Is the Burger Kitchen from Kitchen Nightmares Still Open Today?

[@crimsonknight7011]

The mother was the worst. When the chef made the redemption burger she wanted him to fail so she could blame their business failures on him. Then when Gordon said it was great she got upset and stormed out. That is never a good thing when you want your employees to fail.

[@joepermenter7228]

Stupid ass actors and actresses that know everything about everything including politics claimed the shitty burger by the owner was actually good. Pretty sure said shitty owner was an actor's manager. Also, unpretentious people that aren't from Hell A are usually perfect scapegoats for their bullshit.

[@RaynmanPlays]

"He just said it was good for the sake of the show! It's so fake!"

[@planescaped]

She was one of the biggest cretins the show spotlighted. And Kitchen Nightmares spotlighted a lot of cretins, lol.

[@hoziersexual]

I remember she gagged when she ate his burger and fell asleep when the yekp reviewers were talking.

[@Mehdss]

That "what is this strong taste that I’m tasting" line really baffled me at the time, still does to this day lmao

[@melonadegg]

the sad thing is that Alan died in 2020 and never paid back anything to his son or the fact that he didn't care to reconcile with him...

[@philosophicaltrucker9279]

rumor has it his son still visits his grave begging for him to let him put another shrimp on the barbie

[@melonadegg]

@@philosophicaltrucker9279 Bro got his sense of humour from his dead passed around the circle mother 💀

[@Khornecussion]

@@philosophicaltrucker9279 ( not the time 'n place, friend-o. )

[@MarijuanaGuy]

Good riddance

[@DaMaster012]

Look on the bright side; that's one less wretched, parasitic sphincter in the world.

[@Schizophrenie666]

imagine hiring a chef who can cook good food for your restaurant and then getting offended by that

[@primusvsunicron1]

so stupid

[@BlueHero45]

Gordon should have walked the moment they said he wasn't paid.

[@josemedina9623]

I couldn’t have said it better.

[@joeshittheragman6252]

The owners can't accept the fact that they are to blame for the restaurant failing

[@arcadion448]

@@BlueHero45 - he can't. He's bound by contract to be at the restaurant.

[@eternalmiasma5586]

Watching the chef make that redemption burger and Gordon saying it’s great in front of the family is my favorite part of kitchen nightmares. Ever.

[@L33tSkE3t]

Alan is literally the most oblivious person on planet Earth. He gives Chef Ramsay a book about how his dad mistreated him, completely unaware that he is doing the exact same thing to his own son. It’s infuriating

[@nataliescott2261]

Hope the son is ok can’t believe his dad stole his money and expects him to keep bailing them out while abusing him . Horrible people shouldn’t be in business

[@WillMuny]

He didnt steal the money. They have 4 kids, all four were given 250K when their granddad died. ALL were asked to INVEST, only one did. They also conned the show, this was an Acting job by them to sell a Book. But everyone hated them after this aired and the publishers pulled out. THAT is why the kid sue the dad for Breach of Contract. It is why the Chef lost it, he had no idea what was going on.

[@bethannesperring3482]

Alan died a few years ago

[@ASHole71]

Got a link to this?

[@CST1992]

@@WillMunyDaniel had warned his dad that they didn't know much about the restaurant business and not to go in it. But Alan didn't listen, and took his money anyway. When confronted about it, he said "I thought you'd like it". Despicable.

[@WillMuny]

@@CST1992 Everything on this show was a Lie, do you not get that? If someone leaves you money in a will, explain how ANYONE can take it without permission? Just explain it. I will say this again, and you can look it up, the kids sued the dad for Breach of Contract, it was dismissed. THAT alone should tell you this was a PLAN, a PARTNERSHIP. Also can you explain why he did not take the money from his 3 other kids? All of them got 250K from their grandad. The entire family(on this show) are liars and criminals. THAT is why the other 3 kids wanted nothing to do with this.

[@benchow8851]

If only customers can go: 'I'm paying for this burger with the spirit of paying you...'

[@Psyche721]

There's two crimes here. Not only did he steal the inheritance, but the father is withholding the profits from the son.

[@BC-dq9sh]

His dad was a Sydney gangster and his son has no idea whats even in a meat pie, disgraceful 😔

[@PG-kd9mc]

His dad was no gangster just a protected suck hole to his father Abe. Mummys boy

[@wmlau69]

Better check the freezer!

[@med6399]

Saffron’s father was an infamous Australian ‘crook’. Abe Saffron was a gangster of Kings Cross (Sydney, Australia) for many years! (As an Australian - no surprises that Alan stole from his own son……….) 😳😳😳 Well presented! Thank you!🎖🎖🎖😎😎😎😎

[@RealityTVRescues]

Is the King’s Cross area of Oz as scummy as the UK’s version? lol

[@marksuckaturd5098]

​@@RealityTVRescuesIt used to be

[@marksuckaturd5098]

Alan Saffron is the precess prototype for the modern day trust fund baby.

[@kiwibread101]

​@@marksuckaturd5098 if the trust fund was run by the mob lol

[@marksuckaturd5098]

Alot of seedy shit used to go down there. There's an area known as "The Wall" where all the drug addicted street kids would stand and get picked up my magistrates/judges, politicians and the every other form of upper-echelon scum would pick up their rentboys. Organised crime had a hand in glove relationship with it too. Porky's strip club had a downstairs basement section where the corrupt pigs in conjunction with the big wigs of the Cross to cater to these Masonic scum bags in power. Nevermind the fact that the King Cross drug squad actually allowed the trade to flourish so long as everyone stuck to a "no shootings in the Cross" policy they police themselves devised. It's still there. Just nowhere near as overtly.

[@austinsmith7731]

The fact Gordan actually read the book and threw it back in Alans face is just 👌

[@Torag55]

Imagine stealing money from your son. That's just really sad.

[@selim996]

Be sure that money that came from illegal/immoral ways ..will not bring any benefits to its owner .It will diseaper in a way or another

[@TomasUjhelyi]

Almost as bad as smoking crack

[@sovietonion72]

Appalling 😢

[@primusvsunicron1]

@@selim996the money was probably cursed

[@ngud_gaming267]

At least he didn’t kill him

[@sjc4]

I'm glad Daniel sued Alan. He absolutely deserved it.

[@SuperGringo71]

Chef David Blaine did his magical disappearing act. Lol

[@Paralyzer]

I wish I could disappear from here ! 😅

[@ZionKraze]

Funny, Alan dying of a heart attack. After watching him here, I didn't think he had one.

[@nickhartman6372]

The world and humanity lost absolutely nothing on that day.

[@LPdedicated]

Damn that's cold. I love it.

[@AnalyticalMenace]

Dark humour. I love it!😂

[@mrgennaro232]

His dad was notorious Australian gangster Abe Saffron. He was never going to turn out normal.

[@jackdaniel3345]

If I was Daniel i woulda filed a lawsuit against his dad. Jus because he's his dad does NOT mean he can legally take that money

[@zachsmith1676]

Daniel did sue Alan, not sure how that went though

[@shadenox8164]

Unfortunately there is a few ways parents can just take money from their kids like that.

[@judypedersen6556]

Aa an Australian I was embarassed and that was in no way shape or form an Australian meat pie

[@sovietonion72]

It looked more like a pastie

[@simonkevnorris]

A badly made pastie at that.

[@jedjen7473]

Abe Saffron's son would know a decent pie, it's not like that's what he would have been eating while growing up.

[@REYXAMA]

Thank you for making this! I was obsessed with this episode

[@abdelali9279]

Ah yes, the burger sculptor. This is one of the few episodes where the chef was in reality good and was being held back by the owners instead of just being delusional.

[@Mashfan6507]

At least David can take whatever Chef Ramsay taught him and bring to a new job

[@zachsmith1676]

I completely understood why David "blew up" in the arguement with Daniel... I'd blow up too if I'm getting yelled at to "do a better job" whilst I'm not even getting paid...

[@kingkat8080]

Jen is the ultimate Karen, just like Grace from Luigi's. Both her and Alan were just god awful people to me.

[@AlistairZands]

How can we forget the best part of the Redemption Burger? The owners tried it and tried to act like it tasted bad and say it was disgusting

[@bainsvain]

Dude was a conartist in australia, was a conartist in america lol. We didn't want him back.

[@treeliniusmaximus8412]

Yeah, but the Way-goo tho

[@bainsvain]

@@treeliniusmaximus8412 hahaha dude can't even speak aussie right.

[@ShawnMichaels232]

Ramsay has helped so many restaurants with this Kitchen Nightmares series, and it always just absolutely baffles me how many of them either totally blow him off or immediately revert back to their old ways. Even after Ramsay’s changes prove to be better than the old ways. It just amazes me how stubborn and bull-headed these people can be. And as someone who’s now spent a year in the restaurant business, it’s even more baffling. Because I feel like I have a decent enough understanding of the kinds of things that need to be done, especially in the kitchen, to provide good food to customers. And some of these people who own and operate restaurants don’t have a clue.

[@RealityTVRescues]

I think a lot of the failed ones who go back to their old ways took his criticism personally, and as such see it as an attack on them personally, rather than their business. As such they don't want to hold in their head the idea that what they did and who they are are failures... so they reject everything he did for them as a way of winning the war with their head and own identity

[@anthony._l7155]

they are literally braindead.

[@WarGhoulKharas]

He blew all the money, and died.

[@perochialjoe]

I remember seeing some people do deep dives into this guy and finding out that apparently he and his entire family (including his son's girlfriend) were more than likely lying about everything so they could get famous from the Kitchen Nightmares episode.

[@ThunderTHR]

If that's the case, than Daniel and his girlfriend are DAMN good actors.

[@patrickpascal1225]

Sounds like them trying to justify their actions

[@chcarroll5164]

Dude was an organized crime figure in his native Australia. Is it a surprise that he stole from his son? Why were they even allowed to immigrate?

[@joepermenter7228]

That guy's tears are faker than the tits on Hollywood Boulevard.

[@macanderson4322]

Source

[@Victory_Viking]

David deserved better

[@lordap330]

Most satisfying episode ever and funniest the head chef deserve to be working in a upscale restaurant

[@Fickets]

I feel bad for the son. Also, the gf gave off the same vibes as the mom. Freud would be proud.

[@DianaPrince777]

Yeah, the girlfriend got on my nerves.

[@user-gj1me4mf5c]

Yes, Wendy was awful! And already a big "Karen". What a gold digger.

[@DoodleThis]

I honestly cared more about the GF then Daniel. I can see him becoming JUST like his dad.

[@diemwing]

"Alan, you're repeating the cycle!" This was exactly my thought watching these episodes. I hope if David and Wendy do have kids, he's brlken the cycle.

[@krazyoldkatlady192]

I want all good things for Daniel! What his parents did to him was a disgrace!

[@Exidel]

Can probably guess that Alan's definitely being overcooked where he is now.

[@Doer231]

Wasn’t this guy called the meat sculptor or something

[@nickhartman6372]

Self titled 😂

[@brandonlink7471]

I’ve eaten meat all my life, so I’m qualified to open and run a restaurant.

[@AnthonyDoesYT]

perfect video as i'm taking a lunch break!

[@RealityTVRescues]

Enjoy!

[@FallenAngel53]

Word to the wise If it’s frozen and defrosted it tastes frozen and defrosted - even in a Michelin starred restaurant it would taste frozen then defrosted ( I don’t think Michelin starred restaurants do it)

[@crimsonmaelstrom573]

Trust me: they don’t. Michelin starred restaurants have much higher standards. They only use the freshest ingredients possible

[@shadenox8164]

Right, doesn't matter how good the quality was before you froze it. It's going to end up about the same after you defrost it.

[@FallenAngel53]

1:30 what did he do with his own $250K his mob boss Dad left him???

[@FireRising86]

For some reason, I love eating burgers and watching this episode

[@PhoenixNoKiseki]

As an Australian, I don’t know what the fuck was going on with that ‘pie’. It doesn’t look like any pie I’ve ever had. It looked my like a pastie, meat and veggies wrapped in pastry.

[@shadenox8164]

And not a very good one.

[@GhostBusters-wb4un]

At least he lived long enough to get a wake up call so his son could learn to love him. Now his legacy is a father that needed help breaking the chains.

[@NewFalconerRecords]

Why do so many people on Kitchen Nightmares/Hotel Hell have so much trouble making a basic hamburger that tastes nice? It is not that difficult. I can make a killer burger any day of the week. Anyway, Alan Saffron's father was an evil, evil man. It's a sad family story here. There are no real winners.

[@RealityTVRescues]

Very good question! It’s simple. I agree with you give me some fresh ground meat and a flat top and I’m good to go

[@nickhartman6372]

Because it's an ego thing for most of these people. Very few of them seem truly passionate about cooking. Kind of like the kid who strives to be a rockstar for the popularity rather than for the sake of making amazing music to bring joy to people.

[@jmrizk]

It was only when I watched the Luna Park documentary when I realised the connected between Alan and Abe. Crazy!

[@NewFalconerRecords]

Pure evil. Abe Saffron was just that.

[@jordanroy233]

The a burger Kitchen and Saw is the most random crossover I could imagine

[@samikalastaja]

3:33 - what! Did I hear that right? How much? Insane!

[@yukiminsan]

the most heinous, awful owners in the whole series

[@DoodleThis]

I honestly can’t tell who is worse, these people or the couple from Amy’s Baking Company

[@markfuston2714]

I hope Daniel, Wendy, and David all ended up having good lives..was so sad watching the episode. Honestly I think the best thing for the restaurant would've been if the parents just completely stopped working there, and just stay as part owners and get a cut of the profits. Would have been better for everyone involved imo.

[@larryfinke6133]

The parents sealed the doom of that establishment.

[@simonkevnorris]

That wasn't an Australian Meat pie - it looked more like a pastie.

[@samanthahardy9903]

A very soggy pasty.😂

[@simonkevnorris]

@@samanthahardy9903 Yes, and not like any pasty that I had ever seen either - I think the ones we got were a mixture of greyish meat and potato.

[@nickhartman6372]

Its an insult to call that thing a pasty. Pastys actually look and taste good.

[@themotorcyclemasswhole]

Don’t forget and *DON’T FORGIVE* without a penance equal to the sin.

[@FireRising86]

What is this? Old Testament? An eye for an eye?

[@themotorcyclemasswhole]

@@FireRising86 An apology without good works is as empty as the space between the stars

[@Smeaglehasabeard]

@@FireRising86 an eye for a eye dosent mean you cant punish someone, a eye for a eye means the punishment must fit the crime ( the eye for a eye was directed towards jewish courts who were not giving out proper punishments).

[@eluberimabib4070]

Ah yeah, the "meat sculptor"

[@nickhartman6372]

😂🤣😂 immediately knew that guy was full of it when he said that.

[@nigelrequiem]

That old Harridan Jen was the problem not the cook!

[@whowantsabighug]

I would've loved a full series around Alan, he was so clueless he seemed like a fictional character.

[@RealityTVRescues]

I guess you could always read his book for more of his content

[@FireRising86]

@@RealityTVRescuesRather scoop out my eyes with an ice cream spoon, but thanks 😂

[@magking1971]

They should have arrested the son for the crappy hat

[@sharambitemori5157]

he was wearing the hat cus he lost all his hair out of stress what

[@nomdechien3038]

It was popular at the time😅

[@andrewattenboroughtwothumb4697]

once you find out more about the past of Alan saffron and his family and mob connections sad it closed after 2014

[@guitarhausdoesntknowwhatac3285]

I can't imagine the balls it takes to charge someone like 40 bucks for a frozen patty. But then again this is a guy who stole his son's inheritance to start a buisness he didn't know jack shit about.

[@Paralyzer]

Alan saffron passed away in 2018

[@JT-ih2rx]

I swear i saw on another video the chef david is a head chef at a restaurant somewhere and hes doing well.

[@dcanmore]

yes, he moved on, I think he went to Vegas after Kitchen Nightmares.

[@MaliceInCandyland]

You should remake this video and talk about the mob stuff. I love your deep dives.

[@RealityTVRescues]

That’s a good idea. I would have to buy his book and read it as prep so it might take awhile.

[@DuckAvenger]

working on the sprit of getting paid?!

[@MRWhoreoscope]

If I was told that I would be violently enraged.

[@DoodleThis]

So an internship?

[@JamesLintonwriter]

I firmly believe that in a different like David and Danny would have worked well together but the sheer craziness and toxicity of Allan and Gen pushed both of them over the edge.

[@wwe682]

You know of all the episodes of Kitchen Nightmares and there has been some very stubborn owners but oh my Lord these owners here are the most scummiest

[@fiercingdragon]

This is hands down one of the worst and frustrating episodes that I have ever watched without a doubt. Talk about a family shouting at each other. Well the place is no more as of today.

[@zachsmith1676]

Alan's "Burger" is more akin to salsbury steak than an actual burger, at least in my mind... What the chef brings out, is what I'd call a burger, and damn did I want to try it when I watch this episode...

[@desdicadoric]

This was ridiculous. Imagine stealing from your child

[@Xplasma1]

The mother was the worst, but the father wasn't far behind. You can't make a diagnosis of Narcissistic Personality Disorder from just seeing somebody on TV, but I saw enough that I'd be comfortable betting money on such a diagnosis. Both the mother and the father, flagrant narcissists, who feed off each other. The mother especially loves playing the role of the victim. "My heart hurt!" *Everybody in that room knew she was lying,* Gordon knew she was lying, but also knew that you don't dare call out an old woman who says her heart hurts. So he danced around it as best as he could. Then of course she didn't like the redemption burger, because she had made up her mind not to like it beforehand. Again, everybody in that room knew it, but because she's an old woman, they didn't dare call her out on it as hard as they should have. Other signs of narcissism are stealing from your son to finance your restaurant, then ignoring him. That's the dead giveaway for me that both parents are narcissists. To them, Daniel still has to be a little boy, who they can just walk all over, otherwise their world just cannot function. If you have people like this in your life, cut them out of your life, because if you do not, they will bleed you dry, emotionally, financially, whatever they can get out of you, and it will always be somebody else's fault. They can never be at fault, or else their psychological house of cards collapses.

[@trickstabber8117]

The son is definitely a redditor.

[@zlinedavid]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nickhartman6372]

Reddit personified 🤣

[@Xylarxcode]

Let's not pretend like any of us are surprised this place didn't make it. They were well beyond help long before Gordon arrived. They had issues stacked on top of issues that ran so deep, it'd give the Mariana Trench a run for its money. The father was inherently deceitful, arrogant and just a downright nasty piece of work and the mother wasn't much better. When the episode tells you they took a few hundred thousand dollars from their own son, their own flesh and blood, without his consent, you know this is place is fucked beyond repair. They were never gonna make it. They would be looking at years of intensive therapy to even get close to making it and I didn't see that happening either. More likely they parted ways on a very sour note and are living separate lives. A shared business between them, no matter what kind of business it was, was always doomed to go under.

[@Alioxyfree]

Hollywood couldn’t have written a better saga mater of fact someone should write aKitchen Nightmares Broadway Play Starring Dennis Quaid as Gordon Ramsay I’d pay to see that.

[@DefiantHeart]

I just like to imagine the chef is the David Blaine from those old KZbin shorts.

[@tanyalalaby937]

The thought of forgiving that father is absurd I would I have done everything in my power to get my money back and then some like fathers are never meant to take from their children (unless their child stole from them)

[@doctorbjones2283]

The worst part of this episode was how they kept pronouncing wagyu as 'way-goo.'

[@rosenrot234]

Oh the y sound is included? Cool I did not know that.

[@brandonlink7471]

And Alan claims he’s a “meat expert.” 😂

[@DoodleThis]

This was probably the only time I ever watched an episode WANTING the business to not be saved (other then Amy’s Baking Company). That family is HORRIBLE, especially the mother

[@tonyrogers8132]

All I can think about when watching this episode is Allen’s sticky ass breath.

[@Markell1991]

I love Daniel's and his girlfriend's matching fedoras. I bet they moderate Reddit.

[@Dude-etiquette]

There are so many needy people that deserve Ramsays help, but ratings dictate that drama trumps need so we get episodes like this

[@neilsunn]

The Dad is no owner until his son is repaid.

[@Javasboi]

I had no idea he was the son of a mob boss, thats insane!!!

[@ruarimacallister1]

His son gets THAT ACCENT after just arriving from Australia?

[@MadiW2000]

Crazy how he was right about the wagyu though

[@stoagymahalo5268]

Fact Daniel's Girlfriend overreacted to everything, made it tough to take her side EVEN though she was right

[@MrJohnprouzos]

Theia... in greek means aunty.. 😊😊

[@buddhidev7877]

The parents were bad, always thought they're better when they robbed money and future from their son.

[@trevorslinkard31]

Chef David gets a ton of hate, and yeah he didn’t mince words, but then again if you don’t pay your employees, you have nothing to buy their respect.

[@SithLordRue]

"The spirit of getting paid"

[@jedjen7473]

Alan's father was a MASSIVE criminal and hes not far behind

[@007Spadge]

Wendy is an angel.

[@quinnnewman9538]

I feel so bad for the son

[@Selatomyr]

An interesting TRIO. The parents had no sense of TASTE… bland food tasted GREAT… to them. Daniel is then forced into a business he never wanted. Such diabolical dysfunction! …and CHEF DAVID, a rare talented chef… who escapes this nightmare by QUITTING😂

[@Pen_Slinger]

It looks like Wendy's stardom saved Daniel from his parents idiocy. David's little outburst to Daniel though might've hurt his chances at find work elsewhere, but with how uniform opinions are against Alan and his wife he probably did someone willing to give him work.

[@tanmaytikle8521]

Jen? Jen? Jen? Jen? NINOOOOOOOHHHHH

[@galocnai.3672]

Let me say this right now. If you already have plans for your child, you are already doomed as a parent.

[@Toddpeekence]

"But did Alan and Gen really let sontheir work in peace?" ...I'm sorry, what?

[@controloz3310]

Alan gave australia a bad name. Kitchen nightmare was and is very popular here. That was not an Australian meat pie. At all!

[@NewFalconerRecords]

What's the best Aussie meat pie you've ever had? Mine was at a bakery in Collingwood (Victoria) called "Mag-Pies". I used to stay out all night clubbing and stumble home at about 7 in the morning and they'd just be opening up. I would have the first pies that they'd baked that morning straight out of the oven. Pure pie heaven!

[@MrThesmoothone]

All I remember from this is how lucky the son was there was cameras rolling, the chef showed great restraint to not kick that kids ass all over that kitchen

[@bivinhtin]

"The Legend of the Dog-Faced Woman" - Homer Simpson

[@lucynyu333]

Is Gordon wearing his shirt inside out 2:48?

[@Thinkythinkerton]

It was the mom. She’s one of those ignorant people who makes facial expressions and says things under her breath, thinking she’s being coy or smart, or even subtle… but she’s so pedestrian that it’s like see-through

[@A-saysitasitis]

Deeply unfortunate - you get the ultimate formula for success and blow it all away. The human mind is complicated, truly is.

[@RealityTVRescues]

complexity bias is just the start!

[@lolabelle4959]

Jennifer should've been renamed Karen!!!

[@Anna_Czar_nas]

Gen was one of the worst females in kitchen nightmares but not bad enough to keep up with Amy

[@noworries6350]

Alan escaped from the mafia world he inherited from his dad "The Sin"..but still mnaed to save those evil genetic traits within him.

[@rabarbar.96]

Blablabla

[@Beardo2517]

Hey I love Eric Greenspan on GGG