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This episode of Kitchen Nightmares with chef Ramsay aired last Friday. It was the single worst restaurant from the point of view of a owner who was just plain nutz, so much so that Gordon Ramsay walked away before even really starting to help them at the end of the episode. AND the restaurant is only a few miles from where I work. LOL

This video is the episode edited down to about 20 minutes.

http://videos.komando.com/watch/3278...epic-meltdown#

Anyone here ever know anyone who is/was as crazy as this lady? Unfortunately, I have.

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I read a news report about this the other day. They truly are nuts as you said. They think it is normal to have a website claiming all of the desserts are homemade when 100% of them were bought elsewhere for resale. Amazing. These are the type people who deserve to fail in their business.

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That is just ONE of the "controversies". The husband (who looks about 25 years older than Amy) regularly steals tips off the table and even told Ramsay that, then denies doing it on their Facebook site.

This lady was a piece of work. She says things then denied saying it minutes later, over and over again. On one hand I wanted someone to strangle her and on the other I actually felt a little sorry for her because of her extreme unbalanced mental state.

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I looked at the address again and they're only about 1 1/2 mile down the road from one of the two campuses I work at.

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I have looked at a number of their online reviews at Yelp.com. If you can get back to the pre-show days, they have people who absolutely love them, and those who hate them. There is no middle ground. I only saw one that gave them a three stars out of five. Further, he will get online and actively call those with complaints liars. This was happening before the days of the show. It would appear that people complain, they improve temporarily, then relapse, and then repeat. Mom said that it would almost be worth the money to eat there, and then complain to see what would happen. :D I love my family's sense of humor!!

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Jay, I don't know if you watched the video but while I have met many high strung people this lady was genuinely nuts.

After watching it with my wife sitting next to me listening while she did her own thing, I said, "You know, I may go there on my lunch tomorrow and shout out 'what sort of swill do you serve in this joint anyways???'". Gail immediately said "no you won't!!" because she knew I was thinking about it. LOL

Oh yes, the 5 star reviews were probably all people commenting on her deserts which Gordon Ramsay initially LIKED, until finding out she bought them from other places and resold as her own.

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Actually, a lot of people seemed to like their food as well. However, there are frequent complaints concerning the size of their portions, the attittudes fostered by the owners, and occassionally the attittudes of the wait staff and others. There were mentions of issues of taste from time to time as well, but that seemed to vary from individual to individual. However, I would imagine that they may have knocked themselves out of business with this stunt.

Btw, how does a business go through more than 100 employees in a single year. That is not keeping them long enough to give them descent training. That was by their own facebook postings to. In some instances, where there is smoke, there is fire.

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There was a scene where a waitress comes to pick up some plates and is told what table they go to and she says "are you sure?", and is fired on the spot. Amy then goes on and on about how she was "challenged!" by this "viper" of a waitress. It is easy to see where they could go through a 100 staff in a year after seeing that. What is NOT easy to see is how they are still open.

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Wow....

What's the name of the restaurant?

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Amy's Bakery Company

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Here is the full episode.

OMG, the beginning of this episode is even worse than the 20 minute edited version first posted!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XjgHEctcy0

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I watched the episode last night on youtube. Wow! This couple is CRAZY! Especially Amy. "I speak feline. Meow." She needs help.

Heard on the news the US Dept of Labor is going to investigate the business because the owner admits on the show that he steals the tips from the waiters. It funny, cause on the FB page, they say they don't take the tips; but on the show, the owner says clearly that he does.

Hopefully people won't spend money to eat there and it goes out of business.

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I first watched the edited 20 minute version than started watching the full Youtube version I posted here but had to stop about 8-9 minutes into it when Sami started threatening the guys who had waited hours for their pizza (that they never received) and he stood between them and the door not letting them leave, and screaming that they still needed to pay. Then of course Amy runs into the middle of it and starts calling the cops (on the customers). I was getting so physically angry that I needed to stop watching. LOL

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I can't imagine anyone ever wanting to eat there after those
wonderful "reviews"!

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This just keeps getting better and better.

Is this end of Amy's Bakery?

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...ntcmp=features

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:lol

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I just find this story interesting if for no other reason than I can almost see their restaurant from my office window.

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LOL! I just saw a similar news article and had to come post it too! From the Huffington Post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3318720.html

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Okay, Randy...you HAVE to go have lunch there and tell us how it went and what you experienced! :killinme

I just watched the whole episode yesterday and am just SHOCKED! LOL! :uhoh

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Better yet, get a job as a waiter. :)

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I'll make sure to tell Amy "Ya know, you look a little chubbier in person than you did on the small screen".

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I'll apply for the job pretending to be a foreign exchange student.

http://images.tvrage.com/screencaps/19/3785/75564.jpg

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IS THIS A JOKE? This can't be for real. Why did they let the film crew in, in the first place. Do they not know they are shutting their doors themselves? RandyWayne, is this place really there? Keep us posted. She should join AFF.
I didn't say that! I better quit while I'm ahead. :goodgrief


Been Thinkin

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Oh yes, they are a real restaurant. Some people are so narcissistic that they have no idea how they appear to the general public.

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You know.... this filming may actually help their business. If I was in Arizona I might drive extra miles just to see this first hand. Unbelievable!

Been Thinkin

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Well yes and no. Everyone in Scottsdale knows about them now and while many people are driving by to see the train wreck, very few people are willing to go inside. In fact one of the big stories this past week is how there were more media people filming their RE-Grand Opening then there were people actually there to eat.

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To top everything off Amy spent about a year in Federal prison for identity theft not long ago! What a winning couple.

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That, and her Euro-trash husband who is about 30 years older than her is loaded with mafia money.

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My goodness, when will the media leave these poor people alone!!


Reporter kicked out of Amy's Baking Co. after being served drinks with flies

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...#ixzz2UcNBEXHB

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"What's this fly doing in my martini?"

"Looks like the backstroke."

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"Bartender! There's a fly in my martini!"

"Quiet, or everybody will want one!"

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Even they can't be so incompetent to 3 times serve a drink with fruit flies in it, especially the last one with 3. These owners are bad owners but I sense a set up

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That is entirely possible but if you watch (or re watch) the episode, these two buffoons seem very capable of being that vindictive. The three flies in the third glass really seem to support what I saw on TV as something they would do on purpose.

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Oh yeah...I can see that