Gordon Ramsay doesn't take any prisoners. It's fact. Whether it's on Hell's Kitchen, The F Word or Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, the foul-mouthed chef is usually fair and critical about everything he sees, hears and taste.
We've used the word 'usually' for a reason. The Daily Mail reports that the Michelin-starred chef is to be sued for allegedly creating scenes on an episode of Kitchen Nightmares.
Following a clip from a 2011 episode being posted on Facebook, Oceana Grill's owners have filed a lawsuit in the New Orleans Parish Civil District Court.
Okay, we all know that TV is fairly staged and heavily edited for some dramatic viewing - it wouldn't be entertaining without it - but even Ramsay would hit an all-time low if the scenes had been intentionally staged.
So, the scene in question is an extended version where the hot-tempered chef finds a container of shrimp in the back of Oceana Grill's restaurant. As you expect, Ramsay sniffs the seafood and starts vomiting.
With this being TV, it wouldn't be made without some other shocking reactions thrown into the mix. It shows people sending their dishes back, with the head chef not taking the criticisms well. Let's be honest, though, how many chefs actually take any criticism seriously without hitting boiling point?
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Of course, that's not enough for the scene - it never is with Ramsay. The clip also includes the chef opening a rodent trap to find three dead mice in it. Mouse stew, anyone?
Oceana Grill's parent company, Cajun Conti, is claiming that the show purposely created the set-up of the scene. What you might find interesting is the fact that lawyers for the company initially tried to stop the episode from going on air, but it ended with an agreement where footage from the episode couldn't be used without a $10,000 payment to the restaurant.
It probably makes sense why the restaurant feels annoyed, especially if they haven't been paid. It's $10,000! They could shut the restaurant down for a month and take a holiday vacation instead.
The lawsuit reads as follows: "During the episode's filming, defendants went to great lengths to over-dramatise and even fabricate problems with the restaurant in order to increase ratings.
"The footage intentionally portrayed Oceana and its employees in a patently false and negative light, as it depicted the appealing restaurant as an unsuccessful, unsanitary and mismanaged restaurant."
Oh, Gordon. You could have yelled at them, called them donkeys or dropped a couple of F-bombs and the viewers would have been happy with seeing that.
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Words by Adnan Riaz