rag wipe the table off wipe the booth off so that it's on camera that I did that and then leave it at that. I'm not as hygienic as I should be but that shit's disgusting even to me
I knew a toxicologist working in forensics who was working in that noodle case. Apparently the father was a doctor and the mother a nurse and the father sued her for attempted murder since he believed she tried to poison and kill them. The unfortunate truth was that they cooked noodles and placed it in the fridge and there was a power outage. In that time some specific strand of E. Coli bacteria grew in the food which produced toxins. The father barely survived but the son didn't make it. It was super heartbreaking since they couldn't blame anyone for this but themselves. Guys be careful what you are eating. If you believe it went bad just don't eat it since you never know what's growing on it.
I've worked at places that were chains, and while my store didn't look like this, the other one did and it was DISGUSTING. They needed me to help out at that location for a shift once, and I spent the majority of my 4 hour shift scrubbing buildup and old food off the fridge door handle 🤢🤮
as someone who has worked in many kitchens, that was a fire hazard in the ventahood, the grease traps have to be removed and cleaned all the time or one spark can set that place off
Just wanted to say how much my family loves your videos! My two year old will run and jump in my lap when he hears your voice so he can watch with mama😊
Twice baked potatoes are a family favorite. Bake the potato, cut it in half. Scoop out. Insides and mix with stuff, whatever you want, then put it back in the potato “shell” and bake again
2:18 that sludge can actually start a huge fire! I've worked in several FF Restaurants and Vent-A-Hoods had a regular degreasing schedule to prevent fires. That vent hasn't been cleaned in quite awhile!
I had a work colleague who was a “I reheated it so it’s fine” kinda person. Which was her same response when she was trying to work out why she was sick one day at work suddenly after bringing weeks old bacon in for lunch.
1:50 outta a bundle of spiders! They're all climbing together to make them look like one big spider. You touch one of them they all scatter away in ever direction.
2:28 "light a match and burn it, get the gassoline!" Lol I don't think you'd even need gassoline here, there's enough grease and oil coating that kitchen for it to combust spontaneously 😜
Haha that trough holds all the extra grease that gets condensed onto the filters as it passes up thru the exhaust vent.. there's a catch cup on the right side ya can't see and is prolly plugged up. Surprised the fire marshal didn't catch that one first haha.
Okay I don't feel like I'm gonna throw up when I watch kitchen nightmares... I'd like to think I have a pretty strong stomach but God damn this one's brutal 🤣
7:34 As someone who grew up in a family business and was on-paper employed by the business at about age 6, child labor laws are a little more relaxed when it’s your parents who own the business. Not sure about age limitations when it comes to family restaurants and things like minimum age requirements for things like using a fryer. But, you can technically employ your kids at your restaurant as long as they “”just sweep up the place”” or something along those lines…
I was a server for 16 years. Even at Applebee's where we found a meth pipe in the tampon dispenser level of class. WHO doesn't clean their kitchen?!!!! This show boggles my mind
Twice baked potato is a baked potato with the insides scooped out and turned into mashed potato. Then you put the mash potato back in the skins and bake it again. It's really friggin good if it's actually fresh and cooked right.
The food danger you were talking about was with pasta. If you cook it, refrigerate it, remove it from the fridge for an extended period, and return it to the fridge, it can grow a special type of bacteria that can be deadly. Reheating pasta isn’t the problem, it’s the period of time when it returns to room temperature after refrigeration that makes it dangerous.
The sad part about the first bit of this video is even during the pandemic, we are brainwashed to go to school or go to work when sick, before the pandemic if kids miss to much school your parent literally go to jail or be fined, I don't think those laws are so stricked anymore but we are still conditioned to do it because it was so prominent in our lives before
I work in a fast food restaurant, we wipe down the ovens at least twice day. Everything is always rinsed and wiped down EVERY SINGLE DAY. We even stay an hour late once every other week to just scrub down EVERYTHING. This level of grime is inexcusable, especially when my fast food restaurant can serve 70+ people in an half hour while still upholding cleanliness.
Last month we got a 95.5% on inspection (just like the lady said). I want Gordon to come in and find what the inspectors missed, because, hoh there's somethings they def. glossed over..
Watch the Kitchen Nightmares episode of that old hoarder guy (S7E3). That is ACTUALLY the nastiest in the entire series!! "They had been cleaning for 4 days before Gordon's arrival" and yet it looks like pure hell 😂
I was literally feeling like I was gonna girl in my mouth looking at that old, what I’m gonna assume is pesto, and I just hear “That’s radioactive” 🤣🤣🤣 and I just busted out laughing, thank you Ken 🤣🤣🤣
The way Gordon just sticks his unprotected hand into these voids of filth will never not impress me, guy’s got guts
He must have the world's best health insurance.
Punching the raw salmon gave his hands superhuman abilities
Unfortunately the kitchens have guts too - all over their cooking equipment.
@Astropheminist
Honestly he would touch toxic, radioactive sludge barehanded to examine it, and then scold whoever was responsible for it. Gordon is a savage and a badass.
I scream damn near every time 😅
Gordon Ramsey saved that town from salmonella poisoning.
Yep
Im sure everyone there knows well this... "restaurant" like:
"Dude, want to get salmonella at that place today? I have difficulty in taking a shit lately"
I bet a looooot of those old folk dining there died from "flus", and "heart attacks".... 🙃
Nah that’s Ebola
He stopped a zombie outbreak closing that place
you know it’s bad when Ramsay uses a scraper *instead* of his *fingers* 🤢
OT! Yeah anything he won’t touch with his barehands is hazmat
But he did use his bare hands
It makes me wanna vomit so badly
Btw I'm a huge fan :)
Can you just imagine you're out for dinner somewhere like on a hot date and you're having a good time and all of a sudden Gordon Ramsay busts out of the kitchen with an "I'M SHUTTING THIS PLACE DOWN!" and you have the existential terror of *oh my god what did I just eat*
If I knew he was there or going to be, I wouldn't even attempt to eat there
I'd be in the bathroom with two fingers down my throat.
@@DemonSoul89420fr id just be there 💀
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure all customers you see in the show are aware what's going on and that Gordon Ramsay is there filming an episode, they would need their permission to put them on tv I think. That being said, to end up in the situation you described would be both horrifying and hilarious 😅
I’d be resigned to the fact that I’m gonna be in the hospital, sick asf; I’m immunocompromised.
Bruh I worked at McDonald's in high school and they had pretty damn high cleanliness standards compared to that place. Like oh you didn't like that burger? Trash. Make a new one. Soda tasted weird? Trash. Pour a new one. When that chef said, "It's impossible to clean everything" SIR if 16 year olds at McDonald's can clean better than you, you should feel ASHAMED.
FR. I been to McDonald's why they were cleaning their is no excuse
Amen
It isn't surprise at all, mcdonalds is huge brand, and their franchising model is really solid with them having to go do quite extensive training for it. Overall, it's just highly refined and organized business, and they have so much to lose with crappy standards of basics like cleanliness and hygiene.
I trust McDonald’s because it’s a chain. Chains usually have high cleanliness standards whether it’s fast food or not
@@mukkaar
Exactly. I’ll never understand why some think McDonald’s is some wasteland when it’s a huge brand 💀
The most impressive thing is how Gordan touches everything with his BARE HANDS
Bruh fr I was cringing so hard and it got worse every time he touched anything with his own fingers ;-;
Exactly! There’s no way I could touch that stuff without gloves!
I'm pretty sure they ended the show, at least in part, because he kept getting sick from these places
it was once my sole job it was to clean at a fast food restaurant. 1 year of hell. never again. the grease.. the goop.. the slime on the walls.. it was so much worse when I started since no one was dedicated to the position before me. if I didn't wear gloves most of the time I probably would've just died lmao. but I'm pretty sure he does it to make a point. a restaurant _should_ be clean enough to touch any surface with bare hands and not have anything stick to you.
@@kiraoshiro6157 I remember when I got new management at sprouts and me and my coworker had to scrub the entire bakery by ourselves. We had to even clean the ceiling and it was gross. No one had properly cleaned the place in yearssssssss. I can’t imagine having to clean at a fast food restaurant. I’m glad I only mopped at McDonald’s 😅 props to you!!
Watching this while eating lunch is a great decision. I will in no way regret this decision.
Same lol
and while pregnant 🤢
Bruh
Oh damn. I just did the same.
It stops me from eating the entire bag of chips by myself 😂
The kitchen is 100% the chefs responcibilty, 24/7. He should know every single item in it, where everything goes, how clean everything is, etc
Part of the responsibility is also on the manager.
If the manager doesn't inspect the kitchen periodically and doesn't chew out the chefs for not cleaning then they aren't doing their job.
The kitchen is indeed the chef's responsibility, but not 100%
The chef is the manager's/owner's responsibility, so if the chef is getting lazy then that's their responsibility to fix.
If the kitchen is filthy, the chef messed up, and if the chef messed up, then the management messed up. It's a shared responsibility. Remember than heat goes upwards.
@@blame7121 very true. I still thing the chef is in majority fault if it’s kitchen related though. Considering the manager has a lot more to worry about than just the kitchen. Shared, but not equal. Vast majority of these chefs just give up on trying and shouldn’t be working
@@brendolbreadwar2671 if you're the manager at a restaurant, the kitchen should be one of your main worries. At the end of the day if customers are getting sick or even dying after eating at your restaurant, the responsibility is not solely on the chef. The manager should be checking the kitchen is being kept up to standard at least once a day, and making sure their chef is doing as they're told. It's crazy to me that monitoring the kitchen for safety measures for his customers and the employees wouldn't be considered a part of "the manager has a lot more to worry about..." What is more important at a restaurant than the food?
@@MadiganinPeach bruh you completely went off onto your own little world with this one. Obviously the kitchen is one of the most important parts, I was simply saying that’s the chefs soul responsiblity vs being responsible for multiple other things. Clearly it’s not soul responsibility on either of them, idk where you got that from.
I know you don't always read the comments Ken, but that thing at the top he "stuck his fingers in" lol, is designed so that the cooking fumes go upwards and attach to the metal cover around the extraction but naturally not all of it goes out. The remaining oils then gradually move down and collect in that "trench" thing but it should be cleaned most days if not every day. It should never become a moat of oil xD
Poor old Doug’s having a whinge
Makes good soup to dip my twice baked potato (cooked Friday than recooked Saturday)
It's called the hood vent. They are supposed to clean it every few months, but there's always black sludge on the bottom track. There's small 1/8 pans that are supposed to be dumped every night, and those metal cartridges are supposed to be removed and cleaned about once a month or so.
That dark brown film he scraped off was either right above a flat top grill or the fryer vents. It's pretty nasty but I promise you that everyone frequently eats somewhere that has that oil film right above somewhere that your food is cooked. It's not as gross as it looks. It's just oil that has been vaporized and drifts up before the hood vent pulls it out.
Now the shit that he scraped off of the bottom of the stainless steel table and the old either chimichurri or guacamole or whatever that green shit is isn't very good, but the brown discoloration is the plant material oxidatizing. It doesn't necessarily as old as it looks. Not making sure that it's wrapped before it goes into the reach in cooler will cause that in 6-8 hours even if it was made on the same day. The fact that it's in the cooler doesn't mean that they're serving it. Cooking is a SUPER hard job it pays SUPER shitty so it's no wonder that they either overlook something that they can't see in the back of the " low boy" cooler or just don't give a shit that it's in there. There's probably something in everyone's fridge that is very questionable or just straight up bad. That doesn't mean that you're going to eat it.
As someone that worked at a fast food place, that thing should be cleaned at least once or twice a day, depending on how many customers are served. I was the shortest cook so I would struggle to get it even with the step ladder and would have to make the tall people do it. I would come back from a day off to have that sludge dripping over and onto the grill or me. Made me feel like I'm one of the few people that actually cared about cleanliness.
"moat of oil" LMAO
As someone who’s gone through ServSafe and worked in kitchens hearing the chef say “I cooked it Friday and then RECOOKED IT Saturday” LIKE, NO!!! That is such a big no no and the fact that it was STILL in there to be sold 🤢🤢 this might actually be the worst I’ve seen
I've only done servsafe twice for renewal but worked and helped in many kitchens and even i know all of what this chef did, I'm surprised someone didn't call the health inspector to check this place out cause someone 100% got sick.
My twin works at a deli and usually they're the only one who closes and even they make sure to clean every surface, know everything about the kitchen, the times food was out, what time to stop cooking, etc. They're not even a chef and do much more for their kitchen than this guy
Safe Serve certification doesn't mean anything. All of the staff including waitresses, waiters, bartenders, and cooks all take an open book test and that's all a safe serve cert. means. Everyone that handles food is required to have one, and people working in restaurants aren't necessarily the most intelligent people among us.
Now getting a "food manager certification isn't as easy. It's not open book and requires you to have a working knowledge knowledge of all safe handling of food products, and there's legally supposed to be at least 1 person on premises at all times. The shit that I've seen is absolutely bananas, but ppl rarely actually get a food born illness.
I took just the basic food handlers class my county requires for all restaurant workers and a food managers class almost 20 years ago and I definitely haven’t forgotten that you don’t reheat food a second time.
Once a week my family has a leftovers night, and anything that’s been reheated that doesn’t get eaten is thrown out (when we had dogs, some of it went to them).
We’ve made sure our kid knows that you don’t take something out of the fridge, reheat it, then put it back in the fridge.
This is basic, basic stuff.
@@pstmory5032 weird...the servsafe I know is proctored and not open book. One week course and you have to study every night unless you have a photographic memory.
@@pstmory5032 if they actually care about the work they do it would mean something. but people these days just want to make an easy buck, do the least work possible, and take 0 responsibility.
That poor piece of lobster ravioli. Not only was it rejected by Gordon but even the bin rejected it 🤣🤣🤣
You know it’s bad when even the trash can rejected it
The bin was gagging nonstop. “You bout made me throw up,” it’s thinking. 😆😆😆😆😆
I've always wondered how Gordon Ramsay isn't constantly sick from what he's eaten at these places.
He actually did get sick multiple times and almost died and that’s why he doesn’t do kitchen nightmares anymore
@xxRAINA1xx Another reason was because of the Le Deck episode (S6E2) He says it literally drove him to his breaking point, and he canceled the show himself. He replaced it with the 24 Hours to Hell and Back version, but it got canceled after a couple years.
@@mortalkombatboot Season 6 was just Absolutely rough. Sal's, Mill Street bistro, Kabob Place, Barefoot Bobs, Chappys, the place that accused him of planting a rat, Amy the crazy lady and her mob affiliated husband! LOL The list goes on....
You see him spitting the food out many times or just simply sending it back. I’m assuming he doesn’t actually swallow a lot of the things he’s tasting.
@slowlanegamer even if he doesn't swallow most of what he eats could be contaminated and get into your system.
I got my first job at 14 working for McDonald's. They instilled in my mind that if you're not dealing with a customer or actively prepping or cooking, YOU ARE CLEANING! And that's coming from a fast food joint... I don't get people who put their whole livelihood on the line and treat, what should be their profit, into potential lawsuits.
Bro that's the same thing my boss always says. We had one kid we told to clean that bent down so little the motherfuckers knees barely bent, swab the rag across the thing we told him to clean, and end up saying "my legs hurt can you clean this for me? I have baseball practice and school." I looked at him and said "then you either need to quit this job, quit school, or quit baseball." He said that in front of Nick, a manager there that does literally anything the store needs him to. He had worked his entire shift with no break. And we told another kid to mop the lobby and they got caught being on their phones sitting back in one of the leather armchairs by the fake fireplace.
I've worked in the kitchen before. I can tell you that it is important to always do a thorough clean. My first job was a dishwasher. The cooks on the line would always basically pull the kitchen apart and thoroughly clean it.
Exactly! If you're not actively cooking or putting dishes together, you should be cleaning.
that is love for cooking love for your customers and love for you rreputation, food gets inside us! kitchens need to be as clean as an operation room on a hospital
@@Weiswolfe Funny. Before I joined my restaurant (as a dishwasher) a manager left. 4 years later she came back, to a new kitchen crew, and remarked to the other managers that the place used to be THAN a hospital. It takes a certain mindset to give af about cleanliness I guess
That "Fish bag" definitely had dog food in it at one time . Purina one Adult 😂😂😂
I wonder if the chef saves food from the restaurant to feed his dogs.
@@zarasbazaar poor dogs
Was it at least fish flavored?
@@SarafinaSummersProbably At One Point.
I'm Suprised Gordon Didn't Slap Him With It.
I worked in a fast food hellscape that was open from 5 AM to midnight, with the openers not showing up until 4 AM, and our kitchen and other prep areas weren’t exactly spotless and sparkling, but they never ever looked anywhere close to that bad. We made time to clean! Every! Single! Day! Not every Tuesday! Every day! Not having a clean kitchen when you get there at 11 AM and don’t open your doors until 5:30 PM is absolutely inexcusable! Also, I’m willing to bet that the waitress was internally celebrating when Gordon shut them down. No telling how long she’s had to put up with this nonsense.
Yeah. I'm pretty sure the LAW actually says that you have to clean every single day when it comes to catering and stuff. I study catering and I literally feel embarrassed because this is what people see or expect of everyday restaurants because this is the example these restaurants give.
you know it’s bad when even gordan ramsay doesn’t know what to say
I thought he would just drop to the floor right then and there 😂
I love watching Gordan Ramsay shows specially HELLS KITCHEN so epic lol
For real! He ALWAYS has something to say, to be at a loss for words. I think his operating system restarted 🤣
it's gordon not.....gordan
@@BruceGordonGamer okay bruce Gordon, anyway Gordan must be having a bad time
Ah yes the sweet enjoyment of Gordon being mad and disgusted
It was a 3 day old pasta salad that sent an entire family (7 children) to the hospital and the youngest one of them died. We tend to forget that not only meat can give you severe food poisoning.
Everyone knows noodles are just as dangerous. It's one of the big ones.
@@PhoenixAttact I, in fact, did not know that.
Didn't they leave it out for a long time before putting it away? I thought it was something.kre than just "they ate 3 day old pasta"
@@cutethulu_xo Yes, I didn't tell the entire story in detail. They took it with them to a picnic and put it back in the fridge afterwards.
@@PhoenixAttact I had no idea tbh
I just saw Gordon talking about how he got insanely sick all the time from doing kitchen nightmares, and he's got a stomach ulcer (multiple I believe) and another health issues I can't remember. I can't imagine doing a show that shows kitchens so disgusting that you literally get long term heath effects.
I still remember the night this episode aired. My dad yelled out “HOLY SHIT WE DODGED A BULLET HUN!” This restaurant was down the street from my pediatrician and my dad loved seafood. Thankfully they never stopped there for lunch 🤢
I have had to clean a restaurant kitchen that was about as bad as this before. This is all real, it looks so disgusting that it seems like it's fake but trust me, without proper cleaning procedures kitchens can get this bad. Last place I cleaned had a bile of festering oil under the fryer that literally looked like Jabba the Hutt
I hate the way you just put FESTERING like it was whatever and possibly not the most horrifying thing I've heard.
@detectivelemon420 sorry but I'm also glad it was the most horrific thing you've ever heard, because it was literally the most disgusting thing I've ever had to look at and yeah lol. It's gross but it's real. If you ever get to talk with a chef ask him if he's cleaned under the appliances. If he says no don't ever go to that restaurant
@@danbowes dude I'm just not going to go anywhere. I'm just always now wondering if I'm gonna be eating jabba hutt fry's, and to be frank I can't handle that in my life.
@detectivelemon420 lol don't worry too much. This is extreme cases. Most kitchens are clean AF. It's the nasty ones that are a problem and that's like 1/100. If the restaurant looks shady in the dining area then you know. Most places actually care so yeah, you're safe mostly
@detectivelemon420 if the food tastes like other food too then that's also a red flag
Kitchen Nightmares always makes me feel so good about my kitchen, lol. I might not be able to keep it spotless due to my disabilities, but it's never gotten anywhere close to these kitchens.
i always say getting a compliment from my grandpa is like getting a compliment from gordon ramsay. they don’t come often but when they do you really hold on to em lol
Fallen off a roof yesterday and can't walk for 12 weeks but papa ken and dane here to cheer me up thanks bois
Get well soon bro wish you well on the path to recovery
@@legion3343 thank you really appreciate that
Yikes! Sending wishes for fast, uncomplicated healing. ❤️
Wishing you a fast recovery 🎉
Get better soon
AM I going to ruin my appetite just because I want Ken to tell me happy birthday even though it's not my birthday? Yes. Yes, I am.
In my experience of working in kitchen for a decade, most kitchens have a level of acceptable dirtiness for the health inspectors. I’m surprised we passed every time every place I’ve worked, because under the fryer and the broiler were the dirtiest and looked impossible to clean. When we expect the inspection, the bosses would run around frantically making sure dates on food were in check because that’s what inspectors really care about. Grease buildup isn’t a real health hazard for customers.
I was going to say the same. It's amazing what all passes. Like there are some things that are immediate addressing, or maybe shut down (tho from what our inspector told us in training, it's very rare), but there is also a lot more that just is okay or passes inspection lol.
Yup. One restaurant I worked at had multiple bug infestations but never got their A taken away
“That’s radio-active Dane..” omg!! 😂😂 I love them so much
I’m obsessed with Kitchen Nightmares- so glad y’all are doing this show now lol
"they are called twice baked because they get baked twice, once to bake the potato and once to cook after they are stuffed with cheesy mashed potato goodness!" ok...ok... this sounds good
Yeah, I like them. What my family used to do was do the first bake and assemble them in advance, then freeze them. We pulled them out, added a few extra toppings, and baked them the second time on the day of whatever meal we were prepping them for. It was great for holidays with a lot of dinner guests.
That’s when you know to run away! That’s just nasty! And feel better soon Kenny!!!
Story time! A friend of my family bought a bar that had been abandoned for a good somewhat years and the inside was trashed and disgusting that you wouldn’t want to stay in, I couldn’t even stay because it was so disgusting that I wanted to vomit! They worker hard though and now it looks amazing! But just shows how much not caring about your place can do to it.
I worked in a fast food restaurant as a teenager. Worst job ever, but our kitchen was always clean.
Pretty sure you can only reheat a leftover once. Like if you have a lasagna in the fridge, take a portion out to reheat and leave the rest in the fridge. Also dont leave cooked pasta out too long before you refrigerate it.
I didn't know that about cooked pasta but that makes sense since noodles have eggs as an ingredient.
Yeah, just take what you want out and leave the rest in the fridge. Reheating the whole dish and leaving it at room temperature and putting it back in the fridge is what's making people sick
7:00 I saw a similar story on Brew's channel. Father and son made a pasta dinner and continuously reheated it, left it out for a couple hours, then put it back in the fridge for days. It smelled funky on the fourth day, but they ate it anyway. The father recovered, but the son (17) ended up with juandice, liver & kidney failure, brain swelling, etc, until he died
Imagine sitting to dine it at a restaurant and you see Ramsey there, I would automatically walk out knowing the kitchen is disgusting lol
You guys have to find the video where Gordon tries to storm off and runs into a door.
I hope you get better Ken! You guys make the best videos I've been binging them for like 2 days so far lol
I'll never understand why he would always eat first, then check the kitchen out. I'd be scared asf 😂😂
Imagine if he inspected the kitchen and then ate there though
He has to first see from a customer perspective
The "shrimp" at 0:38 looks like the stuff that Jack Baker tries to feed Ethan in Resident Evil 7.
My ex-husband was such a pushover that one night he ended up being the only employee in the Burger King he managed for the entire night and was about to have to open by themselves so I took my son up there and set up a little spot for him to sleep and my husband's office... I then went to do the cleaning portion following the same standards I had learned a decade ago working at McDonald's and he came out and got mad at me because I was taking so long cleaning the lobby I tried to explain it was because clearly somebody hadn't been doing it correctly cuz it was taking me like 10 minutes to wash a single booth and he just flat out said Well we don't do it like that here I was trying to clean the tables too well so he put me on another job and so I had to keep going into that restaurant There was like a 5-in thick layer of grease and grime over every single surface in the lobby that nobody was even attending to clean. When he asked me to come clean and help do other things he wanted me to take a moist rag wipe the table off wipe the booth off so that it's on camera that I did that and then leave it at that.
I'm not as hygienic as I should be but that shit's disgusting even to me
I knew a toxicologist working in forensics who was working in that noodle case. Apparently the father was a doctor and the mother a nurse and the father sued her for attempted murder since he believed she tried to poison and kill them.
The unfortunate truth was that they cooked noodles and placed it in the fridge and there was a power outage. In that time some specific strand of E. Coli bacteria grew in the food which produced toxins. The father barely survived but the son didn't make it. It was super heartbreaking since they couldn't blame anyone for this but themselves.
Guys be careful what you are eating. If you believe it went bad just don't eat it since you never know what's growing on it.
I've worked at places that were chains, and while my store didn't look like this, the other one did and it was DISGUSTING.
They needed me to help out at that location for a shift once, and I spent the majority of my 4 hour shift scrubbing buildup and old food off the fridge door handle 🤢🤮
as someone who has worked in many kitchens, that was a fire hazard in the ventahood, the grease traps have to be removed and cleaned all the time or one spark can set that place off
Someone wake this man up from his kitchen nightmare 😅😅
3:59 “We clean it once every Tuesday”
Per leap year that is 🤢
Just wanted to say how much my family loves your videos! My two year old will run and jump in my lap when he hears your voice so he can watch with mama😊
Twice baked potatoes are a family favorite. Bake the potato, cut it in half. Scoop out. Insides and mix with stuff, whatever you want, then put it back in the potato “shell” and bake again
Watching Ken's videos while eating brings us some videos like this but it's always worth it!😅
2:18 that sludge can actually start a huge fire! I've worked in several FF Restaurants and Vent-A-Hoods had a regular degreasing schedule to prevent fires. That vent hasn't been cleaned in quite awhile!
I’m having a hard time eating my chocolate muffin from Costco right now. My fault, but I love you guys, and Gordon. ❤️🙌🏼
The tub of green goo @3:10 is so spoiled it looks like it’s become sentient.
1:45 the stuff on the spatula is what keeps the equipment working. And the black stuff is the magic goo from the flat top steam
Here within a minute!! So happy, I love you guys. Can't wait to see what is in store. ❤❤
You two brighten my day!
I had a work colleague who was a “I reheated it so it’s fine” kinda person. Which was her same response when she was trying to work out why she was sick one day at work suddenly after bringing weeks old bacon in for lunch.
Respect to Ken for making videos eventhough he's sick. Hope you'll feel better soon
"I ain't touch that wall since ... Last Tuesday!"
Ken: heeheeheeheehee
Buff: ahahahahahahaha
Lets talk about how awesome the editting was on this video! It was so funny i had to do a double check😂😂😂
1:50 outta a bundle of spiders! They're all climbing together to make them look like one big spider. You touch one of them they all scatter away in ever direction.
Ken and buff I love y'all thanks for making my days better
2:28 "light a match and burn it, get the gassoline!" Lol I don't think you'd even need gassoline here, there's enough grease and oil coating that kitchen for it to combust spontaneously 😜
Gordon really will just touch ANYTHING with his bare hands and then sniff it.
"Touch the window, touch the wall!" ..."feel all that Grease, Grease, Grease, Grease, Grease!!"😂
If you've never had twice baked potatoes, you're missing out Ken. They're very easy to make too, should try it.
Wouldn't they be twice as hard to make as regular potatoes?
I'll see myself out
@@chrisandrew7577collect your things
@4:30 that laugh was amazing. That chef caught us all by surprise! 😂
thanks for the video y’all, hope you feel better soon ken!
Haha that trough holds all the extra grease that gets condensed onto the filters as it passes up thru the exhaust vent.. there's a catch cup on the right side ya can't see and is prolly plugged up. Surprised the fire marshal didn't catch that one first haha.
Ear infection in BOTH ears..?! Eesh dude. Take care and feel better soon, and as always thanks for the video!
It's my birthday today! I waited so long to hear it in my birthday! It made me smile! Love your videos!
Okay I don't feel like I'm gonna throw up when I watch kitchen nightmares... I'd like to think I have a pretty strong stomach but God damn this one's brutal 🤣
7:34 As someone who grew up in a family business and was on-paper employed by the business at about age 6, child labor laws are a little more relaxed when it’s your parents who own the business. Not sure about age limitations when it comes to family restaurants and things like minimum age requirements for things like using a fryer. But, you can technically employ your kids at your restaurant as long as they “”just sweep up the place”” or something along those lines…
I was a server for 16 years. Even at Applebee's where we found a meth pipe in the tampon dispenser level of class. WHO doesn't clean their kitchen?!!!! This show boggles my mind
@@jackrabbit. I'd rather choose McD's 😢😢
@@jackrabbit.
The food? Not so much but their cleaning standards are insane bro. There’s no excuse for these Mfs 😭
I'm proud of you for knowing the difference between a meth pipe and a crack pipe
@@Psilomuscimol I dated a few tweakers. Not my type to use ha
C U next Tuesday has a completely different meaning in the UK 🤣🤣🤣
I was thinking that too and I’m in the U.S. 😹
7:04 😂😂😂 props on the editing!!!
That’s the thing, these places have been inspected. The amount of filth… it’s been there for a good while. Inspections come n go
The absolute balls on Ramsay to eat _before_ he inspects the kitchen.
I remember this one, it's rough. Why Gordon Ramsay doesn't wear gloves doing this is a mystery.
Man that was too short. We want to see more of your reactions to this restaurant!!! This episode is bomb
Twice baked potato is a baked potato with the insides scooped out and turned into mashed potato. Then you put the mash potato back in the skins and bake it again. It's really friggin good if it's actually fresh and cooked right.
Even the rubbish bin doesn't want this restaurant's food! That's how bad it is!
Ear infections suuuck! Feel better Ken
The food danger you were talking about was with pasta. If you cook it, refrigerate it, remove it from the fridge for an extended period, and return it to the fridge, it can grow a special type of bacteria that can be deadly. Reheating pasta isn’t the problem, it’s the period of time when it returns to room temperature after refrigeration that makes it dangerous.
Feel better Ken and sorry you going through that, also interesting video
4:28 We love a self-aware king 😌🤣
Posted 7 seconds ago - never been so early in my life
I think it’s my earliest too at 5 min lol
@@littlehonu same
Gordan: Are you aware how filthy your kitchen is?
Chef: Yea, why do you think they call me the modern day Typhoid Mary?
The sad part about the first bit of this video is even during the pandemic, we are brainwashed to go to school or go to work when sick, before the pandemic if kids miss to much school your parent literally go to jail or be fined, I don't think those laws are so stricked anymore but we are still conditioned to do it because it was so prominent in our lives before
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Sweet! 🍀I was lucky enough to do it twice.
I work in a fast food restaurant, we wipe down the ovens at least twice day. Everything is always rinsed and wiped down EVERY SINGLE DAY. We even stay an hour late once every other week to just scrub down EVERYTHING.
This level of grime is inexcusable, especially when my fast food restaurant can serve 70+ people in an half hour while still upholding cleanliness.
Need more of these kitchen nightmare reacts cause that was hilarious. Hope you feel better Ken!
They should've sent all that to a lab for testing, to see if they can discover new life forms 🤢
Last month we got a 95.5% on inspection (just like the lady said). I want Gordon to come in and find what the inspectors missed, because, hoh there's somethings they def. glossed over..
Lmfao the extra commentary in the corrner 😂💀
Watch the Kitchen Nightmares episode of that old hoarder guy (S7E3). That is ACTUALLY the nastiest in the entire series!! "They had been cleaning for 4 days before Gordon's arrival" and yet it looks like pure hell 😂
I was literally feeling like I was gonna girl in my mouth looking at that old, what I’m gonna assume is pesto, and I just hear “That’s radioactive” 🤣🤣🤣 and I just busted out laughing, thank you Ken 🤣🤣🤣
“We clean the walls every Tuesday”
Filming day: Thursday.
That editing for the out of focus camera is genius! I see u!
1:46 the chum at the chum buccet
It's so funny how this show always has to get those shots of Gordon handling the most disgusting stuff in the kitchens lol
People make space shuttles and venture to space, and this guy sees cleaning a kitchen as impossible task.
“That’s the fish bag” 💀