Aris's Big Chance to Finally Prove Himself

Let's get it together, we've got it come on but just when it appears as though everything is on track, choose this for Kathy. Just take it. The kitchen is starting to unravel. Is that cooked? This roll stop stop stop stop look at me if they're out of control and you're out of control we're finished because you are maintaining the standards. Hey hey all of you stop 1 2 3 4 5 you come here come here come here look at what you're sending out that wasn't like the first table I'm not sending that and what is that? Come on guys, mush look at me, look at me. You have to stay in control. You've got to stay in control. Okay, yes, I can't let the kitchen fall apart. I'll do whatever it takes to get better. Let's slow it down, slow down, taking at a time, standards now standard callari up all right, table 32, how we looking and where's the fisherman's catch? I don't want to see go out guys come on make sure it's cooked and good all right. A very determined Aris clearly has his Focus back this chicken sit here too long finally he's catching mistakes this that beef Musa that you ask for it's cold in the center guys come on, and quickly getting them fixed Panos, you're going to have to reheat this let's get that done before we continue guys make quality listen to him yes stop throwing food. Well spotted look at me, this is transition, this is it. Yes, okay guys, this is a team effort all right, you guys with me, yes, okay good you guys got this come on, yes, that's what I want to hear. Awesome, Azie, take this, good keep it going guys we need a little bit more saua on that meat nice, I need one more calamari guys is coming thank you fire the chicken, fire the Lamb Chop, he's on the place, yeah I hear let's focus on table 25 and table 30 they're good can you believe that, something no I was surprised a little bit but S did a great job for the first time Expediting just wipe it down, I'm very proud of my oh my God, so how do you guys like the new menu? It's great, awesome, good, they loved it not one complaint, I just need the lamburger and we're done coming up no let's finish this come on.

Aris is Totally in Follow The Line Expediting

Expediting just wiped it down. I'm very proud of my oh my God, so how do you guys like the new menu? It's great, awesome, good, they loved it not one complaint. I just need the lamburger and we're done coming up no let's finish this come on. AIS is totally in Follow The Line Expediting and table by table by table he's stepped up, so good was good and that's a fabulous feeling, no that was awesome well done seriously well done, we had an excellent relaunch, yes, we had our bumps but my god there was an amazing buzz in there tonight, a dramatic change. Yes, yeah, cust love the food, yeah love the decor, but the big transformation tonight was Aris, you nailed it, you did a phenomenal job thank you I've never seen anyone and I really mean this take to Expediting the way you did tonight that was your first time and it felt like you've been doing it for 10 years. Mikey how was that for you to listen to him controlling the kitchen? Yeah did a great job, it's very very impressive.

Seth Ramsey Came to Unite Us Together

Seth Ramsey came to unite us together my son and I will be very successful I believe that stay together as a family cuz when it works it's beautiful of course this family right here we're unbreakable thank you. Stay in there, I will yeah look after him thank you very much because of Chef Ramsey my dad believes in me and he knows I can do anything I have a lot of work to do personally to learn the kitchen but I'm an ambitious young man and I'm ready to do it.

Gordon's Take on the Restaurant

When I first arrived this restaurant was a big fat Greek mess. We made a lot of changes some dramatic changes to the food, the decor but more importantly to Aris and now that guy has his feet firmly on the ground. This restaurant has every chance of not becoming a Greek tragedy what the was he doing with those tables in the days that followed Aris continued to embrace his role as leader of the kitchen.

Aris's Future is Definitely Bright

Aris continued to embrace his role as leader of the kitchen, go ahead take that out 33 is next guys I need a vegetarian Musa and determined to maintain the high standards that Chef Ramsey put in place. Awesome, Azie, take this, good keep it going guys we need a little bit more saua on that meat nice, I need one more calamari guys is coming thank you fire the chicken, fire the Lamb Chop he's on the place yeah I hear let's focus on table 25 and table 30 they're good can you believe that something no I was surprised a little bit but S did a great job for the first time Expediting just wipe it down. I'm very proud of my oh my God so how do you guys like the new menu? It's great, awesome, good they loved it not one complaint I just need the lamburger and we're done coming up no let's finish this come on.

The Kitchen is Back in Order

Aris's kitchen is back in order, expediting just wiped it down. He's very proud of his team for getting everything together. The new menu has been a huge success. Customers are loving it not one complaint. The chef is thrilled to see the team working so well together.

The Chef's Job Description

The chef's job description is to oversee the entire kitchen, expediting just wiped it down. He is responsible for maintaining high standards and ensuring that everything is perfect. The chef must be able to work under pressure and manage a team of cooks. They also have to be creative and come up with new recipes.

Aris's Role in the Kitchen

Aris plays a crucial role in the kitchen, he is the leader of the expediting team. He ensures that all dishes are prepared correctly and presented nicely. Aris also has to be able to work well under pressure and manage his time effectively.

The Importance of Teamwork

The importance of teamwork cannot be overstated in a kitchen like this. Everyone works together seamlessly, expediting just wiped it down. They rely on each other to get the job done. When one person makes a mistake, everyone suffers. The chef has to be able to motivate and inspire his team to work at their best.

The Chef's Passion for Food

The chef's passion for food is what drives him to create delicious dishes every day. He loves experimenting with new ingredients and techniques. Aris takes great pride in his kitchen, expediting just wiped it down. He wants to make sure that every dish that goes out is perfect.

Aris's Legacy

Aris's legacy will be one of excellence and hard work. He will be remembered as a chef who was dedicated to his craft and his team. The kitchen will always be a place where he can be proud, expediting just wiped it down.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: entonight on Kitchen Nightmares Gordon travels to a sunny California eery where there may be joyous Greek dancing but there was a dark cloud hanging over the restaurant wow there's a lot of conflict here I can feel it father and son are being torn apart by a mysterious secret that threatens the business never discussed it never talked about it but it hurt the father is tired and overworked are you B to no no he might not admit it but he is and his standards have gone to rot just smell that just smell inside that smells it's good you're sick the son is hungering to step in and help I know I can make it better than ever but his dad refuses to give him a shot everything all right back here get out it's a stalemate that has the entire business suffering it taste of Grease yeah Taste of greasy the kitchen has no leader do you not tell them anything do you not say anything to the shf what do you want me to say the food has no flavor the bull is very blood and the diners have nothing but complaints any he like it worst they ever had Han Gordon uncovered the truth Something's Happened and you better tell me what I don't have to say nothing or will the secrets stay buried talk to me Mike I don't know what happened and along with it any chance for Success It's My Big Fat Greek nightmare what is that this disgusting crap you're done I'm done I'm not shut the place down get out of here that is amazing I just can't thank you enough the Ventura Harbor in Southern California an Oceanfront playground that attracts throngs of tourists and locals it's this ideal location that Drew Mikey mados and and his wife Lynn to open a Greek restaurant to Steps From the water hello welcome to the Greek from day one when we open the restaurant in 1994 it was a success oh my gosh really good we did great it was always busy whoop all guys let's starting my dad he had that old school Greek work mentality just go go go go and the kitchen was always running very smoothly I need a large pin cuz I'm going to cook some onion I felt my American Dream through make me feel like very successful very very good but as time went on my dad's standards have dropped okay I got to complete hey guys they said the KE tethers were rock hard he's been working 365 days a year for 17 years he's just burning out from being here so long it was rubbery what do you mean rber I don't know on the Bott there no rber miky I mean he hardly anymore he's making sure that everything is cooked to Perfection put it up put it up Mike that's not good it hurts me when I your level drop because standards are not high enough I'm done the L is very dry it all looks like it came out of a cafeteria Mikey's really let a lot of things slip through the cracks the palari was really really I talar well it's not Mikey okay and that's why our business has declined not very many people around the situation is frust rating but I want to change this place I want to make it better I haven't learned everything but I will I know I can I mean I'm very capable and I know I can make it better than ever my dad has a hard time listening to other people sometimes because this is what he created but I'm here to help I he wants to make sure I'm 100% ready but I can't be 100% ready if he doesn't allow me to be I need your help AIS is a super creative person he's a great Entertainer great people person but but at the same time how are you going to help run a restaurant if you don't know the kitchen to run this restaurant you have to come back here at this kitchen and Aries you know have done this before this restaurant is not only my father's Legacy it's all of our Legacy we've all worked together and I've seen the profit pretty much diminish until it's been non-existent how much money do we have in our account right now we're getting low we're getting low I don't know how I'm going to do this it's like we work our asses off and we don't make any money it's it's hard oh my God I'm just hoping that Chef Ramsey will help us get this restaurant to be the success it deserves to be I don't want what we've spent years building up to be lost I just don't want that to happen wow look at this place absolutely stunning on the water it's almost like a little slice of the Mediterranean I'm fairly busy as well how Earth going AR Resturant fail in this spot D to find out what's been going on it's huge GRE food on the water hello well hello how are you I'm excellent first name is you l Lynn Gordon nice to see you um owner brilli and Mike and I you run it with your husband yeah Gord how you doing is this is Eris our son Hello nice to meet you good to see you thank you for coming not so why don't you get your father let's sit down have a catch up I'm really happy to see Chef Ramsey and I hope he's pretty nice to my voice not too nice okay um I am very happy to be here be I'm dying to find out what's wrong with the place How could a restaurant not work when it's sat on the water ni okay Mom uh 17 years it was very successful and we did very very well so when did it start to turn the last couple of years no profit no profit yeah wow okay um and how often are you here well I work 14 hours a day 7 days a week but 7 days a week yeah that's the truth serious that's crazy it is crazy he's been doing it too long he's burnt out and he might not admit it but he is are you burn down no no no you're going to sit in that kitchen till you drop I mean where's the succession is the goal to groom I to take over or no no well I'm here and I'm doing all the a lot of stuff right now I mean sure do you work in the kitchen I don't but that's one of my goals I want to learn the kitchen it's one of my I'm glad you're here because I want to learn more stuff and do you teach him how to cook no ready why is he not good enough are you that much of a control free no no is he not committed what I was thinking I feel like I'm pulling teeth here back in my mind I expect him to be more here than he was so he's not committed he's just getting the passion he never really wanted when he graduated college I never thought I would do he didn't want to be part of our business well I mean I'm here just trying to save this place and it's just are you committed now I am committed here I am you are yes I am I understand like yeah I haven't been here at times but I need Chef Ramy to prove to my dad that I'm ready to do whatever it takes to make this place run better and smoothly and it's time for big changes this is the time so how would you rate your food out of 10 what would you give it my food I give it 10 10 yes right let me eat let me uh get the grips good to see you nice likewise and um okay all the recipes that I have for the Greek food came from Greece a lot of people when they visit Greece they come here and tell me the food is better here than Greece I think so FR is going to like my food yes hi how you doing how are you my name is Dri to you're good to see where you from I'm from H Grace Sparta nice how long you been here and this restaurant almost 15 wow wow wow wow so you know everything everything first the calamari the calamari is going to be heaven or it's going to be hell exactly okay let's try for the calamari okay and you know what I'll have the uh hot s the platter the platter okay and I'll take the cold platter as well I'd like to see that I want to see as much as possible okay anything else I'll have the masaka egg castle with the beef yeah with the beef brilliant I think we're done thank you I'm very excited San Fran the guy is smart and Mikey he needs to see when the food is not good everything's not good calamari appetizer make it hit the olive oil and put onions and bell peppers with the wine you guys do what I say Mike is a very proud person he does not take criticism well but CHF Ram's here to help he's not here to compliment nice T why would you cover them Dreadful tablecloths noty hell the deckor is hideous I haven't seen chairs like this since they banquet 30 years ago my grandma's 80th so disco ball up there Saturday Night Fever in fact there's two disco balls up there what's going on in here I'm was like going back to 1970 okay that that's a c okay we looking to heaven or hell oh dear and this is our C okay okay great thank you enjoy it thank you greasy it looks like I'm having a hell day right yeah it's not yeah it's not it's not good yeah it's terrible oh dear can I take it away quickly I know damn how was itari good very greasy people love it yeah it's very greasy very popular that's a strange looking humus seriously look the only way to eat that is this St seriously I mean it's ridiculous Greek dips it looks like six plates of Greek dog that's what it goes in like imagine what it's going to come out like m is the most important he ate it with a straw I mean you have to be really idiot to make the humus watery this is our H sampler wow okay Jesus meatballs are cold in the f look like they've been Sat On by a Greek goddess yeah I know and the fer paste a lot of fer paste but hardly anything in them and greasy very shiny yeah not good and they're terrible there's no filling in there thank you thank you a taste of Grease yeah Taste of greasy what the is that what is that this is a mousakas mousakas that's for The Roasted uh potatoes okay great thank you thank you enjoy it wowaka it's drab I mean it's shocking so bad Dreadful Demetri the eggplant is spongy and raw you having the Musa yeah disgusting carrots and mush that is only salt to any Greek aisle listen can you get me all the chefs in the kitchen out on the D I'd like to meet them please of course okay guys all of the cooks he want them over there he wants all the cooks everybody um you complain I mean fful sucks to me was look good I saw some of my food is not the way he was describing the food oh dear dear oh dear oh dear that was a disaster I mean I've just sat down and had the biggest embarrassment to Greece that I've ever tasted in my entire life the platter Bland fful dry and the biggest kick in my Greek goas liquid homus liquid the Greek musaka eggplant undercooked bitter it's an insult not just to grease but to the vegetable itself did anyone taste it of course it's wrong it's done wrong come on that's frightening what hurts me is the fact that you're actually realizing that is and still sending it I can't do anything about it I'm Greek I grew up with this food but I'm not allowed to cook the food the way I cook it in Greece here I'm following Mikey's way and he's tired Mikey have you given up no you run your business like you've given up no no it's not true I don't believe that my food is that terrible okay my food is similar calonia you think it's similar to calonia yes sir yeah not today my friend your calamari is greasy it's bland how come I have all these people says my calamari is the best they ever have the blown smoke up your ass you're not that stupid one or two thousands of people no stop exaggerating where are the thousands of people that tell you that your calamari is the best are they booked in for dinner tonight you came from Greece you bring it over you make it better here you've made it worse I got really upset when Seth Ramsey talk to me like that I know how the food is and people love it and he has no clue about food here the town of insura is a buzz with Chef Ramsey's visit how yall doing and as the restaurant fills up with diners are you ready think Chef Ramsey is anxious to begin his kitchen investigation during dinner service so what did you do in Serv how' you work what do you do what I do here yeah yeah here they work I watch a new experise I do if I have to wow uh where are the POS systems POS is right here ma ma there's my daughter right there hello this your daughter Hi how are you nice to meet you good to see you too I think Chef Ramsey doesn't know what he's stepping into my dad is just like really set in his ways I almost up for just the men onions and this is V doades what's under here baked carrots bloody H we cook them today them so serve like a cafeteria everything all the carrots done all on B Marine there's a lot that we cook and then store and just take out whatever is for the order each order that's not good but I'm not leading the kitchen so I don't really have a saying over that so all this is cooked it's cooking right now yeah no it's not cooking it's cooked yeah we're cooking food and it's it's sitting there drying out it's all cooked to doesn't look like a cafeteria to you no God bless California wantes please J yes with so much of the food prepared in advance you happy with that yes this restaurant has no problem sending dishes out at a rapid Pace table 10 table 15 table 91 please ready calar chicken Caesar salad does food normally come out this quickly yeah it's like sort of flying out he's ready take it take it oh my gosh Mikey do you not tell him anything do you not say anything to the shits what are you want me to say all right let's keep going everything all right back here get out it's just ridiculous like I'm not trying to stop you I'm trying to help you but my dad he gets so egotistical about it sometimes it's like I'm just this little 8-year-old getting barked at you right yeah yeah I just need to cool off after that I know no but I can see the tension your father's there Expediting the food letting it go SCE dripping all over the side it's almost like he's given up I mean was he like that 10 years ago no I I think he's just physically exhausted and he's been working 15 hours a day his whole life I imagine that do you ever sit down and say dad you know it's so obvious where we're going wrong I want to help but he doesn't want to listen he's so stubborn man I don't know man it's just horrific this has turned out to be a very funny Greek restaurant a little bit different than what I expected thank you you unfortunately for the diners the restaurant is also different from what they expected I don't like it you don't like it the lamb is dry the veggies came out raw and then I brought out more and they were still raw oh God as Trey this is cold after Trey the lamb traps are supposed to be rare after Trey the bull is very blood get sent back back to the kitchen oh my God unbelievably there's almost as much food coming back as there is going out Dad how you doing don't bother me go dance go dance go the situation is frustrating obviously we have problems with this restaurant but I don't know what to do exactly K you ready hun okay I'll announce it right now hello everybody Welcome to the Greek at the harbor uh my name is aris uh we're going to perform a little dancing for you right now so please enjoy the show there's more dances to come hello what's that cling going on with Greek dancing and the Bella dancing and really yeah unfuckingbelievable now I get what he's passionate about finally something edible despite Aris pleasing some of the diners with his dancing we we have a problem they continue to be far from pleased with the food what WR the batter on the fish and chips was still slimy the roast lamb was inedible give me arest please oh and they said all of it was lukewarm where's Mike what is it just to smell that just smell inside there inside what's wrong with that eat a little bit I'm not eating that it smells good it's what it's good you're sick Mike you're sick I'm very worried about Mikey because it should be obvious when something's not cooked properly there's no way that you can say oh well they were just complainers it's realis you need to know what's going on here as well as far as your father's concerned it's good there's nothing wrong with it dry as H he's not even a chef and he knows it's dry come on Mike you stood there and watched that come out it's an embarrassment to Catalonia I knew this was going to happen my dad uh he's not stupid he's a great cook but he also is in denial bit is the type of person like asking for help maybe is a sense of failure to him my emotions are are deeply hurt from what Seth Ramsey says Hey Dad hey are you just relaxing yeah it's just really sad you know he's just an older man that can't really handle it all I love you too I just don't like it when my dad is so sad it really hurts it's an hour and a half into dinner service they didn't like any of it and even though food is flooding back to the kitchen you stood there and watched that come out it's an embarrassment to calonia Mikey seems to have lost interest it's almost like he doesn't it's just what do you want to say I don't feel good when want see come me back Mike can I have a word with you outside yeah what's happening I don't know but why are you doing this to yourself what are you want to do I want you to wake up a little bit you're letting it happen under your nose what are you want to saying just want you to be a little bit more honest with yourself I never lie okay but how come you haven't taught Aris anything how come you haven't by your side why haven't you treated him like a son what is it nothing Something's Happened and you better tell me what I don't know what happened I don't know yes you do I don't have to say nothing well don't don't don't act like that you can't just give up come on hell how we doing you want me to leave you alone no we're not doing well we are not doing well he has to be a little bit more honest with us I'm not honest no you're paying the price for it I don't understand why you're not closer to your father I don't understand why you're not open with that big Greek heart of yours I I I I I don't get it it's time to change you know it's going to need a commitment from you a commitment his father son and if you got any chance of carrying on this Legacy then you need to be by his side you won't teach me anything it doesn't make sense have a word with him have a word I'm struggling man I need to sit down man tired I don't want you to struggle here anymore I'm fine dad just let me let me let me help let me help you I want you to be ready told you that before I is I know with my dad even though he loves me and I love him it's just it's almost like I'm not good enough for him it's a shitty feeling it hurts I love you Gordon is still completely mystified by Mikey's lack of mentoring of arys you got two minutes we'll catch up okay please and he has only one other person to turn to for answers so I'd to hear it from you you know why have they been ignoring each other well when AIS went to college he never really wanted to be here and most of the time he wouldn't be here at all and he'd come like at night to dance and so forth and uh when he graduated from college we had his party here but we had I mean the place was full we had 100 people here or so and when he was doing his little speech and thanking people for coming and everything you know he announced I'm going to make something of my life I'm not working in the restaurant what in front of all the staff in front of all of his friends wow I mean how rude you paid the fees for the college he comes back and hosts a party in his parents restaurants and then shits on them from a great height I remember that very well yeah it was as if what we' done all these years was like uh worthless is Mikey sort of hers do you think he still holds it against him yeah does he yeah it's he really does Unbelievable it hurt us very bad and um I've always remembered it never discussed it never talked about it but it hurt Gordon has finally learned the real truth behind what's tearing this family apart he announced I'm going to make something of my life I'm not working in the restaurant was and now Mikey and Aris arrive at the restaurant unaware of what he has just uncovered pull a chair up both you sit down I want to tell you something really important I'm off with you and I'll tell you why I don't think that you've quite understood the level of support that you've had in and out of here and so when you turn around told all your friends in your parents' restaurant that you're going to make something out of yourself almost in a way that you were disgusted with being brought up in a restaurant and this wasn't you you were above that well it wasn't me being above it it was just I didn't know if it at one point it was the way you declared it wasn't good enough for you well this was before I know yes but you did it and you shat on your own doorstep I wasn't sitting on that I I love my family more than anything I'm tell you you did well I was I was confused at the time too I didn't know what I was going to do with my life I went to college I didn't know if the restaurant visits was something I was going to do and I didn't know if I was ready to do it but I don't think you've ever understood the ramifications of a announcement like that how did you feel truthfully about that statement truthfully my son when I say something like that I hurts me yes thank you I mean I I'm not a perfect human being look at me no I'm just saying I'm not look no no if you've got anything to say yeah I'd say it to your mom and dad take the opportunity can give a little bit of privacy I I just see how we struggled as a family regardless if we're making money or not we we kill ourselves here and I didn't want to kill myself either not in a selfish way I just didn't want to I don't but I guess I remember it because it really hurt me when you said it I remember it and I don't think it's anything that we've ever talked about and I sincerely apologize for for saying that cuz that was so wrong with me Mom Dad I'm sorry yeah love you love you too I think Mikey hasn't really taken era seriously because he's never really gotten himself committed but that has changed and for him to make this declaration with such passion he's definitely committed I 100% believe that everything's going to work after Aris cleared the air with his parents Chef Ramsey is still concerned about his commitment okay so I've been doing some thinking why have you hung around so long it's it's my family it's I I don't we don't give up on a family and this is my my home too so I love this place and I want to fix it but I don't know if you're committed enough that's all cuz it's not about dancing on the dance floor no I know but if you put that determination that you put on that dance hall last night carrying all those tables in your mouth in a kitchen trust me you'd be Untouchable here that's what I want I know at one point I wouldn't believed in me either I've changed I know I can do this I just need support and I just need my dad will help me so you say you're committed I am committed yes and you say that you're committed yes yes so put both your hands together let go and out now oh y even if I'm right handing don't care don't care cuz you're not cooking you're going to be talk now look at me for the very first time in the history of Father and Son get into that kitchen and show him something I don't care if it's a simple Greek salad a roasted fish or whether it's a stunning humus I don't care but show him yeah now watch don't pull me too much now don't be a bull getting handcuffed with a funny experience I'm going to need a plate to put it in all right well I have to walk with you my dad kind is like this bull trying to track me let's make a pasta you want pasta this is exactly what I've been looking for to have this opportunity so let's do it okay slice a tomato yeah I can do it how's that good okay let's put the onions we're going to wait on the garlic right yeah CU it cooks faster any seasonings that we put in or anything let's put some black pepp pepper a little sprinkle yeah you want me to add some of the sauce yeah add a couple SP of that cooking with my dad was great reduce a little bit and then we done it really alleviated a lot of tension and I'm proving them right now I'm going to learn the kitchen and I guess the only way you can ever learn is just to do it right guess thing pretty good huh very good tastes great Sly it was a lot of fun for me and Aris to be that way and I see that Aris has a passion about this restaurant and I'm very proud Gordon we got it done show me how to make a what is that Greek pasta uhhuh did you listen to your father I did yeah how is that yeah it's nice I've seen more consistency in this plane than I did in the whole of service last night it did my heart good because this was a turning point this was the first time that Mikey has ever really shown erth any Greek cooking thank you I have very strong feelings about my boy that he's not a boy any longer he's a man and I'm ready to back off a little out of the way his way you committed to do it of course what I know I would teach you everything okay okay sounds that's what I want now that it appears as though Mikey is finally passing the torch to Aris Chef Ramsey and his team move ahead with the restaurant makeover good morning morning morning ready for a stunning new change are good today we are saying goodbye to the past and opening the doors to your new future ready see your restaurant off you go go in go in go in wow welcome to the new Greek wowow wow beautiful is this I love that blue beautiful stunning nice it's amazing wow it's so beautiful so beautiful when I first walked in here I saw a bankr hall with Hideous chairs that was set up with no charm so we've taken a tacky restaurant out of the 80s and put it into the 21st century and the good news is the disco balls have gone look at the ceiling you've got the grink windmills oh look at that have a look at those beautiful tables they were covered before we got them sanded we got them varnished there are your own own tables excellent gone are the murals why have a mural of a harbor on the wall when you're sat in front of the harbor and look at that baby down there on the wall a customade Greek flag shutter wow beautiful oh shutter wow this is outstanding complete Joy is what I feel right now wow oh Jesus how are you huh wow I have a goose bath on me feels totally like where I am now in santorino on the hill there feels like home it's SP beautiful Mikey I like to see you so Lively like this oh you happy yes I am yeah I think this is one of your best so decorations I ever seen this I I agree I think it's one of my best also to go along with a dramatic makeover come down all of you please wow is an equally dramatic redesign of the men okay just have a look at the menu the dips to ziki the humus beautiful not smeared on a plate not sipped through a straw a proper dip fluffle look at them small dainty delicious and made with a spicy chickpea nice gyro it's a homemade Pate okay wait you taste it you've got the grilled lamb chop let's serve with grilled aroke sunnd Tomatoes yeah aruga salad and tasini sauce the zucchini eggplant musaka layer with potatoes top with bmal little chili in there so we got some heat in there as well at the same time excited oh yeah this has look the best I ever seen in my life it's fresh it's taken part of what you put into this restaurant to begin with and we've modernized it you did you did great yes okay I want you all to dig in all right have a little taste Okay jump in oh my God it's amazing excellent at the beginning actually I I was I was deny about the food but this is the best food ever have Greek food so good the v's B melt in your mouth not dry the food's really really good I mean it's amazing it's the new dire it's new beginning and I'm excited about it this is really tastes good it's really good with the reins of the restaurant being handed over from father to son okay Mikey hi right you ready great yeah Chef Ramsey has Mikey working the salad station and AIS in The crucial role of expediter you ready yes okay good you do not take from them and you're the last line in defend don't let them throw food out at you we have a new menu in line awesome new recipes I'm taking charge of this kitchen I want to make sure people are following the recipes and they're not them up make me proud boys let's do this hello word of the relaunch has spread and the restaurant fills up quickly with eager diners hello how you doing you're welcome to the gek get the Zu eggplant tamari would be great okay my kitchen needs to be driven let's go all right first ticket up guys two vegetarian musaas fire those right away okay Fino let me have that two zucchini masas please Aris is in charge of the kitchen tonight but he has to step up and and do this I got the hummus you guys got the musak how much time 2 and A2 minutes nice all right another ticket up we got a shrimp and a camar all right I got it how much time on that calari 2 minutes 2 minutes let's do it good that's what I want to hear push and encourage push and encourage you is the vegetar musaka up or nocini musaka in spite of it being his first time Expediting Kathy you're up too come right back Aris is looking very comfortable 4 minutes on the sagaki watch and a steady stream of orders are flowing out of the kitchen we got a gek salad therealari and the results are unanimous that's so good this is f fantastic I need a sagaki right away 23 is up okay back in the kitchen under the watchful eye of Chef Ramsay watch's the sauce put l in there next time yeah I don't want it all pissing down the side yes AIS continues to perform don't rush it going last line of defense you I hope you're checking yeah that's all I hope I'm not going to let you throw food out tonight I'd rather stop and go crazy at them let's go to table 11 here now ready take out yes I got one more SP corate all right all right Kelsey you you got another brino another Fisherman's cash there you go all right who's this for Kathy just take it just check is that cooked all right no just don't cold it's raw stop stop stop stop it's relaunch night ais's big chance to finally prove himself guys let's get it together we got it come on but just when it appears as though everything is on track choose this for Kathy just take it the kitchen is starting to unravel is that cooked this roll stop stop stop stop look at me if they're out of control and you're out of control we're finished because you are maintaining the standards hey hey all of you stop 1 2 3 4 5 you come here come here come here look at what you're sending out that wasn't like the first table I'm not sending that and what the is that come on guys mush look at me look at me you have to stay in control you've got to stay in control okay yes I can't let the kitchen fall apart I'll do whatever it takes to get better let's slow it down slow down slow down taking at a time standards now standard callari up all right table 32 how we looking and where's the fisherman's catch I don't want to see go out guys come on make sure it's cooked and good all right a very determined Aris clearly has his Focus back this chicken sit here too long finally he's catching mistakes this that beef Musa that you ask for it's cold in the center guys come on and quickly getting them fixed Panos you're going to have to reheat this let's get that done before we continue guys make quality listen to him yes stop throwing food well spotted look at me this is transition this is it yes okay guys this is a team effort all right you guys with me yes okay good you guys got this come on yes that's what I want to hear awesome Azie take this good keep it going guys we need a little bit more saua on that meat nice I need one more calamari guys is coming thank you fire the chicken fire the Lamb Chop he h on the Place yeah I hear let's focus on table 25 and table 30 they're good can you believe that sh something no I was surprised a little bit but s did a great job for the first time Expediting just wipe it down I'm very proud of my oh my God so how do you guys like the new menu it's great awesome good they loved it not one complaint I just need the lamburger and we're done coming up no let's finish this come on AIS is totally in Follow The Line Expediting and table by table by table he's stepped up so good was good and that's a fabulous feeling no that was awesome well done seriously well done we had an excellent relaunch yes we had our bumps but my god there was an amazing buzz in there tonight a dramatic change yes yeah cust love the food yeah love the decor but the big transformation tonight was Aris you nailed it you did a phenomenal job thank you I've never seen anyone and I really mean this take to Expediting the way you did tonight that was your first time and it felt like you've been doing it for 10 years Mikey how was that for you to listen to him controlling the kitchen yeah did a great job it's very very impressive Seth Ramsey came to unite us together my son and I will be very successful I believe that stay together as a family cuz when it works it's beautiful of course this family right here we're unbreakable thank you stay in there I will yeah look after him thank you very much because of Chef Ramsey my dad Believes In Me and he knows I can do anything I have a lot of work to do personally to learn the kitchen but I'm an ambitious young man and I'm ready to do it you've got the win in the sale run with it okay thanks again good night good night thank you Gordon wow when I first arrived this restaurant was a big fat Greek mess we made a lot of changes some dramatic changes to the food the decor but more importantly to Aris and now that guy has his feet firmly on the ground this restaurant has every chance of not becoming a Greek tragedy what the was he doing with those tables in the days that followed Aris continued to embrace his role as leader of the kitchen go ahead take that out 33 is next guys I need a vegetarian Musa and is determined to maintain the high standards that Chef Ramsey put in place hey the fish is wrong guys watch the fish with ays in complete control and new customers packing the restaurant on a nightly basis I love it Mike is considering doing something he thought he would never do it's good to change yeah has to be done retire Mikey is so proud of a we all are he's really proof that he's committed to make this restaurant be the best it can be fries we fries let's do it Chef Ramsey thank you so much ais's future is definitely bright and so is the Greeks great job I love you alltonight on Kitchen Nightmares Gordon travels to a sunny California eery where there may be joyous Greek dancing but there was a dark cloud hanging over the restaurant wow there's a lot of conflict here I can feel it father and son are being torn apart by a mysterious secret that threatens the business never discussed it never talked about it but it hurt the father is tired and overworked are you B to no no he might not admit it but he is and his standards have gone to rot just smell that just smell inside that smells it's good you're sick the son is hungering to step in and help I know I can make it better than ever but his dad refuses to give him a shot everything all right back here get out it's a stalemate that has the entire business suffering it taste of Grease yeah Taste of greasy the kitchen has no leader do you not tell them anything do you not say anything to the shf what do you want me to say the food has no flavor the bull is very blood and the diners have nothing but complaints any he like it worst they ever had Han Gordon uncovered the truth Something's Happened and you better tell me what I don't have to say nothing or will the secrets stay buried talk to me Mike I don't know what happened and along with it any chance for Success It's My Big Fat Greek nightmare what is that this disgusting crap you're done I'm done I'm not shut the place down get out of here that is amazing I just can't thank you enough the Ventura Harbor in Southern California an Oceanfront playground that attracts throngs of tourists and locals it's this ideal location that Drew Mikey mados and and his wife Lynn to open a Greek restaurant to Steps From the water hello welcome to the Greek from day one when we open the restaurant in 1994 it was a success oh my gosh really good we did great it was always busy whoop all guys let's starting my dad he had that old school Greek work mentality just go go go go and the kitchen was always running very smoothly I need a large pin cuz I'm going to cook some onion I felt my American Dream through make me feel like very successful very very good but as time went on my dad's standards have dropped okay I got to complete hey guys they said the KE tethers were rock hard he's been working 365 days a year for 17 years he's just burning out from being here so long it was rubbery what do you mean rber I don't know on the Bott there no rber miky I mean he hardly anymore he's making sure that everything is cooked to Perfection put it up put it up Mike that's not good it hurts me when I your level drop because standards are not high enough I'm done the L is very dry it all looks like it came out of a cafeteria Mikey's really let a lot of things slip through the cracks the palari was really really I talar well it's not Mikey okay and that's why our business has declined not very many people around the situation is frust rating but I want to change this place I want to make it better I haven't learned everything but I will I know I can I mean I'm very capable and I know I can make it better than ever my dad has a hard time listening to other people sometimes because this is what he created but I'm here to help I he wants to make sure I'm 100% ready but I can't be 100% ready if he doesn't allow me to be I need your help AIS is a super creative person he's a great Entertainer great people person but but at the same time how are you going to help run a restaurant if you don't know the kitchen to run this restaurant you have to come back here at this kitchen and Aries you know have done this before this restaurant is not only my father's Legacy it's all of our Legacy we've all worked together and I've seen the profit pretty much diminish until it's been non-existent how much money do we have in our account right now we're getting low we're getting low I don't know how I'm going to do this it's like we work our asses off and we don't make any money it's it's hard oh my God I'm just hoping that Chef Ramsey will help us get this restaurant to be the success it deserves to be I don't want what we've spent years building up to be lost I just don't want that to happen wow look at this place absolutely stunning on the water it's almost like a little slice of the Mediterranean I'm fairly busy as well how Earth going AR Resturant fail in this spot D to find out what's been going on it's huge GRE food on the water hello well hello how are you I'm excellent first name is you l Lynn Gordon nice to see you um owner brilli and Mike and I you run it with your husband yeah Gord how you doing is this is Eris our son Hello nice to meet you good to see you thank you for coming not so why don't you get your father let's sit down have a catch up I'm really happy to see Chef Ramsey and I hope he's pretty nice to my voice not too nice okay um I am very happy to be here be I'm dying to find out what's wrong with the place How could a restaurant not work when it's sat on the water ni okay Mom uh 17 years it was very successful and we did very very well so when did it start to turn the last couple of years no profit no profit yeah wow okay um and how often are you here well I work 14 hours a day 7 days a week but 7 days a week yeah that's the truth serious that's crazy it is crazy he's been doing it too long he's burnt out and he might not admit it but he is are you burn down no no no you're going to sit in that kitchen till you drop I mean where's the succession is the goal to groom I to take over or no no well I'm here and I'm doing all the a lot of stuff right now I mean sure do you work in the kitchen I don't but that's one of my goals I want to learn the kitchen it's one of my I'm glad you're here because I want to learn more stuff and do you teach him how to cook no ready why is he not good enough are you that much of a control free no no is he not committed what I was thinking I feel like I'm pulling teeth here back in my mind I expect him to be more here than he was so he's not committed he's just getting the passion he never really wanted when he graduated college I never thought I would do he didn't want to be part of our business well I mean I'm here just trying to save this place and it's just are you committed now I am committed here I am you are yes I am I understand like yeah I haven't been here at times but I need Chef Ramy to prove to my dad that I'm ready to do whatever it takes to make this place run better and smoothly and it's time for big changes this is the time so how would you rate your food out of 10 what would you give it my food I give it 10 10 yes right let me eat let me uh get the grips good to see you nice likewise and um okay all the recipes that I have for the Greek food came from Greece a lot of people when they visit Greece they come here and tell me the food is better here than Greece I think so FR is going to like my food yes hi how you doing how are you my name is Dri to you're good to see where you from I'm from H Grace Sparta nice how long you been here and this restaurant almost 15 wow wow wow wow so you know everything everything first the calamari the calamari is going to be heaven or it's going to be hell exactly okay let's try for the calamari okay and you know what I'll have the uh hot s the platter the platter okay and I'll take the cold platter as well I'd like to see that I want to see as much as possible okay anything else I'll have the masaka egg castle with the beef yeah with the beef brilliant I think we're done thank you I'm very excited San Fran the guy is smart and Mikey he needs to see when the food is not good everything's not good calamari appetizer make it hit the olive oil and put onions and bell peppers with the wine you guys do what I say Mike is a very proud person he does not take criticism well but CHF Ram's here to help he's not here to compliment nice T why would you cover them Dreadful tablecloths noty hell the deckor is hideous I haven't seen chairs like this since they banquet 30 years ago my grandma's 80th so disco ball up there Saturday Night Fever in fact there's two disco balls up there what's going on in here I'm was like going back to 1970 okay that that's a c okay we looking to heaven or hell oh dear and this is our C okay okay great thank you enjoy it thank you greasy it looks like I'm having a hell day right yeah it's not yeah it's not it's not good yeah it's terrible oh dear can I take it away quickly I know damn how was itari good very greasy people love it yeah it's very greasy very popular that's a strange looking humus seriously look the only way to eat that is this St seriously I mean it's ridiculous Greek dips it looks like six plates of Greek dog that's what it goes in like imagine what it's going to come out like m is the most important he ate it with a straw I mean you have to be really idiot to make the humus watery this is our H sampler wow okay Jesus meatballs are cold in the f look like they've been Sat On by a Greek goddess yeah I know and the fer paste a lot of fer paste but hardly anything in them and greasy very shiny yeah not good and they're terrible there's no filling in there thank you thank you a taste of Grease yeah Taste of greasy what the is that what is that this is a mousakas mousakas that's for The Roasted uh potatoes okay great thank you thank you enjoy it wowaka it's drab I mean it's shocking so bad Dreadful Demetri the eggplant is spongy and raw you having the Musa yeah disgusting carrots and mush that is only salt to any Greek aisle listen can you get me all the chefs in the kitchen out on the D I'd like to meet them please of course okay guys all of the cooks he want them over there he wants all the cooks everybody um you complain I mean fful sucks to me was look good I saw some of my food is not the way he was describing the food oh dear dear oh dear oh dear that was a disaster I mean I've just sat down and had the biggest embarrassment to Greece that I've ever tasted in my entire life the platter Bland fful dry and the biggest kick in my Greek goas liquid homus liquid the Greek musaka eggplant undercooked bitter it's an insult not just to grease but to the vegetable itself did anyone taste it of course it's wrong it's done wrong come on that's frightening what hurts me is the fact that you're actually realizing that is and still sending it I can't do anything about it I'm Greek I grew up with this food but I'm not allowed to cook the food the way I cook it in Greece here I'm following Mikey's way and he's tired Mikey have you given up no you run your business like you've given up no no it's not true I don't believe that my food is that terrible okay my food is similar calonia you think it's similar to calonia yes sir yeah not today my friend your calamari is greasy it's bland how come I have all these people says my calamari is the best they ever have the blown smoke up your ass you're not that stupid one or two thousands of people no stop exaggerating where are the thousands of people that tell you that your calamari is the best are they booked in for dinner tonight you came from Greece you bring it over you make it better here you've made it worse I got really upset when Seth Ramsey talk to me like that I know how the food is and people love it and he has no clue about food here the town of insura is a buzz with Chef Ramsey's visit how yall doing and as the restaurant fills up with diners are you ready think Chef Ramsey is anxious to begin his kitchen investigation during dinner service so what did you do in Serv how' you work what do you do what I do here yeah yeah here they work I watch a new experise I do if I have to wow uh where are the POS systems POS is right here ma ma there's my daughter right there hello this your daughter Hi how are you nice to meet you good to see you too I think Chef Ramsey doesn't know what he's stepping into my dad is just like really set in his ways I almost up for just the men onions and this is V doades what's under here baked carrots bloody H we cook them today them so serve like a cafeteria everything all the carrots done all on B Marine there's a lot that we cook and then store and just take out whatever is for the order each order that's not good but I'm not leading the kitchen so I don't really have a saying over that so all this is cooked it's cooking right now yeah no it's not cooking it's cooked yeah we're cooking food and it's it's sitting there drying out it's all cooked to doesn't look like a cafeteria to you no God bless California wantes please J yes with so much of the food prepared in advance you happy with that yes this restaurant has no problem sending dishes out at a rapid Pace table 10 table 15 table 91 please ready calar chicken Caesar salad does food normally come out this quickly yeah it's like sort of flying out he's ready take it take it oh my gosh Mikey do you not tell him anything do you not say anything to the shits what are you want me to say all right let's keep going everything all right back here get out it's just ridiculous like I'm not trying to stop you I'm trying to help you but my dad he gets so egotistical about it sometimes it's like I'm just this little 8-year-old getting barked at you right yeah yeah I just need to cool off after that I know no but I can see the tension your father's there Expediting the food letting it go SCE dripping all over the side it's almost like he's given up I mean was he like that 10 years ago no I I think he's just physically exhausted and he's been working 15 hours a day his whole life I imagine that do you ever sit down and say dad you know it's so obvious where we're going wrong I want to help but he doesn't want to listen he's so stubborn man I don't know man it's just horrific this has turned out to be a very funny Greek restaurant a little bit different than what I expected thank you you unfortunately for the diners the restaurant is also different from what they expected I don't like it you don't like it the lamb is dry the veggies came out raw and then I brought out more and they were still raw oh God as Trey this is cold after Trey the lamb traps are supposed to be rare after Trey the bull is very blood get sent back back to the kitchen oh my God unbelievably there's almost as much food coming back as there is going out Dad how you doing don't bother me go dance go dance go the situation is frustrating obviously we have problems with this restaurant but I don't know what to do exactly K you ready hun okay I'll announce it right now hello everybody Welcome to the Greek at the harbor uh my name is aris uh we're going to perform a little dancing for you right now so please enjoy the show there's more dances to come hello what's that cling going on with Greek dancing and the Bella dancing and really yeah unfuckingbelievable now I get what he's passionate about finally something edible despite Aris pleasing some of the diners with his dancing we we have a problem they continue to be far from pleased with the food what WR the batter on the fish and chips was still slimy the roast lamb was inedible give me arest please oh and they said all of it was lukewarm where's Mike what is it just to smell that just smell inside there inside what's wrong with that eat a little bit I'm not eating that it smells good it's what it's good you're sick Mike you're sick I'm very worried about Mikey because it should be obvious when something's not cooked properly there's no way that you can say oh well they were just complainers it's realis you need to know what's going on here as well as far as your father's concerned it's good there's nothing wrong with it dry as H he's not even a chef and he knows it's dry come on Mike you stood there and watched that come out it's an embarrassment to Catalonia I knew this was going to happen my dad uh he's not stupid he's a great cook but he also is in denial bit is the type of person like asking for help maybe is a sense of failure to him my emotions are are deeply hurt from what Seth Ramsey says Hey Dad hey are you just relaxing yeah it's just really sad you know he's just an older man that can't really handle it all I love you too I just don't like it when my dad is so sad it really hurts it's an hour and a half into dinner service they didn't like any of it and even though food is flooding back to the kitchen you stood there and watched that come out it's an embarrassment to calonia Mikey seems to have lost interest it's almost like he doesn't it's just what do you want to say I don't feel good when want see come me back Mike can I have a word with you outside yeah what's happening I don't know but why are you doing this to yourself what are you want to do I want you to wake up a little bit you're letting it happen under your nose what are you want to saying just want you to be a little bit more honest with yourself I never lie okay but how come you haven't taught Aris anything how come you haven't by your side why haven't you treated him like a son what is it nothing Something's Happened and you better tell me what I don't know what happened I don't know yes you do I don't have to say nothing well don't don't don't act like that you can't just give up come on hell how we doing you want me to leave you alone no we're not doing well we are not doing well he has to be a little bit more honest with us I'm not honest no you're paying the price for it I don't understand why you're not closer to your father I don't understand why you're not open with that big Greek heart of yours I I I I I don't get it it's time to change you know it's going to need a commitment from you a commitment his father son and if you got any chance of carrying on this Legacy then you need to be by his side you won't teach me anything it doesn't make sense have a word with him have a word I'm struggling man I need to sit down man tired I don't want you to struggle here anymore I'm fine dad just let me let me let me help let me help you I want you to be ready told you that before I is I know with my dad even though he loves me and I love him it's just it's almost like I'm not good enough for him it's a shitty feeling it hurts I love you Gordon is still completely mystified by Mikey's lack of mentoring of arys you got two minutes we'll catch up okay please and he has only one other person to turn to for answers so I'd to hear it from you you know why have they been ignoring each other well when AIS went to college he never really wanted to be here and most of the time he wouldn't be here at all and he'd come like at night to dance and so forth and uh when he graduated from college we had his party here but we had I mean the place was full we had 100 people here or so and when he was doing his little speech and thanking people for coming and everything you know he announced I'm going to make something of my life I'm not working in the restaurant what in front of all the staff in front of all of his friends wow I mean how rude you paid the fees for the college he comes back and hosts a party in his parents restaurants and then shits on them from a great height I remember that very well yeah it was as if what we' done all these years was like uh worthless is Mikey sort of hers do you think he still holds it against him yeah does he yeah it's he really does Unbelievable it hurt us very bad and um I've always remembered it never discussed it never talked about it but it hurt Gordon has finally learned the real truth behind what's tearing this family apart he announced I'm going to make something of my life I'm not working in the restaurant was and now Mikey and Aris arrive at the restaurant unaware of what he has just uncovered pull a chair up both you sit down I want to tell you something really important I'm off with you and I'll tell you why I don't think that you've quite understood the level of support that you've had in and out of here and so when you turn around told all your friends in your parents' restaurant that you're going to make something out of yourself almost in a way that you were disgusted with being brought up in a restaurant and this wasn't you you were above that well it wasn't me being above it it was just I didn't know if it at one point it was the way you declared it wasn't good enough for you well this was before I know yes but you did it and you shat on your own doorstep I wasn't sitting on that I I love my family more than anything I'm tell you you did well I was I was confused at the time too I didn't know what I was going to do with my life I went to college I didn't know if the restaurant visits was something I was going to do and I didn't know if I was ready to do it but I don't think you've ever understood the ramifications of a announcement like that how did you feel truthfully about that statement truthfully my son when I say something like that I hurts me yes thank you I mean I I'm not a perfect human being look at me no I'm just saying I'm not look no no if you've got anything to say yeah I'd say it to your mom and dad take the opportunity can give a little bit of privacy I I just see how we struggled as a family regardless if we're making money or not we we kill ourselves here and I didn't want to kill myself either not in a selfish way I just didn't want to I don't but I guess I remember it because it really hurt me when you said it I remember it and I don't think it's anything that we've ever talked about and I sincerely apologize for for saying that cuz that was so wrong with me Mom Dad I'm sorry yeah love you love you too I think Mikey hasn't really taken era seriously because he's never really gotten himself committed but that has changed and for him to make this declaration with such passion he's definitely committed I 100% believe that everything's going to work after Aris cleared the air with his parents Chef Ramsey is still concerned about his commitment okay so I've been doing some thinking why have you hung around so long it's it's my family it's I I don't we don't give up on a family and this is my my home too so I love this place and I want to fix it but I don't know if you're committed enough that's all cuz it's not about dancing on the dance floor no I know but if you put that determination that you put on that dance hall last night carrying all those tables in your mouth in a kitchen trust me you'd be Untouchable here that's what I want I know at one point I wouldn't believed in me either I've changed I know I can do this I just need support and I just need my dad will help me so you say you're committed I am committed yes and you say that you're committed yes yes so put both your hands together let go and out now oh y even if I'm right handing don't care don't care cuz you're not cooking you're going to be talk now look at me for the very first time in the history of Father and Son get into that kitchen and show him something I don't care if it's a simple Greek salad a roasted fish or whether it's a stunning humus I don't care but show him yeah now watch don't pull me too much now don't be a bull getting handcuffed with a funny experience I'm going to need a plate to put it in all right well I have to walk with you my dad kind is like this bull trying to track me let's make a pasta you want pasta this is exactly what I've been looking for to have this opportunity so let's do it okay slice a tomato yeah I can do it how's that good okay let's put the onions we're going to wait on the garlic right yeah CU it cooks faster any seasonings that we put in or anything let's put some black pepp pepper a little sprinkle yeah you want me to add some of the sauce yeah add a couple SP of that cooking with my dad was great reduce a little bit and then we done it really alleviated a lot of tension and I'm proving them right now I'm going to learn the kitchen and I guess the only way you can ever learn is just to do it right guess thing pretty good huh very good tastes great Sly it was a lot of fun for me and Aris to be that way and I see that Aris has a passion about this restaurant and I'm very proud Gordon we got it done show me how to make a what is that Greek pasta uhhuh did you listen to your father I did yeah how is that yeah it's nice I've seen more consistency in this plane than I did in the whole of service last night it did my heart good because this was a turning point this was the first time that Mikey has ever really shown erth any Greek cooking thank you I have very strong feelings about my boy that he's not a boy any longer he's a man and I'm ready to back off a little out of the way his way you committed to do it of course what I know I would teach you everything okay okay sounds that's what I want now that it appears as though Mikey is finally passing the torch to Aris Chef Ramsey and his team move ahead with the restaurant makeover good morning morning morning ready for a stunning new change are good today we are saying goodbye to the past and opening the doors to your new future ready see your restaurant off you go go in go in go in wow welcome to the new Greek wowow wow beautiful is this I love that blue beautiful stunning nice it's amazing wow it's so beautiful so beautiful when I first walked in here I saw a bankr hall with Hideous chairs that was set up with no charm so we've taken a tacky restaurant out of the 80s and put it into the 21st century and the good news is the disco balls have gone look at the ceiling you've got the grink windmills oh look at that have a look at those beautiful tables they were covered before we got them sanded we got them varnished there are your own own tables excellent gone are the murals why have a mural of a harbor on the wall when you're sat in front of the harbor and look at that baby down there on the wall a customade Greek flag shutter wow beautiful oh shutter wow this is outstanding complete Joy is what I feel right now wow oh Jesus how are you huh wow I have a goose bath on me feels totally like where I am now in santorino on the hill there feels like home it's SP beautiful Mikey I like to see you so Lively like this oh you happy yes I am yeah I think this is one of your best so decorations I ever seen this I I agree I think it's one of my best also to go along with a dramatic makeover come down all of you please wow is an equally dramatic redesign of the men okay just have a look at the menu the dips to ziki the humus beautiful not smeared on a plate not sipped through a straw a proper dip fluffle look at them small dainty delicious and made with a spicy chickpea nice gyro it's a homemade Pate okay wait you taste it you've got the grilled lamb chop let's serve with grilled aroke sunnd Tomatoes yeah aruga salad and tasini sauce the zucchini eggplant musaka layer with potatoes top with bmal little chili in there so we got some heat in there as well at the same time excited oh yeah this has look the best I ever seen in my life it's fresh it's taken part of what you put into this restaurant to begin with and we've modernized it you did you did great yes okay I want you all to dig in all right have a little taste Okay jump in oh my God it's amazing excellent at the beginning actually I I was I was deny about the food but this is the best food ever have Greek food so good the v's B melt in your mouth not dry the food's really really good I mean it's amazing it's the new dire it's new beginning and I'm excited about it this is really tastes good it's really good with the reins of the restaurant being handed over from father to son okay Mikey hi right you ready great yeah Chef Ramsey has Mikey working the salad station and AIS in The crucial role of expediter you ready yes okay good you do not take from them and you're the last line in defend don't let them throw food out at you we have a new menu in line awesome new recipes I'm taking charge of this kitchen I want to make sure people are following the recipes and they're not them up make me proud boys let's do this hello word of the relaunch has spread and the restaurant fills up quickly with eager diners hello how you doing you're welcome to the gek get the Zu eggplant tamari would be great okay my kitchen needs to be driven let's go all right first ticket up guys two vegetarian musaas fire those right away okay Fino let me have that two zucchini masas please Aris is in charge of the kitchen tonight but he has to step up and and do this I got the hummus you guys got the musak how much time 2 and A2 minutes nice all right another ticket up we got a shrimp and a camar all right I got it how much time on that calari 2 minutes 2 minutes let's do it good that's what I want to hear push and encourage push and encourage you is the vegetar musaka up or nocini musaka in spite of it being his first time Expediting Kathy you're up too come right back Aris is looking very comfortable 4 minutes on the sagaki watch and a steady stream of orders are flowing out of the kitchen we got a gek salad therealari and the results are unanimous that's so good this is f fantastic I need a sagaki right away 23 is up okay back in the kitchen under the watchful eye of Chef Ramsay watch's the sauce put l in there next time yeah I don't want it all pissing down the side yes AIS continues to perform don't rush it going last line of defense you I hope you're checking yeah that's all I hope I'm not going to let you throw food out tonight I'd rather stop and go crazy at them let's go to table 11 here now ready take out yes I got one more SP corate all right all right Kelsey you you got another brino another Fisherman's cash there you go all right who's this for Kathy just take it just check is that cooked all right no just don't cold it's raw stop stop stop stop it's relaunch night ais's big chance to finally prove himself guys let's get it together we got it come on but just when it appears as though everything is on track choose this for Kathy just take it the kitchen is starting to unravel is that cooked this roll stop stop stop stop look at me if they're out of control and you're out of control we're finished because you are maintaining the standards hey hey all of you stop 1 2 3 4 5 you come here come here come here look at what you're sending out that wasn't like the first table I'm not sending that and what the is that come on guys mush look at me look at me you have to stay in control you've got to stay in control okay yes I can't let the kitchen fall apart I'll do whatever it takes to get better let's slow it down slow down slow down taking at a time standards now standard callari up all right table 32 how we looking and where's the fisherman's catch I don't want to see go out guys come on make sure it's cooked and good all right a very determined Aris clearly has his Focus back this chicken sit here too long finally he's catching mistakes this that beef Musa that you ask for it's cold in the center guys come on and quickly getting them fixed Panos you're going to have to reheat this let's get that done before we continue guys make quality listen to him yes stop throwing food well spotted look at me this is transition this is it yes okay guys this is a team effort all right you guys with me yes okay good you guys got this come on yes that's what I want to hear awesome Azie take this good keep it going guys we need a little bit more saua on that meat nice I need one more calamari guys is coming thank you fire the chicken fire the Lamb Chop he h on the Place yeah I hear let's focus on table 25 and table 30 they're good can you believe that sh something no I was surprised a little bit but s did a great job for the first time Expediting just wipe it down I'm very proud of my oh my God so how do you guys like the new menu it's great awesome good they loved it not one complaint I just need the lamburger and we're done coming up no let's finish this come on AIS is totally in Follow The Line Expediting and table by table by table he's stepped up so good was good and that's a fabulous feeling no that was awesome well done seriously well done we had an excellent relaunch yes we had our bumps but my god there was an amazing buzz in there tonight a dramatic change yes yeah cust love the food yeah love the decor but the big transformation tonight was Aris you nailed it you did a phenomenal job thank you I've never seen anyone and I really mean this take to Expediting the way you did tonight that was your first time and it felt like you've been doing it for 10 years Mikey how was that for you to listen to him controlling the kitchen yeah did a great job it's very very impressive Seth Ramsey came to unite us together my son and I will be very successful I believe that stay together as a family cuz when it works it's beautiful of course this family right here we're unbreakable thank you stay in there I will yeah look after him thank you very much because of Chef Ramsey my dad Believes In Me and he knows I can do anything I have a lot of work to do personally to learn the kitchen but I'm an ambitious young man and I'm ready to do it you've got the win in the sale run with it okay thanks again good night good night thank you Gordon wow when I first arrived this restaurant was a big fat Greek mess we made a lot of changes some dramatic changes to the food the decor but more importantly to Aris and now that guy has his feet firmly on the ground this restaurant has every chance of not becoming a Greek tragedy what the was he doing with those tables in the days that followed Aris continued to embrace his role as leader of the kitchen go ahead take that out 33 is next guys I need a vegetarian Musa and is determined to maintain the high standards that Chef Ramsey put in place hey the fish is wrong guys watch the fish with ays in complete control and new customers packing the restaurant on a nightly basis I love it Mike is considering doing something he thought he would never do it's good to change yeah has to be done retire Mikey is so proud of a we all are he's really proof that he's committed to make this restaurant be the best it can be fries we fries let's do it Chef Ramsey thank you so much ais's future is definitely bright and so is the Greeks great job I love you all\n"