They didn't need Ramsey to look like fools. They were doing quite well on their own. The woman doesn't know anything about food, that is clear. She considers herself to be a great culinarian but, to Ramsey's point, she's simply a deluded individual that thinks her absurd combinations are creative, and that her mental illness makes her a foodie..
The control freak running the front of the house is just as twisted. Insisting on placing all of the orders himself is just bizarre, but confiscating the tips is just plain crazy.
You don't need to know anything about restaurants or food to realize that this place is truly hell's kitchen. The only reason this place stays open is because the gangster keeps pouring his savings into it. The publicity they are getting will drive some increased traffic for a time. It's unfortunate that it won't make a difference.
Okay. Just a few points. Generally you’re right but:
You don’t have to know about food to run a successful restaurant. If that crazy burger truffle crap sells, it sells. She knows it.
Consider yourself a great foodie but can’t F’n make a decent marinara from scratch? Welcome to the restaurant business, you’re in the 99th percentile.
“Control freak?” “Independent restaurant owner?” Hello?
About the tip thing - was there any confirmation that that’s what actually happens there? There is tip SHARING but never confiscation. EVER.
EVER.
I maintain the producers just took that bit and stretched it - I hope they wind up with a lawsuit.
And you know what? You DO need to know something about restaurants to know how this sort of stuff isn’t actually that crazy. I’ve worked in a lot of them.
Frankly the stress a camera crew and this douchebag causes for the house warrants just about anything.
Which gets to my original point -
the posters on this thread who don’t know what’s REALLY happening here on the Gordon Ramsey Show are just not restaurant people.