I really hope Kitchen Nightmares changes up the restaurants it visits. So far we've the same common elements over and over again:
- tyrannical incompetent managers. (lots of yelling and commotion, FOX style)
- family run operations with lots of conflict between the owners (see above)
- filthy kitchens (shock value good for ratings)
One of the things I like about the UK version is how the cruz of the problem changes from show to show:
ie
Momma Cheri's - (good food but bad marketing, and bad staff discipline)
La Riviera - 1st class chef, restaurant, and ingredients, but a complicated menu from the chef.
The UK had it's own US style calamities, but overall it seemed to be more about the food. The US one seems to have cribbed a few pages from the "extreme makeover" book, where everything is just unveiled on a platter, with little banter on how it got there.
Interesting to see they've brought the visit to the restaurant back, but compressed it into a 10 second commentary, with no actual visit by Gordon.
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