Did Kitchen Nightmares ACTUALLY Help Restaurants??

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[@stuntmonkey00]

The UK version of Kitchen Nightmares was vastly superior to the American version. The US version they picked the most incompetent drama-fueled restaurants that made for good TV, and then gave them a free make-over after 40 minutes of Gordon screaming at them. The UK version was actually about fixing a strugglnig business and felt like a weekly documentary rather than a realty-TV circus. Gordon spent far more time on screen talking with the owners and staff in depth about actual business and person-improvement aspects, but as the boys point out, the owners were pretty bad to begin with so they never had great chances to succeed. Best UK episode was the original Momma Cherri's from UK season 2; that was like the very best example of what the show could be about, and to my memory, is the only time Gordon ever said he liked all of the restaurant's food from the get go.

[@EthenkRowan]

But drama is way more entertaining than fixing restaurants

[@JR-zi9vj]

And mommas cherris closed as well if i remember

[@ohredhk]

@@EthenkRowan I for one find the UK version, which has far less drama, more entertaining.

[@stuntmonkey00]

@@EthenkRowan The UK version is much more engrossing and immersive. The US version you have to suspend disbelief really hard because American producers never want to overestimate the intelligence of their viewers.

[@alexdrockhound9497]

restaurant impossible was better than the US version too

[@chikasnotmadjustdisappoint6266]

Correct me if I'm wrong, out of all the restaurants featured on Kitchen Nighmares, both the US and UK versions, only about 20% are still opened till this day.

[@Dragonite43]

To be fair, It wouldn't surprise me if many were doomed well before Gordon Ramsey came into the picture. The people who contact Ramsey are ones who are already down on their luck. It is possible that they waited way too late for him to make a difference.

[@ronaldvexdian2182]

@@Dragonite43 It could also be that people just went back into their old ways once Gordon left. There are probably more than a handful of people who changed everything back to normal after the show ended. Though I’ve never seen the series to I could be very wrong m.

[@tantheman0921]

Yeah I watched one UK episode that literally BLAMES Gordon for trying to help them. It's the Bonepart's episode with the chef giving Gordon a rancid scallop.

[@duskthegamer4129]

@@ronaldvexdian2182 ive heard most of them went back to their old habits.

[@adisonsmith2633]

Yeah, but to be fair it would be 0 if he didn't come. Also covid took out a lot of these restaurants as well.

[@hop-skip-ouch8798]

Kitchen nightmares also renovated their restaurants. So, for a lot of failing restaurants, it was an opportunity to get their places fixed and sell them shortly after.

[@swaroopajit]

The restaurants apparently had to pay a pretty penny for those renovations after the filming, and a lot of times they don't pay, cos you know, failing business, not enough money, all that jazz.

[@ektran4205]

@@swaroopajit GORDON RAMSEY only helps the kitchen and line cooks

[@nateroo1486]

I mean granted, the average of successful restaurants to closed down ones that have been on Kitchen Nightmares is higher than the national average. Only by a little, but considering those restaurants tend to be in worse positions than most with debt and reputation issues, so I think Kitchen Nightmares was overall a helpful thing. Plus I just like the show so :P

[@thefrenchbastard1646]

lol gordon is literaly that british tourist at a chinese restaurant that complains they don't serve fish and chips^^

[@TheOnlyMonroni]

​@@thefrenchbastard1646 whatever

[@Erebi05]

Unfortunately, it is a sad truth. It’s either because the restaurants just go back to their usual ways or their debts were too high to continue running.

[@kolbayada4938]

Some restaurants don't even bother trying to continue. They just sell all of the new stuff to cover debt

[@iseeyounoobs]

To be fair, MOST privately owned restaurants don't last very long.

[@backtoklondike]

Yeah. If you look at Michelin started restaurants 10 years ago, most of them are closed today. Because even with the success they have, their cooking or service methods aren't sustainable in the long run, or they struggled financially due to other circumstances and so on. Even Gordon had restaurants closed and he brings them up often in the UK version of KM.

[@Lickicker]

Ya in my hometown theres 2 local restaurants that have had atleast 5 owners each. The only one that really stuck was a mexican place thats been there for atleast 3 years now

[@LizzieBeezie]

The story behind Kitchen Nightmares is that around 80% of the restaurants were already on the way to being closed. They submit their name and background story and such to the producers which then go through the list to see which one has the most chances to make it big on TV. The ones you see that are still opened till today, a small amount, are the ones that were actually already doing well. Just a show which my ex was working on at the time.

[@zahra9890]

then why do these restaurant owners sign up? do they genuinely think gordon will help them start back up or do they just want the fame?

[@LizzieBeezie]

@@zahra9890 Money but mostly fame, in hopes the latter will help them on their new path. Making yourself known to potential investors and such since they can boast of having worked with Gordon's team and such.

[@zahra9890]

@@LizzieBeezie ooh okay that's interesting, sadly I think they only got negative fame out of it

[@ddwkc]

@@zahra9890 Most seem desperate and being bad business owners, making dubious decisions is on brand to most of them. The rest probably just wanna sell the failing restaurant with a higher mark up and get some publicity to do so.

[@aaerondight5163]

@@zahra9890 im sure those who are genuinely in it for their restaurant and have actually continued to stay open after kitchen nightmares show otherwise. That soul food restaurant in britain comes to mind.

[@VenganceAngel19]

As a person who had a Kitchen Nightmare phase, I drove to where the Amy Bakeshop was located. Im pretty sure its a flower shop now (it was also a nice location, it had a movie theater, boba shop, and seafood taco shop)

[@skullcandy14785]

It's Scottsdale, a high income place, which brings the sus of how they afford it.

[@Doge-bz3vj]

Iirc the husband was arrested or deported(or both), might be from other story idk

[@amandasharkey5956]

It's actually a kid's art studio now! My sister used to work there and joked with the owner that the remodel cost so much because they had to exorcise the spirt of Gordon Ramsey lmao

[@grahamkristensen9301]

Apparently both Amy and Samy had criminal records before opening the restaurant, so make of that what you will.

[@julesk3816]

i know that a lot of reality tv is actually pretty dark or disturbing when you stop to think about it a little bit, but holy shit, that Japanese one is the actual definition of torture

[@johnprager662]

I've been to Pantaleone's a few times and got to meet the owner Pete once. It seemed like the biggest benefit of the show was getting new kitchen equipment and a revamped dining room, because the furniture was a lot more modern than most pizza places. Plus Pete was really funny and told stories about Gordon

[@sejembalm]

Years ago, I heard of a restaurant owner was asking his friend's help on how to improve his failing restaurant before he loses all his money, the bank loans run out and he goes bankrupt. His friend had saved all the episodes of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (UK and US) that had been aired on KZbin (along with episodes of Bar Rescue) and he gave these 40-minute videos to his desperate restaurateur friend to watch. Chef Gordon Ramsay may be abrasive, strict and profane, but he knows how to cook and run successful restaurants. His restaurants have been awarded 16 Michelin stars in total and currently hold a total of seven. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, has held three Michelin stars since 2001 (quite some feat!). Gordon's lessons for successful restaurants are pretty basic, though. Cleanliness in the restaurant, kitchen and food are a must. A good chef must be passionate about cooking, serving the best food consistently that he/she can. The chef and staff must have the drive and discipline to fight against lazy habits (which will kill a restaurant). A good restaurant owner/manager must be attentive throughout every service to make sure everything is running smooth and staff is not robbing the place blind. The chef and staff should be always interested in learning more of their craft to improve their knowledge, techniques and skills. Use fresh, locally-sourced ingredients and make sure they are organized and well labeled in the refrigerators and used or thrown away before becoming old and spoiled (don't kill your clientele with spoiled food!). Serve a small menu of good food so you do not have to keep and prep a wide variety of ingredients. Keep your prices as low as you can to attract customers. Having good signage on the restaurant is important along with advertising and going out to the public to distribute free samples to show how good your cooking is. And focus everything to the happiness of your customers. Around 60 percent of new restaurants fail within the first year. And nearly 80 percent shutter before their fifth anniversary. Often, the No. 1 reason is simply location - and the general lack of self-awareness that you have no business actually being in that location. www.cnbc.com/2016/01/20/heres-the-real-reason-why-most-restaurants-fail.html Top 7 Reasons why Restaurants Fail within the 1st Year of Operations kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5Cmm5xtfammpsU Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares UK uncensored episodes: kzbin.info/door/UZzyuAlhHNP3oiuMjn7RfQ Kitchen Nightmares US uncensored episodes: kzbin.info/door/ttMm3hHlDSqXGYmp7tqrEA Gordon Ramsay's Top 10 Rules For Success (@GordonRamsay) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaeuY3SPaLJ3rJI

[@notatrollzorz]

I always have to assume any 'new' owners opening a restaurant don't have the right procedures and practices in place. I think it was in The E-Myth Revisited, but it explains that Franchises are so great because you have a book with all of these ironed out. If you're starting a brand new restaurant and learning how to fix problems on the fly all the time, combined with forgetting important things in the background, you're going to get overwhelmed and fail. Gordon definitely shows in these shows about how important it is to have a method to a kitchens madness. Who has what responsibilities (so everything gets done), how to do things (try and be efficient and simple), and so on. You see some restaurants try and overcomplicate things in these shows. The only complicated thing Gordon does is try and source things locally and not cook frozen packaged food. But that's important to make your food stand out. Why do we see restaurant franchises last so much longer? Everything is already ironed out. Sourcing ingredients, training new employees, how to run the kitchen, front of house. What POS system to use, how to clean between nights with deep cleaning required overnight as well. That's why 'most' franchises can still seem like a well run machine.

[@sejembalm]

@@notatrollzorz I have heard from some restaurant owners how vital it is to have the experience to build up to running your own restaurant. First working in restaurants, then running a franchise restaurant, and building up the money and experience to owning a restaurant of their vision. It's tough and that's why the failure rate is so high in new restaurants.

[@2dcreative94]

That's the only comment I would describe with the word "quality". With sources and everything? Bravo!

[@Multimanplayer]

I remember this chapter of kitchen nightmares (don't know if it was UK or US) where the restaurant was doomed, literally the ep ended with the restaurant being shut down BUT, there was a chef in there that Gordon saw and said that she had great potential and talent, in the end he hired her and put her in one of his restaurants, one of the best episodes I've seen

[@prrocker9637]

As someone who liked kitchen nightmares both versions most of the time the restaurants already had both feet in the grave and just had a few weeks left until they shut down the US ver is Def just played up for TV and drama but the UK ver felt very grounded that said I liked both versions for different reasons it's just a shame to see that most of them are closed for better or worse

[@OdessaPNG]

Most of them returned back to their old ways after a few months

[@TheDriftingspliff420]

He be loosening profit if that the case. Because dones up building for them I think wait into old owner fucks off then buy them out or something.

[@the8bitclicker_193]

I'm pretty sure I saw Gordon himself saying that he stopped the series because it wasn't even helping anyone and did Hotel Hell instead

[@AzhreiVep]

That, and he was getting absolutely _wrecked_ by the disastrously undercooked or otherwise dangerously unhealthy food he would spend a couple months of every year sampling back to back to back.

[@cman8995]

12:08 For Nasubi situation (he's Nasubi, not Nobu), he got food from producers until his food winning started to pick up, he also got a regular mental+physical check up from the doctor to make sure he wasn't starving himself to death.

[@FrinkZz]

This reminds me when people found out that almost all the cars that got featured on Pimp My Ride were never actually fixed mechanically and all the over-the-top features they added actually made the cars even worse. Majority of the time they were either sold off or scraped entirely a few years after filming.

[@amaizeing.dumbass5123]

Also, many of the features installed on those vehicles were either very inpractical, didn't work or just outright illegal under US law

[@boisvert45]

The fact that 100% of the season 2 restaurants closed is almost incredible in a sense

[@AzraelofDeath]

Including comments about owners reverting to their old ways, I wouldn't put it past them shuttering because of the bubble burst back in 2008.

[@vichaivue2581]

The best kitchen nightmare one would be Hotel Chester, which is supposedly still open and run by the same owners

[@grahamkristensen9301]

Whenever people bring up how many of the restaurants on Kitchen Nightmares shut down, I feel like there needs to be an asterisk next to it. Sure, many of them failed due to bad ownership, but most of those places were already in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy, something that can't be fixed by a makeover and a pep talk. I know there were a couple that actually became pretty successful after the show but they still closed due to COVID.

[@AzhreiVep]

Yeah, the Covid thing is one I was wondering about. Sure, a bunch of them shut down because they keep sucking, or the improvements just aren't enough to keep them running, but how many shut down between 2020-2022? Because anything closed during that time probably has more to do with the whole world getting fucked up the ass than anything else.

[@technetium9653]

I believe having Gordon be there must drastically increase the turnout of people and having a camera crew the customers become so snobby for a chance of 10 seconds of fame

[@acturusgarcia6027]

I saw a documentary about that Japanese dude, and if I remember correctly he was livestreamed without consent? He thought it will be edited into a show, and not live. I believe the second apartment was also without his consent because the producers saw how much money and views they got.

[@cernanwinterfox85]

ppl pointing out the closure rate dont understand, only 70%of all restraunts close in the first 3 years. raises to 90 over 10 years. Its a very hard business with super slim profit margins.

[@TheCreepypro]

when I was a kid we were always told everything on tv is fake and now that I am older it never ceases to amaze me how many people often forget that or if your young that don't know at all

[@TheNightofWalpurgis666]

The restaurant of the twins continued on for 10 years after their episode aired (one of the best US Kitchen Nightmares episodes). They retired back in 2019 or so and sold the restaurant.

[@PopeDuwang]

The issue with these restaurants is that they didn’t have Nino there to make them Perfect.

[@Burdrann]

I was more into bar rescue (basically kitchen nightmares but for bars instead of restaurants) and from what i remember they had some decent results. then again, while not showing it, they would make a point to mention that just like they provide training to the cooks/bartenders they also train the owners on the business side of things. from what i remember from the episodes where they revisit bars that they've gone to the majority of the failures were by those that disregarded everything that they learned and reverted back to how they were (often times even getting rid of the new theme of the bar)

[@akunokami1290]

Some also realized after they fixed it that they really didn’t want to run a restaurant. And then sold it

[@tylerensminger]

What Connor said about the amount of interaction Gordon has with the staff is probably accurate given he had a sequel show of sorts to kitchen nightmares in the US where he did it all in 24 hours

[@omalleycaboose5937]

as bad as the shows could be sometimes they were worth it for him helping that one old couple in a college town.

[@zombomb1900]

Yeah the chester hotel

[@Tamaki742]

And that hotel that allows dogs in. Edit : Spoke too soon, it closed bc the owner sold it off after he got a heart attack.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

@@Tamaki742 well quite a few places actually did thrive after but closed for other reasons and not really Ramsay or the owner's fault. There has been a lot of time passed for some so its important to see the reason they closed.

[@benfisher6978]

The fact that he walks off into the sunset at the end of every episode too

[@MrEagleflying]

The average restaurant last less than 4.5 years. Now figure the chains that support their restaurant to survive, so Mom and Pops tend to die in less than 18 months.

[@LukeJukeDuke]

Most of the restaurants in the show, well, most of the owners of those restaurants gave up because they couldn't keep up the store after the backlash they had for the poor conditions of the place. Another anyone remember the karen chick who had an Italian husband? They closed down their restaurant and the chick opened a new business which was pastries, she was more Passionate on pastries than on a full on restaurant. Now her business is going steady and her and her husband's livelihood had been steady since then. I might try and find the video of them both with their new pastry shop. Edit: their names are amy and samy. And their restaurant was a baking Company, their new business is strictly pastries. I might add this to not have some confusion to my comment.

[@tantheman0921]

Yeah I'm on season 1 of Kitchen Nightmares US and I've been enjoying. 😄 Although some owners were insane. Like, Sebastian who complains about his menu being changed and Peter yelling at a debt collector. 🤦

[@CapriciousCobra]

Gabi Belle did a trilogy on Gordon Ramsey's shows. She mentioned how these restaurants failing had a lot of things contributing. Recessions, bad management, they didn't teach the chefs how to make the improved menu, the publicity that might come from the show wouldn't happen until a year after the episode was filmed and it's already folded, so on.

[@CatsMeowPaw]

The restaurants participating in the first season of Kitchen Nightmares have an excuse that they didn't know what they were in for, but surely every restaurant from S2 onward knew exactly what would happen? I guess the money and free renovation was worth the utter humiliation.

[@theunprofessional5359]

Kitchen NIghtmares actually came to my hometown (Calumet Inn, Pipestone Minnesota). It's staged as FUCK! And yeah, it over the course of about three days. Don't get me wrong, the Calumet sucked, still sucks (unless you enjoy grease and salt), but it didn't exactly turn things around. It's a restaurant that tries to be high class in a small town of around 3500 pop.

[@McFazzer]

It’s the best situation for Gordon. If the restaurant succeeds? Well it’s all thanks to Gordon. If it fails? Well he gave them every opportunity to succeed, what else could he have done?

[@advkow]

I mean...you're also checking after COVID which closed tons of non chain businesses. So this isn't super fair.

[@ohredhk]

The number has always been that low back from the early 2000 when the show first air in UK. It has nothing to do with COVID.

[@Tamaki742]

Most of the businesses also called in when they're already in a lot of debt that even if they managed to succeed in getting customers debt, financially they're beyond repair.

[@khoiphan7744]

To be fair, you shouldn't really trust any kind of "reality tv." Also people who go on Kitchen Nightmares- Did the producers (or owners) not think about the hate they'd get? That could end up permanently closing the places.

[@gateauxq4604]

For anyone interested the show is Susunu! Denpa Shonen and he was nicknamed Nasubi which is Japanese for ‘eggplant’. Kind of a short leap from the name to why they called a naked dude nasubi. 🤦‍♂️

[@feedzuh]

and speaking of nasubi, it's kinda odd seeing him as a side character in Kamen Rider W (if anyone watched it, he was Watcherman, one of Fuuto Irregulars) knowing that history

[@marcorodriguez8792]

Holy shit Joey looks so evil in the thumbnail. He was the villain the whole time

[@Sai4651]

In Kitchen Nightmares USA, there were 77 total restaurants that Gordon visited, only 15 of them stayed open as of 2023. Only 21% of the restaurants are still open to this day. Season Success Rate Season 1 0% Season 2 0% Season 3 18% Season 4 17% Season 5 29% Season 6 38% Season 7 33% *information from Reality TV Updates

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

It would be nice to see the average or median amount of years they stayed open. Very few establishment of any kind could survive 17 years so its not a fair judgement of success. It is evident that later seasons has higher success rate for this reason since they are more recent.

[@realkingofantarctica]

Why does Joey look like he's up to some dastardly shenanigans in the thumbnail?

[@bruh-pb5kr]

Maybe the kitchen nightmares were all the nightmares we made all along

[@KenBladehart]

There are KZbin channels out there actually dig up, research and verify these restaurants Most of them closed down, if not survived a bit until Covid 19 hits

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

well covid killed of plenty that wasn't struggling let alone those that did or were.

[@theotherjared9824]

Most people have this weird idea about shows like kitchen nightmares in that Gordon Ramsay is supposed to swoop in and save the day, and it's his fault if the restaurant fails later. That's not at all the reality of the situation. The show crew lays the foundation and teach the staff how to succeed, but it's up to the staff to follow through and actually turn everything around. Contacting the show in the first place is a sign of desperation and some restaurants are clearly doomed to fail, and the fault is entirely on management.

[@godqueensadie]

Pretty sure the usual numbers are like only 50% of new restaurants make it through the first year, and only 15% make it to 10. The restaurants on KN were already failing.

[@heyikindalikeyou5899]

For me it's yes and no A few restaurants are still open today thanks to Gordon. However that would mean many had shut down to their debt or simply , it was already closed before the show aired. Some went back to their old ways of running the place and some simply wanted out. There are also few restaurants that blame Gordon for changing the type of food they are serving to the locals.

[@Sohailali1]

It's true they are closed. BUT most restaurant lifespan is short anyways so you have to keep that in mind.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

yea, it would be interesting to see a comparison between the median years after the show. The first episodes are like 17 years ago so they have to be some really well ran business to last with a dedicated owner that didn't just retire.

[@hazel7296]

Love Atrocity Guide getting a shout out. Incredible channel

[@swaroopajit]

The real title of this video should be 'Producers make us uncomfortable'

[@ebayrose]

Most of the times it didn't save the business but it did give it enough remodeling that they were able to sell and get out of the red. Between that and being paid to be on the show, the owners and staff benefitted overall.

[@mobilesuitjesse]

Where's da lamb sauce?

[@Jamesmovingcastle]

Then US version wanted big drama so they probably picked restaurants that were too far gone for good TV whereas the UK version restaurants I would presume probably would have a better chance long run

[@loleo123]

Funny how they didn't bring up the cheering crowd when no one that's on screen is actually cheering

[@Farmingdaneo]

I went to the pizza place in Denver that was on Kitchen Nightmares right before covid hit. It was good and the owner was really nice. Hopefully it stayed afloat

[@Proud_Sex_Dungeon_Owner]

Only 12 out of all restaurants are still open with the original owners.

[@himihoe]

Pretty sure quite a lot of those restaurants had to close down due to the owners being in too much debt

[@mmcoolprincess3553]

It’s so ironic cus I actually just restarted watching it again

[@L0V3RB0Y21]

We've also got to take into account the restaurants that were open before 2020. Any restaurant that was still open before 2020 I would consider a success.

[@leonardozhang]

Entertaining show but yeah of course, it's going to take more than a week to make a restaurant profitable. It was weird to me how so many of the owners acted like Gordon Ramsay was somehow going to magically save their restaurants when they were the ones who actually needed to do the hard work afterwards not Gordon.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

It is a common thing that people want to put the work on others. That's the whole premise of the show anyway. At best anyone can do is guide you and give you tips.

[@alexpozniak4106]

Most of the restaurants are either too far gone to be saved, or the people dont listen once they leave.

[@anthonyju6392]

Gordon Ramsey actually liked the dessert at the Amy's Baking Company episode. That episode is freak'in peak TV. It is like a dumpster fire that is totally and utterly mesmerizing. You should really look away but can't... too beautiful.

[@juliar2462]

Yeah but it is hard to save a business that has been in like, sometimes millions of debt. I mean props to him for even trying

[@filipvadas7602]

1.To be fair most of those restaurants either were alredy well on their way to being closed or their management went right back to their old ways a couple of weeks after Gordon left 2. The UK version is infinately better then US version. Purely because the former is actually about Gordon going in-depth , talking with the owners and staff and just genuenly trying to figure out what's killing the restaurant Whereas the latter is literally just a meme generator. Its a lot of fun to downriggr hillarious don't get me wrong, but the actual show is super formulaic after a while with maybe the occasional episode actually shining light on some of the *f@cked up* and/or emotional situations. Basically turning it into a family drama with Gordon being the therapist.

[@WatchingVideos107]

There was this one episode where this restaurant called Piccolo Teatro was featured. And in the end after all the improvements the owner Rachel left suddenly with no explanation and became a sex worker.

[@amf1435]

And if I remember correctly, the restaurant was owned by her dad, so she said "nah, you don't have to support me anymore, I'll rather be a prostitute". Also she accused Gordon of hitting on her

[@moulay.meruemondo]

On the audio of got talent, you need to see how animals documentaries are made from the sound to the shot, its WAY of what peta would caution

[@Le7emeChat]

(About the game-shows) And then you stop wondering why the premise of Deadman Wonderland worked.

[@Zoey587]

The Nobu thing was fucked up since it was proven that he met his goal a few times but the producers never said anything cause it was raking in views. It was also one of the first video game livesstreams as he got a PlayStation 1, a tv and games from some of his raffle wins until they took the ps1 away from him

[@clarkraivencandelaria934]

Personally I think Gordon just renovates or change how the restaurant work then give advice to the owners but not actually teach the owners how to do it , like this stuff should take like a month of rehabilitation under Gordon but no when it almost looks like it's doing pretty well once Gordon leaves they just revert back and while some did take Gordon's advice others just closed .

[@Rainbonyte]

nah, japanese game shows be making minecraft map challenges irl

[@DaoistYeashikAli]

Trash Talk and Kitchen Nightmares in the same thumbnail. I clicked faster than the speed of light

[@ryenjimenez4172]

what I've noticed from kitchen is that Gordon ramsay is essentially getting below average restaurants to "cosplay" as five star restaurants

[@thebombtom87]

@itsgabibelle did a great video of the topic, like 80% closed for a variety of reasons.

[@LockheedMartinEnjoyer]

Imo it showed that even if you think you can potentially operate a restaurant, you cannot and shouldn not.

[@TheCalmPsycho]

It is super difficult. I wasn't there for it, but my extended family opened a restaurant which was attached to the farm/bakery/store, and even with all of the other established revenue streams, the restaurant lost so much money it didn't last a year. Even a small ice cream room to attract families lost money year after year until we eventually closed it.

[@Ironface53]

Out of the ones that were closed, how many do you think were mainly closed because of Covid-19?

[@Faliat]

British people pointing at the weirdness and cruelty of Japanese game shows is major pot kettle vibes. There was this show called Distraction hosted by Jimmy Carr and the stuff they put people through for that as well as Big Brother and I'm A Celebrity is just insane. Example from Distraction is where people sat with cheek retractors under cages of live pigeons and Jimmy was blasting air horns at the cages to get the pigeons to shit in the people's mouths. Also at the end of an episode of Distraction the last challenge would always be to try and save your prize from getting destroyed. Like you'd win a brand new car and have to stop it from getting damaged too badly from getting smashed with a sledgehammer or you'd win cash but try to stop as much of it from getting thrown in a cement mixer as you can.

[@blablahnothin1996]

Just because a restaurant is closed does not mean it's a failure. Most restaurant owners sell their property after going even or more after years.

[@Griffin그리핀]

ABC Baking Company. I actually live near where it used to be. The desserts were actually phenomenal, but not the food.

[@darkknightz007E]

Bear Grylls says hold my bear... :v

[@derricksteen403]

So not saying the people on the show aren't bad owners, but restaurants are pretty terrible investments. I had a buddy who's wife wants to start a restaurant tell me that 75% of restaurants fail in the first 5 years, 90% fail in the first 10(I don't have a source for this but honest seem pretty correct). So I would stay far away from that business unless I am buying a franchise or I am really really passionate about food.

[@Poke-ladd]

I think there’s an American version too right? I think the guys name is John Tafert who has a similar yelling voice

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

Both Us and Brit version was hosted by Ramsay

[@suyangsong]

Tbf a lot of the owners end up selling the restaurants even if they do pull out of a nosedive most of the time. Turns out the publicity of Gordon Ramsay has a lot more resale value than running a shitty restaurant

[@jingo4754]

honestly i don't think its fair to say Kitchen Nightmares didn't help due to the 80% closure rate cause there is not time factor for that statistic. Like, can you really say Gordon didn't help a restaurant when a fair number of these places lasted another 2-5 years afterward? The ones that didn't were some mix of: Selling the place Owners retiring People dying The debts being too large to take down A lot of the ones that closed within the year state "went back to the old menu" in some form or fashion and try to blame Gordon for not solving their problems when they undo most to all the changes he made. Honestly if they had found a middle ground between the old and new they may have found a new spark cause a number of the ones that are still open returned a select few items from the old menu that customers liked and kept the new menu, taking what was the fundamental lesson of the show to heart. Adapt to changing times and customer base

[@yunfanji]

It is not that strange, a restaurant is just hard to maintain and even the best ones will end up closing. I don't have any doubt Gordon does care about the restaurants but he is no saint, business is business

[@navi-ui8dq]

KN is one of my favourite shows lol

[@badgalraven989]

01:37 01:43

[@Grahamrobinsonvt802]

amy baking comp

[@elliotjackson1]

Ashoom? Ashoom?

[@Spirit451]

Prozac!

[@yukinoyukinoshita9]

Food wars in real life 💀

[@weeb-ubreafs1382]

Still a very entertaining show though

[@jerrydumet]

Y'know, after seeing this vids It makes me wonder if Restaurant Impossible also suffers the same fate or not 🤔

[@JGMoneyable]

The fact that a Halal Cart was more successful than than these restaurants says much.

[@seasyrenn]

Man..I was in tears watching that video from Charlie about Nasubi,what that poor man went through 🥴

[@tester1991]

mans life has recovered though, probably still has ptsd about it but he actually climbed to the summit of everest back in 2016 and seems happy so congrats to him

[@cooling__down]

A youtuber Gabi Belle made a good youtube video about this.

[@agunemon]

To be fair... It helped some... But many places are hopeless.