Condemned Kitchens

We recently made a decision to get rid of cable TV at our house; which means we don't get any TV, which means we don't get to watch anymore TV shows, which means I don't get to watch Gordon Ramsay on Kitchen Nightmares. Not to worry, we haven't gotten rid of our internet, so I just stream the show on my computer.

You may be thinking, "That's a lot of trouble to go through to watch some irate chef tell other people what he thinks of their restaurants". Yes, chef Ramsay can be quite blunt, rude, and vulgar, but these restaurant owners are in need a wake up call. Their establishments are in dire need of help; many are outdated, have a poor menu, and unsanitary kitchens. These restaurants and their owners are at the end of their rope; usually in debt up to their ears causing added friction in their personal lives. When it all adds up these restaurants have a less than favorable reputation in their community. That's where Gordon comes in...

Chef Ramsay is a last ditch effort to turn these sinking ships around. On this show chef Ramsay assess the restaurant, the staff, and everything in between and then gets to work. By the end of each episode restaurants have been re-decorated, staff's attitudes have been re-adjusted (largely due to chef Ramsay's vast vocabulary of vulgarity), the food has come alive with rich flavor, and owners have been given a second chance. On this show condemned kitchens are resurrected.

I guess that's why I stream this show on my computer...it reminds me that no matter how bad something has gotten, regardless of how things have fallen apart, and in spite of our own incompetence, resurrection is still possible.