You have to really love cooking to open a restaurant, but don't expect a big payday unless you're a franchisee and you get a crew that can make the food to spec. 100% never work with family. In my experience, working with family makes you hate each other and become estranged, or someone screws someone else over in the deal and it's terrible. If you put your house down as collateral you better at least have some numbers that indicate you will be successful. This show makes you realize what can go wrong.
My mother also wouldn't talk to me the she/the aunt did. Calling him worthless and a pig isn't conducive to improving the situation, they are literally (verbally) abusing him. I haven't finished the episode but for what? Let the son go do whatever it is he would rather be doing and hire a chef (or promote your existing ones), and stop letting the failure of a business ruin your relationship.
Not only is Gordon a chef. He's also an accountant, family therapist, interior decorator, food critic, marriage counselor, health inspector, priest, psychic, mechanic, and soon to be aviation engineer
They throw Chef Mike out a 2nd story window, and the restaurant closes shortly thereafter. Coincidence? Not likely. He was the only thing holding the place together.
the POWER the waiter who made the chef mike joke has, imagine making a joke infront of gordon ramsay, and not only does he say it multiple times in the same episode/visit, but it ALSO becomes a running joke
I just love when he decides to change and her demeanor changes 180 degrees, showing her compassion, that she still loves her nephew, and all she needed to hear is that he'd commit to changing. That just melted my heart. So much unhappiness, dissolved. She really was the backbone there. And I'm pretty sure Athina and Kiki are twins. Their resemblance to each other is uncanny.
The dumb guy that made the restaurant popular and was dragged down by her constant nagging and bitching to the point of not caring about life anymore. what a GREAT CHARACTER!
The update is they ended up closing shortly after this episode aired. Several of the kitchen staff quit as Jake was reported not being easy to work with and already started making shortcuts on Gordon’s menu. Apparently their regulars didn’t like the changes because of the new menu not being authentic (just according to regulars). Their debts were too much to overcome and the ratings online were all about the poor food quality, menu availability, and slow service. That’s what happens when your head chef can’t even bother to put in full time hours because he’s addicted to video games.
Thank you Gordon really had way too much sympathy for this goofy dude and can’t believe he basically told his mother and aunt to basically stop criticizing him
From what I understand a good majority of these places shown on tv either shutdown soon after or revert back to the old ways and then shut down. It's ridiculous to think places like this can just turn it around over night.
@@WalkerRileyMC A small number do - like sometimes it's a small number of easily-solved issues or problems (EG a poor Chef, or an incorrect type of cuisine for the area or overbearing management). But a lot of time I think the problem is either fundamental problems with the business or the rot is so advanced that nothing can save it at this point.
yo dude after seeing the lambshank and the zuccinis I didnt even take this into consideration it had to be an excuse who in their right mind would eat there with this kind of quality like not even If Id starve Id push this down my throat I wouldnt do this to my body
A friend of mine did open a restaurant with his family. A greek family.... man.. they yell all the time. It's really bad. I would never run any kind of business with family.
Bro fr i went on a trip with my family last month and it was such a disaster. Such different prioritis. If we opened a restourant my dad be like i dont care AT ALL what we make. My mom would be like lets make something healthy and my sis would straight up be like lets go to holland and make weed muffins😃😃😃we actually went to holland for the trip so thats why ik😃😃😃
imagine pouring your life savings into your sons restaurant, 800k, you move to help him, your sister moves and ends up having to help and over time you watch as he burns through your savings and gets lazier and lazier with lower and lower standards. To the point where while you show up at 6am and work all day when you should be retired he arrives midday and then mopes about barely lifting a finger. The heaviest lifting he managed was carrying the massive balls it took to justify and excuse away his abysmal work ethic and food standards while insulting and arguing with his mother and aunt about why it was their fault that he was a lazy useless waste of space.
I honestly wanted Gordon to smack him down after hearing him call his mother by her first name and tell her to gtfo of his restaurant when she turns up at 6am and he shows up 11 each day. What a POS.
She isn't so innocent. She screams manipulation and "poor old lady" routine. Who the hell says "I'd rather be dead than have a son like you" so nonchalantly?.. An emotionally abusive mother, that is who.
@lucydog3376 Pretty much all little old Greek Yia-Yias say things like that over the smallest stuff all the time. Everybody knows they aren't being serious. But when you take something from one culture, stick it in another cultural context, cut it for TV and put dramatic music behind it, it paints a different picture.
i shed a tear when the aunt broke down , it aint easy leaving your home country for the dreams of another especially a sibling and their kids. her words shook me
@@keithbentley6081 It's Greece. And yes it is a poor country. They were governed by a group of bankers because they went bankrupt not a long time ago. People lost their pensions. There is shit infrastructure, corruption, debt, criminality. The only real way of making money in Greece is tourism. US is not dreamland either but there is more jobs for unskilled workers
@@mh7844 I am immensely disappointed to learn he doesn't speak German. Imagine him screaming in German in a kitchen, giving out commands. Yes, you don't lead in German - you command. Mit großer Entschlossenheit!!!
@@jayzellemanalo6180 tbf, the subtitles and the kitchen nightmares channels comment both say mike not mic . . . also some may see mic as mick even though its from microwave :) also could be cause mic is short for microphone rather than microwave, so it avoids confusion by spelling it like the actual name mike :)
@@Insane_Kane No actually it wasn't a mistranslation. She actually says that se left her children for him, which makes me wonder if she traveled from Greece to US, so she could support them. PS: Trust me, I am Greek :D
Maybe she meant it in a supportive way? I mean, how old are the children? They surely are adults when she left them. She probably meant that she left her family in Greece to support her nephew and sister in the US.
I want to give the mom the biggest hugs. The only time I was ever even halfway close to being this awful to my mom was during my psychotic episode during my mental health crisis that I don’t remember any of (I’ve been told what happened during that time). I was on medication that exacerbated my conditions and made it much much worse than it ever had been before. I would have been so grounded, punished, etc., if I wasn’t sick. In my right mind I would never be like this, and the thought of it makes me sick. Bless her heart ❤️
A microwave is just a tool . If you’re a good cook you will use it appropriately. U can’t cook a steak in one. But you can use it for all kinds of things in a casual place without compromising quality. Things like melting butter or chocolate, certain deserts, etc . Chefs who cut corners will cut corners with whatever they have
I'm actually disgusted. How could they publicly execute Chef Mike after everything he did for them? He probably had a family, kids. And they just threw him out of a window to his death, Mafioso style. Never forget Chef Mike. Rest in peace.
My mother wasn't the best, but she tried and I loved her. She coukd say some foul stuff at times, I never cursed at her or disrespected her, and trust me I have a gutter mouth and a violent streak, but disrespecting your mother is the lowest thing one can do, and I can respect no man who treats his mother like trash.
@@beentheredonethat5908 there are so many worse things that you can do. I would say that being violent is one of them. Not judging you, I'm not saint myself. Done a lot of things I'm ashamed of. I just don't agree with you there at all.
The aunt said such sweet things to him when she hugged him. Man i wish the subtitles where right. She told him how strong and smart he is, that she loves him so much that she left her own children in Greece to support him and her sister and that he's her life and her soul. It almost made me cry
@Hugh Mongous I’m sure they’re adults and can take care of themselves. She probably means she moved far away from her family to help her sister and nephew.
And she was fuckin rude to him the whole time. Everyone is at fault here, I totally get the guy being sick of this shit when every day he hears his family talk about how terrible he is. Also I thought she was from Germany, since she speaks only German??
@@RyhanLDN exactly!!! i don’t understand how no one sees this was a dude completely using his mothers kindness and couldn’t have given a shit. The “nagging” wouldn’t have came from nowhere
28:31 "i left my children for you" Damn. Thats raw. I didnt even think about that before. This woman came from a country to where she doesnt speak english to help her nephew and left her family behind and now it came to this
I know right! She has the love for them. I would not be patient like her if I was willing to sacrife for my nephew but he disrespect me. I would have left and brought my sister with me. Let the disgraceful old baby nephew understand that he was nothing without them. I have never ever felt disgusted to anyone like this. I have watched this show for years. How can she call her mom like that. I wish, it's just him. Hope it is not western ways treat parents. Love parents please, sometimes they nag. It's all because they love you and want you to change
They did Chef Mic dirty. He busted his ass off for this restaurant and they reward him by not only sacking him but also ending his life. So sad to see you go Micy. You will always be in our hearts and our homes.
It's ok, sweetie. He's in Kitchen Heaven sitting at the right hand of The Great Stove of Final Judgement, under the Holy Aura of gravy, the Eternal Trio. He gave his all for humanity. He is rewarded. And I give due obeisance every time I use his ancestor, MiniMic, in my own culinary endeavours. Well, disasters.
21:53 when Anthony the chef saif "I wouldn't be alive right now if i talked to my mother the way jake does, my mom would've murdered me!" that is one of the most reallest thing i have ever hear...i was like "same bro same" XD
This is pretty much par for course with Greek families. Thankfully, my Greek butt was raised by a British mother so I can relate with both you and Anthony lol
Yep, I remember the last time I talked to my mom like that. Was 14 years old. Ended up with a blood nose. You show respect to your mom no matter what. Learned a hard lesson that day. Especially when my dad found out.
Jake is honestly the type of man to never do his laundry so his wife does it, and when she asks him to be an adult and do his own laundry, he'd call it "nagging"
I looked up the result of this restaurant and it is so sad. Episode was filmed in August/September of 2011; restaurant closed in December 2011 because of debt; episode aired in January 2012.
@@niggasjitwell how’s that he’s fault?most of them always go back to their old ways and some are far beyond with their debt it will be too late to turn things around
@@gabhandebrun1871A lot of the regulars complained that Chef Ramsey changed out the authentic Greek food for generic Greek food. And James started trying to cut corners after Gordon left. Really sad.
"I'd rather be dead than have a son like you" If my own mom told me that, my heart would forever be broken from that point on, and I don't even think I could make it up to her and redeem myself from that no matter what I do. The fact that I'm the only son in my family too, which knowing that would just make it worse.
Rumours has it that chef mike is alive and doing well ! He apparently found a job as a home private cook after getting a deal with a major ready meals company signed for life .
As a recovering drug addict, I recognized a fellow addict in Jake immediately. He needed a hell of a lot more than anything this show could do for him.
As someone who has worked in the restaurant industry for years, you can tell he has a severe coke and alcohol problem but they just called it a “video game” problem. I’ve seen many chefs with booze problems move from high level cooking to relying on the microwave so they can cook hungover
@@neXib Hah, I was just thinking when this was filmed and yup, right there with my glory years of WoW. Luckily, I was just in 8th-9th grade, all I messed up was some of my grades, my sleep schedule and (a bit) my relationship with my parents, lol.
@@neXib We used to call it World of WarCrack in my guild. Hell, it was damn addicting, and that was before all the timegating and RNG bs that they started adding post WoD. Atleast that game is burning now. If he weren't addicted to coke or alcohol, it was defo WoW.
You also probably have a very different mom than he does. Anybody who's dealt with an abusive narcissist knows she's absolutely not the angel she tries to make herself out to be.
From the title, to the greek cursing, to 3/4th of the way thru the video still being about yelling & needing to get over that 1st hurdle of even tolerating each other in the same space, I was convinced this one was unsalvageable. Gordon Ramsay is truly a miracle worker lmao
The episode that gave birth to the god of the microwaves, the glorious Chef Mike. He died for our cooking sins after getting thrown out of the building. May his microwaves send warmth to your "fresh-frozen" food. Amen. EDIT: Wow, my most liked comment. Thank you people! May Chef Mike bless your dinner tonight.
He hates that his Mom nags, but doesn’t realize if he did what he was supposed to she wouldn’t HAVE to nag. Perfect timing sample of zero accountability.
I knew a guy like that once, he didnt do a thing to help or contribute to affairs of his flat, he left the place an actual dumpsite, and he acted so shocked as he wondered why his dad nagged him so frequently😂😅
So if she tried to drown you and sold you to her boyfriend for his pleasure we should still kiss her ass? Or maybe be nice to good mothers is what you meant?
Oh shut up with this”always respect your mother” bullshit. Some peoples moms are dead beats dude, responsible for terrible shit. Step out of your bubble
Reading the comments at the start of the episode had me so confused 😂 “rip chef Mike” “chef Mike deserved better” “chef Mike was just doing his best” 😂 ffs
Haha, me too! I just watched the episode where Chef Trevor admitted his drug problem and got sacked, I thought "Chef Mike" had committed suicide. So relieved no death involved (apart from the mike-rowave!)..
Every introduction in the beginning I was waiting go see wtf Chef Mike is and why is he dead 😂😂😂😂 it will teach me to stop running to the comment section at the start of the episode!!!
She was really frustrated that she couldn't be understood by Gordon as well. And neither the mother, or the son properly translated what she was saying because it was embarassing for them both. The only reasonable member of that family in that room, was that angry lady.
lol every video of kitchen nightmares there’s always some brain dead double digit IQ idiots in the comments claiming it’s all fake. so you think every episode of kitchen nightmares they find like 10+ people who can act really well to pretend to have a failing restaurant? literally the logic of a child
The anger in her sisters eyes! She knows the depression her sister is feeling and the stress will kill her slowly! The son needs to learn to respect his mother PERIOD! She’s yelling because she’s tired .
26:02 I find it hilarious that a man who doesn’t get to work till 11-12 am, has average 3 hour shift, and who’s whole job is basically sitting around and microwaving food is saying he can’t deal with the pressure of this to Gordon FLIPPING Ramsey! A man who worked with one of the greatest and harshest chiefs in the world, a chief who made Ramsey cry. From this context Gordon’s reactions are priceless.
This is shocking. No mother deserves to be treated so disrespectfully. Nobody deserves to be yelled at like that. I hope this family got help and is better now.
Yeah, well have you noticed what heavy words have left her mouth? "his not a human being anymore, she rather die than have a son like him, etc etc." Much much worse than anything he said. He might yell at her but still he isn't saying the awful things she is saying. Imagine living every day hearing her say such things. She completely broke the man. She deserves every awful reaction she gets. She one of those people that slowly destroy you with every little comment here and there like a wave slowly chipping at a rock. Endless and relentless while appearing to be the good person and not even realizing themselves how they hurt others.
There are a lot of moms that need to be talked to like that. Just because they have a kid, doesn't mean they can't be horrid people and I hate that people don't accept that. I'm not talking about this woman btw, she seems nice.
it really is so beautiful to see these restaurant owners become more likable and see the restaurant just become so much better, i respect everyone who runs this show.
I wouldn't be surprised if, in at least half of the episodes, they just rehearse and stage the parts where the owners get all emotional and apologetic, because it makes for dramatic television.
El Grego closed in December 2011. Several staff left the restaurant including the lead line cook and there were many disagreements after the episode was filmed, according to cook James. James also claimed that Jake was difficult to work with and had already started cutting corners on Gordon's menu. Yelp reviews after his visit were mostly poor with negative comments on the food quality, menu availablity and slow service. 😢
As much as I like watching it, it's generally a stretch thinking a couple of days is going to change what is obviously long standing dynamics like the ones in this episode.
That's an example of why people can't blame Chef Ramsey if the restaurant fails after he tries to help them. You can't help those who won't help themselves
I would give my left you know what to have Gordon R come in my restaurant and pick apart what I was doing wrong then I would listen and everything he told me .
@@agent57 I think the main thing is. Long term change isn't an option for these places. What Gordan did was give them publicity, a chance to fix things and turn it around, and renovate the space if necessary to help deal with debts and such to give basically last leg about to die locations a final chance
He's clearly an addict. Might be videogames or something else, but he is clearly sleep deprived and depressed, running from his problems instead of facing them.
Yes, what really would have helped was hiring an external chef to lead the kitchen and let him take some months of to fix his depression and addiction.
28:16 Wow. After such a huge fight, seeing his aunt hug him and cry with him is so powerful. Seeing that they were ready to change and really did want to fix things not just with the restaurant but with eachother actually brought me to tears. The emotion in her voice and the tears on his face. I never cry watching anything but that is just something else because it's so raw.
Jake has depression. Being tired all the time and losing interest are major symptoms. This is an example of how much depression can destroy your life, but ppl who dont suffer with it dont understand and accuse you of being lazy. Just makes it worse.
My thoughts exactly, He reminded me a lot of myself from years ago. I'm in therapy and I would never have been functional and even successful today without it. Screaming to a depressed person that he/she is worthless does not help.
Yea and the way the mother handles it is just sickening but so typical. Everyone acts like she’s a sweet old lady but I think the definitely plays a role there. „I’d rather be dead than have a son like you“ bruh tf is wrong with this mother. No wonder he’s depressed
Thank god i found the comment iam looking for, god o felt so bad for this guy i know exactly how it is living among people who dont understand it and its just so draining, no wonder he dont want to come to work, and i know exactly why he talks like that to his mother cause my mother is the same, i hope he is better now and maybe finds a way away from his mother so he might be able to do what he wants and not needs to dedicate his Life to his mothers dream
Honestly Jake saying "I don't think it comprises the food" is not just the biggest insult to Gordon Ramsay but the biggest insult to the Culinary Industry. And the fact that he thinks a reheated bagged food is just as fresh as a newly freshly cooked food is just down right insulting, and to make matters worse this guy actually thinks he can run this restaurant without his mom and aunt when he only comes to work for 3 hours, doesn't know how to have standards and reheats every goddamn food this guy is a joke.
Kiki is so absolutely right about everything and it is so frustrating that the family doesn’t translate word for word so that Gordan could know how she feels
I dunno - it's easy to judge these situations from the outside but the whole "I would rather die, I would rather be dead than have a son like you" that's textbook passive aggressive, manipulative, emotionally abusive behaviour and the son is showing signs of serious depression, not laziness. The fact that she can't wait to join in when Gordon starts attacking him is another big red flag for that. Then she literally goes out and prays that Gordon is going to attack him for her. My guess is that the mother has brow beaten and emotionality abused her son into deep depression and then used the symptoms of the depression she caused against him. Honestly, with a mother like that desperately waiting for a chance to tell him what a failure he was, I don't blame him for not wanting to go into work. And nobody will recognise what she's doing because she looks like a sweet older woman.
I've binge-watched a lot of Kitchen Nightmares episodes so far; maybe 30 in no particular order. I've heard Gordon use a lot of terms like lazy, arrogant, shameful, stupid, etc. But when Jake was called a 'sack of sh*t', I felt he'd earned the highest possible level of Gordon's contempt.
Yeah it's because that's why Gordon ran away from home. He wasn't abused in any unlawful way, he was just given a rough time with no sympathy. Just like Jake. But unlike Gordon, Jake didn't run away, he stayed and let the restaurant go to pieces as a form of silent protest about the way he was treated. "You wanna yell at me? Ok fine, I'll give you so many reasons to yell at me that you lose your voice."
@@misteral9045 IMO Those two things aren't really comparable...Also Gordon WAS unlawfully abused, his father was violent alcoholic and abused him and his siblings. Gordon had no control over what was happened to him, while the lazy son on the other hand was the reason for most of all the problems, and had absolutely no intention of making things any better. If anything, he held so much contempt for the lazy son simply because he knew that that the guy knew he was driving his mother crazy and into horrible debt and couldn't care less. Gordon is known family man and holds family as one of, if not THE most important things in life. It probably really hurt Gordon to see the horrible situation the mother was in, and the fact the Son was intentionally making things worse, made him even angrier.
@@misteral9045I mean, if we’re being fair, the son was just as abusive as the two women. He’s got no leg to stand on, which is probably why Gordan called him out.
so trueee, i can't even say "what? " to her whenever she calls me without context, I'm walking my assoff to just find her randomly checking on me by yelling my name:)
Chef Mike needs more credit! Such a warm character, dedicated and hard working. Can't believe Gordon sent him into early retirement in that horrifying way :(
There are still restaurants that are better than the ones featured on these shows. I know a pasta place near me that hand makes all their pastas and sauces fresh every single day. So freaking good
Well, I have a premium TH-cam membership and it costs more than my monthly Netflix and other streaming services. TH-cam isn’t cheap if I want the best service and if I subscribe to patrons premium services with all the bells and whistles. I don’t have any cable but I have premium TH-cam and HD Netflix memberships and these replace my cable bills. I don’t watch TV on cables or local news. I watch streamed live news from all over the world. I mean who would watch cables these days? Every time I watch an episode on TH-cam they get paid and times that by billions of viewers worldwide. TH-cam has worldwide audiences, vs local US population being only 4.25% of the world population. They’re just being very smart. Not generous as they’re getting paid. They’re simply smarter than others.
This is one of the few episodes where Chef Ramsay doesn't even walk into the fridge, which makes me think it was run really well and clean, tells you a lot about the standards his chefs had - dude really fucked something good for himself and his mom, this is beyond tragic.
I don't know about that i feel like this wasn't his dream to begin with because he says he did the course because his mom wanted to open a restaurant I know everyone is blaming him but when you hate something like your job or loose passion or never had it which this guy clearly did not want to be a chef he had no passion the mother did and I guess he tried to appease that before she kicked the bucket some people feel a specific need to please their parents
I was hoping that the Head Chef temporarily left the restaurant while watching the episode. It seems so clear he has mental issues tbh when you observe him. To think that he used to be so good at what he is doing and regress like this much is wondering. I also noticed how the quality of storage and facilities isn't much a problem unlike what we always encounter from other episodes. It's sad to think abt what happened to the restaurant. The Mother could've done different, I felt so much pity for her.
I've yelled at the screen more in this episode than the rest of the series combined. If the boss weren't his mother, Jake would have lost his jobs years ago
the whole show I was keeping my eyes on Anthony and the server, such a fine guys. edit: it's funny watching Gordon not understand a single thing about what they're arguing about and just stand there awkwardly watching them fighting and when kiki starts talking to him he just listens but doesn't have any idea what it means
The problem with these restaurants is the chefs and their bad habits so it doesn’t matter how much Gordon shouts and tries to change recipes they’ll always go back to their crappy ways
@@jaroos6663 haha what not it’s not it’s just filmed such a long time ago some scenes really do look scripted ..times have changed people act differently but what Goes on in the episodes is real
@@niamhr_2000 When they meet the owners they are sometimes giving scripts to read , and they sign a contract that says if they don't talk about the show they will receive a lot of money from the channel. Also sometimes the guest are real chefs too so that at launch they get extra picky, and you can find proof all over if you think about how everything that happens is filmed in the strangest positions. (Like how a camera can catch someone typing on their phone close up (how the hell is that not scripted ? u can even read what they write on the phone) Sorry man hate to break it to you but all of this is fake.
The way that man speaks to his mother, I was just horrified. Calling her by her first name, huge disrespect in my cultures(I have a Japanese mother) , shushing her by saying "be quiet" and telling her to get the f..out of "my restaurant" that she paid for ? Lord have mercy if I talked to my mother in that way.
@@zenzuoken4496 I am Asian 2.but what is shameful is that I spoke with my mother in the same way as this man,to be honest.but the reason that I spoke like that is my mother did a lot of horrible decisions of financial investment and stubborn ,single minded and obsessive with a cult which only care about controlling her bank account,what should I do to her?respect?
Maybe she should stop constantly nagging him. Nagging is infuriating at the best times never mind when you're in a failing business that your family relies on
I looked at the success rate and they say 19% stayed open BUT you actually do research via reddit etc. They are about 4 that ran for over 8 years then the owners retired. A few saw business boom and sold etc. then the new owners did well. Gordon actually made a huge difference and at least 40% of the restaurants (in my googling) made it a few extra years to be sold etc. The ones that closed had things like landlord issues, unable to renew lease due to debt etc. They were actually just to far gone debt wise
Update!!! After the following weeks, progress is made and there was positive feedback from the community, however the debts were too large and too difficult for them to over come. Filmed August September 2011 Closed December 2011 Episode aired January 2012
@RevolverOcelot2008 for the $$ .. the episode probly made well over what his time was worth being there.. plus the payment they give him probly to try and help
when you realise it's the episode where Chef Mike gets thrown out of a building
it's happening EVERYBODY STAY CALM. STAY F*CKING CALM
You definitely know your audience
STAY CALM
OH NO. CHEF MIKE. HES BROKEN
Admin is the real MVP! An absolute LEGEND!!
Please upload Amy's Baking Company
the lessons i learned from KN are :
never open restaurant
never work with family
never put down house as collateral
Totally 100 percent agree !
You have to really love cooking to open a restaurant, but don't expect a big payday unless you're a franchisee and you get a crew that can make the food to spec.
100% never work with family. In my experience, working with family makes you hate each other and become estranged, or someone screws someone else over in the deal and it's terrible.
If you put your house down as collateral you better at least have some numbers that indicate you will be successful. This show makes you realize what can go wrong.
This comment needs to pinned in every Kitchen Nightmare video
So many "dreaming" of having one's own restaurant, and so few dreamers with restaurant experience.
You are a quick learner
I agree with the chef manager, "I would not be alive if I talked to my mother the way he talks to his mother."
Yeah my mother would’ve slapped me into the next life
Not me, I could kick my moms ass for sure
My mother also wouldn't talk to me the she/the aunt did. Calling him worthless and a pig isn't conducive to improving the situation, they are literally (verbally) abusing him. I haven't finished the episode but for what? Let the son go do whatever it is he would rather be doing and hire a chef (or promote your existing ones), and stop letting the failure of a business ruin your relationship.
I have no idea how my mother would react, because she and myself both know I would never talk to her like that.
@@realrebelli0n haha yup. it would break her heart, i think. we're always as kind as possible to each other. i'm so lucky! love my mum.
Not only is Gordon a chef. He's also an accountant, family therapist, interior decorator, food critic, marriage counselor, health inspector, priest, psychic, mechanic, and soon to be aviation engineer
You forgot math teacher
He wants to sort his own restaurants out, he Is single handily destroying the Savoy, “what a shame”
Guys, his name is Gordon. Lmao first Gorgon then Gordan
Is anyone in this thread going to spell Gunbon's name correctly?
gorgon the chefbarian
They throw Chef Mike out a 2nd story window, and the restaurant closes shortly thereafter. Coincidence? Not likely. He was the only thing holding the place together.
Was he okay after getting thrown out a 2 story window?!
@@ashleighstangeland7488HAHAHAH
@@xkuro072 what? Was he not actually thrown out a 2 story window.... Is that "literal" statement about him a joke?
@@ashleighstangeland7488I don't know how serious this is, but..
It's. It's a microwave.. 😢
@@b3nt079I was also confused, chef Mike(rowave) 😂
the POWER the waiter who made the chef mike joke has, imagine making a joke infront of gordon ramsay, and not only does he say it multiple times in the same episode/visit, but it ALSO becomes a running joke
maybe it was an old running joke he was so used to saying , he had no problem saying it to ramsay lol
prob being: it wasn't a joke.
Dude should be getting royalties at this point
Chef Mike is now the official name in hospitality, like everywhere, from Dublin to Dubai..
Turn down for Watts
I actually felt sad for chef mike.. he's been doing his best, never late for work, always committed, held on for years. He deserves much better. RIP
I have adopted Chef Mike. He's thriving here.
@@pregnantelephant5275 😄
Isn’t it chef mic?
Why u talking about present mic
I just realized what u were talking about lol
Kiki the aunt is the best character in this shows history. Shouting Greek at the dumb guy while Gordon stands there and has no idea what she's saying
I just love when he decides to change and her demeanor changes 180 degrees, showing her compassion, that she still loves her nephew, and all she needed to hear is that he'd commit to changing. That just melted my heart. So much unhappiness, dissolved. She really was the backbone there.
And I'm pretty sure Athina and Kiki are twins. Their resemblance to each other is uncanny.
then tellin' her sister to shut up because she created this mess lol Kiki a REAL one
@@beanabovethefrank1499My thoughts as soon as I saw her
@@pecosR0B🤣💯
The dumb guy that made the restaurant popular and was dragged down by her constant nagging and bitching to the point of not caring about life anymore. what a GREAT CHARACTER!
The update is they ended up closing shortly after this episode aired. Several of the kitchen staff quit as Jake was reported not being easy to work with and already started making shortcuts on Gordon’s menu.
Apparently their regulars didn’t like the changes because of the new menu not being authentic (just according to regulars).
Their debts were too much to overcome and the ratings online were all about the poor food quality, menu availability, and slow service. That’s what happens when your head chef can’t even bother to put in full time hours because he’s addicted to video games.
Thank you Gordon really had way too much sympathy for this goofy dude and can’t believe he basically told his mother and aunt to basically stop criticizing him
From what I understand a good majority of these places shown on tv either shutdown soon after or revert back to the old ways and then shut down. It's ridiculous to think places like this can just turn it around over night.
@@WalkerRileyMC A small number do - like sometimes it's a small number of easily-solved issues or problems (EG a poor Chef, or an incorrect type of cuisine for the area or overbearing management). But a lot of time I think the problem is either fundamental problems with the business or the rot is so advanced that nothing can save it at this point.
After reading all that I'm honestly just amazed that they had regulars.
yo dude after seeing the lambshank and the zuccinis I didnt even take this into consideration it had to be an excuse who in their right mind would eat there with this kind of quality like not even If Id starve Id push this down my throat I wouldnt do this to my body
What I’m learning from these videos is to never start a restaurant with my family
or ever start a restaurant full stop
Not just a restaurant but any type of a job lol
A friend of mine did open a restaurant with his family. A greek family.... man.. they yell all the time. It's really bad. I would never run any kind of business with family.
Bro fr i went on a trip with my family last month and it was such a disaster. Such different prioritis. If we opened a restourant my dad be like i dont care AT ALL what we make. My mom would be like lets make something healthy and my sis would straight up be like lets go to holland and make weed muffins😃😃😃we actually went to holland for the trip so thats why ik😃😃😃
you take your lifes training from tv shows ? hows that working out so far ?
I had mad respect for Gordon until he started throwing employees out of the window.
RIP Chef Mike.
Defenestration caught live in film, Gordon Ramsay arrested
I read this before watching it, got so confused
Lmfao
@@aestheticnugget6284 This got me as well , god damn it
@@aestheticnugget6284 me too😑😂
That is actual pain, to hear a mother say “I’d rather be dead than have a son like you”
Damn.
That hit so hard 😢
It made me tear up hearing her say that.... no elderly mother should feel that way...
You clearly don't know how dramatic old world European mothers are... she definitely grew up in the old ways.
or she is a master manipulator....
Came to the comments for this... Brutal...
Love the way Gordon smiled when the waiter talked about “Chef Mike”. Lol. Inside he was horrified but he saw the humor.
How typical, the only chef working his ass off gets thrown out for it.
He was so consistent and put in the most hours.
@@HunterShowsNever complained, never asked for a raise...
@@0x777 Always communicated clearly in the kitchen.
@@HunterShows And how was he thanked? Being thrown out a 2 story window. That's how.
Everyone and thing is replace able…….
"I'd rather be dead than to have a son like you" is something no man should hear. But he's just sitting there like it's just another day.
i thought it was "i cant take it anymore i'd rather be dead" or was this another time?
nvm it literally just happened
For real, hes taking her for granted
imagine pouring your life savings into your sons restaurant, 800k, you move to help him, your sister moves and ends up having to help and over time you watch as he burns through your savings and gets lazier and lazier with lower and lower standards. To the point where while you show up at 6am and work all day when you should be retired he arrives midday and then mopes about barely lifting a finger.
The heaviest lifting he managed was carrying the massive balls it took to justify and excuse away his abysmal work ethic and food standards while insulting and arguing with his mother and aunt about why it was their fault that he was a lazy useless waste of space.
He's an addict. No matter what it is he's addicted to it has taken over his life and he has no power to change unless he fesses up.
Was half expecting Gordon to start talking fluent German
For real hahahha
Verdammt! Das wäre witzig gewesen! (damn, that would have been funny) 😁
Dieser Kommentarbereich steht nun unter deutscher Besatzung... :)
Ich hatte mich so darauf gefreut, Gordon Ramsay Deutsch sprechen zu hören. Und dann die Enttäuschung: Er spricht gar kein Deutsch...
@@uniichuu0913 you are leaving the american sector! ;)
I feel terrible for Athena. She doesn't deserve to be treated like that by her son.
I honestly wanted Gordon to smack him down after hearing him call his mother by her first name and tell her to gtfo of his restaurant when she turns up at 6am and he shows up 11 each day. What a POS.
She isn't so innocent. She screams manipulation and "poor old lady" routine. Who the hell says "I'd rather be dead than have a son like you" so nonchalantly?.. An emotionally abusive mother, that is who.
@@lucydog3376 yup
@@lucydog3376 Thank you! That's exactly what I was thinking.
@lucydog3376 Pretty much all little old Greek Yia-Yias say things like that over the smallest stuff all the time. Everybody knows they aren't being serious. But when you take something from one culture, stick it in another cultural context, cut it for TV and put dramatic music behind it, it paints a different picture.
I can't tell if Gordon is annoyed at the argument they're having, or the fact that they're yelling in a language he can't understand.
I wouldnt bet on him not understanding greec. More likely he can speak acient greec tongue and they only understand THIS IS SPARTA out of it.
Yes!
Reza it’s both
It's kinda weird that one of them speaks German, who's on a Greek restaurant.
tbh you don't need to understand greek to understand what they are saying I think xD
i shed a tear when the aunt broke down , it aint easy leaving your home country for the dreams of another especially a sibling and their kids. her words shook me
In the end everyone decides over their own fate
@@hmaroni9572 yeah- if you're clairvoyant. The rest of us, not so much.
@@annebritraaen2237 She made the choice. Not like Italy is a poor country is it?
@@keithbentley6081 It this a matter of statistics?
@@keithbentley6081 It's Greece. And yes it is a poor country. They were governed by a group of bankers because they went bankrupt not a long time ago. People lost their pensions. There is shit infrastructure, corruption, debt, criminality. The only real way of making money in Greece is tourism.
US is not dreamland either but there is more jobs for unskilled workers
Gordon not understanding a word from the aunt is priceless.
And then he asks...German?
She:A little bit.
Gordon: Sorry I don't speak german 🤣🤣🤣
@@mh7844 I am immensely disappointed to learn he doesn't speak German. Imagine him screaming in German in a kitchen, giving out commands. Yes, you don't lead in German - you command. Mit großer Entschlossenheit!!!
@@gandalf8216 I can totally picture him doing that 😂 Idioten-Sandwich
@@gandalf8216 WAS ZUR HÖLLE, WO SIND MEINE VERDAMMTEN CALAMARES?!
@@gandalf8216gesundheit.
Jake has all the hallmarks of an addict in active addiction.
Thank you, I thought I was the only one who felt like he was on something
Alcoholism was my guess
THE WORKERS SAYS IT IS VIDEO GAMES/ BUT HE PROBABLY DRINKS A LOT AND PROBABLY DOES DRUGS AS WELL!!!
As an addict also named Jake I can confirm this.
World of Warcraft
Ah yes. The first episode, that introduced the next permanent addition to Kitchen Nightmares; Chef Mike!
NO, NOW YOU LISTEN TO ME! why should i waste my time at school? i am super famous on youtube. tell me, dear rez
@@AxxLAfriku a very v.
When I go to a restaurant I will ask if it was cooked by Chef Mike or Chef Fresh
it's Chef Mic. not mike. Microwave
@@jayzellemanalo6180 tbf, the subtitles and the kitchen nightmares channels comment both say mike not mic . . . also some may see mic as mick even though its from microwave :)
also could be cause mic is short for microphone rather than microwave, so it avoids confusion by spelling it like the actual name mike :)
" I left my children for you" felt like a punch in the gut and I'm not even the one running a restaurant into the ground
Exactly what I thought. I was stunned for a sec after hearing her say it
@@EmperorHeadass someone in the comments actually translated the greek, it was a mistranslation
@@Insane_Kane which comment?
@@Insane_Kane No actually it wasn't a mistranslation. She actually says that se left her children for him, which makes me wonder if she traveled from Greece to US, so she could support them.
PS: Trust me, I am Greek :D
Maybe she meant it in a supportive way? I mean, how old are the children? They surely are adults when she left them. She probably meant that she left her family in Greece to support her nephew and sister in the US.
Imagine being a chef with 14-15 years experience and being reduced to microwaving everything. I feel for Diego his potential etc just being stunted
I would probably cry
I've seen cooks with 30 years experience that can't cook for shite. 🤷🏻♂️
I cook every day. There is no way I'd use a microwave for anything. In fact I even own a microwave.
@@cookiemonsterdayz not even last nights leftovers?
@@cookiemonsterdayz Sounds pretentious
I want to give the mom the biggest hugs. The only time I was ever even halfway close to being this awful to my mom was during my psychotic episode during my mental health crisis that I don’t remember any of (I’ve been told what happened during that time). I was on medication that exacerbated my conditions and made it much much worse than it ever had been before. I would have been so grounded, punished, etc., if I wasn’t sick. In my right mind I would never be like this, and the thought of it makes me sick. Bless her heart ❤️
Imagine calling yourself a chef and then saying a microwave doesn’t ruin food. Unbelievable
An air fryer is 500× better than a microwave
A microwave is just a tool . If you’re a good cook you will use it appropriately. U can’t cook a steak in one. But you can use it for all kinds of things in a casual place without compromising quality. Things like melting butter or chocolate, certain deserts, etc . Chefs who cut corners will cut corners with whatever they have
Its staged for tv
Jake learned that being the chef in your own restaurant is a total commitment for a long, long time.
My mouth was hanging open😮
I'm actually disgusted. How could they publicly execute Chef Mike after everything he did for them? He probably had a family, kids. And they just threw him out of a window to his death, Mafioso style. Never forget Chef Mike. Rest in peace.
This comment is so weird when you’re reading this before watching the episode with no context 😂😂😂😂😂
true
I see what you did there
my mom and i just cried tears by laughing at how funny this comment is
Chef Mike is resting in pieces.
Jake looks like a generic priest with a dark past from every exorcist movie.
im fucken dead lmfaoooo
LOL
True, but only on the sequels!
Every priest has a dark past.
You summed it up!
25:00 I cannot understand how you get into literal screaming matches like this and then say “well all is good let’s fix this family and restaurant!”
The aunt calling Jake
“Donkey!”
while standing right next to Gordon was kind of hilarious 😂
That’s his insult too 😂
I thought that too. 😂
'king donkey 😂 that's the way it came across the captions when he would swear on network TV@@crazycarlsadventures5983
FR😂😂
"Mom, get the fuck out of my kitchen" ????
I'd be in a fridge in the mortuary before completing the whole sentence.
I wish.
My mother wasn't the best, but she tried and I loved her. She coukd say some foul stuff at times, I never cursed at her or disrespected her, and trust me I have a gutter mouth and a violent streak, but disrespecting your mother is the lowest thing one can do, and I can respect no man who treats his mother like trash.
@@beentheredonethat5908 there are so many worse things that you can do. I would say that being violent is one of them.
Not judging you, I'm not saint myself. Done a lot of things I'm ashamed of.
I just don't agree with you there at all.
☠️
If I was in that group, I'd have been out of a job. He'd get a piece of my mind. That's HER $800,000 kitchen.
The aunt said such sweet things to him when she hugged him. Man i wish the subtitles where right. She told him how strong and smart he is, that she loves him so much that she left her own children in Greece to support him and her sister and that he's her life and her soul. It almost made me cry
Thank you for telling us ❤️
@Hugh Mongous I’m sure they’re adults and can take care of themselves. She probably means she moved far away from her family to help her sister and nephew.
And she was fuckin rude to him the whole time. Everyone is at fault here, I totally get the guy being sick of this shit when every day he hears his family talk about how terrible he is.
Also I thought she was from Germany, since she speaks only German??
@@highdefinition450 they wouldn't talk about terrible he is if he weren't terrible
@@RyhanLDN exactly!!! i don’t understand how no one sees this was a dude completely using his mothers kindness and couldn’t have given a shit. The “nagging” wouldn’t have came from nowhere
41:13 the turn around and still had to close 😭😭
Right all that work for nothing
All those years where Chef Mike always cook is probably the reason they cannot recover
Don't worry, Chef Mike is a trained professional he knew what he were doing when he accepted to do his own stunts.
he's literally made for cooking!
@@ivarmarkusson382 LITERALLY 😂
@@ivarmarkusson382 *Jake butts in* “eXcUsE mE, iT’s fOr rEhEaTiNg”
Everyone saying rip before I got to that part made me think someone really died
28:31 "i left my children for you"
Damn. Thats raw. I didnt even think about that before. This woman came from a country to where she doesnt speak english to help her nephew and left her family behind and now it came to this
I know right!
She has the love for them.
I would not be patient like her if I was willing to sacrife for my nephew but he disrespect me. I would have left and brought my sister with me. Let the disgraceful old baby nephew understand that he was nothing without them.
I have never ever felt disgusted to anyone like this. I have watched this show for years.
How can she call her mom like that. I wish, it's just him. Hope it is not western ways treat parents.
Love parents please, sometimes they nag. It's all because they love you and want you to change
James meant 10 o'clock pm.
That's on her. The arrogance to think she could turn it around.
I cried at that moment ❤ really emotional 🥹
@@ilovebrandnewcarpets when did she imply that, carpetshagger
They did Chef Mic dirty. He busted his ass off for this restaurant and they reward him by not only sacking him but also ending his life. So sad to see you go Micy. You will always be in our hearts and our homes.
It's ok, sweetie. He's in Kitchen Heaven sitting at the right hand of The Great Stove of Final Judgement, under the Holy Aura of gravy, the Eternal Trio.
He gave his all for humanity. He is rewarded. And I give due obeisance every time I use his ancestor, MiniMic, in my own culinary endeavours. Well, disasters.
So true chef Mic never complained and NEVER took a day off 😢
I felt the same man lol... he should of been given away to a needy house 🏠
I read this comment before watching the video, genuinely worried for a second 💀.
@@alibloo1327 Can I get a time stamp? I too am confused
jake really said it’s HIS restaurant but i didn’t hear him mention how much he put down for it soooooo…
21:53 when Anthony the chef saif "I wouldn't be alive right now if i talked to my mother the way jake does, my mom would've murdered me!" that is one of the most reallest thing i have ever hear...i was like "same bro same" XD
This is pretty much par for course with Greek families. Thankfully, my Greek butt was raised by a British mother so I can relate with both you and Anthony lol
I swear I said the same thing the first time he told his mom to shut up. I was like, man, I would be six feet under.
my mom would have slapped the taste out of my mouth
Yep, I remember the last time I talked to my mom like that. Was 14 years old. Ended up with a blood nose. You show respect to your mom no matter what. Learned a hard lesson that day. Especially when my dad found out.
I can't imagine talking to my mom like that. The first time would be the last.
Jake is honestly the type of man to never do his laundry so his wife does it, and when she asks him to be an adult and do his own laundry, he'd call it "nagging"
Spot on!
FR
That's the woman's job
Make me a Sandwich too
@UCMIqEG4Cf44GWNbLMiTaQlQ lol true
JK fuck off
I looked up the result of this restaurant and it is so sad. Episode was filmed in August/September of 2011; restaurant closed in December 2011 because of debt; episode aired in January 2012.
No way so it closed down before the show was aired
Sad
Seems like Ramsay couldnt save almost any of the restaurants.. very very few of these survived more than a year or two
@@niggasjitwell how’s that he’s fault?most of them always go back to their old ways and some are far beyond with their debt it will be too late to turn things around
Thanks for the update… sad as it is.
@@gabhandebrun1871A lot of the regulars complained that Chef Ramsey changed out the authentic Greek food for generic Greek food. And James started trying to cut corners after Gordon left. Really sad.
"I'd rather be dead than have a son like you"
If my own mom told me that, my heart would forever be broken from that point on, and I don't even think I could make it up to her and redeem myself from that no matter what I do. The fact that I'm the only son in my family too, which knowing that would just make it worse.
Rumours has it that chef mike is alive and doing well ! He apparently found a job as a home private cook after getting a deal with a major ready meals company signed for life .
This is funny
I have met him several times and can confirm this information.
you mean 7-11 or subway xD
@@CannonAbuser yo even subway is too classy to use chef Mike. They use convection ovens.
Yea... Works for some college students dorm kitchen. Gets praised as a lord and savior for warming up leftovers or making popcorn
"I love my aunt like she IS my mom." ... After watching how he treated his mother, I can agree 100%.
He's a dummy. Bite the hand that feeds you and go to rehab.
Parents get the respect they have earned, just like everyone else.
As a recovering drug addict, I recognized a fellow addict in Jake immediately. He needed a hell of a lot more than anything this show could do for him.
Recovering from addiction too, I see it. Games might be part of it but there’s a substance involved too.
I think he's on Xanax bars
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one
@@blacksapphirerain You’ve got that right! That’s the most logical explanation for his personality shift.
@@Fur4dayz Me too!
I've seen a lot of chef Ramseys shows and I can say I never seen a kitchen rely so much on a microwave
As someone who has worked in the restaurant industry for years, you can tell he has a severe coke and alcohol problem but they just called it a “video game” problem. I’ve seen many chefs with booze problems move from high level cooking to relying on the microwave so they can cook hungover
Thought the same thing
At the time there was something worse than coke and alcohol. World of Warcraft. Plenty of jobs and marriages went down to that.
@@neXib Hah, I was just thinking when this was filmed and yup, right there with my glory years of WoW. Luckily, I was just in 8th-9th grade, all I messed up was some of my grades, my sleep schedule and (a bit) my relationship with my parents, lol.
@@neXib We used to call it World of WarCrack in my guild. Hell, it was damn addicting, and that was before all the timegating and RNG bs that they started adding post WoD.
Atleast that game is burning now.
If he weren't addicted to coke or alcohol, it was defo WoW.
@@zeeshandogar9406 High stress, low pay, long hours. When I was younger I'd be doing 6/7 day weeks, 100+ hours a week. It gets to some people.
I wonder if Dustin ever watches these videos/reads the comments and sits back with pride for being the one who started the legend of Chef Mike.
No way in hell would I even think to speak to my mom like that
I spoke like that to my mom once, my dad made sure I wasn’t sitting for a month
Seriously? Mom from hell.
@crimsonmaelstrom573 that's why dad's are important
You also probably have a very different mom than he does. Anybody who's dealt with an abusive narcissist knows she's absolutely not the angel she tries to make herself out to be.
@yesindeed5637 yes! Fatherlessness is a scourge in society
From the title, to the greek cursing, to 3/4th of the way thru the video still being about yelling & needing to get over that 1st hurdle of even tolerating each other in the same space, I was convinced this one was unsalvageable. Gordon Ramsay is truly a miracle worker lmao
The episode that gave birth to the god of the microwaves, the glorious Chef Mike. He died for our cooking sins after getting thrown out of the building. May his microwaves send warmth to your "fresh-frozen" food. Amen.
EDIT: Wow, my most liked comment. Thank you people! May Chef Mike bless your dinner tonight.
This comment is amazing 😂😂😂 great job man
Amennnnn🙌🙌🙌
May Chef Mike resurrect on the Day if Judgement and grant salvation to chefs that cook fresh.
Lmaaao😂
Shouldn't prayers to the Glorious Chef Mike end with a ding, instead of Amen?
He hates that his Mom nags, but doesn’t realize if he did what he was supposed to she wouldn’t HAVE to nag. Perfect timing sample of zero accountability.
Fr like if you want the nagging to stop, do your job!!
I knew a guy like that once, he didnt do a thing to help or contribute to affairs of his flat, he left the place an actual dumpsite, and he acted so shocked as he wondered why his dad nagged him so frequently😂😅
Or maybe he lost all his passion and motivation because his mom and aunt nags all the time. He's dead inside heating that
He knows he's a total f-up, that's why he doesn't want to hear it
@@Distinguished_distinctor perhaps they nag him because he’s in 3 hours a day and is too busy playing games instead of doing his job
No matter how deep a hole may seem, cursing your mother is just a different type of low...
So if she tried to drown you and sold you to her boyfriend for his pleasure we should still kiss her ass? Or maybe be nice to good mothers is what you meant?
Exactly! And he doesn’t shop there…. His aunt comes from Greece and he treats her the same.
Oh shut up with this”always respect your mother” bullshit. Some peoples moms are dead beats dude, responsible for terrible shit. Step out of your bubble
Parents get the respect they have earned.
@@mikewebber2637 Exactly. No matter who you are. You need to earn respect.
Reading the comments at the start of the episode had me so confused 😂 “rip chef Mike” “chef Mike deserved better” “chef Mike was just doing his best” 😂 ffs
Haha, me too! I just watched the episode where Chef Trevor admitted his drug problem and got sacked, I thought "Chef Mike" had committed suicide. So relieved no death involved (apart from the mike-rowave!)..
i thought someone died. turned out I was right! RIP
Frrr! I thought Gordon legit lost his shit and tossed Chef mike out the window!!!!
I'm at the start of the episode. Very exciting
Every introduction in the beginning I was waiting go see wtf Chef Mike is and why is he dead 😂😂😂😂 it will teach me to stop running to the comment section at the start of the episode!!!
The aunt is savage ! she keeps speaking greek to Chef Ramsay like he understand what she's saying
The Americans keep speaking English as if anyone speaks English.
@@ingevonschneider5100 well she is in America sweetie, not Greece.
She was really frustrated that she couldn't be understood by Gordon as well. And neither the mother, or the son properly translated what she was saying because it was embarassing for them both. The only reasonable member of that family in that room, was that angry lady.
@@skurinski pretty sure that comment was a general observation, sweetie
lol every video of kitchen nightmares there’s always some brain dead double digit IQ idiots in the comments claiming it’s all fake. so you think every episode of kitchen nightmares they find like 10+ people who can act really well to pretend to have a failing restaurant? literally the logic of a child
The anger in her sisters eyes! She knows the depression her sister is feeling and the stress will kill her slowly! The son needs to learn to respect his mother PERIOD! She’s yelling because she’s tired .
26:02 I find it hilarious that a man who doesn’t get to work till 11-12 am, has average 3 hour shift, and who’s whole job is basically sitting around and microwaving food is saying he can’t deal with the pressure of this to Gordon FLIPPING Ramsey! A man who worked with one of the greatest and harshest chiefs in the world, a chief who made Ramsey cry. From this context Gordon’s reactions are priceless.
This is shocking. No mother deserves to be treated so disrespectfully. Nobody deserves to be yelled at like that. I hope this family got help and is better now.
Yeah, well have you noticed what heavy words have left her mouth? "his not a human being anymore, she rather die than have a son like him, etc etc." Much much worse than anything he said. He might yell at her but still he isn't saying the awful things she is saying.
Imagine living every day hearing her say such things. She completely broke the man. She deserves every awful reaction she gets.
She one of those people that slowly destroy you with every little comment here and there like a wave slowly chipping at a rock. Endless and relentless while appearing to be the good person and not even realizing themselves how they hurt others.
No mother? At all? Why? Abusive mothers deserve. Some others too... Don't be cheesy
@@ancheno7167 bro chill
There are a lot of moms that need to be talked to like that. Just because they have a kid, doesn't mean they can't be horrid people and I hate that people don't accept that. I'm not talking about this woman btw, she seems nice.
@@Scavendon tf is wrong with you? You really have some issues dude
this dude pissed through his familys $800k+ and still talks to his own mother like this whilst microwaving his familys 'ancestral' recipes
It's amazing how many ancestral microwaves are out there.
He looks like Sylvio Dante from the Sopranos
it really is so beautiful to see these restaurant owners become more likable and see the restaurant just become so much better, i respect everyone who runs this show.
I wouldn't be surprised if, in at least half of the episodes, they just rehearse and stage the parts where the owners get all emotional and apologetic, because it makes for dramatic television.
El Grego closed in December 2011.
Several staff left the restaurant including the lead line cook and there were many disagreements after the episode was filmed, according to cook James.
James also claimed that Jake was difficult to work with and had already started cutting corners on Gordon's menu.
Yelp reviews after his visit were mostly poor with negative comments on the food quality, menu availablity and slow service. 😢
As much as I like watching it, it's generally a stretch thinking a couple of days is going to change what is obviously long standing dynamics like the ones in this episode.
That's an example of why people can't blame Chef Ramsey if the restaurant fails after he tries to help them. You can't help those who won't help themselves
I would give my left you know what to have Gordon R come in my restaurant and pick apart what I was doing wrong then I would listen and everything he told me .
That's sad man...
@@agent57 I think the main thing is. Long term change isn't an option for these places. What Gordan did was give them publicity, a chance to fix things and turn it around, and renovate the space if necessary to help deal with debts and such to give basically last leg about to die locations a final chance
Chef Mike tried his best, cut him some slack!
hello unknown checkmark
@@yuma8575 lol whos that idiot sayin he tried his best
Got straight up murdered.
@@MrFooFighter13 what's with the death comment?
Chef Mic = Chef Microwave
The fact that they did all this and still having to close is so disappointing. I was expecting a happy ending
@Heartthrob Goswamy excuse me?
@Heartthrob Goswamy wot
@@breaded.7964 what did that person say?
@@unhingedlife they said something that doesn’t make sense 😭
@@breaded.7964 LMAO ahahah
I love the sisters love for each other
This had to be the most depressing restaurant in the series
He's clearly an addict. Might be videogames or something else, but he is clearly sleep deprived and depressed, running from his problems instead of facing them.
i think there's another one that's more depressing, it was a pizza or smth
@@UnsungAces burger kitchen also
Yes, what really would have helped was hiring an external chef to lead the kitchen and let him take some months of to fix his depression and addiction.
@@lobaxx He seems deeply depressed and you cannot expect someone like that to just change over a day.
The fact that as soon as service started there was immediately a line up for the microwave is plain hilarious
28:16 Wow. After such a huge fight, seeing his aunt hug him and cry with him is so powerful. Seeing that they were ready to change and really did want to fix things not just with the restaurant but with eachother actually brought me to tears. The emotion in her voice and the tears on his face. I never cry watching anything but that is just something else because it's so raw.
Jake is clearly depressed and needs help. He's feeling the guilt and pressure from the downfall of the restaurant
Chef Mike - what a legend
Kept the restaurant alive for all those years only to be cruelly dumped without any warning
Jake has depression. Being tired all the time and losing interest are major symptoms. This is an example of how much depression can destroy your life, but ppl who dont suffer with it dont understand and accuse you of being lazy. Just makes it worse.
My thoughts exactly, He reminded me a lot of myself from years ago. I'm in therapy and I would never have been functional and even successful today without it. Screaming to a depressed person that he/she is worthless does not help.
Yea and the way the mother handles it is just sickening but so typical. Everyone acts like she’s a sweet old lady but I think the definitely plays a role there. „I’d rather be dead than have a son like you“ bruh tf is wrong with this mother. No wonder he’s depressed
Thank god i found the comment iam looking for, god o felt so bad for this guy i know exactly how it is living among people who dont understand it and its just so draining, no wonder he dont want to come to work, and i know exactly why he talks like that to his mother cause my mother is the same, i hope he is better now and maybe finds a way away from his mother so he might be able to do what he wants and not needs to dedicate his Life to his mothers dream
he was addicted to world of warcraft.
Just because he may have depression it doesn't excuse his horrid behaviour.
The episode where Chef Mike shows himself to the world. Truly an almighty sight.
Chef Mike is good at his job but he's been given too many jobs that he doesn't know how to do, which is making him look bad.
Honestly Jake saying "I don't think it comprises the food" is not just the biggest insult to Gordon Ramsay but the biggest insult to the Culinary Industry. And the fact that he thinks a reheated bagged food is just as fresh as a newly freshly cooked food is just down right insulting, and to make matters worse this guy actually thinks he can run this restaurant without his mom and aunt when he only comes to work for 3 hours, doesn't know how to have standards and reheats every goddamn food this guy is a joke.
After binge watching a bunch of these you realize just how much of the show is Ramsay counselling people.
an argument with parents is normal but to tell her to get out of her own restaurant that she paid for would get my ass whooped
"Word has spread that Gordon is in town"
*Town population turns into expert food critics*
😂😂😂
Family arguement: currently going on
Gordon: o-o
This is one of the times I've seen Gordon so confused in a situation
Kiki is so absolutely right about everything and it is so frustrating that the family doesn’t translate word for word so that Gordan could know how she feels
The funniest thing to me is kiki saying everything i would expect gordon to say to jake and gordon actually not knowing what she is saying xD
i love that psrt hahha xD
Gordon Ramsey:
- Family therapist and social psychologist
- Ocassionally cooks as a hobby
😂
- Murder. RIP Mike
love how the aunt is talking to Gordon during the argument, and cant understand a single word of it haha
This is so sad. The mother does not deserve this, I hope she is alright . I haven’t finished the episode but I’m praying this restaurant is alright.
how you feel now
I Know .That son needs a good slap treating his old mother like that.
@Heartthrob Goswamy holy crap really?
@Heartthrob Goswamy this isn't a funny joke... Think a bit before commenting here.
I dunno - it's easy to judge these situations from the outside but the whole "I would rather die, I would rather be dead than have a son like you" that's textbook passive aggressive, manipulative, emotionally abusive behaviour and the son is showing signs of serious depression, not laziness. The fact that she can't wait to join in when Gordon starts attacking him is another big red flag for that. Then she literally goes out and prays that Gordon is going to attack him for her.
My guess is that the mother has brow beaten and emotionality abused her son into deep depression and then used the symptoms of the depression she caused against him.
Honestly, with a mother like that desperately waiting for a chance to tell him what a failure he was, I don't blame him for not wanting to go into work. And nobody will recognise what she's doing because she looks like a sweet older woman.
"I'd rather be dead than have a son like you now" jesus, I'd rather be dead than have my mother feel that way about me
I've binge-watched a lot of Kitchen Nightmares episodes so far; maybe 30 in no particular order. I've heard Gordon use a lot of terms like lazy, arrogant, shameful, stupid, etc. But when Jake was called a 'sack of sh*t', I felt he'd earned the highest possible level of Gordon's contempt.
Yeah it's because that's why Gordon ran away from home. He wasn't abused in any unlawful way, he was just given a rough time with no sympathy. Just like Jake. But unlike Gordon, Jake didn't run away, he stayed and let the restaurant go to pieces as a form of silent protest about the way he was treated. "You wanna yell at me? Ok fine, I'll give you so many reasons to yell at me that you lose your voice."
@@misteral9045 IMO Those two things aren't really comparable...Also Gordon WAS unlawfully abused, his father was violent alcoholic and abused him and his siblings. Gordon had no control over what was happened to him, while the lazy son on the other hand was the reason for most of all the problems, and had absolutely no intention of making things any better.
If anything, he held so much contempt for the lazy son simply because he knew that that the guy knew he was driving his mother crazy and into horrible debt and couldn't care less. Gordon is known family man and holds family as one of, if not THE most important things in life. It probably really hurt Gordon to see the horrible situation the mother was in, and the fact the Son was intentionally making things worse, made him even angrier.
@@Aevilbeast Abuse isn't comparable to abuse? Lmao. I'd stop right there but I read the rest of it anyway and yeah it's just yapping.
@Iguessthislldo Anti-intellectuals are unpleasant as a concept, but in practice, well, they're anti-intellectuals.
@@misteral9045I mean, if we’re being fair, the son was just as abusive as the two women. He’s got no leg to stand on, which is probably why Gordan called him out.
Imagine carrying an entire restaurant on your back, only to be thrown out of a window for it. RIP Chef Mike, gone but not forgotten 😢
"I wouldn't be alive right now if I talked to my mom that way," I laughed so hard at this.
Hoe ko lag jy
so trueee, i can't even say "what? " to her whenever she calls me without context, I'm walking my assoff to just find her randomly checking on me by yelling my name:)
I'd be hit with a hard right cross to the face. Mike Tyson in his prime type shit if I talked like how he does to his mom 🤣🤣
Chef Mike needs more credit! Such a warm character, dedicated and hard working. Can't believe Gordon sent him into early retirement in that horrifying way :(
Not only will I ever invest in a restaurant, after watching all these Gordan Ramsay shows, I'm no longer eating out.
I always see dirt in restaurants, they are gross
There are still restaurants that are better than the ones featured on these shows. I know a pasta place near me that hand makes all their pastas and sauces fresh every single day. So freaking good
"I wouldn't be alive today if i talked to my mother like that."
Best line of the series
Man, this man is being generous. Gave us a full episode out of fuckin nowhere like DAMN
They have been doing them every other day tbf
@@Sam-gf6ue every Monday and Friday, more specifically
@@Sam-gf6ue I would like for something to have a 48 hour release cycle. Unfortunately we are slaves to an odd number of days in the week
Well, I have a premium TH-cam membership and it costs more than my monthly Netflix and other streaming services. TH-cam isn’t cheap if I want the best service and if I subscribe to patrons premium services with all the bells and whistles. I don’t have any cable but I have premium TH-cam and HD Netflix memberships and these replace my cable bills. I don’t watch TV on cables or local news. I watch streamed live news from all over the world. I mean who would watch cables these days? Every time I watch an episode on TH-cam they get paid and times that by billions of viewers worldwide. TH-cam has worldwide audiences, vs local US population being only 4.25% of the world population. They’re just being very smart. Not generous as they’re getting paid. They’re simply smarter than others.
This "man" is the official Kitchen Nightmares channel...
This is one of the few episodes where Chef Ramsay doesn't even walk into the fridge, which makes me think it was run really well and clean, tells you a lot about the standards his chefs had - dude really fucked something good for himself and his mom, this is beyond tragic.
It was probably clean bc the food was always prepared by the aunts and then it was just microwaved xD
I don't know about that i feel like this wasn't his dream to begin with because he says he did the course because his mom wanted to open a restaurant
I know everyone is blaming him but when you hate something like your job or loose passion or never had it which this guy clearly did not want to be a chef he had no passion the mother did and I guess he tried to appease that before she kicked the bucket
some people feel a specific need to please their parents
@@alien-ann Absolutely this, I honestly feel bad for the dude.
I was hoping that the Head Chef temporarily left the restaurant while watching the episode. It seems so clear he has mental issues tbh when you observe him. To think that he used to be so good at what he is doing and regress like this much is wondering. I also noticed how the quality of storage and facilities isn't much a problem unlike what we always encounter from other episodes. It's sad to think abt what happened to the restaurant. The Mother could've done different, I felt so much pity for her.
@@alien-ann He looked so depressed.
I've yelled at the screen more in this episode than the rest of the series combined. If the boss weren't his mother, Jake would have lost his jobs years ago
The auntie calling Jake a "donkey" in Greek while standing 3 ft from Gordon is hilarious.
the whole show I was keeping my eyes on Anthony and the server, such a fine guys.
edit: it's funny watching Gordon not understand a single thing about what they're arguing about and just stand there awkwardly watching them fighting and when kiki starts talking to him he just listens but doesn't have any idea what it means
Haha glad I wasn't the only one who thought that they looked fine. 😂
The aunt is calling him a dumb animal when she doesn’t even realize Scotsmen don’t speak Greek.
Dustin is heIIa fine especially in that tucked shirt he has on 🤩✨
@@felixoupopote she didn't really cared about Gordon
thought i was the only one. haha. they look fine af.
The problem with these restaurants is the chefs and their bad habits so it doesn’t matter how much Gordon shouts and tries to change recipes they’ll always go back to their crappy ways
Not all of them but the vast majority yes. It's just sad.
It's all scripted... How can you even believe all that? It's so fake I cringe to even watch it... No offence to Gordon.
@@jaroos6663 haha what not it’s not it’s just filmed such a long time ago some scenes really do look scripted ..times have changed people act differently but what Goes on in the episodes is real
@@niamhr_2000 There is no chance in the world that this is true, sorry to ruin your world ;p
@@niamhr_2000 When they meet the owners they are sometimes giving scripts to read , and they sign a contract that says if they don't talk about the show they will receive a lot of money from the channel.
Also sometimes the guest are real chefs too so that at launch they get extra picky, and you can find proof all over if you think about how everything that happens is filmed in the strangest positions. (Like how a camera can catch someone typing on their phone close up (how the hell is that not scripted ? u can even read what they write on the phone)
Sorry man hate to break it to you but all of this is fake.
The way that man speaks to his mother, I was just horrified. Calling her by her first name, huge disrespect in my cultures(I have a Japanese mother) , shushing her by saying "be quiet" and telling her to get the f..out of "my restaurant" that she paid for ? Lord have mercy if I talked to my mother in that way.
Fr, he was so disrespectful bro... I can't even jokingly say anything towards my mom without being yelled at and getting a lecture lol
in any culture its disrespectful
@@zenzuoken4496 I am Asian 2.but what is shameful is that I spoke with my mother in the same way as this man,to be honest.but the reason that I spoke like that is my mother did a lot of horrible decisions of financial investment and stubborn ,single minded and obsessive with a cult which only care about controlling her bank account,what should I do to her?respect?
Maybe she should stop constantly nagging him. Nagging is infuriating at the best times never mind when you're in a failing business that your family relies on
Man i pity you all for having such strict parents and cultures. I mean calling your mother by their first name is disrespectful? What the fuck?
I looked at the success rate and they say 19% stayed open BUT you actually do research via reddit etc. They are about 4 that ran for over 8 years then the owners retired. A few saw business boom and sold etc. then the new owners did well. Gordon actually made a huge difference and at least 40% of the restaurants (in my googling) made it a few extra years to be sold etc. The ones that closed had things like landlord issues, unable to renew lease due to debt etc. They were actually just to far gone debt wise
Update!!!
After the following weeks, progress is made and there was positive feedback from the community, however the debts were too large and too difficult for them to over come.
Filmed August September 2011
Closed December 2011
Episode aired January 2012
Really?
@@blopurhead6242 they mention the closing at the end of the video, jesus christ
WTF is the point of trying to help a restaurant that will never be able to repay the debts regardless of if Gordon's assistance is successful or not
@RevolverOcelot2008 for the $$ .. the episode probly made well over what his time was worth being there.. plus the payment they give him probly to try and help
Damn.
I bet he wasn’t addicted to a cooking game.
😂 plays cooking mama all night long
I’m betting on world of Warcraft and Xanax/OxyContin based on the timeline but yeah no dopamine lefts for cooking either way
A Chef's Life has some pretty amazing graphics, tbh
😂
His aunt is a savage and I love her
I'm sorry but the "I would rather be dead than have a son like you" line absolutely had me howling LOL
Let's give some props to Dustin, the true hero behind 'Chef Mike'.