Gordon Ramsays magic touch !

tirano

Maybe not

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/240947/Two-thirds-of-the-restaurants-saved-by-TVrsquos-Ramsayrsquos-Kitchen-Nightmares-amp-chef-Gordon-Ramsay-shut-or-sold.html

Davesnave

tirano wrote: »

Maybe not

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/240947/Two-thirds-of-the-restaurants-saved-by-TVrsquos-Ramsayrsquos-Kitchen-Nightmares-amp-chef-Gordon-Ramsay-shut-or-sold.html

And here's one I think they missed, The Fish & Anchor near Lampeter, notable for a couple of proprietors who got angrier than Ramsay himself, upstaging him a number of times in an hilarious episode.

http://www.johnfrancis.co.uk/auctioncarmarthen.htm

It's in a really nice spot. The barn conversion and 3 acres next door is theirs too, I believe, and also up for sale:

http://www.ruralscene.co.uk/details/2781_JB342C.pdf

Spartacus_Mills

tirano wrote: »

Maybe not

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/240947/Two-thirds-of-the-restaurants-saved-by-TVrsquos-Ramsayrsquos-Kitchen-Nightmares-amp-chef-Gordon-Ramsay-shut-or-sold.html

My former Manager went to "Love's Fish Restaurant" last year, not long before it shut. Quite frankly the service was poor and the food was not great either. I doubt Ramsay is responsible for that. Silk purse and sows ears and all that.

All of these people are blaming Gordon Ramsay, what happened to their own personal responsibility for their ineptitude ? They called Ramsay in to try to turn their restaurants around so they were hardly a shining success to start with. The fact is Ramsay is a success and they were hoping to get some of that on his coat tails and to blame him for their failure is shabby and disingenuous.

Trade may be slower for these numpties who are still going but then what do they expect in the middle of the Brown Bust ?

Radiantsoul

Spartacus_Mills wrote: »

My former Manager went to "Love's Fish Restaurant" last year, not long before it shut. Quite frankly the service was poor and the food was not great either. I doubt Ramsay is responsible for that. Silk purse and sows ears and all that.

All of these people are blaming Gordon Ramsay, what happened to their own personal responsibility for their ineptitude ? They called Ramsay in to try to turn their restaurants around so they were hardly a shining success to start with. The fact is Ramsay is a success and they were hoping to get some of that on his coat tails and to blame him for their failure is shabby and disingenuous.

Trade may be slower for these numpties who are still going but then what do they expect in the middle of the Brown Bust ?

Presumably only the restaurants that are on the brink of collapse are featured in the show. And I do wonder if featuring the poor hygene is going to draw in customers.

I went to Mama's Soul Shack after Ramsay's visit. The place had no real atmosphere and seemed to have ignored his recommendations. All they had done was slightly reduce the portion size. I think had they followed his advice they might have done a bit better. I also noted it was in a poor location. Perhaps it was always unsaveable.

Heyman_2

Agree with everything said here so far and it really is a shame that some 'journo' has taken it upon themselves to write an article like this where the restaurant proprieters apparently take no responsibility for their own business.

When you see some of the people Gordon has to deal with on the show it's pretty apparent why their business is failing, and when they're just completely stubborn about changing it's pretty easy to see why they've gone to the wall after the episode.

But far better to write an inaccurate article blaming GR for their failings :rolleyes:

DrFluffy

All of these places were on the verge of bankruptcy when Ramsay came on to the scene. He's a chef, not a miracle worker - you can't cure years of gross mismanagement in a week.

The fact that they have not ALL gone under is testiment that some of his fixes work.

Not to mention those 2 words that kill many a restaurant - especially the !!!!! pretentious ones: credit crunch...

Zagu

Most of the people who own restaurants on his show are completely inept to start with, so I can't see it's realistic to blame Ramsey.

I also think that it's unrealistic to expect Ramsay to sprinkle his pixie dust for a couple of days and expect a failing business to become viable. Kitchen Nightmares is fundamentally entertainment, and all Ramsey can do is offer some guidance.

I'm lost as to why any restaurant would want him in to be honest. If your restaurant needs that sort of guidance, watch a few programmes, follow the advice that repeats time and time again, and don't do your washing in public.

scousethife

Zagu wrote: »

Most of the people who own restaurants on his show are completely inept to start with, so I can't see it's realistic to blame Ramsey.

I also think that it's unrealistic to expect Ramsay to sprinkle his pixie dust for a couple of days and expect a failing business to become viable. Kitchen Nightmares is fundamentally entertainment, and all Ramsey can do is offer some guidance.

I'm lost as to why any restaurant would want him in to be honest. If your restaurant needs that sort of guidance, watch a few programmes, follow the advice that repeats time and time again, and don't do your washing in public.

Massive publicy though

Zagu

scousethife wrote: »

Massive publicy though

Yeah but I don't believe that "All publicity is good publicity". When you find out that a local restaurant has a cess pit of a kitchen, with mouse droppings, cockroaches, layers of dirty grease covering every surface, and 'fresh' meals are actually frozen, I really can't believe that people will ever be tempted to visit.

I've always been lead to believe that half of all restaurants fail within their first year, so I don't find it surprising that two thirds of the Nightmare restaurants have failed, as they were already half way down the slope.

sammyjammy

I know of the people who owned the bar/restaurant in Sheffield that he went to, everyone involved said GR was fantastic and the same off the cameras as on them (scary ), he might only be there for a few days but he worked solidly and professionally for long hours to make it a success. Some of the people that own these so called restarurants need a huge dose of reality and its plainly clear that some of them are just delaying the inevitable through their own stupid fault.

omen666

All these restaurants were far far in debt and hardly going to turn it around in 10 minutes. Also not all of them were upfront with their debts either. They needed Ramsay to be there for advertising as much as he needed them for the programme. Also I don't think any of these establishments could ask for anyone to turn up to their gaff when every one of them had rotten food, mouldy food, out of date food and a dirty kitchen to boot. Even if he did get them to clean them up it is still the same dirty people running it and will overtime let it get back that way.

The main thing here though is that none of them wanted to change the way they ran their business and all of them changed one thing, all or another from his business model, this is what got them in the !!!! in the first place