I’m guessing that FOX is doubling up on “Kitchen Nightmares” episodes because the baseball playoffs are coming up. Whatever the reason, we were treated to two separate episodes of Gordon Ramsay fixing restaurants on the verge of going out of business.

The first one was Trobiano’s Italian restaurant in Great Neck, NY, which is owned by Anthony Trobiano and his girlfriend Tiffany and her parents. Anthony is very cocky and won’t admit any fault with his own cooking, and basically that’s the biggest problem. So Ramsay shows up and samples the food–eggplant “tower,” chicken wrapped shrimp, and salmon with spaghetti bolognese. He comes to the conclusion that the food is “crap.”

Then, Ramsay finds out that the kitchen is disgusting, complete with rat droppings Continue reading »