00:00Hi everyone, welcome back to another video. Today we are reviewing the second episode of season one
00:05in the series Kitchen Nightmares starring chef Gordon Ramsay. This particular episode also stars
00:10another celebrity, chef Vikas Khanna. The restaurant in this episode is called Pranima or Dylan's
00:16Restaurant. The first thing they show Gordon witnessing is a warming tray of chicken on the
00:25floor being mixed by one of the cooks. But this is nothing compared to what else is found in the
00:34area where food is supposed to be stored. We'll take a look at that in a moment. Pranima is located
00:40at 245 West 54th Street in New York. They have a split menu serving Indian and Irish dishes and is
00:47owned by Mohammed. He has three managers. Operations manager Andrew doubles as a cook as the other
00:53cooks in the kitchen aren't familiar with Irish dishes. Floor manager Khan is portrayed as having
00:58no direction until later asked to step up his game by Gordon. The manager portrayed the worst
01:03in the show was by far Martin. So much so that his restaurant career in New York was never the same
01:09again. Gordon Ramsay was really getting under my skin. He was alluding to my relationship with the
01:15waitresses. We'll see how there seemed to be some sort of situation with the waitresses. What that
01:19was exactly we can only speculate. Yeah you get off on it. Girl stroking your hair. Massaging your
01:24f***ing ego. You're such a fake. I'm not fake. Why are you saying I'm a fake? Martin's not full of s***.
01:31Okay would you mind keeping your nose out of my business? Mohammed has been waiting to say that
01:35for years. Gordon tries a couple things on the menu and it's not a great dining experience.
01:40There's two fritters. Those ones both are vegetable. It looks like a dehydrated turd. There's meat in
01:46there. Tastes like lamb. As we witnessed with the tray of chicken on the floor earlier, the hygienic
01:50standard of the restaurant was highly questionable. Would you mind getting me a clean plate? Okay.
01:59Always worries me when I stick tomato roses on top of food and the tomato is rotten. That is not a
02:03piece of beef. The kitchen seems to be confused on which meat it's serving. Leading one to believe
02:09that they don't have a basic labeling system for meat. When its operations manager and cook
02:15Andrew's turn to make a salmon and potato dish for Gordon, he finds that the items ordered were
02:20not fresh at all. But that doesn't stop the dish from making it to the table. Potatoes are sick
02:25Martin. They look like they were cooked at least a week ago. Oh my god. These were my f***ing potatoes
02:31for lunch. Oh that's good. And frozen salmon too. I had to make it. So this is from the American
02:36kitchen. It was like a doorman. Something else that seems unhygienic about the restaurant is the
02:41amount of flies buzzing around the dining room. We'll see where they're coming from soon enough.
02:45A fly. Is this normal? Yes it is. I don't like eating with flies swarming around me.
02:54There was a lot of flies here. Who made this? Um I did. Gordon doesn't seem to want to give the
02:59weak old potatoes and frozen salmon a try so he graciously invites the chef to eat his own meal.
03:05Eat that. That was pleasure. Oh my god. Getting into the kitchen. I am not looking forward to
03:10this part. Gordon starts in the kitchen and the old potatoes they tried to feed him aren't the
03:15only food that should have been thrown out weeks ago. Thank god I sat my little f***er down to eat
03:20them. That is the worst hamburger I've ever seen in my entire life. This is probably one of the
03:24worst storage areas in the whole series. That is all the way to place. When Gordon starts moving
03:29equipment around the room he finds droppings everywhere. This freezer might be empty of food
03:34but there's definitely things in there. Oh f*** it. Oh my god. Oh no. Look at that. Speaking of
03:41food why is this even here? I'm worried about the flies in the dining room. I know where they're
03:45f***ing breeding now. I've eaten here. Come on. Everything in there was putrid. When Gordon
03:51confronts the managers about the chaotic food storage Martin wonders what the chefs have been
03:55doing. There's a head chef responsible for this. Look at it. Gordon has another bit of information
04:00for the managers. Let me tell you something. I've eaten here. As chef Ramsay inspects the kitchen
04:05food service continues until he finds out they're serving rotten food. That's been sliced. Where's
04:10that tomato gone? Will they let the customer know in time or will they eat the rotten tomato? Gordon
04:16asks the waitress if the tomato was served and they reply no. So where is it? Things are looking
04:24pretty glum. It's time to shut it down. Gordon asks the waitress to let the three tables in the
04:29dining room know that this is the luckiest day of their f***ing life. Gordon lets the staff know
04:34that the restaurant is closed until the place is clean. No one is getting served from this f***ing
04:39restaurant tonight. Later that evening Gordon returns in a hazmat suit ready to tackle the
04:44insects and critters that have taken over the restaurant. They hire professionals to do the
04:48deep cleaning but the staff aren't off the hook. And you guys are doing it with them yeah? Oh god.
04:53Gordon's new menu consists of contemporary Indian cuisine. Pan-seared scallops, a walnut chutney,
05:00wonderful crispy salmon with a tomato coconut curry broth. The chef is overwhelmed with emotion
05:05seeing the new menu. Look at me. Oh jesus. Give me a cuddle. Okay very very good.
05:11Can I go now? You can let f***ing go now. Okay good. The other dishes on the menu are presented
05:16by Vikas, a chef Gordon hires as a consultant for the restaurant. Here are a few of the items
05:21he chose. Kerala fisherman's curry, garai shrimp here, chicken korma, saffron cauliflower. The
05:27dining room needed a makeover so the design team gets to work trying to make the restaurant more
05:32inviting. He just turned this restaurant from zero to hundred. Before the relaunch Gordon sits down
05:42with owner Mohammed to discuss cutting one of the managers. Out of the three managers one has to go.
05:48Martin has an amazing way of manipulating you. He's not worth his weight in terms of what he
05:55brings to the table. I've never met a general manager so s*** as you. Martin is standing by
06:01and hears the conversation turning in his direction and he can't help but intervene.
06:05Hearing Gordon Ramsay say that to Mohammed that makes me upset and angry. The frustration just
06:12boiled over. Mohammed I've never used you. I've respected you. I'm proud of what we've done.
06:16I've never cheated you. You're asking for management. Mohammed has the biggest smile
06:23on his face during all of this. You are in. Enough. I've had enough. So let him go. Go on.
06:36Gordon's thinking this is the money shot. Martin being the angry manager he even pokes
06:41him a little to see if he can rage some more. Why are you pointing like that? Because I'm angry.
06:46Martin isn't happy about Gordon accusing him of mismanaging Mohammed's funds. You're taking
06:50advantage of a weak rich man. Well that is disgusting. You have no right. You don't know
06:54that. Martin felt that he wasn't the guilty party but rather was the one who helped the
06:58business by contacting the show. I have nothing to be guilty of. You what? Nothing. This wasn't
07:06always like this. It spiraled out of control and I asked you to come on board. I'm glad you're
07:13not guilty. Martin makes a decision before the relaunch starts. I'm not going to take this put
07:18down anymore. Listen. This is my last night. And you said it was your last night. I'm confused.
07:22Yes. This is my last tonight. I'm out of here. I quit. I didn't expect it's gonna go that bad.
07:29Before reopening Gordon gives a pep talk to the staff and focuses on Martin's behavior.
07:34If you could try to make some improvement this evening please. That is a great morale booster
07:41before the opening of this amazing new restaurant. Gordon has it out for Martin. Everything's just
07:46going perfectly well but Martin's still here. Service isn't off to a great start.
07:53Oh my god. How'd that happen? I need another rice please. The customers are waiting so long for food
07:58to come out that it's arriving cold. It's unbelievable. It's cold. They forgot our order.
08:03It's a nightmare. They continue to blame Martin for the dysfunctional service and start to look
08:08elsewhere for guidance. I don't think that Martin understands what a general manager really should
08:13be doing. Can you manage this place? Yes I can. Give him back. Thank you. Excellent. Service ends on a high
08:19note and when Gordon says his goodbyes the chef is overwhelmed with more emotions. Excellent.
08:26Before the show aired Martin sued both Gordon Ramsay and Kitchen Nightmares for 500,000 pounds
08:32equivalent to $620,128 claiming the show ruined his career in the restaurant business. The restaurant
08:40had a cabaret which Martin was in charge of booking acts. This part of the business was not included
08:44in the show. Martin says that's why he was on the phone so much, something Gordon gave him a hard
08:49time about doing. He claimed the show hired actors to make the restaurant look packed with happy
08:54customers on relaunch night. In the episode it seemed that Martin was the issue for the food
08:58arriving cold at the beginning of service until Gordon asked for the floor manager to step up his
09:03game. He claimed he was told by producers to lie down and rest so that they could make him look
09:08lazy on the camera. Why would he agree to that? Maybe he thought the scene was to show the restaurant
09:12was very quiet since the waitresses were also sitting with headphones on. He also claimed
09:17production planted rotten meat in the refrigerator and they edited out the part where he said he was
09:22not responsible for the kitchen but rather the cabaret. He says the reason he was singled out was
09:26because he wouldn't play along with the production team's ideas for him to be the mean boss who blames
09:32the staff for the failures. He tried to have the show court ordered from being released. Obviously
09:37that didn't work out in his favor but he did say that there was a scene they left out of him
09:41crawling outside looking for his cell phone that Gordon threw in the street. His lawyer said the
09:45case was dismissed when they voluntarily withdrew the lawsuit. A year after the show aired, Gordon
09:51returned to see what changes were implemented and if the restaurant was still on the right track.
09:55Smells nice in here. In terms of business, um, are we up? Yes. That's great news. Vikas is still here? Yes.
10:01That's great news, yes. The greatest thing that happened from Gordon coming here was him bringing
10:06Vikas. Andrew and Vikas worked so well together that they went on to collab on other business
10:11ventures in the future. I promised you, Gordon. I've kept my promise to stand by Purnima as a part of
10:17my respect for what Chef Ramsay has done to this restaurant. The kitchen looks much better with
10:23fresh food being prepared daily but how does the food storage in the basement look? There are no
10:27more bugs here. Everybody was sent out for a week from Purnima. I made them do a food protection
10:33course. Oh my god. Gordon is surprised and relieved to see the cleanliness of the basement. That's
10:39incredible. Well done. I mean well done. They even offer tours of the basement for customers who saw
10:44the disaster it once was. When customers come to the restaurant, Vikas loves to invite them to look
10:48around in the kitchen, downstairs. This is the main basement. To show them the changes we've made are
10:54real. Obviously Martin didn't come back. No. Wow. I mean absolutely incredible. From the biggest
11:00disaster to the biggest transformation. It's on track, it's clean, it's delicious and now they
11:05have a proper vision. Thank god for that. The restaurant closed in 2009, a year after Gordon
11:11returned. Not long after, another restaurant opened called Nirvana 54 after being displaced from its
11:17previous location. According to the reviews, it was not as good after the move and didn't stay open
11:22long. Vikas and Andrew worked so well in the kitchen together that they opened another restaurant after
11:27Purnima closed and collaborated on a cookbook together. Both have built great careers with Vikas
11:32earning a Michelin star in his restaurant and Andrew being nominated for a James Beard award.
11:38It wasn't until 2023 that the grizzly paired Midtown Comedy Club opened its doors where Purnima
11:44once was, serving up appetizers, doughnuts and laughs after 4 p.m. So although the original
11:51establishment is closed, the restaurant is once again open for business. I hope you enjoyed this
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