tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post8560158664222304328..comments2023-11-16T20:00:00.345+00:00Comments on Reality Tv Revisited: Chappy's - Kitchen Nightmares Update - Open or Closed?RealityTvRevisitedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329054982657100887noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-39554808640537776842022-01-18T19:01:49.469+00:002022-01-18T19:01:49.469+00:00Chappy: GoRdoN rUiNeD mY bUsInEsS
Also chappy: has...Chappy: GoRdoN rUiNeD mY bUsInEsS<br />Also chappy: has numerous other restaurants close after a year<br /><br />Hmmm, did Gordon ruin those too?hoshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769213819048363930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-27495820479438108042020-07-22T02:17:58.069+01:002020-07-22T02:17:58.069+01:00I love and totally respect Mr Ramsay's view an...I love and totally respect Mr Ramsay's view and opinions when it comes to these restaurants. These owners volunteer to come on TV and once they're exposed for they horrible cooking and nasty storing of food by a world renowned chef, they're embarrassed and take out their humiliation on Gordon. I would forget y'all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-52021534263072194002018-10-21T17:19:29.839+01:002018-10-21T17:19:29.839+01:00you're right he was closed down before the sho...you're right he was closed down before the show aired due to non payment of taxes and wages. Not on a future reality show that has not aired yet. I was wondering were is he getting the money to keep opening restaurants. Since the show they have closed 3 restaurants and opened 4 the last one is in a hotel.Jon Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00404566021486645840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-85506901846949281512018-09-19T12:52:11.845+01:002018-09-19T12:52:11.845+01:00He blames GR for his business failing and not beca...He blames GR for his business failing and not because he didn't pay his taxes? <br />I wonder who he blames for all his other restaurants failing? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-12607877261227190972018-03-14T22:12:44.559+00:002018-03-14T22:12:44.559+00:00I totally agree. By changing the menu so drastica...I totally agree. By changing the menu so drastically, Gordon disconnected Chappy from not only his passion food but potentially his palette, making it difficult to inspire and to integrate new menu items. The renovation, although "nice" was pretty insipid. Nothing really screamed New Orleans about it. It matched Gordon's new menu concept idea--southern charm with a whisper of the NOLA swag I suppose (much less of the latter). <br /><br />Still, I blame Chappy for the overall failure and still highly respect Chef Ramsay. I think it would have been better to embrace those changes and to work within them for a while before deciding to revert to his failed ways. It was ultimately about keeping the business open and profitable. But in this case, it would have been beneficial to include Chappy in the renovation/remake process.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271466421572177727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-32132705503253785022017-12-06T22:41:17.998+00:002017-12-06T22:41:17.998+00:00As with many owners they ask for help and advice o...As with many owners they ask for help and advice only to completely ignore it and go back to the ways that brought their business down in the first place. Chappys record of closures highlights his lack of business acumen as well as ability in the kitchen. How much money does the tv company waste doing these makeovers that always tend to see the places close down to lack of willingness to change?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-7805031414575807352017-11-24T19:50:04.672+00:002017-11-24T19:50:04.672+00:00Every time I see a cook to cook fish and meat toge...Every time I see a cook to cook fish and meat together or vegetables with meat it makes me sooo angry! Those people have no place in kitchen or food business in general!<br />Same as servers that when you ask for something to be remove from your dish they let the kitchen know that you asked for extra. :/ MischaS_https://www.blogger.com/profile/15323374199286580493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-29514968962584932742016-12-14T19:52:18.826+00:002016-12-14T19:52:18.826+00:00I usually agree with and understand Gordon's m...I usually agree with and understand Gordon's menu changes, even in situations where he changes the style of the food offered; but Chappy's makes no sense at all. Why would you turn a Cajun restaurant into a generic southern/American menu? It seems like Gordon really dropped the ball on this one.<br /><br />I think he also made a big mistake with the decor. I can understand wanting to do away with tacky, but at least try to keep the fun loving New Orleans theme. To turn it into a staid white dining room makes no sense. It's not necessary. It doesn't fit with the owner, cajun food, New Orleans, or anything that would be connected with the restaurant. <br /><br />I do believe no one is to blame for the failure but chappys, but this is one of the few instances where I feel like Gordon's changes were a step back and didn't actually help the restaurant achieve it's goals at all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-38533943428649584522016-10-13T04:28:08.448+01:002016-10-13T04:28:08.448+01:00If we observe from his USA KN episodes, he often o...If we observe from his USA KN episodes, he often ordered foods which show technical capability in cooking (such as steaks, eggplants, fish, fried calamari). He once went to an Italian restaurant who served Pasta, he disliked the pasta but he indeed liked the cakes (same goes when he went to a soul food restaurant, he only liked the cakes which also were cooked by different person, not by the owner). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-75742801052987372992016-06-23T20:08:33.725+01:002016-06-23T20:08:33.725+01:00There are Production Assistants and probably some ...There are Production Assistants and probably some food critics that scout the places well before a show is filmed. <br /><br />I'm fairly certain the producers get thousands of KN requests and send people to scout them. The ones with horrible food and unclean conditions get the okay because the key is "Drama and disgust". <br /><br />I liked the UK KN better because it felt more real, more genuine. This is just rinse and repeat reality. <br /><br />But I do enjoy seeing Gordon lose the plot so I watch but I don't take it as a real thing. The kitchen's have to be in a sorry state, the food has to be untasty. <br /><br />There's a reason he chooses what he chooses. The people that scouted the place know what dishes are horrid and so put them down as being the ones to make it on film. <br /><br />I'm sure the criteria for being on the show is <br />1) several poor menu items<br />2) unsanitary kitchen and walkins<br />3) Family drama (they need the family drama)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-23615783632025161482016-05-15T12:43:27.639+01:002016-05-15T12:43:27.639+01:00Today, it's a very successful new bar with a l...Today, it's a very successful new bar with a lot of local buzz! I've never been inside, but the weekend has the bar's parking lot jammed packed and the decor outside looks outstanding, complete with a weekly update board sporting quippy phrases like, "We fix your weekly mistakes here on Saturday nights." lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-88594118790873661712015-12-17T10:57:00.449+00:002015-12-17T10:57:00.449+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Leslie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10467928095915586893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-7146389702967416582015-07-01T04:40:09.340+01:002015-07-01T04:40:09.340+01:00My favorite line of the show:"It looks like C...My favorite line of the show:"It looks like Chappy took a crappy in my gumbo." Lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-87786544542639860742015-06-05T14:38:13.753+01:002015-06-05T14:38:13.753+01:00I agree with much of what you said. I think that &...I agree with much of what you said. I think that "Chappy" was ready to get out of the game a long time ago and decided to get on "Kitchen Nightmares" in order to get a high profile, thereby increasing the potential sale price considerably. Many who have appeared on the show, I believe, that has been their main motivation for doing so. But it appears that the Tax Man beat Chappy to the punch and came collecting before the benefits of being on KM could be realised. It was painfully obvious that Chappy wanted out and I think that he regretted ever relocating after Katrina. And for a final comment: I don't care how profitable the restaurant was at it's peak. The wife obviously had enough work done on her face to pay the salary of a plastic surgeon for a few years. That woman looked half-way between Michael Jackson and Joan Rivers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-18971794872310433742015-05-23T18:26:48.111+01:002015-05-23T18:26:48.111+01:00He is careful with his order choices to make sure ...He is careful with his order choices to make sure that the kitchen fails if its not top notch. I have seen him order French onion soup soup at least three times which turns to gross gop if you let it sit. I have seen him order calamari several times (half a dozen maybe?) and if that is 10 seconds past fresh it turns in to crewing gum or if even a moment over cooked. Eggplant is a common choice which is tricky too cook well. Good steak can't be faked, either it good meat cooked right or its not plain as day. Seafood is the biggest tested of kitchen freshness, especially in a non-seafood focused place and he'll order it almost everytime. Anything weird or just silly then that's what he gets. <br><br>He doesn't have to lie but he is aiming high and hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-18287235156866346212015-03-06T21:45:53.178+00:002015-03-06T21:45:53.178+00:00Thanks for the warning he is in New Orleans. I kn...Thanks for the warning he is in New Orleans. I know where not to eatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-58063791324782173672015-01-23T22:11:52.765+00:002015-01-23T22:11:52.765+00:00He went back to serving his bad food and now he wo...He went back to serving his bad food and now he wonders why it closed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-2452816989668743802014-09-29T22:57:40.229+01:002014-09-29T22:57:40.229+01:00I just read what 20 Dec 2013 wrote. There are plac...I just read what 20 Dec 2013 wrote. There are places I can take you to where the food clearly comes from the can, and or is tasteless yet these places do very good business. One came highly recommended by at least half a dozen or more people as being good southern home cooking! I was shocked when I ate there good southern home cooking my foot! Greens and black eyed peas and green beans clearly came out a can. The mashed taters were dehydrated and the fried chix was overcooked. The gravy did not taste homemade. I think what makes this particular restaurant is the reputation of having good food. People believe it's good so therefore it's good.<br><br>Furthermore people do not seem to care what is in there food as long as it is something they want. We went to a cafeteria in the mall. The servers were sweating in the food. Anyone could have seen it if they had looked up. I was sickened by this as was everyone with me. Prior to leaving the people behind us and in front of us were told why. No one left but my party and I. <br><br>Another time I had someone serve me food she had touched with the same hand of the finger she had just got done picking here nose with. When I refused to eat there she has the audacity to get an attitude with me! Yet once again those around me who heard my exchange with the waitress stayed and ate. These are only two examples from my experience.<br><br>On another note we have to remember that there are those people who are not use to eating food that looks like Chef Ramsey. Some people prefer to stick with what they are familiar with.<br><br> Just because its cooking this industry is not as simple or as cut and dried as the some may think.observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06545648360968469969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-60764514072397241302014-09-29T22:13:15.239+01:002014-09-29T22:13:15.239+01:00I suspect that Chef Ramsey palate is more sensitiv...I suspect that Chef Ramsey palate is more sensitive to taste than the general public. It is funny though that there isn't even one dish in more of these KN that is to his liking. <br><br>We can't forget that KN is not total reality and while I respect Chef Gordon for what he has accomplished he is not perfect. It will show Chef Ramsy in a good light and without the 'problems' of the restaurant there is no KN. I hope no one is so naive that they think that being a successful chef makes you always (I stress always)right in the restaurant business. Chef Ramsey knows what he is doing but he does not know everything that will make success.<br><br>As for Chappy there is no way I would have eaten his food. In fact most of the restaurants on KN I would not eat there especially if those walk ins are filthy as the KN show them as.I think Chef Gordon if he is even tasting the dishes as it shows he is brave. It is more than how the food looks or tastes. It's about how clean the person who prepared it is. I don't want my meatloaf to have been instrumental in cleaning out the black underneath dirty nails. Or sweat dripping in the food as I have too often seen. Or food poisoning again...that was no awful! Or many other disgusting and nasty habits I've seen. What we may do at home should not always be done in business. Just because you "can cook" and like cooking doesn't mean that qualifies you to go out and open up a restaurant and serve food. It's only a start and should not end there.<br> <br><br>Something else I wonder is that Chappy had a restaurant in Mississippi. How successful was it prior to Katrina? <br><br>observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06545648360968469969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-54835109612154899312014-09-26T04:56:00.697+01:002014-09-26T04:56:00.697+01:00it seems chappy can't take being told he was w...it seems chappy can't take being told he was wrong. also I don't think the man deserves to be a chefAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-59705198679633867382014-09-22T22:28:47.491+01:002014-09-22T22:28:47.491+01:00I'm guessing the restaurants are screened anon...I'm guessing the restaurants are screened anonymously beforehand and the worst ones get on the showAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-88678069144212742202014-08-29T03:54:49.798+01:002014-08-29T03:54:49.798+01:00I really enjoy KN! I know that it has taught me t...I really enjoy KN! I know that it has taught me to be a lot more observant of small things when I enter a restaurant I.e. the silverware, tables, booths, window sills, etc., because if those things are'nt clean, I don't even want to guess how bad the kitchen is! Also if your server seems to have a "I don't care attityde", then more than likely the chef (cook) & owners more than likely don't care either & your gonna wind up getting served slop you wouldn't give to your dog. As far as Chappy's goes I would of left before even being seated, because the decoe before GR's remodel was hideous and had I seen Chappy himself I definitely wouldn't have stayed because not only the stupid hat but because his supposed clown pants looked more like pajama bottoms, which would tell me right off how uncaring & lazy the chef/owner really is. I believe like a lot of you all he really wanted like a lot of the people who ask for GR's help, is a free make over & someone else to blame when their businesses go under!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-11470339441527590722014-06-30T16:55:11.469+01:002014-06-30T16:55:11.469+01:00"with places such as TGI Friday's and Oli..."with places such as TGI Friday's and Olive Garden"<br><br>Agree for the most part except its older than those chains / things were not better 30 years ago. I think things have slowly gotten better, not worse, since I was a kid (30 years ago). Still bad (esp central US) but there is more variety available in foods today. Available in the grocery stores too. When I was a kid the grocery store bakery would use the same dough to make different breads in different shapes and say they were different types of bread based on the shapes....SHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995326486815143436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-12388507729760901382014-05-02T08:16:44.107+01:002014-05-02T08:16:44.107+01:00Honestly, we are all adults, viewers and these res...Honestly, we are all adults, viewers and these restaurant owners. They have seen the show and I'm sure a lot of the drama is exaggerated sometimes. But, I fail to see how it could ever be Gordon's fault when they finally fail. The man is trying to help these people AND give us a show that we can't wait to see each week. Plus, make the show's backers happy. That's a hard thing to do. I think those of us who find fault with GR need to consider these things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-45270175760200198272014-05-02T03:07:07.523+01:002014-05-02T03:07:07.523+01:00He seems to be good actor.He seems to be good actor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com