
In this Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service episode, Gordon visits Callahan’s in Frederick, Maryland.
Callahan’s is owned by Anika Robertson.
It is raining when Gordon arrives at the restaurant.
He gets into the restaurant with his crew through the back door.
The kitchen is greasy with a leaking bad fridge and he finds a dead cockroach.
With a snake camera, they see old food lodged in tight spaces around the kitchen.
With a black light, they see contamination everywhere, including on the ticket printer.
In the walk-in freezer, there are hot soups uncovered and condensation is dripping on the desserts.
Around the place are rat droppings and the foods are not labeled or dated.
The dining room is big but the decor is drab.
The electrical room is a fire hazard with live wires.
The next day, the staff are giving interviews on a fake reality TV show while Gordon watches them.
Anika took it over from her father, who passed away less than 2 years ago.
She was never taught what to do so she had to do the best with what she had.
Elise and Brittany are Anika’s sisters and help her out as co-owners.
When they show up, there is no proper direction from Anika.
They run around aimlessly not knowing what to do.
Server Erin says that Anika panics while working and is disruptive.
Gordon decides to order some food to his van through the ‘insider’.
Gordon watches Ethan and Martir cook and they are way too relaxed and laid back.
He sees them drop dirty plates into a bucket of water where they sit and fester.
The camera Gordon left behind caught mice and cockroaches moving around.
The food is finally brought to him as takeout.
The soup is hot but sour and has gone off.
The fish and chips are also bad.
Rock Harper, winner of season 2 of Hell’s Kitchen, is Gordon's spy.
He goes in and orders from the menu after almost getting caught with his spy camera.
The surf n turf is rubbery and costs $63 on the menu.
He complains and Anika is told but the kitchen laughs and says the food is supposed to be chewy.
When Rock orders a steak, Anika is unsure how it will turn out and then he orders dessert.
Anika takes a comment back to the kitchen and they do not listen to her.
A questionable dessert is sent to Rock.
Gordon has to intervene to stop him from eating something that has potentially been infected by mice.
Gordon enters the restaurant and shuts down the service.
All the staff are gathered and Gordon reads their online reviews, which are mostly 1-star.
Gordon asks who is in charge and the sisters point at Anika but she points away nervously.
She tells him about how the dream was to work with her father but she was not prepared to do it alone.
The staff think she is not the best to manage the business.
Gordon turns it back to them, showing them the poor state of the kitchen and the dirty POS printer.
The cook says the soup is fresh but Gordon saw the soup in the fridge.
He calls them all lazy and uncaring.
The staff all have excuses and Gordon is upset about their lack of standards so he walks out and leaves.
This causes Anika to panic and her sister blames her and the staff for the state of the restaurant.
Anika in turn blames them and it turns into a large argument.
On the way, Gordon receives a text plea from the insider and he takes a moment to reconsider.
He goes back to the restaurant and the staff are more receptive to his words.
Gordon only wants to help them because of their father’s legacy.
He tasks all of them to start cleaning the kitchen.
Then he calls the cooks to give them a talk on cleanliness and safety in the kitchen and in the food they serve.
They are also receptive to him.
Gordon sits with Anika to tell her what she needs to be doing to take charge of the restaurant.
The next day, Gordon meets with the siblings.
In order to improve their teamwork, they are tasked to build a bench in front of the restaurant.
After a confusing start, they manage to work together.
They put a plaque on the bench to memorialize their father.
In the meantime, Gordon’s team has started working on the restaurant.
After they are done, the sisters are let into the space which has been refreshed.
There is warmth with hints of blue and a nautical theme for the seafood menu.
The kitchen has been cleaned and their old equipment has been replaced.
There is a picture wall of their family and their father is in almost all the photos to remind them of the legacy he left behind.
They also have a new POS system that he asks them to keep clean.
The cooks have been working hard all morning on the new menu.
It has been reduced and taken cost into its redesign.
Gordon helps the cooks with the last steps of the dishes they were making.
The new food is served to the staff, it is fresh, local and tasty.
The insider is revealed to be Anika’s two sisters.
They saw she was struggling and not giving proper guidance and that’s why they called on Gordon.
Gordon calls Anika to the side, and to help her be assertive, he will guide her through her meeting with her staff.
At the meeting, he gives her meeting points and makes her tell the cooks not to speak over her.
Her sisters are shocked at the assertiveness and they like it.
Once she gives them direction, they willingly accept and wish each other luck for the reopening.
Anika is reminded to have the servers make recommendations when giving out the menus.
After all the direction, Gordon stops so he can see how she handles it herself.
The kitchen is having problems keeping track of dishes because they are new.
Gordon has Hell’s Kitchen chef Sammi come in and be disruptive to see how Anika handles it.
Sammi is seated and states she wants a lot of food for pictures.
Anika assumes she is an influencer and the kitchen gets backed up with the large order.
There is a mini squabble with the sisters and Sammi is kept waiting.
Anika walks out to take some air.
Gordon gives her some words of support and she goes back in with a plan.
A sister helps in the kitchen, another triages the tickets.
Anika gives the kitchen positive feedback and gets food to Sammi with apologies.
Their mother Janice comes in and she loves the new look of the restaurant.
While hugging her daughters, they get emotional and start crying.
Gordon finally leaves his van and greets their mother.
He joins the cooks in the kitchen to help out.
The sisters show their mother the bench they made and they say their goodbyes to Gordon.
What Happened Next at Callahan's?
Callahan's is open.
They have since updated their website and made some changes to the menu.
There is also now live music and karaoke nights.
The restaurant held viewing parties for the episodes.
Reviews are mostly positive.
There is praise for the food and service.
There are some complaints of items on the menu selling out.
As with all of these episodes there are a number of fake online reviews.
Callahan's aired on the 9th and 16th July 2025.
The episode was filmed in March 2025 and is Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service season 1 episode 7 and 8.
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