Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service, season 1

release year: 2025
genre: restaurant documentary/drama
viewing setting: home streaming 5/26/25

synopsis: In this new series, famed chef/restaurateur Gordon Ramsay visits and spies on places that are in trouble, and then gives his blunt thoughts and advice.

impressions: There have only been three episodes so far, all involving restaurants that have faded from their glory days and have serious sanitation and leadership issues. These are tough to watch, given the presence of rats at night, meat saws that haven't been cleaned in years, similarly-nasty ovens, perishable meat left at room temperature or worse, and so on...and owners who are oblivious or don't care. At some point, this started feeling like Queer Eye for restaurant-owning families. Anyway, in each case, Ramsay eventually gets to the bottom of the issues (which are familial as well as logistical) and brings in a crew to do a complete makeover of the kitchen and dining room. And they all live happily ever after.

acting: n/a but two things for sure: Ramsay doesn't hold back, and some of these people really needed a kick in the ass

final word: Interesting look at the issues and solutions for troubled restaurants, with a human-drama twist.

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