Gordon Ramsay Tries Sushi Pizza | Kitchen Nightmares FULL EPISODE

[Music] Thousand Oaks California an affluent suburb outside of Los Angeles Akira and Lisa were a young married couple when they moved here more than 20 years ago from the Bay Area while Lisa raised their young family a cure worked at a popular and trendy Japanese restaurant called sushiko in the wealthy suburb of Bel Air in the beginning I was a Swiss Chef Rocky red learned the art of sushi making in Japan he was good at his skill and so we started working at sushiko in Bel Air and the restaurant just took off and just became super successful my dad was a great chef he was so excited and he was cooking every year we increase the sales then I become a manager then owner yeah yeah we decided it was time to venture into our own bigger and better and nicer sushika we decided to open our restaurant in this beautiful Shopping Center in Thousand Oaks in the beginning business was booming then it just slowed down like somebody put the brakes on it's pretty devastating to him it broke him tough yeah anybody walking around out there no I'm pretty quiet even if there's nobody in here Akira will scramble to find somebody to do a job for him to everyone yeah food is up and that irritates sure you guys have everything okay most of the time now my dad just kind of walks around he doesn't like do anything they're gonna turn off the electric you have to pay that one we are losing like 15 to 20 000 a month credit card debt is hundreds of thousands or as deep as you could ever imagine we still are like 9 000 behind living with financial stress is pretty bad did you send somebody for two or three I gave it to them my parents are always like fighting and arguing and that's a [ __ ] nightmare never used to be like that over the past four years Akira and I have Grown Apart we worked together and we live together but we don't speak to each other it just isn't worth it my dad doesn't spend enough time with us he's just less approachable Dad how many order just one I don't really ever talk to him anymore and Dad [Music] roots are broken down and he just doesn't know what to do anymore life has been like hell since we opened the restaurant if social closed tomorrow I think we could lose everything Our House Restaurant and our hope and our dreams I can't remember the last time I slept through a night she's always worried about what's gonna happen next the shepherd is my last hope [Music] hello and Akira Akira what's the connection business partners 27 years my lovely wife are you married to each other you're the chef why I was I'm a manager now I do not cook much anymore okay and Lisa you run the I'm kind of the friend of the house lady greet the gas right serve tables if needed what is the problem with sushi go we do not have enough guests clearly there's no guest but what's the problem the main problem I do not know you know we stand in the window and dance trying to get people to come in [Applause] [Music] so tell me about uh so then you bought out the other partners and bought the name pretty much so yes and they decided to sort of move sushiko from Bel Air to your hometown here in Thousand Oaks exactly so how long did it open here it's almost four years four years um I can't do anything unless I find out what the problems are so I'd like to eat what would you recommend um Sushi Pizza which is Sushi Pizza Japanese Pizza I don't I don't like it well I'm not a big fan of any of our food there's just like no flavor anymore because the Cure is not available [Music] Jordan some strange fixes on the wall are you ready yes please thank you uh right let's start with a little bit miso okay and Akira mentioned this Sushi Pizza he recommended that yeah I wouldn't recommend it no no not recommend this uh to anybody uh I think it's vile gotta try the sushi Pizza just out of curiosity good luck I have the green tower that sounds nice and then let's end up with a little bit of the summer did you see me I think that'll be enough you've got some of those best and some of the worst thank you thank you excellent some of the best and some of the worst no one's afraid to share their opinion here for your soup thank you here we go [Music] miso soup doesn't taste very fresh it's not actually very hot either oh he's talking now somebody should go listen to what he's talking about thank you Chef your green Tower thank you it must be salty though does it it is yeah is that normal yeah that's normal thank you thank you [Music] poison [Music] so it's grayer [Music] um are you finished with the green Tower and it's just I pulled out this disgusting hair yeah yeah I've definitely finished with that sorry I just wanted to just die bury my head in the sand when that happens um guys a hair in the green Tower you gotta be kidding it's always like a running joke like oh my God there's a lot of things going wrong so Akira disappears [Music] thank you you're welcome and is this salmon fresh yes it is thank you [Music] John the salmon is fresh right Frozen Frozen [Music] they just tastes like it's frozen how was your Sashimi that's definitely Frozen it's very very cheery my mistake I was just informed they are frozen they tasted Frozen is that normal the way the freezing I guess we get lazy with our food Pizza yeah I've never been to Japanese restaurant where I can have a pizza sushi style and a chef owner that's no longer in the kitchen I'm nervous Just Go With It okay um that's the sushi Pizza it sure is it's rice salmon crab and mayonnaise some cheese wow thank you Japanese Pizza [Music] sorry that is Rancid you're right that is an insult to pizza and Japanese food chef had fair warning that it was going to be terrible I told him not to get it where's the chef the old sushiko always stood for the finest in Japanese food but today's disappointing lunch proved to Gordon that the only thing this sushiko has in common with the former one is the name did you know there's a hair in the crab no no one told you yeah are they wearing a hats back here you asking me yeah are you guys wearing hats for service uh no nothing at all if you're telling them what to do why can't they wear a hat I don't know oh Jesus let's go back to the beginning when was the Miso soup made it was made yesterday yesterday and just tell me why would something like that taste salty it's probably been sitting in there reducing overnight which will be reducing overnight you keep stuff in the Banbury overnight correct what the sushi pizza was a [ __ ] joke right okay hideous disgusting and an insult to Japanese culture and an insult to a [ __ ] Pizza House you don't need me to come in here and tell you you look [ __ ] stupid selling a sushi Pizza that tastes like gunk what were you doing Serving frozen fish to me lunchtime I would like to order proper fresh fish and it doesn't actually happen I've never known a Japanese Russian to freeze so much stuff I'm not here to make you look stupid but I can smell [ __ ] okay can you say something seriously talk to me talk to me what do you want me to say [Music] after getting very little out of Akira Chef Ramsay decides to sit down with the owner's children 22 year old Sammy and 20 year old Hannah was it always a plan to have both of you so involved from day one it was an idea for us to come help and give them a break if they needed to but not to be here every weekend I most the time don't even want to be here because I'm here so much but got to do what you gotta do you want to help out the family and here's my worry honestly it's the level of shortcuts that are currently going on in this restaurant right has your father given up yeah I think he definitely has on the inside but he doesn't want to show it do you ever tell him to just stop take stock rethink he doesn't really listen please don't get upset I'm sorry no no come on yeah I know I totally get it I'm almost 21. it should be living my own life but I can't because I have to help my mom with my family and I can't leave them you're both we truly committed and I you know totally respect that level of naughty and what I'm more nervous about than anything is the state of the business where do you see the business pretty much as far down as you can go I've also recently like in the past year given money also and is it mum that comes and asks who's my dad that asked so initially I gave ten thousand dollars and then half a year ago he asked for 5 000 and I was like of course you know how um from working my photography my own personal income if your family is asking me for help I would help them right away I have probably given my parents above twenty thousand dollars decent chunk of change for a 22 year old I think there's a level of unfairness because you've both been dragged into this through no choice of your own you've got my help I'm supporting every one of you my family is hanging by a thread it's only so much I can do [Music] in the short time that Gordon has been at sushikel he has not only learned that the restaurant is in shambles but that this once tight-knit family is suffering badly hi welcome to Sushi girl I'll take you back to your table enjoy your dinner what can I get for you thank you okay bust it out man while these things got burns on them you don't buy them like that dude why are they burnt we really use them sometime it was we wash them clean them they use them again I can't believe this is happening I washed the steak and everything is clean what's the program where's Lisa I know Kira don't run away like a snake there's bits of food on there do you think this is right I just feel how sticky that is on the end that's food being wiped off it it's 45 minutes into service and sushiko is doing what unfortunately it does best disappointing it's customers foreign Thank you [Music] Lisa is coming back it's doughy and that's not tempura of broccoli it's mushy yeah [Music] stop the broccoli take it off yeah don't even like soup temper anymore why cause more damage is that fire hot enough does it work probably the front temperature actually that's a great question it doesn't look it's hot enough it's not blasting it no that's scary a nightmare piece of equipment that probably isn't holding the temperature because it's getting old just like me uh Lisa yeah look at this oh the spicy mayo so you don't keep mayonnaise in the fridge for not that's not required for legislation what that's I had refrigerate after opening see how warm that is and how long has that been staying outside for it truthfully always staying outside space for four years yes this is a Japanese health hazard this is about you running your restaurant properly and you're not oh my gosh what's this fish for warm in here this fridge is on 50. does this work in this fridge well it broke down when did it break down a couple of months ago I don't have the money to fix so so if we've got big containers as ice yes to keep the ingredients cold well just a vegetable we keep it here first of all we've got dough you've got eggs here that that's a mistake never chicken beef here look at me well sometimes they make a mistake I'm not lying to you I can you should kill somebody [Music] bad food a family in Ruins and unsanitary conditions you should kill somebody it's been quite a first day and as dinner service ends Chef Ramsay realizes that sushiko is in much worse shape than he thought right how is that for you I think our kitchen could have run a little smoother [Music] I don't think you're taking it seriously enough the rice the soup the fridge the broccoli talk to me I think that Akita you know could do a lot more there's so many bad practices and you don't seem to give a [ __ ] have you given up I think he's given up how many of your customers would order kushiyaki if they knew they were eating it or feeling it off a wooden stick they've been used three weeks ago none of them [Music] it's almost like you're a man in denial anything to say or no I should he doesn't know how to fix it though he opened this place on the assumption that he was the delegator he's lost I think that the restaurants burnt him out he thought that we were going to be living la vida loca and when the business didn't go the way it was supposed to he didn't know what to do but you don't really think that you're lazy right you think you were do you think you work really hard all the time I said I think you should go cook you go to water cook anymore that's the way Acura feels if if I can pay you to do it why should I do it but you're not really paying them your kids are paying them he doesn't know how to get off of his little skinny ass and really getting to work right I I need you to shut up for two minutes and I need you to talk this is part of the reason well you've lost your voice not only is your wife wearing the trousers but she's speaking for you what is it talk to me [Music] Come on talk to me no it's just uh I don't know come on Akira [ __ ] me basically I don't know what to do I'm angry that Akira's lost his ability to communicate with people and it was good to get it out Akira once a proud Chef has lost his way and unfortunately his family is being dragged down with him Chef Ramsay knows that in order for this restaurant to have any chance of surviving he must find a way to bring them together tough day yesterday really tough from outside the family home now and it's clear that Akira is a Broken Man and in order to get this restaurant fixed I need the old Akira bags so I can't do that without the family's help [Music] I just wanted to talk to all three of you um about Ikea he's a broken man a man with a tremendous weight on his shoulders this is a man that is not just on the edge the whole family's involved in this you can feel the Divide just in terms of the friction that's built between you every day every second take me back when you first met and he was really funny and cute he had a lot of energy and he used to think of goofy things to say even though he didn't speak English very well and he never Smiles anymore yeah so sad yeah it's so sad dad's just kind of away from everybody I think he's removed now he's not like a part of the family really it's just always just me and the kids and he's just gone he'll just like stand and just stare because he doesn't know what to do he's he's lost I miss like when he was just smiling when I walked in the door we need to bring him back if that Russian's got any chance of really seriously turning around it can't be done without him no I know that I can't do it I need each and every one of you to give him a a lift in a way that his self-esteem Rises the confidence starts to shine and more importantly we start to get him back thank you I think my dad I think he's checked out if I can't remember the last time I saw him like actually happy like waking up happy going to bed happy I wish he could come back and make it all right Chef Ramsay where have you been on the lake oh well you know I was just taking a walk I didn't know you know my house yeah I know well I wanted to be here I wanted to come and uh see where it all started there's a level of distance that we've Grown Apart we need to narrow the gap Sammy you go first what inspires you most about Dad working out from the dishwasher to restaurant owner you know he's always one that tells me to get it right the first time I learned all my hard work from him so yeah it's just tough you know like I want to do as much as I can it's just it's just hard I know I'm putting out the weight on you so I'm gonna try harder okay now you will thank you honor if there was one thing that you would want to say that you've never had the chance to do over the last four years what would it be [Music] I don't think I ever tell you how much I love you I say I love you but I've never really express it [Music] I love you too I just want to see you happy my family is really suffering foreign [Music] I want to try to be more emotionally supportive we want to support you and we want to do everything we can it would be a dream just to be our old selves again let's pretend that we've we're starting out and like let's try to find each other again and be friends I feel very happy but not a sad too because I put my time in there but situation here today we are going to start it fresh we wipe the Slate clean we start the day with a family hug group [Music] I think you know I can do it this time we can list that again the emotional family meeting really touched Chef Ramsay and he made arrangements to give Akira and the restaurant some much needed help hello I decided that this family needs a little lift a little Lego you've never been into any Japanese restaurant and seen the fridge with a block of ice in there that broke down four months ago so I made a few phone calls and managed to get hold of seven brand new counter trollsen Refrigeration units oh listen top of the line yeah come around have a look come around yeah that's right that's the best thing you can get yeah no trust me number one go away come around nowhere look come around Lisa open them up he's smiling oh my God the fridges to me are amazing they're beautiful they're great to see Akira's face when he heard out about it was the best because that's the only time I've seen him smile in four years I didn't stop there come with me yes have a look at two stunning Friars oh my God the most amazing eight rings temperature is visual no more ice buckets when I saw this kitchen I thought it was in my kitchen looks like a showroom everything's brand new it's like a dream now we have no excuses great new equipment is just part of Chef Ramsay's plan he knows there's another critical change that has to be made at sushiko it's an asset they should have taken advantage of a long time ago tonight you're gonna cook okay it's a comeback service okay okay but I want you to grab it okay and run with it all right how you feeling great can't wait to cook [Music] okay good I care today is going to help overseeing tonight's launch of the sushi bar okay how come the man himself back come back thank you yes I feel good see my dad and his Chef suit it was really exciting the sushi bars where my dad belongs it's where he started off and he was a great chef before and he's getting back in it so that's great okay Lisa open the door hello welcome to sushika it's me too for dinner service not only will they be serving fresh fish Chef Ramsay prepares with Akira two new salmon dishes that will be featured on tonight's menu hello how are you tonight are you folks ready to order oh we'll try the sushi truck crunch okay so you got three authentic salmon I'm gonna make that okay okay I'm so excited about being behind the counter we have a lot of good fish today so I enjoy okay all right thank you I'm gonna have a great time today [Music] please I don't think she was taking it seriously even though we are starting to see a glimpse of the old Akira shining behind the sushi bar all right thanks for waiting Chef Ramsay notices that his wife Lisa is not supporting him we're just taking this out for two or five please I have some food for you guys [Music] I still don't think he's working very hard we got two more specials okay okay yeah so let me know when you're ready I'm gonna put the oil okay okay thanks for double checking on everything is he working hard I'm worried that Akira not gonna ever be the chef that he should be take this and come back right away I don't think he'll really follow through with it please I thought of it yeah did they put avocado no they did it okay I'll be ready these are wrong supposed to have avocado in it okay and this is what's supposed to be a Hawaiian roll with the shrimp on top instead but it's a California roll that's a nightmare the eel roll is supposed to have avocado inside and that eats Hawaiian sauce okay all right really pisses me off Lisa's really talking with Akira when she gets going just get out of the way it's like a tornado oh shoot yeah that's my mistake I didn't check that's for Mala thank you [Music] so nice to try harder it's gonna be a next order spider tuna capacio salmon special foreign [Music] makes everything go so much smoother okay this is incredible we care we're standing behind the bar dress of the chef running his restaurant already there's a completely different field to last night's service okay that was really good very good I'm watching my dad work in the kitchen and smiling almost the whole time it was just great feeling thank you very much everything's getting better as dinner service comes to an end it's clear that sushiko has a long way to go but the new equipment Akira's new attitude and a couple of new dishes have Chef Ramsay feeling better about its chances first of all let me be really blunt uh with you yeah and something you you need to hear okay yeah honestly yes tonight you were a different man thank you the change is night and day I feel like I walk up not only did you look good but you seem to look like you're enjoying what you were doing I've got total respect for you today I appreciate it good job hey I need a quick chat with your wife I can't forget anything Chef Lambie taught me I have a hope but I know I have to really really work harder now he may have changed but unfortunately you haven't the difference in that map in 24 hours is night and day and not once tonight did you mention anything to him and you can't be that [ __ ] cold like a block of ice he's not your head chef he's your husband yeah and here's the thing you're tough you've been through a lot and over the last four or five years you've become stronger than he has coming from the outside in it's so evident you're [ __ ] back off thank you I'm not [ __ ] around I'm not gonna take all the blame but I agree that I am a [ __ ] to Akira and I'm I agree that it's not a good way to be I think between you and I and I need you more than ever before what you need to do is cut in some slack not just for him but for the family's sake before it's too late [Music] after Chef Ramsay's conversation with Lisa and I need you more than ever before and with Akira's commitment to change I feel like I woke up Gordon and his team went ahead with a much needed makeover of sushiko Chef Ramsay good morning look at you two holding hands uncuddling as well Chef Ramsay pleaded with me to embrace Akira and try to give him the support he needs so this is a really crucial point in our life it's like being reborn again okay today we're relaunching the new sushi go so we have to bring sushiko into the modern era the decor has to stand out as something not just Cutting Edge but fresh with a wonderful appeal [Music] and it's got that really fresh appeal to it oh my God goodbye samurai warrior the minute you step in this door great colors it's fresh and modern it feels like you know what this is my restaurant what is this you know when I first arrived was like sitting inside a prison now it's beautiful look at the color dark Moody red that's my picture you have a serious artist in the family but no one's ever ever shown him off they're cool they're sophisticated Lisa are you happy I'm so happy it's just amazing the color is just perfect hey sexy come over here [Applause] Chef Ramsay is bringing us together as a family [Applause] parents are like more happy than I've seen them in Forever it's awesome he's a new man [Music] [Applause] after revamping sushiko into a stylish contemporary Japanese restaurant Chef Ramsay moves on to the menu welcome to the new food have a look by modernizing the traditional sushi dishes with avocado crispy salmon cake see a tuna with a salsa Japanese style curried mussels teriyaki chicken the roll we've got the fire roll clean modern gray execution okay so we're gonna have a great start today right foreign [Music] has spread through the community and Chef Ramsay has surprised the owners with traditional Taiko drummers to officially kick off the evening [Music] [Music] [Applause] all right thank you oh my God all right ladies and gentlemen thank you so much for coming thank you the official welcoming and the opening of this restaurant [Music] it's so exciting brand new restaurant Brand New Me hello as the first orders make their way into the kitchen for you make sure back him up okay and energize the Kira pumps up the cooks for the big night help each other talk to each other okay all right first one of the night Sushi cool crunch bust one else let us cup two more Sammy 214 crunch let's wrap that in the window okay give it to me the Yellow Tail roll Akira at his rightful place in the kitchen pushes the first orders out and customers are satisfied with what the new sushiko has to offer but soon after old habits return and Akira is doing everything except what he needs to do most cook the one use special please enjoy thank you all right thank you very much I've been waiting for a special for half an hour Lisa the food's hanging around too long on the window okay without a leader the kitchen is falling behind it's dying in the window and the impact is starting to be felt in the dining room you had one ticket here no there's another ticket there's more tickets there earlier tonight Akira it was doing really well behind the sushi bar but now he's falling back into his old ways already he's out busting tables and he's not paying attention to what's happening we need him to be back behind the bar again what are you doing carrying that thing wow they needed to help so yes I need the help all right honestly I'm worried you went back to your old ways you didn't cook anything a few bus tables you sell food you delegate it why were you cooking why weren't you can you not do it no I can do it you're not a [ __ ] manager you're not a busboy you're the chef come on [Applause] finally towards the end of dinner service Akira took Chef Ramsay's advice okay and jump back into cooking in the kitchen do them yeah thank you but for the most part it was his staff and pulled together and made tonight's relaunch a success thank you the good news about tonight is the customers love the food oh yeah yes this restaurant took a huge leap forward oh yeah spreading the message out there I just want to know what you're going to do what's gonna happen when I'm gone I would remember what everything you told me you are a talented man you've just forgotten how talented you are what are you talented for picking up [ __ ] plates no why are you a talented man cooking that's right so if you're gonna dress it apart look the part cook your socks off got it I mean I'm gonna call leave the section or not gonna do that if I catch your skinny little ass that side of the table I swear to God but Lisa you've got to support each other I came in I first arrived the whole family not just the restaurant was just fragmented four different individuals seeking different Ambitions with different attitudes and no one's sitting off the same page but there's a reconnect that's taken place there's a little Clarity proper understanding and we all know what we've got to do [Music] we'll help each other having Chef Ramsay come into our lives is it's meant the worlds yeah we have a start over and I'm nervous as [ __ ] that it's not gonna go smoothly and I'm just I'm thankful for this new chance take care thank you yes good night thank you so much thank you relaxing pleasure all right leave me a hug in Japan bye it was really cool to see my parents give each other kisses and stuff I haven't seen that in a while bull bug working with each other and supporting each other it's gonna give us more hope than we had before [Music] what a week we made a lot of changes we changed the equipment we changed the menu and we changed the decor what were this family fail to realize is that their greatest asset or something I could never I've given them because it was themselves and it's that that will make this place successful what a week cyanara A Thousand Oaks in the days that followed sushiko saw a boost in business and Lisa and Akira were working as a team once again all right let's clean up the Press yeah let's clean the space up here recently they decided that in order to maximize profits they would search at a new location where the rents weren't as high you have anything anything special give me a call regardless of the location the most valuable lesson this family may have learned was not how to run their business but how to appreciate each other

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Length: 40min 15sec (2415 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 04 2021