Hotel Hell

How do you downgrade from this entertaining "Hotel Hell" show to a boring "Hell's Kitchen" ? Because this show wasn't real. All the outbursts. All the molded fish. All the arrogant chefs. Made up. Scripts. Acting. All of it. Not sure what else to say. This show looked real to me. And how many chefs do I know to double check ? None. I go to MacDonalds. Like every normal person does. If I feel like spending, I go to Pizza Hut. Like every rich normal does. I never understood why people go to restaurants. If there is a wedding or a funeral, you book the whole place. I get that. And the fries there are usually pretty good. Oh. I almost forgot: Avoid the Salt. Avoid most processed food that contains Salt. The Salt isn't Salt, anymore. It's just white. And when it comes back up your throat, it tastes like battery acid ? Had that experience before ? Then avoid the Salt.

When it comes to Gordon Ramsay he can't do wrong in my book. Obviously I prefer Kitchen Nightmares and I am going old school and saying Kitchen Nightmares UK, way back without the over the top drama needed for US viewers like in the US version.

Regardless I still liked and watched The US version of Kitchen Nightmares and obviously Hotel Hell.

In Hotel Hell, Gordon visits hotels/inns that are struggling and helps fix what is wrong with them, there is the usual conflict with grumpy owners etc.

It is highly entertaining though. And you get to see a half naked Gordon in one episode!

And what's not to love about that theme song.

Honestly if you take this show with a grain of salt and just love watching Gordon do what he does, then you will enjoy it.

Not sure why so many are saying he gets nothing done, he clearly does. You can even look up the hotels and many of them are doing great and/or are still open. I do wish there were more details about the hotel part like retraining management and staff sort of thing. Other than that I do enjoy the show.

I've worked in the hotel industry for 12 years. Gordon Ramsey doesn't have a clue what he's doing.

He's overly focused on the restaurant, and ignores what actually makes the real money in hotels. The rooms are the money maker, not the food. The food should still be good, but there's a better way to do this. Unless you're catering to the locals for dinner, you're much better just having breakfast and maybe lunch. Or breakfast and dinner.

These hotels need to pay attention to their revenue streams, marketing, revenue management, being on the proper websites, and more. Marketing is about where your position is and to get yourself known. It's about knowing the market, not "I make deals".

Whats the comp set? What are the rates in comparison? Can you feed off the cities nearby?

Each hotel is different. Whats the best model of revenue for the hotel?

REAL hoteliers need to be doing this, not a chef. Running a hotel is very different than running a restaurant.

And frankly, what I just said doesn't even begin to cover the problems I'm seeing with this show. This show is terrible. And frankly embarrassing. There are better shows out there such as Hotel Impossible where the host has 20 years of REAL hotel experience.

Gordon, go back to restaurants. It's what you're good at.

I really love Kitchen Nightmares and i've watched through that show wanting more. I only recently learned about this show, but i fell in love with it from the very first episode i watched.

Gordon Ramsey is back and he's better than ever. Previously he's tackled improving poor and mediocre restaurants. This time however Gordon is tackling an abundance of poorly run and very mediocre hotels.

Something we quickly learn is that a poorly run hotel is apparently very common, be it from being run by a stubborn owner or a dysfunctional family.

No matter whats the case, Gordon doesn't hold back, when he finds something which is unacceptable, he lets the owner/s know and he rips them a new one or two if he has to.

Hope Hotel Hell will be back for more seasons, Great Show