Throughout Gordon Ramsay's incredible career, he has become respected enough that he has cooked for a world leader. On top of that, Gordon became a big enough deal that he has had public feuds, he called out a celebrity, and he broke records on Hot Ones.
Since Gordon is so famous that fans even talk about how sweet his daughter is, it seems like restaurant owners would love to get his advice. Despite that, the most infamous Kitchen Nightmares owners, the couple behind Amy's Baking Company, claim Gordon was the real nightmare.
Amy's Baking Company's Owners Blamed Gordon Ramsay And Kitchen Nightmares For Ruining Their Lives
Throughout the 8 seasons of Kitchen Nightmares, Gordon Ramsay dealt with some truly baffling restaurant owners. Instead of being open to Gordon's critiques and suggestions, many of the Kitchen Nightmares owners would argue with him and defend their failed practices.
However, by the time most Kitchen Nightmares episodes ended, the restaurant owners at least pretended to be more open to Gordon's advice. However, there was one episode of Kitchen Nightmares that became infamous. The reason for that is due to a pair of restaurant owners who were so hard-headed that Gordon couldn't work with them and left days early.
Based on that episode of the show, Kitchen Nightmares fans have long believed the owners of Amy's Baking Company were impossible to be around. However, according to the owners of Amy's Baking Company, it was Gordon who was the nightmare to deal with.
In 2013, the Amy's Baking Company episode of Kitchen Nightmares aired. The episode quickly became the most infamous in the show's history by far. As a result, there was still interest in the couple behind Amy's Baking Company many years later.
What were Gordon's worst experiences from Kitchen Nightmares, according to Ranker?
Restaurant: | Problem According To Ranker's Users | Rank: |
|---|---|---|
Chappy's | The Angriest Chef | #10 |
Seascape | A Kitchen Caked in Filth | #9 |
Nino's Italian Restaurant | The Delusional Owner | #8 |
Burger Kitchen | Run by a Thieving Conspiracy Theorist | #7 |
The Secret Garden | Literally Made Gordon Throw Up | #6 |
Fiesta Sunrise | Green, Slimy Chicken | #5 |
Spanish Pavilion | Dead, Reeking Lobsters | #4 |
Casa Roma | Gordon Throws Up Twice | #3 |
Dillon's | Serving Rotten, Rat Dropping-Covered Food | #2 |
Amy's Baking Company | Run by Two Lunatics | #1 |
In May 2021, The New York Post interviewed the owners of Amy's Baking Company, Amy Bouzaglo and Salomon "Samy" Bouzaglo. While talking to the outlet, Amy shared how angry she was with Gordon and the show's producers.
In Gordon's case, Amy was mostly angry that he stated that the restaurant stole the wait staff's tips. Amy categorically denied they stole the wait staff's tips. “That is a flat-out lie. They really made us seem like horrible people.” Instead, Amy stated that they gave the wait staff a good salary to make up for them not getting tips.
According to Amy, people from Kitchen Nightmares' crew messed with the couple's restaurant to make them look bad. More specifically, Amy claimed that someone from the show "sabotaged" the restaurant's point-of-sale system to make sure things went wrong.
Still not done, Amy also claimed that someone from Kitchen Nightmares also messed with the food she made while the show was being filmed. According to Amy, ingredients in her kitchen were moved, which made it impossible for her to cook food properly.
That is an interesting accusation as the episode of Kitchen Nightmares showed that Amy's Baking Company had a spotless and organized kitchen.
During the Amy's Baking Company episode, Amy and Samy consistently spoke about how disgruntled customers ravaged their delicious food online. That is important to know to understand the next complaint that Amy had about her Kitchen Nightmares experience.
According to Amy, she and her husband were told that new customers would be brought in during the filming process. However, Amy claimed that the show instead brought in the same people who savagely reviewed her food online.
While speaking to The New York Post, Amy told the outlet that she went to Kitchen Nightmares' producers and told them that the restaurant owners wanted nothing to do with the show. “We don’t want to participate in this,” she said.
Furthermore, Amy told The New York Post that she tried to contact the people in charge of the show to ask them not to air any of their footage. Of course, the show's producers obviously aired the infamous episode about Amy's Baking Company.
While talking to The New York Post, Amy described how the Kitchen Nightmare episode airing affected her. According to Amy, the fierce backlash and Samy faced left her feeling despondent. “I literally just wanted to die.”
During the same interview with The New York Post,Amy also disputed the way Gordon and Kitchen Nightmares' producers made her seem defensive.
“I was completely shocked and mortified. They portrayed us as being defensive, combative. They made it seem like I couldn’t take any kind of criticism. Like Samy didn’t know what he was doing in the front.”
What Happened To The Owners Of Amy's Baking Company From Kitchen Nightmares?
During Amy Bouzaglo and Salomon “Samy” Bouzaglo's aforementioned The New York Post interview, they stated that their life “turned into a nightmare". According to the couple, “Everyone had decided that (they) were these horrible people” and they stated that thousands of people called their restaurant.
With that in mind, it isn't surprising that a 2021 Mashed article revealed the couple closed their restaurant in 2015.
The same article revealed that Amy had been selling products on Amazon to make money. On top of that, Mashed reported that Amy was posting photos of her baking creations on Instagram. Keep in mind, during the Amy's Baking Company episode of Kitchen Nightmares, Gordon stated that her desserts were spectacular.
During the aforementioned interview with The New York Post, Amy and Samy gave some updates on their lives as well. For example, it was revealed that Samy and Amy moved to Netanya, Israel.
Samy also told the outlet that he is retired and using his time to enjoy his life in the couple's new home. “For me in Israel, the life is honey. I’m enjoying this beautiful town, beautiful country.”
In Amy's case, she told The New York Post that some of her behavior that was shown on Kitchen Nightmares was motivated by her fear. However, Amy stated that she was in a different place emotionally at the time of the interview. “I’ve grown tremendously.”
Kitchen Nightmares
Reality
Release Date
September 19, 2007
Cast
Gordon Ramsay
Seasons
7
Network
FOX
Streaming Service(s)
Hulu , Amazon Prime Video
