Since none of his normal methods (yelling, cursing, be a man) aren't working, Gordo pulls out a new trick. He blindfolds a meek sous chef and Ricky to see if they can even identify their own food in a taste test. First up is chicken. Ricky answers beef. HAHA. The sous chef gets it right. They both take a bite of steak and Ricky identifies it as pork. Oh. My. God. Again, meek sous chef gets it right. Ramsay asks who the better chef is, and meek waiter says he is. Lela, meet your new head chef! Ricky yells "BULLSHIT! I DON'T WANNA HEAR SHIT FROM YOU!" and storms out, and meek waiter, now suddenly confident from the compliment, looks like he's had a makeover.
Rico Suave
Since Lela's never pretended to have any idea what the hell she's doing, Gordo sends her to the spa for a makeover while he plans a new menu. First, he tells both Ricky and meek sous chef to come up with an original salad on their own that really shows what Pomona's made of. Meek sous uses fresh field greens, chicken breast and black beans, and Ricky uses bottle caps, cream cheese and tootsie roll wrappers. Meek sous wins!
Next, Gordo shows them how to make a delicious burger using ground beef, dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, chopped onions, and egg yolks. Ricky says he could have made a burger, but it's so boring. But, since Gordo just opened a three million dollar restaurant, he'll shut up and listen. Growth? Nice work, Ricky! Then he tells us that the recipe to Lela's burger is top secret so he won't tell us. Um, ground beef, dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, chopped onions, and egg yolks? Dumbass.
Ramsay rents a catering truck and takes the staff into town to give away free burgers. The college kids and construction workers all dig it. Awesome. Just what every nice restaurant wants. College kids and construction workers. Thanks, Gordo. Before you know it, the whole town will be abuzz! Even Randy Jackson stopped by to give the burger his stamp of approval!
That shit's tasty, dawg!
When they get back to the restaurant, it is remodeled! This one didn't need anything too drastic, which is I guess why Olympia got a do over as well. They both look great, and Gordo is being so sweet and positive that it makes me feel...not good. What the hell is happening to this show?
The biggest change will be in the chain in command. Gordo nominates and seconds Tabitha as general manager (YIKES) and promotes meek sous chef to head chef (OUCH). Meek sous says it's the most important thing that's ever happened in his life so far (AW)! Good, then buck up, boy, cuz the commercial made it look like you lost your shit in the first five minutes. Ricky, of course, thinks it's totally unfair, but being the wanksta he is, he shuts up and keeps his tail between his legs instead of yelling and shouting and putting a cap in someone's ass. Wuss.
As booming announcer guy tells us, Gordo has invited locals, students, and car clubs to the relaunch. Car clubs? Jesus Christ, man, these people haven't had more than two customers at a time since they've opened. What are you thinking? Car club people are bitches! They want their food now! To make things uglier, the Mayor has shown up with her punk ass daughter. I know I should be excited for this, but I'm bracing myself.
The waiters don't even know the table numbers, so what food is coming out of the kitchen is going to the wrong tables. Thirty minutes into service, and still most of the crowd isn't fed. Tabitha tries her usual tactic: running back to the kitchen and squawking at everyone she sees and rolling her eyes and pointing her finger, and then she decides that whatever food comes into the window, she'll hand off to the waitstaff to serve, whether it's for the right table or not. This of course makes the train wreck worse. Gordo comes back to hound the kitchen and Meek Chef tells him what Tabitha did. She denies denies denies, and Meek loses it, going outside to take a break.
Everyone is shocked that Meek Sous didn't rise to the occasion. He's suddenly got a hundred people in front of him with a brand new menu and he's never headed a kitchen. Yeah, his failure's a real shocker.
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Comments (9)
at the end of the show where they said that lela's shut down cuz she went broke, i didnt know whether to laugh my ass off at the abruptness of the announcement right after the happy turn-around or cry because it was depressing....
....i decided to laugh.
that line right there made the whole so-so episode a delight!
1 of 9 | Posted by aman | Posted on November 27, 2007 6:41 AM
For most of the episode that Lela person didn't do a damn thing. No instruction to her staff, no supervision, no leadership. Then Golden Gordon sent her off for a makeover and she developed the guts to sack a thief.
Wow.
Another crappy American remake of a decent British show. Grrrrrrrrrrrr.
2 of 9 | Posted by Donna Martin Graduates! | Posted on November 27, 2007 1:58 PM
What are you talking about? the fact that idiot Americans are in this, make it sweeter than the British version. And the final voiceover of "by the way Lela's closed." is classic.
Good recap, dude. And there is no shame in feeding yourself from the resteraunt freezer. It is how I got through college. In fact, i don't think I ever ate so well. Me and Buzz are goign to be having a hobo potluck feel free to come on by.
3 of 9 | Posted by mattypopo | Posted on November 27, 2007 4:38 PM
You know I bet the English version of this show is better. It's always way more entertaining watching people with no teeth try to talk! I'm kidding, sort of.
Great recap flipit.
4 of 9 | Posted by CheriesTake | Posted on November 27, 2007 5:30 PM
The episode was funny and the recap even more so. Tabitha reminds me of the waitresses at Waffle House, which is probably where she should be working not at an alleged fine dining establishment. And why, oh why did Lela sink her retirement savings, not to mention her sister's $60K into a restaurant? Restaurants are iffy investments anyway, and given how Flipit describes Pomona in the recap, it doesn't sound like a fine dining place had a shot in hell at success in that area. I hope Lela's sister has so more money to lend her so that she doesn't spend her golden years homeless.
5 of 9 | Posted by greeneyes | Posted on November 27, 2007 10:09 PM
hahaha! Oh, man. I just went back and re-read this a second time, and I think I laughed louder. Well done, flipit! Diamonds on my Fish is the next big thing! I can see it now... the picture on the CD is a cartoon salmon making the west-side signal and showing off his bling. Diamonds, indeed.
I love this show. I was very sad when Lela's closed down... I was in the middle of tearing up at Ramsey's speech to Ricky... and then they went and did THAT BAWWWW.
6 of 9 | Posted by trey | Posted on November 28, 2007 2:03 AM
Lela had NO business opening a restaurant. In addition to not having a clue about what would work in that dumpy neighborhood (I have read comments that the camera crew must have taped reels of footage to get those nice shots), she let her employees treat her like a door mat.
7 of 9 | Posted by ubiquitous | Posted on January 4, 2008 2:01 AM
Lela had NO business opening a restaurant. In addition to not having a clue about what would work in that dumpy neighborhood (I have read comments that the camera crew must have taped reels of footage to get those nice shots), she let her employees treat her like a door mat.
8 of 9 | Posted by ubiquitous | Posted on January 4, 2008 2:02 AM
Lela had NO business opening a restaurant. In addition to not having a clue about what would work in that dumpy neighborhood (I have read comments that the camera crew must have taped reels of footage to get those nice shots), she let her employees treat her like a door mat.
9 of 9 | Posted by ubiquitous | Posted on January 4, 2008 2:04 AM