I like how every time Ramsay found an obviously rotten ingredient, the owners always went, "We're not serving that. It's just my personal food that I, for some reason, keep inside my restaurant freezer for sixteen years instead of at home."
"Okay, hear me out. That was for in case we go to a renaissance fair and need some rotten vegetables to throw at some guy in the stocks, alright? That's all it's for!"
As someone who’s worked in a busy restaurant… you shouldn’t even have a tiny bit of space in the walk in fridge for your personal food. That shit should be packed with alcohol and food, with produce being replaced when it goes bad. Maybe have frozen things defrosting for prep; nothing should be in there longer than a week or so (freezer is different). If you can’t afford that, you can’t run a good restaurant. It really is a tough industry and the bosses cannot be lazy.
Frankly, the fact that the restaurant even NEEDS to state the food is cooked fresh and not frozen should tell you it's a lie. If the food really was that good, it wouldn't need to be said that it's fresh.
There was an episode where Gordon said the food was delicious and finish the plate. Yet the restaurant shut down, even after the help of Gordon. (I believe it was because the restaurant was in a hidden place)
@@zorux6219 Well what people have to realise is that Gordon is a chef not magician, there are many resteraunts that close everyday even though they do a good job. Most of the restaurants would need Gordon to be there for a year to make a real difference and even then nothing is guaranteed. I think the most important thing he does by being there is giving the restaurant exposure, if they can manage to stay open until the episodes airs. With that kind of publicity there is almost certainly going to be a boost in revenue even if it is just for a little while.
@@CartoonWeasel In the show yes in reality not so much. If u have no clue how to run a buisnes u can have the best food in world and stil likely fail. Same can not be said the other way around. U can have mediocre food but if run the buisness correctly u have a way higher chance of success.,
This rosario lady is disgusting. She is accepting everything gordon says when he’s telling her son to step up. But gets all defensive when she gets criticized. She’s guilt tripping her son. Can’t stand her sry
In case people were curious, Bella Luna never reopened after closing 3 months after filming due to the dispute with their landlord, and it was discovered they were selling alcohol with an expired license. Even though they had massive improvement, the landlord claimed that they still never paid their overdue rent.
@@VladRadu-tq1pg Yeah it's pretty similar in USD. I guess when you have 7 Michelin stars, 58 restaurants, and a buttload of TV shows you don't really have to think about how expensive a bottle of cologne is 😆.
yeah that was a a lot of top of the lungs cussing in a simple stare, shit scared me and he wasnt even looking at me. STRAIGHT Drill Sargent you fucked up glare
The way she takes everything personally, constantly jumps to conclusions, and tries to shift the blame onto her son is disgusting. This lady's thought process is harmful and distorted. She needs therapy.
Yup. During that mock-trial, every single word she hard, she had a fresh facial expression. 🤷♀️ These people are as good an actor as they a chef/business owner.
25:17 i really love that you can see Maurizio still clearly supported and cared for his brother and mother despite their clear discourse and lack of enthusiasm. like, especially when he said “the walk-in isn’t that big” to try and encourage them to start somewhere smaller first before tackling the other more daunting things that needed to be fixed about the restaurant.
Kitchen nightmare in a nutshell. 1-i don't know what's wrong with the restaurant 2-Gordan is wrong and I'm right 3-crying while thanking Gordan 4-Gordan really opened my eyes
'. . . and there's nothing I can do about that cos that's the way it's made, and I am not going to change that'. Bet you didn't say that when you called Gordon Ramsay!
@@vankai06 Yeah, it doesn't matter what Gordon does when you're already 18 months behind payments to the bank. The Bank doesn't care that Gordon came in unless he cleared your debt lmao.
I've never seen Gordon so utterly confused. The look on his face when the owner kept saying that she doesn't like frozen food in the same conversation that she admitted that everything they serve is frozen, is pure, utter confusion.
I mean the fact that she claimed the restaurant was failing because the food was *too good* for the local's taste tells you everything right from the start.
I seriously hate Rosaria. She’s telling her son to put his foot down and take control but does she not understand how hard it is for a child to stand up to their parent. I get that the son is a full grown adult but like standing up to a parent is always going to be hard no matter the age.
Im fully convinced rosaria still thinks its her sons fault. That she wasn't wrong. I can see my mom in her unfortunately. Doesnt matter what you do, if theres fighting youre wrong. Youre always wrong. Your mom is always right. Starting a buisness with your mom is a horrible idea.
I wouldnt start a business with my parents. it sounds like a really bad idea. maybe you need parents that are totally respectful and can accept decisions of the next generation, rather than "we've always done it this way".
During the trial part of the show she was very quick to throw her son under the bus and start criticizing him right in the middle of her being criticized so she could run back up and sit on her pedestal
I don't like how they blame everything on being Italian. Yes, food in Italy is different, but it's not disgusting. Also, just because you're Italian doesn't mean you know everything about cooking. I'm sure millions of Japanese can't make sushi.
It’s like no one’s ever been to Italy but them. Lol. “You don’t know what Italian food tastes like, I’m Italian, anything I touch is Italian food” So Italian food is bland, frozen and rotten???? “You saying that frozen is bad?”
Absolutely true. When anybody says It's authentic, like my mother/grandmother used to make" I want to ask if she was a world class chef or like so many peoples mother's are, a mediocre cook set in their ways. Authentic does not always equal good.
And being Italian is just not true as far as their cooking goes. I live close to Italy, and overcooked pasta is considered a mortal sin there. "Al Dente" isn't just a phrase. You can have Italian heritage all you want, if you overcook pasta you forfeit any claim to "authentic Italian food".
I can just see JonFranco sitting in his dorm room at culinary school smoking his giant 8 hose bong and saying, "Why should I bother studying, my moms buying me a restaurant anyways?"
“We don’t serve frozen food!” Standing over 8 trays of frozen chicken…. That woman’s brain doesn’t work right. So much denial and blame shift in that family.
I can't get enough of the scenes when the waiter/waitress comes back with the food and repeats the insult from Gorgon to the chef, and the chef, unbelieving , repeats it after them and they repeat it again for confirmation
@@fant830 My dad’s been managing restaurants and bars for about 40 years now and unfortunately there’s only so much they can do if the owners aren’t cooperative or simply inept.
@@fant830 so if you own a business and allow your employees poison customers you will blame your employees? Maybe you should not allow these employees to work at your business... I bet you are lazy and always seek to blame someone else...
"Our food is good", "the food is not the problem", "our food is 10/10", "we stand behind our food", "I eat it everyday"...sir, ur on kitchen nightmares. You have 3 customers on a saturday night. Your food is maybe not that great.
Traci has got to be one of the most down-to-earth managers in KN, she knows her stuff and is just upfront. You can tell she loves the restaurant and the owners, but she's also up for some tough love if situation calls for it. Hope she's doing okay.
This fake advertising about not serving sub standard food etc is a joke. There needs to be a law in place about false advertising and conning the customers .
There is a law for that, but why would anyone bother filing a lawsuit against a small restaurant? If customers feel cheated, they simply leave and never come back.
The US needs really Stronger food laws like in sweden or Germany. Many european countrys have food controller paid by the country and they controll the restaurants unannounced. If there are big hygiene issues, they have the right to close the Restaurant for a time and if they dont Change forever.
@@karlfriedrichnietschevonho4599 im from Germany (too?) and to be honest I know people having a restaurant all their life and never had one inquisition. And judging by the lot of dirty kebap places in our city that doest seem to happen that often.. :(
I've had turnips I forgot in my home fridge for months that were still perfectly fine. I can't imagine how long those turnips have been in there to turn that badly. Turnips are near immortal vegetables.
The schooling is a lifetime of hardship. Born into poverty, drug addict brother, marriage, a child with health issues. Most people cannot undergo that pressure and come out on the other side stronger. Those who can are able to use their experience to apply their knowledge and skills. This plus his business background makes it easy.
I love the manager in this episode. I mean she is like the boss of them all. The mom and the sons answer to her questions like instantly LOL like that part when she come to ask about the mussel 😂😂
23:02 Could we please notice and appreciate how she kept her cool and apologized on her behalf although Gordon said that he's shutting it down? "We are not worthy to continue this service." I remember an episode when Gordon lost his shit as somebody said that to the customers.
@@sampeters3838 Sorry, too long ago. I only remember, that Gordon told them, if they had any pride left, they'd shut it down. Then they went to the guests and said, that Gordon shut them down. When he heard that he went to him in the guest room and put him down in front of the customers, that the kitchen wasn't shut down because he told them to, but because ". Maybe somebody else remembers? I don't know how to appropriately google for something, like that.
I don’t like her either, she didn’t need to say “we’re not worthy”. There’s a way to support the restaurant without throwing them under the bus, but omg that other episode - the guy from the Mexican restaurant said:”Gordon Ramsay is shutting us down”, so GR lost his shit, and brought out the cement bucket of refried beans and told them - this is why, and this is your refried beans on the way out 😂
It amazes me how many times these owners think that because they buy food in fresh and then freeze it (as opposed to buying it pre-frozen) that means it isn't frozen food when it's defrosted and served 😂
"I'm a woman and woman can do anything and everything" 15 min later "That's not my fault, i can't do this and that, I'm not super woman" The timing and rhythm of this show is 10/10 One of the best reality TV shows of all time. I would not change a thing about this show.
Bella Luna closed 3 months after the episode was filmed. They had a dispute with the landlord and they had to close. Yelp reviews were positive after filming with compliments to the new dishes on the menu. Rosaria says they did not fail but had a dispute with the landlord and business was up threefold after filming. The daughter of the landlord however refutes this claim and claims that they had not paid the rent in months. After the closure, it emerged that they had been selling alcohol with an expired license. The owners were said to be looking for a new location but they never reopened.
“You mean not paying rent is bad?” “We don’t believe in selling alcohol without a license” “We buy our alcohol from a licensed provider” “You mean selling alcohol without a license is…bad…?”
"I'm not the chef, Gordon. It's not my fault." No you're just the one that bloody pays for it all. ALSO Owner: "I don't like frozen food. The people here have no standard of quality." Also owner: "So you're saying that if it's frozen it's bad? If it stays frozen it's bad?"
As an OWNER of all people, especially in the food industry and any similar industry where your stuff can directly affect the health of others, possibly even kill them, if your staff makes one little mistake, you should have at least a rough idea of best practice, what’s good or bad ingredients and so on and also be interested enough in the ongoings of your company to at the very least do a weekly inspection and review of if every guideline is being followed and what sells or doesn’t sell and so on…. Preferably you should actually have an education in that same field so you Actually know what’s what. Because at the end of the day, whatever happens at YOUR business you are always going to be at least partially responsible for that.
And owner again: we have only one freezer Me, when GR goes in: Uh, uh, uh...I see TWWOOOOO!! (And the upright one looks similar to the one my family has.) Me again: Not the "fresh frozen" argument again. 🤦🏽♀️🙄
“I’m Italian, it’s what we do”. No love you’re American, you’ve probably got a great grandad who went to Rome in 1922, and you’ve probably never been to Europe never mind Italy.
Last time I checked Sicily is an Island off the Italian coastline not Americas, and if a person is born there, it makes them Italian/Sicilian, not American.
As for you thinking they were never in Sicily, you should really clean the wax from your ears, the guy clearly explained how he was trained in Sicily, by some of the top Sicilian chefs.
I love how Gordon comes into every single restaurant and calls out bullshit immediately. I absolutely love his intuition and realness. He’s a good guy. He’s doing it with love even tho he sounds like an asshole but he just doesn’t take peoples’ bullshit. He gets to the root of the issues and genuinely helps the staff and owners. He brings them all together and helps them start fresh with their new and improved business.
If you’re a home cook, you can learn the difference pretty fast. Freezing a lot of food, especially meat, totally changes the texture due to the molecules being changed (think how a bottle of water can burst because ice expands, but for meat!) Eg Fresh Chicken tastes like layered meat but frozen chicken is a lot more rubbery.
As the owner she should get the staff to keep track of stock and check it every day so that she knows what is needed and what she needs to buy less of . And the fact that she keeps blaming her son 💀like she isn’t the owner
5:34 Did she really just claim that the locals must prefer frozen Italian food and don’t appreciate it fresh. Way to talk down on your customer base. Also not true. 😂
I'm honestly impressed that they passed the safety inspection with having a fire exit not only obstructed, but obstructed by flammable items. It is required for fire exits to be well lit and unobstructed
There really are a lot. While binge-watching I've counted several steakhouses plus regional types of American as well as Mexican, Cuban, Jamaican, and Indian, but it seems like two-thirds of these are Italian. Not that I mind; Italian food is my favorite when eating out, and I'm always disgusted when the show's chefs can't even cook the pasta al dente!
I love how professional Traci was, apologizing to the customers for shutting down on behalf of the restaurant. Unlike the guy on the other episode who was like, "Sorry, Gordon shut us down." HE LITERALLY SAVED YOU FROM YOUR OWN EMBARRASSMENT 😭
The mother pisses me off the most honestly. Sure, her son is also very annoying, but her??? How can someone be so in denial while literally trying to manipulate everyone around them? You can literally smell her manipulating, seriously. Trying to blame everyone except herself. "HoW ShouLD I HavE KnOWn We'Re SeLLiNg FroZen FoOD". You're the owner, m'am. So it's your kitchen, your freezer etc etc. "BuT I dOn't LikE FroZen FooD", girl. You're literally selling frozen food but think you're not??? Like what. Edit: I don't even understand why he helped them in the end. Was it for the sake of the servers? Because it literally couldn't have been for the owner and her son.
Been watching all the full episodes while stuck in hospital for the last two weeks, and it’s been an amazing distraction! Thank you so much for uploading these and keeping me sane through a terrible time ❤️ It’s even helped fuel my appetite as it returns! 😆
Bella Luna closed for good in late 2014. Unfortunately, the restaurant only made it 3.5 months after their Kitchen Nightmares episode aired. At the time of its closure, the owner had plans to reopen the Bella Luna Italian restaurant. However, since it’s been years since Bella Luna’s reopening plans, it seems unlikely that Bella Luna will ever reopen in the future.
I mean, it all comes down to food. Your restaurant can be absolutely shitty looking but if you serve good food, people will come. You might need to advertise a lot more but if your standard regarding food is high, people will come. I’ve traveled a lot over the years and I found that some broken looking restaurants are tastier than fine dining places so cooking is definitely the reason behind restaurant success
"the problem is not the food its the community that doesnt get italian food" "if he doesnt like the food,,, thats just how its made im not gonna change that" why the hell did you invite him to help you then 😂😂
You can see just how much gordon cares. He has so much passion for the trade of cooking, I don't know if it's genuine but it feels like it. Like he's pissed but it's an anger that a father has when his kids disappoint him, it's like he expects from you what he himself would do. Nothing less because he wants to be proud of them.
Every kitchen nightmares episode there's a lady who's in love with gordon, a stubborn owner and an idiot chef
excuse me, in love?
@@egg-... hyperbole
don't forget the nice waitress that Gordon is nice to bc he knows nothing here is her fault
And Chef Mike
Let's not forget Lisa from La Galleria 33
I like how every time Ramsay found an obviously rotten ingredient, the owners always went, "We're not serving that. It's just my personal food that I, for some reason, keep inside my restaurant freezer for sixteen years instead of at home."
I thought the same 😂😂
"Okay, hear me out. That was for in case we go to a renaissance fair and need some rotten vegetables to throw at some guy in the stocks, alright? That's all it's for!"
Not the first episode I’ve heard that claim either!
As someone who’s worked in a busy restaurant… you shouldn’t even have a tiny bit of space in the walk in fridge for your personal food. That shit should be packed with alcohol and food, with produce being replaced when it goes bad. Maybe have frozen things defrosting for prep; nothing should be in there longer than a week or so (freezer is different).
If you can’t afford that, you can’t run a good restaurant. It really is a tough industry and the bosses cannot be lazy.
"I thought it's normal to have meat frozen for 5 months and serve to customers"
"Everything here is cooked fresh, never frozen."
You KNOW Gordon was thinking
*"Yeah, I've heard that one before"*
😂😂😂
"It's fresh frozen"
5:25 the face of someone whos not buying it.
Frankly, the fact that the restaurant even NEEDS to state the food is cooked fresh and not frozen should tell you it's a lie. If the food really was that good, it wouldn't need to be said that it's fresh.
"I'm not in denial, I'm not"
She is in denial about being in denial
No she's not, she's not!
Whenever I hear the term In denial I picture an Egyptian floating down the River Nile.
No idea why.
@@jacobreisser8034 "In the Nile"
....Genius.
@@jacobreisser8034😂😂😂😂
@@jessiehogue. oh shi- 🤔
Owner- “I don’t like frozen food.”
10 seconds later
“So you’re telling me that if it’s frozen it’s bad?”
Gordon’s head must’ve exploded
Gordon : come on you can't be that naive
Gordon was trying rly hard to not go so hard on her.
this whole basement conversation felt like having a stroke.
Mine sure did.
Lel i readd this the same time i saw it in the episode XD
That side cook knew it, "Shoulda given him the penne I cooked today. Surely musta been a difference." Homeboy knows exactly what's up lmfao.
When an owner says the food is not the problem, you definitly know food is THE problem.
There was an episode where Gordon said the food was delicious and finish the plate.
Yet the restaurant shut down, even after the help of Gordon. (I believe it was because the restaurant was in a hidden place)
@@zorux6219 Well what people have to realise is that Gordon is a chef not magician, there are many resteraunts that close everyday even though they do a good job. Most of the restaurants would need Gordon to be there for a year to make a real difference and even then nothing is guaranteed. I think the most important thing he does by being there is giving the restaurant exposure, if they can manage to stay open until the episodes airs. With that kind of publicity there is almost certainly going to be a boost in revenue even if it is just for a little while.
The food is almost, always, at 80% of the time, the problem
@@CartoonWeasel In the show yes in reality not so much. If u have no clue how to run a buisnes u can have the best food in world and stil likely fail. Same can not be said the other way around. U can have mediocre food but if run the buisness correctly u have a way higher chance of success.,
ba nu eu sunt
This rosario lady is disgusting. She is accepting everything gordon says when he’s telling her son to step up. But gets all defensive when she gets criticized. She’s guilt tripping her son. Can’t stand her sry
U dun need to be sorry.
Ur so real for that pookie dw
Foreal
@@thecatordogontheceilingthe only good thing she got is those massive big melons awesome sauce
It’s RosariA
I swear in every one of these episodes, Gordon is a chef, interior designer, health inspector, HR rep, and family therapist. He needs a raise😂
Worse therapist😂😂😂😂...he traumatises those people
@Kajl0301 hopefully you never open a restaurant because you're the reason this show became a thing lmao
@Kajl0301 It’s CPR therapy, he has to cause a little trauma to keep its heart going long enough to heal.
😩💵
@@Kajl0301Well still worked somehow 😂
In case people were curious, Bella Luna never reopened after closing 3 months after filming due to the dispute with their landlord, and it was discovered they were selling alcohol with an expired license. Even though they had massive improvement, the landlord claimed that they still never paid their overdue rent.
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Damn sometimes people cant be helped
is the rent paid? - NO! - No, it is paid!.... the alchohol is bad! - no, it is good!
Their license must be fresh frozen. Clearly good for another decade
@@NotoriousC19 looking at the ice on the top of the license '' -no, it is fresh''
"On a scale of 1-10, how bad are they?"
"-2"
"Oh shit."
😂
🤣🤣
On a scale of 1-10 for how bad they are, surely a minus two is very good
@@thearrowhead9846that’s what I thought 😭
At least she was honest
“You smell good” i can’t even count how many times someone tells him that gotta find out what cologne he uses lol
Creed Aventus if you're wondering.
@@chadmasta5 thank you! how’d you figure it out!? 😆
@@nathancook1058 I googled it. Apparently a lot of people asked and he answered in an interview back in like 2014.
@@chadmasta5 wow that s incredibly expensive...ffs I ain t paying 200-300 euros for some perfume lol (thats what it costs in romania)
@@VladRadu-tq1pg Yeah it's pretty similar in USD. I guess when you have 7 Michelin stars, 58 restaurants, and a buttload of TV shows you don't really have to think about how expensive a bottle of cologne is 😆.
I can binge watch these until the early hours of the morning like its nothing. One of the best shows ever
Same lmao
Ain't that the truth. Could rewatch the episodes however many times and enjoy them the same every time.
Yup!
So true. I feel like I watched every episode but it’s like there’s always a new one popping out somehow
Agreed, it’s dangerous.
the way gordon maintained eye contact as he got up from crouching on the floor in the basement was menacing af (18:01)
I'd hate to be the target of that glare. Absolutely terrifying
Yooooo 😂I looked it up Gordon is 6,2 big mfkerr 💀
Oh myyy 🫣
yeah that was a a lot of top of the lungs cussing in a simple stare, shit scared me and he wasnt even looking at me. STRAIGHT Drill Sargent you fucked up glare
I must thank you for pointing that out, along with the time stamp.
Rosario - ‘I DON’T LIKE FROZEN FOOD’
Also Roasrio 5 seconds later - ‘SO IT’S NOT GOOD BECAUSE IT’S FROZEN???’
Literally. 😂
The way she takes everything personally, constantly jumps to conclusions, and tries to shift the blame onto her son is disgusting. This lady's thought process is harmful and distorted. She needs therapy.
Yup.
During that mock-trial, every single word she hard, she had a fresh facial expression. 🤷♀️
These people are as good an actor as they a chef/business owner.
Dude you never met an italian
@@prestonshawn7148 Can you elaborate?
Aaah...his big brother
He was the Head chef, the kitchen is his responsibility also.
"We are not worthy to continue service." Such a bold and brave statement. Coming from NOT the owner.
25:17 i really love that you can see Maurizio still clearly supported and cared for his brother and mother despite their clear discourse and lack of enthusiasm. like, especially when he said “the walk-in isn’t that big” to try and encourage them to start somewhere smaller first before tackling the other more daunting things that needed to be fixed about the restaurant.
and brought her the glass of water, he seems like a sweetheart !
This should be the top comment
Kitchen nightmare in a nutshell.
1-i don't know what's wrong with the restaurant
2-Gordan is wrong and I'm right
3-crying while thanking Gordan
4-Gordan really opened my eyes
The UK version is so much better. Far less editing. I like both, but the UK version stands out.
@@apreviousseagle836 where can you see it?
'. . . and there's nothing I can do about that cos that's the way it's made, and I am not going to change that'. Bet you didn't say that when you called Gordon Ramsay!
5-Shuts down within a year
@@vankai06 Yeah, it doesn't matter what Gordon does when you're already 18 months behind payments to the bank. The Bank doesn't care that Gordon came in unless he cleared your debt lmao.
I've never seen Gordon so utterly confused.
The look on his face when the owner kept saying that she doesn't like frozen food in the same conversation that she admitted that everything they serve is frozen, is pure, utter confusion.
Chef Ramsay wasn't even yelling that much, he was just *extremely* disappointed
That’s worse, like when your parents sit you down and start with “I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed”
Omg this woman...
"I dont like frozen food"
"We keep it fresh"
"Very authentic"
She tells Gordon as he takes out frozen food
"you're in denial!"
"no i'm not"
"It's fresh when we freeze it"
I mean the fact that she claimed the restaurant was failing because the food was *too good* for the local's taste tells you everything right from the start.
Imagine her in divorce court. 😳
"you believe in it but ur not actually practicing it"
"yes"
so ur saying one thing and doing the opposite"
"right"
I seriously hate Rosaria. She’s telling her son to put his foot down and take control but does she not understand how hard it is for a child to stand up to their parent. I get that the son is a full grown adult but like standing up to a parent is always going to be hard no matter the age.
Sounds just like a normal day when you got Asian parents telling you what to do.
Im fully convinced rosaria still thinks its her sons fault. That she wasn't wrong.
I can see my mom in her unfortunately.
Doesnt matter what you do, if theres fighting youre wrong.
Youre always wrong. Your mom is always right.
Starting a buisness with your mom is a horrible idea.
I wouldnt start a business with my parents. it sounds like a really bad idea. maybe you need parents that are totally respectful and can accept decisions of the next generation, rather than "we've always done it this way".
@@trashorasd8955 I work for my mom, and I tell you what, some days 🤣
@@trashorasd8955 I wouldn't want to work with other family members or close friends either. I feel like it would only be in the way
“No disrespect, but what would you know’s being served” 😂😂 he was so mad at her
Caught her so off guard she had no excuses ready 😂
That was from the heart
Owners: we cook everything from fresh.
The cooks: 👀
The waiters: 👀
The patrons: 👀
The freezer named “Fresh”: 🤷♀️
🤣🤣🤣
You missed..
Nicole: ⚫⚫
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This made me chuckle through half the video
"The freezer named “Fresh”: 🤷♀" 😂😂😂 I have to remember that
"It's not my responsibility" 👁️👄👁️ SHE'S THE OWNER
FR
👁️👄👁️ I don’t understand why people arnt coming through the door
Step one: buy restaurant
Step two: 👁️👄👁️
Step three: profit
During the trial part of the show she was very quick to throw her son under the bus and start criticizing him right in the middle of her being criticized so she could run back up and sit on her pedestal
That’s literally how I react every single time the owner says it’s not my responsibility like bro you fucking own the place come on
18:00
When Gordon started standing up I straight up thought boss music was gonna start and a health bar was gonna start loading up 😂🤣
😂
This comment made me smile big
mean asffffff 🤭🤭
Owners in the beggining of the episode: "Our food is always fresh"
That was the most Gigantic Cap i've ever heard in my entire life.
Damn do I have a secret for u, this is exactly the archetype of every owner in this entire show😂
I don't like how they blame everything on being Italian. Yes, food in Italy is different, but it's not disgusting. Also, just because you're Italian doesn't mean you know everything about cooking. I'm sure millions of Japanese can't make sushi.
Hahahaha
It’s like no one’s ever been to Italy but them. Lol.
“You don’t know what Italian food tastes like, I’m Italian, anything I touch is Italian food”
So Italian food is bland, frozen and rotten????
“You saying that frozen is bad?”
exactly! my boyfriend is Italian and he cant cook !
Absolutely true. When anybody says It's authentic, like my mother/grandmother used to make" I want to ask if she was a world class chef or like so many peoples mother's are, a mediocre cook set in their ways. Authentic does not always equal good.
And being Italian is just not true as far as their cooking goes. I live close to Italy, and overcooked pasta is considered a mortal sin there. "Al Dente" isn't just a phrase. You can have Italian heritage all you want, if you overcook pasta you forfeit any claim to "authentic Italian food".
I can just see JonFranco sitting in his dorm room at culinary school smoking his giant 8 hose bong and saying, "Why should I bother studying, my moms buying me a restaurant anyways?"
Got me cackling with this one
lol I got the EXACT same feeling
Him and his mom looked like they were the same age.
I love that they tried to build some story on Nicole being bad and then never mentioned it again
LMAOOOO same haha.. I mean the only clips we've seen of her, she's fucked.
Probably either ran out of time or they couldn't actually find any dirt on her.
Makes you wonder what ol' Nicole is up to these days
Girl was higher than Snoop
Probably out of time since they're ep aren't above 40m mark
*Every owner on the show*
"We need help"
*Gordon attempts to help*
"There's nothing wrong everything is perfect"
honestly i think the restaurants just call gordon for validation and/or publicity
Same energy of:
> Not to mention
> Mentions it
I also have thought many of them only ask for help for a free restaurant makeover 😅
yeah, they just want him to validate them
I think that a lot of these restaurant owners probably are under the impression that he just remodels these places and relaunches them.
“My son wanted to be a chef, so I bought him a restaurant”. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
"the food is not the problem here"
Said every kitchen nightmares restaurant owner ever
And literally everytime exactly that was the problem 😭
@Brayqz It was called extremely unlikely :D
@@DailyCorvid nope it was called Mama Cherri’s :)
They're all in denial honestly
Right? 😭 I would go back to a restaurant even tho the decor looks poor JUST bc it has delicious food
“We don’t serve frozen food!”
Standing over 8 trays of frozen chicken….
That woman’s brain doesn’t work right.
So much denial and blame shift in that family.
Ah but it was fresh when we bought it 3months ago🙍🥺🥺🤦🏿. It seems to be what all these owners say
Oh her brain works just fine, she was like:”oh, you mean I was speeding, officer?”
in her defence, the food are not frozen anymore when served on the tables
@@dediprasetiawan5987 suprised that wasn't one of her arguments 😂
I know why i love Ramsey so much. He has zero pretense
“And you smell good”
Honestly, his cologne is probably 500 bucks a bottle, i didn’t expect him to smell anything but good
...So many people say that that I honestly wanna go up and sniff Gordon Ramsay. They never describe what he smells like - just that it's good.
@@gokuxsephiroth4505 the forbidden mist
salt and olive oil are the main ingredients lol
theres no such thing as 500 dollar perfume lol
@@qtaro-7097 bruh you stupid? There are even some perfumes that go for like 10k
Gordon: "She (Nicole) looks like a sweet girl."
Traci: "Nicole is a moron!"
LOL!
That girl is on something.
@@clunky9072 I'm sorry but could u explain to me 😁
@@trapman140 she's on drugs.
@@clunky9072 oh thanks m8 :)
@@trapman140 no worries
The manager ambushed Gordon outside to spill the beans before he walked in. 😂 what a judas 🤣 🤣
I can't get enough of the scenes when the waiter/waitress comes back with the food and repeats the insult from Gorgon to the chef, and the chef, unbelieving , repeats it after them and they repeat it again for confirmation
Gordon: tastes like shit!
Waiter to chef: he said it tastes like shit
Chef: shit?
Waiter: shit
Traci the manager has more sense than anyone in this restaurant. Traci needs to take over.🤔👍
Fr she’s great!
@@DizzyDez613 She's a moron who takes no accountability for her b.s. Giving her a pass is crazy
@@fant830 My dad’s been managing restaurants and bars for about 40 years now and unfortunately there’s only so much they can do if the owners aren’t cooperative or simply inept.
Nah she doesn’t know their menus and how much they cost. She doesn’t care about the restaurant she manages. She needs to go.
@@fant830 so if you own a business and allow your employees poison customers you will blame your employees? Maybe you should not allow these employees to work at your business... I bet you are lazy and always seek to blame someone else...
Did nothing but pass the blame and throw her own son under the bus. What a horrible woman and human being. No accountability whatsoever.
"Our food is good", "the food is not the problem", "our food is 10/10", "we stand behind our food", "I eat it everyday"...sir, ur on kitchen nightmares. You have 3 customers on a saturday night. Your food is maybe not that great.
Youre watching a tv show
@@jeffsmith9351 what's that supposed to mean?
@@claudiasoler7328 reality tv is pretty much staged, but 100% there are owners like this.
I love Traci! She's amazing! She has much more common sense, responsibility and honesty than anyone else in this episode.
Except maybe the 50 shades of grey bingo... that's a bit weird.
And the brother, her younger son
@@Dream146 Well they gotta do what they gotta do to get those customers lol
She's pretty rude about the young waitress and constantly bad mouths her boss. She maybe right but she's a pretty bad manager
@@lukesworshipgearreviews8171 yeah how come she didn’t get flak when she’s the manager
You just can’t help but flirt with Ramsay. He deals with it so well 😅
Traci has got to be one of the most down-to-earth managers in KN, she knows her stuff and is just upfront. You can tell she loves the restaurant and the owners, but she's also up for some tough love if situation calls for it. Hope she's doing okay.
The manager is soooo respectful and patient wow
I work at a Funeral Home and I totally agree with the lady, it does look like the inside of a funeral home..🤣🤣🤣
This fake advertising about not serving sub standard food etc is a joke. There needs to be a law in place about false advertising and conning the customers .
there actually is
There is a law for that, but why would anyone bother filing a lawsuit against a small restaurant? If customers feel cheated, they simply leave and never come back.
Glad to hear.
The US needs really Stronger food laws like in sweden or Germany. Many european countrys have food controller paid by the country and they controll the restaurants unannounced. If there are big hygiene issues, they have the right to close the Restaurant for a time and if they dont Change forever.
@@karlfriedrichnietschevonho4599 im from Germany (too?) and to be honest I know people having a restaurant all their life and never had one inquisition. And judging by the lot of dirty kebap places in our city that doest seem to happen that often.. :(
“And an owner whos in denial”
“Im not in denial
The joke writes itself 😂😂
That manager was rizzing up Gordon
Literally noone but Traci can take responsibility. Chefs, mom dont take responsibility for nothing, deny they are in denial. Wtf
And then they say Traci is a moron. She's the most capable of this whole circus !!
Owner :" so you're telling me, if it's frozen, it's bad ?"
Gordon's forehead develops another crease
I've had turnips I forgot in my home fridge for months that were still perfectly fine. I can't imagine how long those turnips have been in there to turn that badly. Turnips are near immortal vegetables.
The temperature probably had something to do with it. Nothing looked frozen in that freezer.
the manager openly hitting on gordon the instant he steps out the door is absolutely killing me. "Jesus, I just arrived!"
Gordon is so good at reading the room and analyzing social clues it's crazy. He has to have had some sort of schooling for this
The schooling is a lifetime of hardship. Born into poverty, drug addict brother, marriage, a child with health issues. Most people cannot undergo that pressure and come out on the other side stronger. Those who can are able to use their experience to apply their knowledge and skills. This plus his business background makes it easy.
No . Hes a scorpio. Its in him
@@murdahmammiez i cant tell if this is sarcasm or not💀
He’s got teams and teams of experts behind him…. U think he does all this with just 1 camera man?
apparently he couldnt tell nicole was rolling sack at work tho😭😭 or maybe he could and he just didnt say anything…
I love the manager in this episode. I mean she is like the boss of them all. The mom and the sons answer to her questions like instantly LOL like that part when she come to ask about the mussel 😂😂
“The food is not the problem here.” What a unique perspective.
23:02
Could we please notice and appreciate how she kept her cool and apologized on her behalf although Gordon said that he's shutting it down? "We are not worthy to continue this service."
I remember an episode when Gordon lost his shit as somebody said that to the customers.
Oh wow what episode? If you remember
@@sampeters3838 Sorry, too long ago. I only remember, that Gordon told them, if they had any pride left, they'd shut it down. Then they went to the guests and said, that Gordon shut them down. When he heard that he went to him in the guest room and put him down in front of the customers, that the kitchen wasn't shut down because he told them to, but because ".
Maybe somebody else remembers? I don't know how to appropriately google for something, like that.
@@nettack it was the Levantis episode
I don’t like her either, she didn’t need to say “we’re not worthy”.
There’s a way to support the restaurant without throwing them under the bus, but omg that other episode - the guy from the Mexican restaurant said:”Gordon Ramsay is shutting us down”, so GR lost his shit, and brought out the cement bucket of refried beans and told them - this is why, and this is your refried beans on the way out 😂
@@nettack it was the twins episode
It amazes me how many times these owners think that because they buy food in fresh and then freeze it (as opposed to buying it pre-frozen) that means it isn't frozen food when it's defrosted and served 😂
Gordon "She seems like a nice girl"
Traci: "No."
"I'm a woman and woman can do anything and everything"
15 min later
"That's not my fault, i can't do this and that, I'm not super woman"
The timing and rhythm of this show is 10/10
One of the best reality TV shows of all time. I would not change a thing about this show.
The fact that she says they started the restaurant without any prior experience as if that's a point of pride and not a major red flag is hilarious
Bella Luna closed 3 months after the episode was filmed. They had a dispute with the landlord and they had to close.
Yelp reviews were positive after filming with compliments to the new dishes on the menu.
Rosaria says they did not fail but had a dispute with the landlord and business was up threefold after filming.
The daughter of the landlord however refutes this claim and claims that they had not paid the rent in months.
After the closure, it emerged that they had been selling alcohol with an expired license.
The owners were said to be looking for a new location but they never reopened.
Landlord daughter: Oh they renovate the restaurant, let seize it.
@@Kiriemy Stonks
Thank you
“You mean not paying rent is bad?”
“We don’t believe in selling alcohol without a license”
“We buy our alcohol from a licensed provider”
“You mean selling alcohol without a license is…bad…?”
@@marialiyubman hi
"I'm not the chef, Gordon. It's not my fault." No you're just the one that bloody pays for it all.
ALSO
Owner: "I don't like frozen food. The people here have no standard of quality."
Also owner: "So you're saying that if it's frozen it's bad? If it stays frozen it's bad?"
That's different because it's fresh-frozen 🤣
As an OWNER of all people, especially in the food industry and any similar industry where your stuff can directly affect the health of others, possibly even kill them, if your staff makes one little mistake, you should have at least a rough idea of best practice, what’s good or bad ingredients and so on and also be interested enough in the ongoings of your company to at the very least do a weekly inspection and review of if every guideline is being followed and what sells or doesn’t sell and so on…. Preferably you should actually have an education in that same field so you Actually know what’s what. Because at the end of the day, whatever happens at YOUR business you are always going to be at least partially responsible for that.
And owner again: we have only one freezer
Me, when GR goes in: Uh, uh, uh...I see TWWOOOOO!! (And the upright one looks similar to the one my family has.)
Me again: Not the "fresh frozen" argument again. 🤦🏽♀️🙄
It’s so depressing to see this mother and son throwing each other under the bus completely. It’s horrible.
The "A lizard in a desert wouldn't eat that" part always cracks me up. xD
The fact that Gordon took everyone to a freaking court room to talk things amongst themselves and then talk to former customers. 🤣🤣🤣
"a lizard wouldn't eat that in a dessert" 😂😂
Chef: I did not overcook it.
Ramsey: wow, this is overcooked.
🤔
“I’m Italian, it’s what we do”. No love you’re American, you’ve probably got a great grandad who went to Rome in 1922, and you’ve probably never been to Europe never mind Italy.
man americans be like this lol
It's probably her great great grandfather's aunts niece's sisters dog walkers boss
Thank you. These americans pretending to be european is soooo annoying
Last time I checked Sicily is an Island off the Italian coastline not Americas, and if a person is born there, it makes them Italian/Sicilian, not American.
As for you thinking they were never in Sicily, you should really clean the wax from your ears, the guy clearly explained how he was trained in Sicily, by some of the top Sicilian chefs.
Imagine owning a restaurant and not wanting to own up to mistakes.
"I've studied in Italy" yo dude studying and actually passing the tests are two different things
21:13 "oh, You dirty Bastards!" xD always gets me xD
did he actually calls that veal dirty?:
I love how Gordon comes into every single restaurant and calls out bullshit immediately. I absolutely love his intuition and realness. He’s a good guy. He’s doing it with love even tho he sounds like an asshole but he just doesn’t take peoples’ bullshit. He gets to the root of the issues and genuinely helps the staff and owners. He brings them all together and helps them start fresh with their new and improved business.
"I didn't call you an idiot."
"I'M CALLING MYSELF AN IDIOT"
Chef Mike would have made sure the food was microwaved first!
R.I.P chef Mike
RIP chef Mike. 🙏
I watched that ep not too long ago lol RIP Chef Mike!
Chef Mic or Chef Mike ??😅😅😊😊
I love how Gordon immediately knew that the blonde lady who greeted him outside would talk, lol
Gordon can instantly tell when it’s frozen it surprises me each time
If you’re a home cook, you can learn the difference pretty fast. Freezing a lot of food, especially meat, totally changes the texture due to the molecules being changed (think how a bottle of water can burst because ice expands, but for meat!)
Eg Fresh Chicken tastes like layered meat but frozen chicken is a lot more rubbery.
It's not that hard
As the owner she should get the staff to keep track of stock and check it every day so that she knows what is needed and what she needs to buy less of . And the fact that she keeps blaming her son 💀like she isn’t the owner
I thought she just bought the place for him and the Rest was on him,thats it lol
5:34 Did she really just claim that the locals must prefer frozen Italian food and don’t appreciate it fresh. Way to talk down on your customer base. Also not true. 😂
I'm honestly impressed that they passed the safety inspection with having a fire exit not only obstructed, but obstructed by flammable items. It is required for fire exits to be well lit and unobstructed
"Can I give you a hug? im Italian!"
She probably doesnt speak a fucking word of italian lmao
The adjective he uses to express how bad the food is really makes me laugh every time. "Baby vomit"...😂😂😂
it's wild how many italian joints are in this show
"Italian"
Italian AMERICAN Joints.
There really are a lot. While binge-watching I've counted several steakhouses plus regional types of American as well as Mexican, Cuban, Jamaican, and Indian, but it seems like two-thirds of these are Italian. Not that I mind; Italian food is my favorite when eating out, and I'm always disgusted when the show's chefs can't even cook the pasta al dente!
A Ramsey episode at 5 on a Friday excellent seen them all before but we still watch them again
Yes sir!
Seen it a million times but can't stop watching them over and over again 😭🤣
Me, from another side of the world, got this at midnight. Dis is s good content before sleep
@@doku-ritsu8718 same its 1:23 am here 😆
*Ramsay
I love how professional Traci was, apologizing to the customers for shutting down on behalf of the restaurant.
Unlike the guy on the other episode who was like, "Sorry, Gordon shut us down." HE LITERALLY SAVED YOU FROM YOUR OWN EMBARRASSMENT 😭
Gorden: “the chicken is frozen”
The owner: “we brought the chicken fresh”
The fresh, frozen argument is back again…😅😂
The mother pisses me off the most honestly.
Sure, her son is also very annoying, but her???
How can someone be so in denial while literally trying to manipulate everyone around them?
You can literally smell her manipulating, seriously.
Trying to blame everyone except herself. "HoW ShouLD I HavE KnOWn We'Re SeLLiNg FroZen FoOD". You're the owner, m'am. So it's your kitchen, your freezer etc etc.
"BuT I dOn't LikE FroZen FooD", girl. You're literally selling frozen food but think you're not??? Like what.
Edit: I don't even understand why he helped them in the end.
Was it for the sake of the servers? Because it literally couldn't have been for the owner and her son.
What son
@@kyrxgogo bruh have u been watching
@@HackboyPlays I was asking ‘which son’ because there’s 2 of them, probably should of specified lol
@@kyrxgogo the cook
She is soooooo manipulative. Plays the victim card at every corner and put everyone down to make herself look better
not gordon getting flustered when the ladies flirt w him lmao
Been watching all the full episodes while stuck in hospital for the last two weeks, and it’s been an amazing distraction! Thank you so much for uploading these and keeping me sane through a terrible time ❤️
It’s even helped fuel my appetite as it returns! 😆
How the heck does this show make you hungry?? It always makes me feel ill
Hope hare doing well now
Bella Luna closed for good in late 2014.
Unfortunately, the restaurant only made it 3.5 months after their Kitchen Nightmares episode aired.
At the time of its closure, the owner had plans to reopen the Bella Luna Italian restaurant.
However, since it’s been years since Bella Luna’s reopening plans, it seems unlikely that Bella Luna will ever reopen in the future.
thank you for the update
Thank god for that! She was delulu, I hope her sons got jobs well away from her.
when your a world class chef, your taste buds tend to be world class as well so. He can taste EVERYTHING.
I feel like Maurizio was holding them all together. Seem like such a supportive brother
Checking the freezer is always my fav part 😂
" unless you overcook it"
"I don't overcook it, ma"
"It's so overcooked, extraordinary" 😂 8:49
What's it going to be this time? Misguided locals? Uneducated customers? Poor locati...oh no....shit cooking it is again!
Hahahaha so true!! Every episode
Lol awesome comme....
LOL
Yea basically no episodes with the other ones
I mean, it all comes down to food. Your restaurant can be absolutely shitty looking but if you serve good food, people will come. You might need to advertise a lot more but if your standard regarding food is high, people will come. I’ve traveled a lot over the years and I found that some broken looking restaurants are tastier than fine dining places so cooking is definitely the reason behind restaurant success
Traci deserved a better place, what a fucking legend
haha what? she was completely full of shit and took no accountability. She doesn't even know the prices on the menu. Pathetic,
"the problem is not the food its the community that doesnt get italian food" "if he doesnt like the food,,, thats just how its made im not gonna change that" why the hell did you invite him to help you then 😂😂
You can see just how much gordon cares. He has so much passion for the trade of cooking, I don't know if it's genuine but it feels like it. Like he's pissed but it's an anger that a father has when his kids disappoint him, it's like he expects from you what he himself would do. Nothing less because he wants to be proud of them.