Gordon Ramsay's Olde Stone Mill Episode of Kitchen Nightmares Misses the Mark

The FOX restaurant reality show Kitchen Nightmares, featuring Chef Gordon Ramsay of Hell's Kitchen fame at the helm, took on the challenge of reversing the misfortunes of the Olde Stone Mill Restaurant in Tuckahoe, NY last night. Kitchen Nightmares introduces Ramsay into restaurants in crisis where he attempts the seemingly impossible feat of transforming the failing kitchens into successes in the span of a single week. Produced by Granada America and Optemen Television, Kitchen Nightmares features an unscripted and probing analysis of each aspect of competent restaurant management from the cuisine to the service.

The Olde Stone Mill episode has been aired before, so it's outcome was no surprise. Ramsay coerced and coddled Olde Stone Mill's egotistic owner Dean to make the changes that would distinguish his business from the many other Italian eateries in the Tuckahoe, NY area. He pummeled the chef's arrrogant attitude into submission and nudged the Olde Stone Mill staff into doing their jobs competently.

Where is Chef Gordon Ramsay when my own kitchen needs a reversal of fortune, I wonder. I checked the Kitchen Nightmares website in the hopes of discovering how a lowly home kitchen might qualify to receive Ramsay's tutelage, but not a glimmer of information on the site suggested the possibility of my kitchen getting a visit from Gordon Ramsay. I'm miffed.

There are many sound reasons why Ramsay should scrap the restaurant visits and replace them with home visits.

Household Kitchens Would Benefit from Ramsay's Culinary Expertise

Household kitchens would benefit from Ramsay's culinary expertise more than any restaurant would. Whatever else they may lack, restaurants such as those featured on Kitchen Nightmares already have the services of professional chefs and paid staff. How many household kitchens can claim that? Offering restaurants the expertise of an additional chef when those services could instead be devoted to kitchens lacking such staff is neither the most effective use of Ramsay's skills nor is it in any way egalitarian.

Gordon Ramsay Would Learn Much from Visiting My Kitchen