The Art of Redemption: A Tale of Family and Business

In a world where business and family often collide, it's rare to see two entities come together in perfect harmony. But for Peter, a restaurateur with a passion for his craft, that harmony was about to be achieved through the power of redemption and commitment.

It all started when Gordon Ramsay, one of the most renowned chefs in the world, walked into Peter's restaurant, Babylon. What he saw was a group of people who were struggling to work together as a team, and a business on the brink of collapse. But instead of just shaking his head, Gordon took it upon himself to transform not only the restaurant but also the lives of its employees.

"I'm nuts," Peter exclaimed, acknowledging that something had to be done. "This place will run better without you," he said to one of his employees, who was clearly struggling with motivation and commitment. But Gordon's words were met with resistance from more than just one person. In fact, the entire team seemed to be on edge, waiting for someone to take the reins.

But Peter was different. He had a spark within him that he couldn't quite explain. "I love it tonight," he said, his voice filled with excitement. "Go home and come back tomorrow morning and think about what are you going to put back into the business tomorrow." And with that, Peter made a commitment to himself and to Gordon that would change everything.

The next morning, Peter was on the phone, calling to fix a leaky walk-in fridge. But it wasn't just any ordinary repair job – this was a mission from God. As he worked tirelessly to get the box fixed, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and purpose. "I'm really amazed that Peter is taking the initiative," his colleague Robert said, marveling at the transformation.

As the days went by, Babylon began to transform before their eyes. The family-style dining became a huge hit with customers, who raved about the service and the food. Word of mouth spread quickly, and profits soared. But more importantly, the team members began to gel together like never before.

"I'm really excited," Peter said, beaming with pride. "I think everything's going so well, uh-huh." And he was right – the family theme was working, and it was all thanks to Gordon's guidance. The restaurant was no longer just a business; it was a family.

But Peter didn't stop there. He had one more thing on his mind – the blessing of Almighty God. "I want you to come here and do whatever it needs to have done," he said, calling in a local priest to perform an impromptu ceremony. It was a bold move, but one that would seal the restaurant's fate as a place of love and redemption.

In the weeks ahead, Peter's commitment to his business and to God only grew stronger. He made amends with Nicole, who had been struggling with her role in the team. "I'm sorry," he said, his voice filled with sincerity. And it was this kind of humility that would ultimately lead to success.

As for Gordon, he was over the moon with pride. "This is a huge great start to push the new family theme," he exclaimed. And it was true – Babylon had become a place where families came together to share meals and make memories. The restaurant's motto, "Come and my family will serve yours," had become a reality.

In the end, Peter's redemption story was one of commitment and passion. He had taken a risk by committing himself to his business and to Gordon's vision, but it paid off in spectacular fashion. As for Gordon, he had found a new purpose – to help others find their own path to success and redemption.

And so, Babylon continued to thrive, thanks to the power of family and commitment. It was a testament to the fact that even in the most chaotic of situations, there is always hope for redemption and transformation.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enbabylon new york is a quaint village on the southern shore of long island it's home to a number of italian restaurants but there's one family establishment that needs gordon ramsay's help more than any other hi how are you i'm the owner of this restaurant peters there's a lot of stress this place a mess i'm all over the place it's pretty open right now what would you like no one thinks i'm the owner in here they all think it's my brother cause he's the host come on peter help yeah wow there are a lot of restaurant owners that are married to their business day and night but i choose not to live my life that way i'm the only son that's me i i don't really know who peter thinks he is honestly i think he's hoping for a shot at the next goodfellas movie just when i thought i was out they pulled me back in that was a great movie right yeah that was awesome we're close family we're a close family it's a family business you understand come on you up i believe peter is a core problem of the restaurant what the is it you know i'm passionate i'm italian i yell shannon why is this guy here two minutes later i'm over it come on let me hug it out let's hug it out let's hug it out he takes advantage of the place can i have a cappuccino from here please i take so much pride in myself my appearance my car my clothes i got sauce on my suit i take care of myself and it shows you can put your hands on me i promise i won't bring you up on charges you know what i mean he's not so concerned with the customer he's more concerned with them noticing him instead of buying a stove i bought a suit you know the tools that we have in the kitchen right now need to be sharpened there are three ovens down the oven on the bottom is completely out we have a broiler that's not working when i got dressed tonight i felt like i should have been in florida you know what i mean the whole family's throwing everything on tina's shoulders and i don't think she can handle it okay i don't give a if it broke but i have to have a nervous breakdown over a goddamn candle holder this restaurant was one of the top restaurants in the village here and uh it's just really slowly declined the restaurant is not making the money that it was making right now we're not paying the bills do me a favor go take a walk how's that go take a walk we're getting phone calls the guy has not stopped calling and my father's making the situation worse i feel that my business is at a pivotal point it keeps me up at night that i know there are problems here you made a big mistake josh yeah before i lose my life i would sell the place and i don't want to do that that's not in my heart i'm here in babylon in new york to meet peter from peter's restaurant it's a family small quaint restaurant and it's on his ass struggling big time and he said he's gonna pick me up where is he where is he come on this can't be him what the is this peter how you doing gordon good to see you nice car how are you dear bro thank you welcome to babylon yeah how are you very well thanking you good great yeah you look well yeah thank you so do you from the minute we met it was like superman arrived you know so i'm very excited come on in i feel like i'm in hollywood and what a quaint little uh town so here it is welcome peters thank you fdo i want to introduce you to my family mom dad this is gordon ramsay and this is tina tina when i first met him like you know i didn't know how to take them but with this hair like that i think it was one of these crazy foreigners it's your restaurant peter's it's my name yeah it's mine how nice all the family working together absolutely mum dad big brother little sister when gordon got here i was so looking forward to meeting him i mean he's a smart guy he's a good-looking guy he's charismatic so who's the chef robert robert robert gordon ramsay how are you displeasure this is robert osera and you're the head chef i'm the head chef excellent these are my two best friends jerry and jerry jerry and jerry how are you doing yeah yours oh you know what it is if they don't like the food they go over jerry and jerry speaks of about them i feel honored i've been introduced to the mob well this one's gonna be interesting isn't it me you decided yeah i might start with the crab cake please thank you okay and then one of my favorites lobster ravioli very good lovely thank you everyone sorry your first name was angelo andre gentlemen i got uh ramsay's order please okay here's the crap thank you okay this is a spicy dijon sauce the cupcakes are homemade they are homemade yes thank you enjoy looks terrible the salad is it salad fresh it's all like little bits in there like rotten huh how old is that salad take it back before something jumps out of there i'll just taste the crab cake and how many is rotten that no yes dad this is ridiculous man look at the how old is this salad you make me look like a um angelo yes i don't want to put you in an awkward position but that stone cold in the middle and that's not fresh crabmeat that grows okay i'll let him know yeah you come into an italian restaurant you want to identify that the food is fresh instantly fruitcake cold not a good start he might knock the ravioli with that he's going to knock the ravioli what is he gonna knock about the ravioli is that good no yeah from restaurant depot what do you think yeah thank you well i don't need any parsley not even lobster that's just like baby food inside gunk who poo garnish that dish what who garnished that dish you got to be kidding me you put half a pound of parsley on my plate he said wow enough parsley on this dish first of all i put the parsley on that's my job and i'll decide what goes on it ain't your problem yeah but i don't need to hear criticism which i already know the dish has too much john did it go yell it in it's craziness it's chaos at times i could shoot every person in here gentlemen it's over it's over what's going on john the sous chef is insulted over the parsley i'm gonna go defuse a fight in this kitchen right now excuse me out of here i believe that's how i like to do it so i did it my way do you understand what i'm saying angelo all the time holy smoke welcome to babylon now that gordon has tried the food it's time for a heart to heart with a pellegrino family i'd like to be told the truth nothing but the truth and the quicker i get to the truth the quicker i can help so manager the way i look at things is everyone come in comes in tells everyone what he is doing including me he wants coffee and we appreciate it mom but you're here you know but you really shouldn't give input of anything she comes here and creates more problems i'm sorry for being so personal it's day two in babylon and gordon has already discovered that the speciality of this restaurant is arguing now it's time to investigate the state of the kitchen what's in this one bloody hell what is in there bed rolls bread rocks temperature of the fridge is not even cold so stuff's rotten mold moldy decay rotten onions yeah they look like camel's turd it looks like something out of a sci-fi movie oh my god did you eat that it's like the fridge has dripped all over it the whole thing is leaking here last year's rainwater inside the whole thing looks like it's about to fall down hey me thanks for coming i'm i'm very sorry he made something happen i had to pick something up what happened i had to pick up something that came uh indirectly to you know inadvertently to the wrong place this was like an act of god this morning okay let me show you uh something that i hope will open your eyes and tina angelo as well yeah have a look at this when was the last time you went inside a walking fridge to walk in fridge uh i had a hot flash last weekend a hot flash what does that mean i mean i was like hot and i walked in here for a second look there's onions growing on top of onions but it gets worse unfortunately the whole thing's leaking here what the is that what is that i don't know you have taste a chef you can become famous in the next 24 hours for poisoning half of babylon you ought to be ashamed that is sour and has to be four weeks old just just just smell that for me no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no just just smell it i just got up yeah okay just just smell it though tina that's right would we really serve that no but does it just fall under the chef's jar well where are the this is your fridge in the middle of your business can we get out of here before i catch something yeah i feel terrible it's like you know telling somebody telling you your kid is ugly this is ridiculous here the walking box is a mess but you know what that walking box is exactly how we felt about working in the kitchen it's like blame everything on me make fires in chicago hurricane katrina 9 11 what the i mean i've never seen something like that stop acting like a baby i'm not acting like a baby guys please clean the place you're embarrassing me i've never seen something like this this is unbelievable before gordon does anything else he wants to make sure the kitchen is spotless how we doing ladies i believe peter is a core problem of the restaurant's dysfunction and he isn't concerned much about anybody else but himself the kitchen is now cleaner than it's been in years so gordon can turn his attention to observing tonight's dinner service and reservations what we got booked we're really uh what do we have some uh there's nothing in there business is rough it's hurt i may have to sell my watch i've got twenty dollars so it's fake fake the only thing that's fake is my teeth they're wise they're white they bleach how much does that cost thousand a visit i just brush mine twice a day you now but it goes well with a brown tan well you know somewhat yeah i'd rather buy a new stove it's been such a long time since i have good equipment here it's bothering me but there's nothing i can do about it it's not my restaurant what doesn't work all these stove tops here don't work the broiler doesn't work properly this oven does not work we use it as storage we keep our towels and stuff in here when was the last time a new piece of equipment was bought in this kitchen and they never put a nickel into this place peter is a lot more proud of his car than is his restaurant absolutely that kitchen is the heart of the restaurant when that's hurt it's like a clogged artery you're gonna have a big problem with so much of the kitchen equipment not working it's almost impossible for the chefs to do their jobs and their frustration has been felt by the rest of the staff where's my uh portofino they're coming but don't keep asking for them don't ask for them one more time when there's a chaotic night here i have robert screaming when the fishes are ready that's when they're gonna come out he's an excellent chef but he's crazy take them take this out gotta keep asking for the food can you see if my friend the doctor wants another bottle of wine on um sure yeah maybe folks another bottle of wine on peter you all right who's got seat bars uh buy them or uh drink coffee is the doctor comp tonight is he the dogs the doctors can't do you take every person or did you put on the business it goes off the top it's an expanse how can i not i mean the guy you know takes care of me it's only business i think they said that in the guard fraud i'm not gonna charge my doctor trust me he earns enough yeah it's like a little meeting place here a little place yeah no one's spending money the combination of peter spending a great deal of money on himself and giving away free meals has put the family business in jeopardy and brought a debt collector to the door the guy you know what yeah he'd like no not right now i don't buddy no no no no no no as soon as you got a minute yeah okay as soon as you got a minute tell them go yourself get the out of here pick your hands up john guy pick your hands up you want to hit me you're the tub you want to hit me put your hands on me no no no no i'll let you do it first listen to me tough guy no you're the tournament guy our friendship is hey my friend you're a scumbag you always have a scumbag you talk to me like that again you get hurt you'll get hurt yeah you ain't got me scared all right you ain't got me scared bro no i spoke to other people too that he's in debt with that called me up and said if there's anything i could do i just wanted to talk to him now wasn't the time after peter's brush with an overzealous debt collector gordon checks in with his sister restaurant owner tina i know i've just arrived but me how do you manage oh i'm motivated by all the nice people that come in to visit me but other than that i'm having a breakdown tell me your biggest frustration what's the one big issue that you have from the kitchen to my brother just it seems like it's even like a free-for-all like everyone's just doing what they want i get so exasperated sometimes so stressed out that i want to cry or commit bloody murder but does peter play a part in the financial side he'll take his paycheck but not come in i come in and i'll they'll tell me oh peter took two hundred dollars it's like i didn't even break even for the day and he took money you can't do that how long can you continue functioning like this with this longer and i can't i can't do it either i would sooner sell the business i'm not a martyr i feel like i'm doing it on my own and that's the part about it i resent it's not fair if this doesn't work you know what's at stake in terms of you know how much would you lose my house your house this is crazy because the true definition of a family business is every member of that family working within to make it successful not one person carrying the burden i know it's day three and time for gordon to give the family a much-needed wake-up call this business was set up 17 years ago as a family business yes yes today we're going to renew that commitment we're going to make it more family than ever before this is what we're going to do you yeah with your father i'm going to go and run the kitchen you're going to cook you're going to run the kitchen oh i love it hey they i want you to go and work in that kitchen and just experience what it's like behind that line and work with your dad you like food you certainly eat enough of it here tina you're gonna run the dining room with your mum okay get in the kitchen and get familiar with what's going on peter i've never seen coke well i've never seen them boiling eggs look at me i'm looking shaking find it i'm shaking if you're not shaking enough let's go come on huh peter's like one of those guys he eats out a lot so he assumes he knows about cooking in restaurants he has no clue about the kitchen hello welcome while peter and his father are settling into the kitchen why is this burning on galoa welcome to my world gordon is packing the dining room with hungry customers first order's coming in stand by can i start with you yeah sure what would you like mom do me a favor make me an espresso please go make it yourself i just want my mother get me espresso and i'm ready expresso bloody hell is he always like this yeah is he my god if my dad and my brother were the chefs i think there'd be a mass murderer in here i have an order all aboard the first order's in i need black olives and artichokes right underneath here could someone set the us up oh hold on now it's them that didn't set you up properly not like that i'm having a meltdown here are we ready to order do you need a few minutes can i have a working oven those are the ones i ordered already that clams and the soup what the is that this is a a back here angel tablet seven please more darling coming in the door where are the clams where's the salmon where's my lemons we're shouting for lemons and look there's a box of lemons here i need clean spoons i need clean spoons i need chicken i need chicken we'll start in front of your eyes oh okay peter is he's a 250 pound spoiled baby holy they too didn't get distractions with their plans well tell them why i'm concerned they don't need advertisers no you have to get them out what do you want me to do i can do what i can do at the moment okay let's put the cat amongst the pigeons peter is now getting a taste of his own medicine he's now seen how difficult it is to cook in that kitchen with nothing that works so this is embarrassing because this should have been a family close-knit type run restaurant it's an hour into lunch service and there's still no food coming out of the kitchen it's done what's burning in here we just burnt the chicken we're in the weeds we just couldn't handle it i don't know i'm looking for corner to hide somewhere could someone get me tina please i need orange juice you want tina to stop now and get you a glass of orange juice do i have anybody that can help me look at me why don't you yourself what i beg your pardon ooh take it easy take it easy killer i want to see what big boy's made of come on let's go yeah yeah let's go big boy relax finally someone told him listen buddy don't act like you're you're the king over here because you got nothing you get the out of here out robert back on air please yes let's go god unbelievable now gordon has proved his point about the inadequate kitchen he realizes that he has to do something drastic to get the restaurant ready to be relaunched gordon did you know attack peter in the right way because he saw him as being you know a big shot a guy trying to act like a big shot would you do me a favor oh yeah you go out go get some fresh air or go get a manicure polish your wheels or do something it's day four and although peter's attitude to work has been a disappointment gordon has no choice but to introduce the first phase of his transformation plan right today is a new beginning a new chapter for peter's restaurant yes yes the one thing that really needs to take place here is a commitment we're going to implement changes follow me please yeah through the kitchen welcome to your new kitchen oh my god oh man holy bro have a look have a look have a look gordon brought in a team of kitchen specialists who worked all night to give this restaurant something it sorely needed a proper kitchen every oven is working oh my god plates stoves ovens mats i can't believe it a new double fridge as well oh my god what yes proper working fridge yes what a kitchen i think we were all starting to lose steam here and give up and and he brought us back to uh a sunny day your new kingdom this is really a good thing now i can really have a real kitchen where i can actually do things the right way i've invested in this now i want to see you with opportunity comes responsibility and i think that's what gordon was trying to point out you know what i've given you what you asked for now you're responsible to use it respectfully it's time for the chefs and gordon to put the new kitchen to good use as gordon starts to change the menu here we go i want to focus on family style dining we're going to be making simple stunning classic italian foods okay lasagna i'm very excited tonight to cook with gordon definitely an honor to cook with someone like him i fell into a bit of a rut culinarily and now that gordon's giving me this new menu to work with it's a revitalizing kind of feeling you know let's go gordon introduces a new family style menu that will make peter's restaurant stand out from the competition there's what six seven italian restaurants out there in babylon one thing that can separate this restaurant from the others is running this like a true family restaurant gordon came about the idea of family style which i think is an exceptional idea we needed something to help us stand out for tonight's dinner service the parsley covered ravioli and the cold crab cakes have been replaced by fresh homemade family style dishes such as lobster ravioli the penne lasagna grilled flank steak cappellini and norchetta and then porchetta which is beautiful you know these are dishes that are popular this is now a time for you to sort of really seriously start getting that message out there it's so simple okay guys we've got a a big big big big launch yeah big time oh man with a brand new kitchen a redesigned menu and a new approach that reaches out to families the restaurant is ready for its big relaunch let's do it with the doors about to open gordon gathers the staff for a last-minute pep talk okay tonight is a critical crucial night are you with us or are you i'm just waiting for him okay we're right really busy right now once again peter has a debt collector on his doorstep well you are interfering that's what i'm saying we're going away hey would you mind gotta wait too much i gotta talk to you get out of the way what why don't you go away so we can go on why don't you go no get out of the way i want to talk to you i'm saying go away oh no relax relax relax relax my father come this guy this guy come on you fake gangster you you're a you're embarrassing me this guy go inside i'm gonna pay to peter relax relax who the is he relax just come in my place relax relax relax relax come on come on everybody you scumbag get it tough guys go ahead right now right now hey come on baby boy take it easy come in here come on come on come on hey come here come and kill me he's sent five guys to his house right now jeremy and guys are on their way right now who the is he give me this valid what are you talking about it's the last that's coming in this place you're getting hot-headed why did you see my father on the floor no so what do you mean i'm getting hot insane relaxed calm down calm down calm down hey i told him to get out are you okay they fight a lot you know these things happen relax relax relax relax let's see aside two seconds walk fresh here come on with me let's go what's going on what happened don't conduct that in my business no no no you're right that's first of all second of all i didn't like the way he spoke to you he's just back foot relax relax relax relax big deep breath yeah i'm here to help the row has wasted crucial preparation time now gordon urgently needs to get peter and the staff focused on tonight's relaunch big big big night i mean a seriously big night yeah new menu new family-style dining new attitude this could be the big turning point for this restaurant use this opportunity to show off how good we can be good luck there's excitement in the restaurant about the new menu do the fish it's excellent i like the idea but back in the kitchen it's up to the chefs to deliver the big tables are all ordered in family style now all of a sudden we're working with all this new stuff it's like alien may i have a uh cranberry juice salsa and cranberry actually you know what do you have pineapple juice yeah give me pineapple juice with a lot of ice and a splash of cranberry it's good for my sugar it's one hour into dinner service and the restaurant has not been this full for seven years let's set this up for 14 right now come on come on come on right now they've got a 14 top just arrived and this is a true test now because family style should make their life a lot easier or it can go tits up and be a disaster it's so busy tina tina you ever throat lazenja peter as an owner he should step up to you know move his ass a little bit more because he's in la la land i don't know what to do peter this table right here yeah bring him an appetizer too all right um but when peter does decide to lend a hand hungry man instead of serving the bait clams you got a fork back here anybody got a fork come on i want to see him gordon see me eating i don't want to get yelled at he decides to eat them oh man peter excuse me peter i got to ask you for one favorite delicious correct anything robert what what the is going on here nothing you're hungry yeah yeah go look at your stomach in the window let's go yeah we need another dozen day clams one of yours went out still waiting on my baked clams all right i'll take care of you with that i'll bring it smooth guys should i come should i come back next week for the bay clam should i go down the block for the other restaurant i promise you'll you'll have it okay dining is filling up new menu new kitchen new family style dining but peter it's like in sound right now noah honey i'll take a cappuccino if you can make me with two equals please it it was really difficult i mean you know in my legs hurt my tired it's it was harder than the gym it was really harder than the gym when gordon puts the pressure on peter you're waiting 50 minutes for the clams peter takes it out on his staff is she going no one came to your table yeah nicole are you kidding me you're gonna go to these people's table that wasn't supposed to be my table i don't care what i was supposed to be taking right now right now he was yelling at me in front of my customers for things that i didn't do wasn't supposed to be my table imagine this it's hard for him to you know realize that he did something wrong so he takes it out on everybody else get them one bottle on me right now for all your comedy of errors tonight thank you so you cost me a bottle of wine just get them the bottle of wine please but i don't know why peter's temper's like that lauren i mean he's in everybody's way everybody else just brushes it off but i guess i just take it a little personal when he's screaming at me from my table so what the is going on with a7 and everything what what my tables and said stuff to me like oh wow he's being hard on you hot on you you're very heartbreaking how can i be a hot person to talk to that's ridiculous well if you need to talk to me i would rather you talk to me like that how could you cry she was like uh a machine gun she just started shooting all this stuff out she looked like she was having some sort of uh meltdown i don't make the jigs i don't make the food this is ridiculous here hey hold on a minute you're married to me relax just turn it down again just turn on the puppy hey oh my god i've never seen something like this thank you very much thank you thank you with over 200 satisfied customers the relaunch is a success in spite of nato this place was a success and has now pissed through your hands well it is what it it it is what it is you've neglected it i understand but right now we're not in a situation money-wise to fix it well me what's the time what do you think this is your little salon to get your massage and get fed you're walking around this place with a bowl of food in your hand eating away that's not how i run my business i'm getting a headache i just think you've seen him day's work for 20 years yeah i i've had my own personal problems we all have problems problem problem problem problem problem you're no different let's start working at the problem what's the problem what's the problem you that's where i'm starting excuse me he's nuts this guy you're right i'm nuts because you've got all to worry about right now have you listen to me i'm listening listen to me you sound like you're out the godfather yeah what the is going on here you're the only here right now is not pulling their weight and that's not good enough i think this place will run better without you i think this place will run better without you i i i disagree you disagree i'll own certain problems and i'll take responsibility for a lot of things that was about as convincing as a person i'm here i need two minutes with you on your own you go all right i'll see you in the morning i love him tonight go home and come back tomorrow morning and think about what are you going to put back into the business tomorrow think about it and make sure it's good because i'm going to be here to make sure you do it i'm never speechless i don't know what to say i'm i'm like i'm a little hurt what i'm seeing now is he said to me everything all these people wanted to say to me and haven't so maybe gordon's right you know what i'm not gonna say maybe gordon's right gordon is right i'm committed i'll be back and i'll do what he says it's for the good of the business and in the end this place is me this place is me this is me this is what i do so i gotta make it work to gordon's amazement the next morning he found peter on the phone calling to fix the walk-in fridge we need our walk-in box fixed leaking here there's like oh she has rain water i want you to come here and do whatever it needs to have done i'm really amazed that peter is taking the initiative and putting the new walking box and to go with the brand new kitchen robert and john have a new attitude i'm very excited i think everything's going so well uh-huh family style's working yeah yeah and the family-style dining is a huge hit with customers with word of mouth spreading profits are soaring the end of the night we made more money we made more money this way it's unbelievable as soon as they calm down i'll show you to reach out to the local community peter's hosted the first ever babylon family day holy cow look at this this is a huge great start to to push the new family theme come and my family will serve yours to make the relaunch complete peter decided the restaurant needed one more thing the father may the blessing of almighty god the father the son the holy spirit this was a rebirth so it needed its blessing can i hug you please i got a thing about hogan church all right in the weeks ahead peter was more helpful get some yeah i'll get some extra plates too okay he made amends with nicole i'm sorry i'm sorry all right my priorities were mixed up instead of trying to be like you know the boss i'm gonna be a team player here and whatever needs to be done i'm gonna do i'm gonna jump in i'm gonna ask people if they need help with things there you go enjoy i like that shirt and even provided tina with the help she needed i mean i'm thrilled i even think peter will do his part i really do think he's going to keep his commitment i'm sorry all right i love you i love you too let's just confirm one thing shall we we've got a taste of how good this ration can be absolutely and just comparing to what i experienced the first time i arrived here tonight the difference was night and day before gordon got here this place was nose diving the man reinvented my restaurant i think now he's given us all our spark back if you cannot make this work you're mad you've got a potential gold mine here that can make every one of you successfully rich we are definitely on our way to success here now we have to take the ball and run with it thank you for the commitment yeah yeah we've been giving all the help in the world time for us to shine and we got what we need and uh i'm ready to do it all of gordon's ideas stemmed to keep this restaurant synonymous with family we all love each other so that's my main ingredient now for the restaurant and i think that's so important three thousand dollars for all that extra material take care i really fell in love with him my first son is going to be named after gordon gordon ramsay pellegrino gordon really brought our family much closer together hi brother yes thank you if this family can stay together and commit to this restaurant it will be successful but stop the fighting youbabylon new york is a quaint village on the southern shore of long island it's home to a number of italian restaurants but there's one family establishment that needs gordon ramsay's help more than any other hi how are you i'm the owner of this restaurant peters there's a lot of stress this place a mess i'm all over the place it's pretty open right now what would you like no one thinks i'm the owner in here they all think it's my brother cause he's the host come on peter help yeah wow there are a lot of restaurant owners that are married to their business day and night but i choose not to live my life that way i'm the only son that's me i i don't really know who peter thinks he is honestly i think he's hoping for a shot at the next goodfellas movie just when i thought i was out they pulled me back in that was a great movie right yeah that was awesome we're close family we're a close family it's a family business you understand come on you up i believe peter is a core problem of the restaurant what the is it you know i'm passionate i'm italian i yell shannon why is this guy here two minutes later i'm over it come on let me hug it out let's hug it out let's hug it out he takes advantage of the place can i have a cappuccino from here please i take so much pride in myself my appearance my car my clothes i got sauce on my suit i take care of myself and it shows you can put your hands on me i promise i won't bring you up on charges you know what i mean he's not so concerned with the customer he's more concerned with them noticing him instead of buying a stove i bought a suit you know the tools that we have in the kitchen right now need to be sharpened there are three ovens down the oven on the bottom is completely out we have a broiler that's not working when i got dressed tonight i felt like i should have been in florida you know what i mean the whole family's throwing everything on tina's shoulders and i don't think she can handle it okay i don't give a if it broke but i have to have a nervous breakdown over a goddamn candle holder this restaurant was one of the top restaurants in the village here and uh it's just really slowly declined the restaurant is not making the money that it was making right now we're not paying the bills do me a favor go take a walk how's that go take a walk we're getting phone calls the guy has not stopped calling and my father's making the situation worse i feel that my business is at a pivotal point it keeps me up at night that i know there are problems here you made a big mistake josh yeah before i lose my life i would sell the place and i don't want to do that that's not in my heart i'm here in babylon in new york to meet peter from peter's restaurant it's a family small quaint restaurant and it's on his ass struggling big time and he said he's gonna pick me up where is he where is he come on this can't be him what the is this peter how you doing gordon good to see you nice car how are you dear bro thank you welcome to babylon yeah how are you very well thanking you good great yeah you look well yeah thank you so do you from the minute we met it was like superman arrived you know so i'm very excited come on in i feel like i'm in hollywood and what a quaint little uh town so here it is welcome peters thank you fdo i want to introduce you to my family mom dad this is gordon ramsay and this is tina tina when i first met him like you know i didn't know how to take them but with this hair like that i think it was one of these crazy foreigners it's your restaurant peter's it's my name yeah it's mine how nice all the family working together absolutely mum dad big brother little sister when gordon got here i was so looking forward to meeting him i mean he's a smart guy he's a good-looking guy he's charismatic so who's the chef robert robert robert gordon ramsay how are you displeasure this is robert osera and you're the head chef i'm the head chef excellent these are my two best friends jerry and jerry jerry and jerry how are you doing yeah yours oh you know what it is if they don't like the food they go over jerry and jerry speaks of about them i feel honored i've been introduced to the mob well this one's gonna be interesting isn't it me you decided yeah i might start with the crab cake please thank you okay and then one of my favorites lobster ravioli very good lovely thank you everyone sorry your first name was angelo andre gentlemen i got uh ramsay's order please okay here's the crap thank you okay this is a spicy dijon sauce the cupcakes are homemade they are homemade yes thank you enjoy looks terrible the salad is it salad fresh it's all like little bits in there like rotten huh how old is that salad take it back before something jumps out of there i'll just taste the crab cake and how many is rotten that no yes dad this is ridiculous man look at the how old is this salad you make me look like a um angelo yes i don't want to put you in an awkward position but that stone cold in the middle and that's not fresh crabmeat that grows okay i'll let him know yeah you come into an italian restaurant you want to identify that the food is fresh instantly fruitcake cold not a good start he might knock the ravioli with that he's going to knock the ravioli what is he gonna knock about the ravioli is that good no yeah from restaurant depot what do you think yeah thank you well i don't need any parsley not even lobster that's just like baby food inside gunk who poo garnish that dish what who garnished that dish you got to be kidding me you put half a pound of parsley on my plate he said wow enough parsley on this dish first of all i put the parsley on that's my job and i'll decide what goes on it ain't your problem yeah but i don't need to hear criticism which i already know the dish has too much john did it go yell it in it's craziness it's chaos at times i could shoot every person in here gentlemen it's over it's over what's going on john the sous chef is insulted over the parsley i'm gonna go defuse a fight in this kitchen right now excuse me out of here i believe that's how i like to do it so i did it my way do you understand what i'm saying angelo all the time holy smoke welcome to babylon now that gordon has tried the food it's time for a heart to heart with a pellegrino family i'd like to be told the truth nothing but the truth and the quicker i get to the truth the quicker i can help so manager the way i look at things is everyone come in comes in tells everyone what he is doing including me he wants coffee and we appreciate it mom but you're here you know but you really shouldn't give input of anything she comes here and creates more problems i'm sorry for being so personal it's day two in babylon and gordon has already discovered that the speciality of this restaurant is arguing now it's time to investigate the state of the kitchen what's in this one bloody hell what is in there bed rolls bread rocks temperature of the fridge is not even cold so stuff's rotten mold moldy decay rotten onions yeah they look like camel's turd it looks like something out of a sci-fi movie oh my god did you eat that it's like the fridge has dripped all over it the whole thing is leaking here last year's rainwater inside the whole thing looks like it's about to fall down hey me thanks for coming i'm i'm very sorry he made something happen i had to pick something up what happened i had to pick up something that came uh indirectly to you know inadvertently to the wrong place this was like an act of god this morning okay let me show you uh something that i hope will open your eyes and tina angelo as well yeah have a look at this when was the last time you went inside a walking fridge to walk in fridge uh i had a hot flash last weekend a hot flash what does that mean i mean i was like hot and i walked in here for a second look there's onions growing on top of onions but it gets worse unfortunately the whole thing's leaking here what the is that what is that i don't know you have taste a chef you can become famous in the next 24 hours for poisoning half of babylon you ought to be ashamed that is sour and has to be four weeks old just just just smell that for me no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no just just smell it i just got up yeah okay just just smell it though tina that's right would we really serve that no but does it just fall under the chef's jar well where are the this is your fridge in the middle of your business can we get out of here before i catch something yeah i feel terrible it's like you know telling somebody telling you your kid is ugly this is ridiculous here the walking box is a mess but you know what that walking box is exactly how we felt about working in the kitchen it's like blame everything on me make fires in chicago hurricane katrina 9 11 what the i mean i've never seen something like that stop acting like a baby i'm not acting like a baby guys please clean the place you're embarrassing me i've never seen something like this this is unbelievable before gordon does anything else he wants to make sure the kitchen is spotless how we doing ladies i believe peter is a core problem of the restaurant's dysfunction and he isn't concerned much about anybody else but himself the kitchen is now cleaner than it's been in years so gordon can turn his attention to observing tonight's dinner service and reservations what we got booked we're really uh what do we have some uh there's nothing in there business is rough it's hurt i may have to sell my watch i've got twenty dollars so it's fake fake the only thing that's fake is my teeth they're wise they're white they bleach how much does that cost thousand a visit i just brush mine twice a day you now but it goes well with a brown tan well you know somewhat yeah i'd rather buy a new stove it's been such a long time since i have good equipment here it's bothering me but there's nothing i can do about it it's not my restaurant what doesn't work all these stove tops here don't work the broiler doesn't work properly this oven does not work we use it as storage we keep our towels and stuff in here when was the last time a new piece of equipment was bought in this kitchen and they never put a nickel into this place peter is a lot more proud of his car than is his restaurant absolutely that kitchen is the heart of the restaurant when that's hurt it's like a clogged artery you're gonna have a big problem with so much of the kitchen equipment not working it's almost impossible for the chefs to do their jobs and their frustration has been felt by the rest of the staff where's my uh portofino they're coming but don't keep asking for them don't ask for them one more time when there's a chaotic night here i have robert screaming when the fishes are ready that's when they're gonna come out he's an excellent chef but he's crazy take them take this out gotta keep asking for the food can you see if my friend the doctor wants another bottle of wine on um sure yeah maybe folks another bottle of wine on peter you all right who's got seat bars uh buy them or uh drink coffee is the doctor comp tonight is he the dogs the doctors can't do you take every person or did you put on the business it goes off the top it's an expanse how can i not i mean the guy you know takes care of me it's only business i think they said that in the guard fraud i'm not gonna charge my doctor trust me he earns enough yeah it's like a little meeting place here a little place yeah no one's spending money the combination of peter spending a great deal of money on himself and giving away free meals has put the family business in jeopardy and brought a debt collector to the door the guy you know what yeah he'd like no not right now i don't buddy no no no no no no as soon as you got a minute yeah okay as soon as you got a minute tell them go yourself get the out of here pick your hands up john guy pick your hands up you want to hit me you're the tub you want to hit me put your hands on me no no no no i'll let you do it first listen to me tough guy no you're the tournament guy our friendship is hey my friend you're a scumbag you always have a scumbag you talk to me like that again you get hurt you'll get hurt yeah you ain't got me scared all right you ain't got me scared bro no i spoke to other people too that he's in debt with that called me up and said if there's anything i could do i just wanted to talk to him now wasn't the time after peter's brush with an overzealous debt collector gordon checks in with his sister restaurant owner tina i know i've just arrived but me how do you manage oh i'm motivated by all the nice people that come in to visit me but other than that i'm having a breakdown tell me your biggest frustration what's the one big issue that you have from the kitchen to my brother just it seems like it's even like a free-for-all like everyone's just doing what they want i get so exasperated sometimes so stressed out that i want to cry or commit bloody murder but does peter play a part in the financial side he'll take his paycheck but not come in i come in and i'll they'll tell me oh peter took two hundred dollars it's like i didn't even break even for the day and he took money you can't do that how long can you continue functioning like this with this longer and i can't i can't do it either i would sooner sell the business i'm not a martyr i feel like i'm doing it on my own and that's the part about it i resent it's not fair if this doesn't work you know what's at stake in terms of you know how much would you lose my house your house this is crazy because the true definition of a family business is every member of that family working within to make it successful not one person carrying the burden i know it's day three and time for gordon to give the family a much-needed wake-up call this business was set up 17 years ago as a family business yes yes today we're going to renew that commitment we're going to make it more family than ever before this is what we're going to do you yeah with your father i'm going to go and run the kitchen you're going to cook you're going to run the kitchen oh i love it hey they i want you to go and work in that kitchen and just experience what it's like behind that line and work with your dad you like food you certainly eat enough of it here tina you're gonna run the dining room with your mum okay get in the kitchen and get familiar with what's going on peter i've never seen coke well i've never seen them boiling eggs look at me i'm looking shaking find it i'm shaking if you're not shaking enough let's go come on huh peter's like one of those guys he eats out a lot so he assumes he knows about cooking in restaurants he has no clue about the kitchen hello welcome while peter and his father are settling into the kitchen why is this burning on galoa welcome to my world gordon is packing the dining room with hungry customers first order's coming in stand by can i start with you yeah sure what would you like mom do me a favor make me an espresso please go make it yourself i just want my mother get me espresso and i'm ready expresso bloody hell is he always like this yeah is he my god if my dad and my brother were the chefs i think there'd be a mass murderer in here i have an order all aboard the first order's in i need black olives and artichokes right underneath here could someone set the us up oh hold on now it's them that didn't set you up properly not like that i'm having a meltdown here are we ready to order do you need a few minutes can i have a working oven those are the ones i ordered already that clams and the soup what the is that this is a a back here angel tablet seven please more darling coming in the door where are the clams where's the salmon where's my lemons we're shouting for lemons and look there's a box of lemons here i need clean spoons i need clean spoons i need chicken i need chicken we'll start in front of your eyes oh okay peter is he's a 250 pound spoiled baby holy they too didn't get distractions with their plans well tell them why i'm concerned they don't need advertisers no you have to get them out what do you want me to do i can do what i can do at the moment okay let's put the cat amongst the pigeons peter is now getting a taste of his own medicine he's now seen how difficult it is to cook in that kitchen with nothing that works so this is embarrassing because this should have been a family close-knit type run restaurant it's an hour into lunch service and there's still no food coming out of the kitchen it's done what's burning in here we just burnt the chicken we're in the weeds we just couldn't handle it i don't know i'm looking for corner to hide somewhere could someone get me tina please i need orange juice you want tina to stop now and get you a glass of orange juice do i have anybody that can help me look at me why don't you yourself what i beg your pardon ooh take it easy take it easy killer i want to see what big boy's made of come on let's go yeah yeah let's go big boy relax finally someone told him listen buddy don't act like you're you're the king over here because you got nothing you get the out of here out robert back on air please yes let's go god unbelievable now gordon has proved his point about the inadequate kitchen he realizes that he has to do something drastic to get the restaurant ready to be relaunched gordon did you know attack peter in the right way because he saw him as being you know a big shot a guy trying to act like a big shot would you do me a favor oh yeah you go out go get some fresh air or go get a manicure polish your wheels or do something it's day four and although peter's attitude to work has been a disappointment gordon has no choice but to introduce the first phase of his transformation plan right today is a new beginning a new chapter for peter's restaurant yes yes the one thing that really needs to take place here is a commitment we're going to implement changes follow me please yeah through the kitchen welcome to your new kitchen oh my god oh man holy bro have a look have a look have a look gordon brought in a team of kitchen specialists who worked all night to give this restaurant something it sorely needed a proper kitchen every oven is working oh my god plates stoves ovens mats i can't believe it a new double fridge as well oh my god what yes proper working fridge yes what a kitchen i think we were all starting to lose steam here and give up and and he brought us back to uh a sunny day your new kingdom this is really a good thing now i can really have a real kitchen where i can actually do things the right way i've invested in this now i want to see you with opportunity comes responsibility and i think that's what gordon was trying to point out you know what i've given you what you asked for now you're responsible to use it respectfully it's time for the chefs and gordon to put the new kitchen to good use as gordon starts to change the menu here we go i want to focus on family style dining we're going to be making simple stunning classic italian foods okay lasagna i'm very excited tonight to cook with gordon definitely an honor to cook with someone like him i fell into a bit of a rut culinarily and now that gordon's giving me this new menu to work with it's a revitalizing kind of feeling you know let's go gordon introduces a new family style menu that will make peter's restaurant stand out from the competition there's what six seven italian restaurants out there in babylon one thing that can separate this restaurant from the others is running this like a true family restaurant gordon came about the idea of family style which i think is an exceptional idea we needed something to help us stand out for tonight's dinner service the parsley covered ravioli and the cold crab cakes have been replaced by fresh homemade family style dishes such as lobster ravioli the penne lasagna grilled flank steak cappellini and norchetta and then porchetta which is beautiful you know these are dishes that are popular this is now a time for you to sort of really seriously start getting that message out there it's so simple okay guys we've got a a big big big big launch yeah big time oh man with a brand new kitchen a redesigned menu and a new approach that reaches out to families the restaurant is ready for its big relaunch let's do it with the doors about to open gordon gathers the staff for a last-minute pep talk okay tonight is a critical crucial night are you with us or are you i'm just waiting for him okay we're right really busy right now once again peter has a debt collector on his doorstep well you are interfering that's what i'm saying we're going away hey would you mind gotta wait too much i gotta talk to you get out of the way what why don't you go away so we can go on why don't you go no get out of the way i want to talk to you i'm saying go away oh no relax relax relax relax my father come this guy this guy come on you fake gangster you you're a you're embarrassing me this guy go inside i'm gonna pay to peter relax relax who the is he relax just come in my place relax relax relax relax come on come on everybody you scumbag get it tough guys go ahead right now right now hey come on baby boy take it easy come in here come on come on come on hey come here come and kill me he's sent five guys to his house right now jeremy and guys are on their way right now who the is he give me this valid what are you talking about it's the last that's coming in this place you're getting hot-headed why did you see my father on the floor no so what do you mean i'm getting hot insane relaxed calm down calm down calm down hey i told him to get out are you okay they fight a lot you know these things happen relax relax relax relax let's see aside two seconds walk fresh here come on with me let's go what's going on what happened don't conduct that in my business no no no you're right that's first of all second of all i didn't like the way he spoke to you he's just back foot relax relax relax relax big deep breath yeah i'm here to help the row has wasted crucial preparation time now gordon urgently needs to get peter and the staff focused on tonight's relaunch big big big night i mean a seriously big night yeah new menu new family-style dining new attitude this could be the big turning point for this restaurant use this opportunity to show off how good we can be good luck there's excitement in the restaurant about the new menu do the fish it's excellent i like the idea but back in the kitchen it's up to the chefs to deliver the big tables are all ordered in family style now all of a sudden we're working with all this new stuff it's like alien may i have a uh cranberry juice salsa and cranberry actually you know what do you have pineapple juice yeah give me pineapple juice with a lot of ice and a splash of cranberry it's good for my sugar it's one hour into dinner service and the restaurant has not been this full for seven years let's set this up for 14 right now come on come on come on right now they've got a 14 top just arrived and this is a true test now because family style should make their life a lot easier or it can go tits up and be a disaster it's so busy tina tina you ever throat lazenja peter as an owner he should step up to you know move his ass a little bit more because he's in la la land i don't know what to do peter this table right here yeah bring him an appetizer too all right um but when peter does decide to lend a hand hungry man instead of serving the bait clams you got a fork back here anybody got a fork come on i want to see him gordon see me eating i don't want to get yelled at he decides to eat them oh man peter excuse me peter i got to ask you for one favorite delicious correct anything robert what what the is going on here nothing you're hungry yeah yeah go look at your stomach in the window let's go yeah we need another dozen day clams one of yours went out still waiting on my baked clams all right i'll take care of you with that i'll bring it smooth guys should i come should i come back next week for the bay clam should i go down the block for the other restaurant i promise you'll you'll have it okay dining is filling up new menu new kitchen new family style dining but peter it's like in sound right now noah honey i'll take a cappuccino if you can make me with two equals please it it was really difficult i mean you know in my legs hurt my tired it's it was harder than the gym it was really harder than the gym when gordon puts the pressure on peter you're waiting 50 minutes for the clams peter takes it out on his staff is she going no one came to your table yeah nicole are you kidding me you're gonna go to these people's table that wasn't supposed to be my table i don't care what i was supposed to be taking right now right now he was yelling at me in front of my customers for things that i didn't do wasn't supposed to be my table imagine this it's hard for him to you know realize that he did something wrong so he takes it out on everybody else get them one bottle on me right now for all your comedy of errors tonight thank you so you cost me a bottle of wine just get them the bottle of wine please but i don't know why peter's temper's like that lauren i mean he's in everybody's way everybody else just brushes it off but i guess i just take it a little personal when he's screaming at me from my table so what the is going on with a7 and everything what what my tables and said stuff to me like oh wow he's being hard on you hot on you you're very heartbreaking how can i be a hot person to talk to that's ridiculous well if you need to talk to me i would rather you talk to me like that how could you cry she was like uh a machine gun she just started shooting all this stuff out she looked like she was having some sort of uh meltdown i don't make the jigs i don't make the food this is ridiculous here hey hold on a minute you're married to me relax just turn it down again just turn on the puppy hey oh my god i've never seen something like this thank you very much thank you thank you with over 200 satisfied customers the relaunch is a success in spite of nato this place was a success and has now pissed through your hands well it is what it it it is what it is you've neglected it i understand but right now we're not in a situation money-wise to fix it well me what's the time what do you think this is your little salon to get your massage and get fed you're walking around this place with a bowl of food in your hand eating away that's not how i run my business i'm getting a headache i just think you've seen him day's work for 20 years yeah i i've had my own personal problems we all have problems problem problem problem problem problem you're no different let's start working at the problem what's the problem what's the problem you that's where i'm starting excuse me he's nuts this guy you're right i'm nuts because you've got all to worry about right now have you listen to me i'm listening listen to me you sound like you're out the godfather yeah what the is going on here you're the only here right now is not pulling their weight and that's not good enough i think this place will run better without you i think this place will run better without you i i i disagree you disagree i'll own certain problems and i'll take responsibility for a lot of things that was about as convincing as a person i'm here i need two minutes with you on your own you go all right i'll see you in the morning i love him tonight go home and come back tomorrow morning and think about what are you going to put back into the business tomorrow think about it and make sure it's good because i'm going to be here to make sure you do it i'm never speechless i don't know what to say i'm i'm like i'm a little hurt what i'm seeing now is he said to me everything all these people wanted to say to me and haven't so maybe gordon's right you know what i'm not gonna say maybe gordon's right gordon is right i'm committed i'll be back and i'll do what he says it's for the good of the business and in the end this place is me this place is me this is me this is what i do so i gotta make it work to gordon's amazement the next morning he found peter on the phone calling to fix the walk-in fridge we need our walk-in box fixed leaking here there's like oh she has rain water i want you to come here and do whatever it needs to have done i'm really amazed that peter is taking the initiative and putting the new walking box and to go with the brand new kitchen robert and john have a new attitude i'm very excited i think everything's going so well uh-huh family style's working yeah yeah and the family-style dining is a huge hit with customers with word of mouth spreading profits are soaring the end of the night we made more money we made more money this way it's unbelievable as soon as they calm down i'll show you to reach out to the local community peter's hosted the first ever babylon family day holy cow look at this this is a huge great start to to push the new family theme come and my family will serve yours to make the relaunch complete peter decided the restaurant needed one more thing the father may the blessing of almighty god the father the son the holy spirit this was a rebirth so it needed its blessing can i hug you please i got a thing about hogan church all right in the weeks ahead peter was more helpful get some yeah i'll get some extra plates too okay he made amends with nicole i'm sorry i'm sorry all right my priorities were mixed up instead of trying to be like you know the boss i'm gonna be a team player here and whatever needs to be done i'm gonna do i'm gonna jump in i'm gonna ask people if they need help with things there you go enjoy i like that shirt and even provided tina with the help she needed i mean i'm thrilled i even think peter will do his part i really do think he's going to keep his commitment i'm sorry all right i love you i love you too let's just confirm one thing shall we we've got a taste of how good this ration can be absolutely and just comparing to what i experienced the first time i arrived here tonight the difference was night and day before gordon got here this place was nose diving the man reinvented my restaurant i think now he's given us all our spark back if you cannot make this work you're mad you've got a potential gold mine here that can make every one of you successfully rich we are definitely on our way to success here now we have to take the ball and run with it thank you for the commitment yeah yeah we've been giving all the help in the world time for us to shine and we got what we need and uh i'm ready to do it all of gordon's ideas stemmed to keep this restaurant synonymous with family we all love each other so that's my main ingredient now for the restaurant and i think that's so important three thousand dollars for all that extra material take care i really fell in love with him my first son is going to be named after gordon gordon ramsay pellegrino gordon really brought our family much closer together hi brother yes thank you if this family can stay together and commit to this restaurant it will be successful but stop the fighting you\n"