tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post5396669712381626458..comments2023-11-16T20:00:00.345+00:00Comments on Reality Tv Revisited: The Glass House - Kitchen Nightmares Update - Open or Closed?RealityTvRevisitedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329054982657100887noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-1039642736355852212022-05-05T19:44:11.773+01:002022-05-05T19:44:11.773+01:00£41k is currently equal to $50k USD in 2022. I don...£41k is currently equal to $50k USD in 2022. I don’t consider that a huge amount for a head chief by any means. Am I missing something? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-72492230039863727952021-01-13T15:52:54.075+00:002021-01-13T15:52:54.075+00:00You need to keep inflation in mind. £25k in 2003 i...You need to keep inflation in mind. £25k in 2003 is £41k in 2020. Which is a huge sum for a small rural restaurant head chefAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-26232164727861054282020-11-21T15:51:25.800+00:002020-11-21T15:51:25.800+00:00I don't think Gordon was hard on richard at al...I don't think Gordon was hard on richard at all. Gordon can weigh up kitchen staff very quickly, it's his job after all and he saw that Richard struggled to communicate and motivate his staff and service was slow.Hardly head chef material. I think Gordon's opinion of richard, seeing as he is a Michelin starred, veteran of the industry of many years, holds more sway than anything else.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156532803867641521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-89900786930193768372020-06-23T10:36:47.151+01:002020-06-23T10:36:47.151+01:0025k in 2003 when this was filmed is 38k now. 25k in 2003 when this was filmed is 38k now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-82137982198964206902018-10-28T21:50:24.910+00:002018-10-28T21:50:24.910+00:00That's what gordon kept telling and trying to ...That's what gordon kept telling and trying to show Neil.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384499782291318918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-17499091760359030122018-07-26T14:29:15.297+01:002018-07-26T14:29:15.297+01:00You do realise that this was filmed in 2003, right...You do realise that this was filmed in 2003, right? In mid-2003, average annual salary was £18k. House prices and cost of living were markedly lower. And, as has been pointed out above, this was outside London. I'm sure a £25k wage then would translate to a much higher wage now.<br /><br />(https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/wages)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-18600583250182745392018-07-09T01:54:40.160+01:002018-07-09T01:54:40.160+01:00I worked here just before that episode was filmed,...I worked here just before that episode was filmed, and Richie was useless. I never understood how he made it to head chef, he only got that job when the previous head chef, Stuart, left to go work at a hotel. Stuart was an amazing chef and doubt the Glasshouse would have needed any help at all had he not left. Standards slipped big time when Richie was made head chef, that was Neil's biggest mistake. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252567612544813824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-19114309812967338262018-03-25T08:49:37.356+01:002018-03-25T08:49:37.356+01:00Most amusing thing to me was Gordon's constant...Most amusing thing to me was Gordon's constant claim that £25k was somehow a very decent wage.Thats about £1700 a month after tax. Not a great wage by any stretch of the imagination. By contrast Gordon's first head chef job, before he became a star, was at London restaurant Aubergine, where he was on £100k. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16593703027615558678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-39427879584132176862017-01-05T02:28:45.860+00:002017-01-05T02:28:45.860+00:00"Glass House becomes successful under Gordon&..."Glass House becomes successful under Gordon's name, that's just giving up market-share on his home turf." Ambleside is not "Gordon's backyard". Ambleside is the Lake District. That is 5 hours from London (where Gordon's restaurants are). They are not competing in any way whatsoever. I can only assume that you are American to think something this bizarre. If you for a moment think that 5 hours is a reasonable amount of time to travel to go and eat, firstly you are nuts, secondly British people would never do this. To be clear, I have never been to the Lake District. I live in London.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-34479194916592236862015-11-18T23:24:35.804+00:002015-11-18T23:24:35.804+00:00I really like Gordon, but I think you are probably...I really like Gordon, but I think you are probably correct. Having said that, as an example of a fat chef he liked (even before he got thin w/ surgery), I would point to Graham Elliott, with whom he works in the American version of Master Chef & Master Chef Junior.AmoreHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962242971150142706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-57032770440191924892015-06-10T23:22:52.270+01:002015-06-10T23:22:52.270+01:00I think it's pretty obvious, Mr Ramsey doesn&#...I think it's pretty obvious, Mr Ramsey doesn't like any fat chefs. can you cite a counter example?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-24345509002787659102015-04-19T21:26:51.334+01:002015-04-19T21:26:51.334+01:00I agree. Most of the reviews of the UK version are...I agree. Most of the reviews of the UK version are wearing rose-colored glasses who Only see what they want to see. Lots of people babble how "nice" he is BUT he really isn't. He makes nasty remarks about elderly customers, he treats Black and Indian chefs Differently then he does white ones. Even some borderline racist remarks. And his wife chauvinist opening dialogue to ' Morgans' Episode "How many women does it take to ruin a restaurant?" Yet he never makes cracks like that with multiple male owners. He is a lot more careful in the US version because the American audience would never tolerate such disrespect. And I also think he seems to have it in for some of those employees at various restaurants. I like the US version. The idiots babbling how there is Less screaming and swearing........Hello! Gordon Doesn't yell or swear as much either! The morons who babble "The Brits just stand there and take it all in." Again, Hello! When they're calmly "taking it" GORDON ISN'T YELLING AT THEM! Of course they're going to stand there calmly. RMEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-24440333450913062212014-07-17T00:30:27.576+01:002014-07-17T00:30:27.576+01:00There'll be hours and hours of filming, edited...There'll be hours and hours of filming, edited down to just 50 minutes, but I agree, Ramsay did seem to have it in for Richard. Did her deserve it? Probably not, but then again, should he have been in the position of head chef in such an establishment? I think Richard is a lot better as a person, and a cook, frankly, than I have seen in most of the KN US episodes, and certainly far, far better than that idiot who could burn water without trying in episode 1 KN UK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-84923299477464759602014-05-24T19:03:58.629+01:002014-05-24T19:03:58.629+01:00Of most of the restaurant owners on the shows (and...Of most of the restaurant owners on the shows (and I know it's edited etc.), Neil seemed like he wouldn't be one of the success stories; but reading his own account in one of the "Where are they now?" features, he really made it work. Full credit to him.Karl Chadsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-19343523017506363992013-09-20T12:31:52.230+01:002013-09-20T12:31:52.230+01:00The "I own you..." soliloquy by Richard ...The "I own you..." soliloquy by Richard was a bit creepy. I found it difficult to get into the owner's corner on this one because Neil was just a trembling basket-case... you need a real backbone to be a business-owner (which is why I could never do the job) and he seemed to be absolutely crushed by the weight of it all. Instead of feeling sorry for him, I felt kind of annoyed.<br><br>What a beautiful building! I think this is the second-most I've loved a building on this series... The Priory being Number One, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-10744584801552783832013-09-16T07:05:20.144+01:002013-09-16T07:05:20.144+01:00The US Dollar is nearly 2-to-1 right now, so it...The US Dollar is nearly 2-to-1 right now, so it'd be in the neighborhood of $50,000 a year now. For a rural restaurant, that's decent money. For London, it's starvation wages, but this wasn't London, now, was it?CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338465547298726792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-11240523253742157292013-09-09T03:09:54.529+01:002013-09-09T03:09:54.529+01:00Interesting that this place is still open. Clearly...Interesting that this place is still open. Clearly the owner followed Gordon's advice: keeping it simple, low prices, local food etcetera. <br><br>But I do agree that I was surprised that Richard the chef was bullied by Gordon. Surely he was not the most brilliant chef, but I think there was some potential. But Gordon had it in for him from the beginnning onwards. <br><br>Just out of curiosity, is 25K UKP really that much? IN that case, thank god I am not a chef. Really a labor of love it must be, because it is hard work and the pay is crap. Respect to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-28037663262882307392013-04-20T03:34:57.994+01:002013-04-20T03:34:57.994+01:00Watching this episode again, it amazes me how much...Watching this episode again, it amazes me how much Gordon had it out for chef Richard Collins. The episode opens with Ramsay narrating that he can't make the 'proper' changes to the Glass House, but can certainly encourage the owner to do so, then he seemingly can't refer to chef Collins without using the words 'cocky' or 'arrogant' despite the poor guy explaining his own shortcomings in his first meeting with Gordon - the poor guy probably thought that Gordon was going to actually us that information to improve the restaurant rather than spear him. Finally, Gordon sweetly proposes the chef and owner have a meal in their own restaurant, then encourages all the line-chefs to 'show their chef' that they're under-utilised - narration: "hopefully Neil can taste the improvement in the food over dinner, and then give him [chef Richard] a bollicking over a glass of wine!"* Not to mention, poaching chef Richard's two most talented employees - not even to work, just for 'work experience'!<br><br>I've caught a few episodes of the old UK episodes recently, and paying closer attention, I'm starting to see a pattern! Gordon is very careful about lending his name to improve the restaurants' custom (one can't deny that he's got a big heart, and you always hear in the reviews that people love the old Channel 4 episodes because Gordon really seems to connect with the participants, and genuinely care. Whereas the US KN is just sensationalist crap.), but re-watching, it also occurs to me that more 'Gordon Ramsay Restaurants' that might result from RKN that aren't actually under Mr. Ramsay's corporate umbrella would only be competition. In the US he doesn't have to worry so much, but if the Glass House becomes successful under Gordon's name, that's just giving up market-share on his home turf. <br><br>I think chef Richard Collins got the sharpest end of the infamous Ramsay treatment because (as it is mentioned in the episode) he /also/ trained at Claredge's 'before Gordon's time' there (I'm not quite sure why they never once crossed paths at such a large and prestigious institution when they both received their formative training there, and are the same age... hahha maybe Richie gave the wrong commis a swirlie 30 years ago!!!), and Gordon would necessarily have to be very careful lending his name to the Glass House when customers would already be likely to make comparisons.<br><br>I found it really telling that the WAAACKY pomegranate risotto has been brought back due to demand, and that Gordon's main critique of the dish was that he didn't understand the concept, when we all know that he's not shy about spitting bad food out. <br><br>Well, that should be more than enough for any fans of the show - even this many years on - to ruminate on with me. :) I am just noticed that around the web, no one had yet mentioned the huge difference between the way, say, Stewart from the Sand gate episode, Loic from Abstract (who is also enjoying success despite Ramsay's best efforts - again, interesting that Gordon became a fan of Loic's food after Loic's business put a few more miles between itself and Gordon's backyard/market share.), and chef Richard Collins.<br><br>I wish the best to everyone at the Glass House!<br><br>*= my paraphraseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com