Hannah And Mason's, Cranbury, NJ On Kitchen Nightmares

Kitchen Nightmares heads just an hour outside of bustling New York City to a little hamlet in New Jersey. Owners of Hannah and Mason’s Restaurant have called for help, and it’s no wonder. Friends Chris and Brian are running the restaurant into the ground.

Brian is the chef, and he’s easy going and lazy. He’s not the take charge type, and doesn’t lead the kitchen. Chris feels that he does all the work and pays all of the bills. He orders the food, manages the staff, and then works as a line cook. Brian doesn’t feel like working too much, so the restaurant is only open three nights a week. They’re bouncing checks, and their waitress has to ask if her paycheck is good before she puts it in the bank. They definitely need a Ramsay intervention!

It’s Valentine’s Day, a monster day for restaurants. Ramsay notices the sign on the awning is missing a letter, and the manager is just 23 years old. He orders baked onion soup, quiche, and a lamb lollipop. The soup is covered with a mountain of greasy onion rings, followed with a thick layer of cheese. “It’s absolutely tasteless,” he says, “it tastes like the gunk from the dishwasher.” Brian’s in denial. “I find it hard that it’s as bad as he says,” the chef snaps. The lamb is undercooked, and the sauce is too sweet. Ramsay thinks the quiche tastes like it’s been left out of the fridge too long, and it’s runny.