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March 10, 2011 at 6:27 am #719905
cjboffoliParticipantKitchen Nightmares is a fantastic restaurant disaster series. Though the UK version is so much better than the Americanized one.
March 10, 2011 at 2:25 pm #719906
anonymeParticipantKitchen workers who use the restroom and come right back out without enough time having elapsed to wash their hands. Or kitchen workers who enter and leave the restroom still wearing latex gloves. It also bugs me when workers step out to smoke and don’t wash their hands afterward, or allow the smoke to pour in through the open door. Hygiene issues are big for me. If there is a strong smell of perfumed air freshener, I wonder what it’s covering up…?
March 10, 2011 at 5:56 pm #719907
JiggersMembercj..I need to dvr the UK one’s, but I know most of Ramsays shows are scripted to a certain point, but there are real problems. It all comes down to the owners who most of them don’t have a clue how to own a restaurant or never been in the business before. Most of them have no “Common sense.” Bad habits and not washings hands from waitstaff goes on everywhere, and guess what, they don’t care how dirty their hands are. There’s always a huge risk when you eat out anywhere.
Cleanliness: Groomed waitstaff to dining room decor is easy to spot because it’s right in front of you, but it’s in the kitchen what you can’t see is were it can kill you.
There is a few spots in W.S. that I’ll never eat at in the Junction because it resembles that of toilet. They’re busy little spots and I guess people don’t care or don’t notice the groseness.
March 10, 2011 at 6:16 pm #719908
JoBParticipantwhile traveling i have had some of the best meals in little local storefronts that could really use a make-over…
which would have included getting rid of what looked like centuries of ground in grime in flooring and replacing the plumbing in bathrooms.
it isn’t what you see.. or can’t see… that counts…
it’s the food.
the kitchens of some of the most beautiful and prestigious restaurants would appall you if you got a good look.
March 10, 2011 at 7:27 pm #719909
cjboffoliParticipantJiggers: Kitchen Nightmares actually isn’t scripted. I think it is just edited in a way that makes it seems as though it is. It is astounding how many dilettantes are operating restaurants! And so much of what Ramsay illuminates for them is common sense. Still, I feel bad for some of these folks who put themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars (or more) into debt. As if they keep going things will miraculously change. It is almost like a gambler going deeper and deeper into debt chasing an illusive jackpot.
March 10, 2011 at 11:10 pm #719910
casabobaMemberAs stated earlier. Dirty restrooms = Restaurants with problems. GREAT Food Service is a “detail business.” You’ve GOT to get ALL of the details right ALL of the time.
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