Posted on 09/28/2010 4:07:10 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
A New Jersey restaurateur once featured on Gordon Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares" -- and told by the TV chef that his debt-ridden eatery was "about to swim down the Hudson" -- was eerily found floating in the river after jumping off the George Washington Bridge.
Joseph Cerniglia, the 39-year-old owner of Campania in Fair Lawn, is the second chef to commit suicide after appearing on one of Ramsay's high-heat, reality-cooking series.
Cerniglia -- once the executive chef at Manhattan's famed Gallagher's Steak House -- had been deeply in debt when his Italian eatery was featured in the first season of "Kitchen Nightmares" in 2007.
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Sad.
About ten people jump off that magnificent bridge to their deaths every year.
Obviously not a winner.
The Fox headline should specify THREE YEARS after the Ramsay show.
I have seen that show, although don’t know if I saw this guy - it’s like not being able to look away from a car wreck...
Who was the other chef?
AGree, that is a terrible misleading headline.
There is no excuse for bad food.
An Italian restaurant owner - in debt - in New Jersey
did he jump or was he pushed?
One of his Brit chefs. Whether it was suicide was not determined in the article I read dated 2007.
I’m sorry to say, that maybe you have hit on the real truth. Doubt very much, that someone would jump from debt....That solves nothing...
RAmsay himself is said to be deeply in debt...
How does Ramsay, with numerous TeeVee shows, end up in debt? Does he live too large or is it from his restaurants?
I believe his debt comes from a couple restaurants that weren’t very successful.
My question is why on earth does a Brit have a show criticizing others on cooking?
Only for tax purposes.
LLS
But in the Chi metro area the owners don't off themselves when things go rotten (pun intended). 'Typically' their problem is *solved* by a Kitchen Fire that starts in a grease duct at 2:00 am.
It's called, 'Greek Lightening'.
Yes, a good portion of the better restaurant/lounges are owned by Greeks in the Chi Metro area.
What did Chef Ramsay know and when did he know it?
Ramsey suffered from economic downturn as all did. His upscale restaurants lost $$ when everyone tightened their belts. Not sure how he is doing now...
He admitted this during an interview.
“My question is why on earth does a Brit have a show criticizing others on cooking?”
LOL! I’ve been trying to figure that one out for years.
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