The Mixing Bowl - Kitchen Nightmares Update - Open or Closed?

In this Kitchen Nightmares episode, Gordon Ramsay visits The Mixing Bowl in Bellmore New York.

The Mixing Bowl is owned by Billy Galletti and Lisa Galletti.

The Mixing Bowl is 10 years old.

It is now in danger of closing due to the number of new restaurants that surround them.

Billy Galletti is the chef but does a lot more around the restaurant.

Lisa Galletti co-owns The Mixing Bowl and works there as a waitress.

She would prefer that the restaurant was shut down permanently.

Mike is the manager and is considered by customers to be the owner.

This is because of how much he schmoozes with them.

Other staff find him very difficult to work with.

Lisa feels he doesn’t do much work around the restaurant.

The marriage of the owners is under pressure.

They are stressed by working together at the failing restaurant.

Gordon arrives at the restaurant.

He notices the restaurant is completely empty with no bookings at all.

He meets with Mike who serves him and explains that the theme is healthy food.

Gordon points out that Mike may not be eating salads himself.

Gordon can tell from the decor and table settings the restaurant is on its last legs.

Everything is heavily used and in bad condition.

Gordon wants to go for the ‘award-winning’ crab cakes, but Mike can’t tell him what award it has won.

He orders the crab cakes, zucchini pancakes and a seared north Atlantic salmon.

Gordon gets his crab cakes and zucchini pancakes at the same time.

Mike stands around staring at him eager to hear his opinion on the food.

Gordon has to tell him to leave.

He isn’t impressed with the food.

The crab cakes aren’t fresh and the pancakes are bland and thick.

The salmon dish has a strong smell of garlic.

Gordon meets with Billy in the kitchen and gives feedback.

The crab cakes were the only high point of his meal.

He also complains of Mike hovering over him and his over eager service.

They are insistent their food, especially their zucchini pancakes, is good.

Gordon disagrees with him.

Gordon comes back for the dinner service to observe the service.

They have only three bookings for dinner and it is depressing.

Gordon sees Mike give out 50% off coupons to customers.

He reveals that they have been doing promotions for 8 years.

Gordon wants to see the promotions they run.

Mike brings in lots of signs for almost every holiday with a variety of discounts.

Mike admits none of the signs worked and they were expensive to have professionally made.

There is also a huge sign they had trashed for free appetisers for the restaurants 10th anniversary.

After the dinner service, Gordon sits with the owners.

He lets them know they need to reel in Mike and his crazy signs.

Billy needs to be more vocal in the kitchen when cooking.

Gordon tells them they have the option to shut down the restaurant that night and be done with it.

Billy decides to give it one last effort to the disappointment of Lisa.

She would rather close and be done with the place.

Gordon comes in bright and early the next morning and deals with Mike and his signs.

He puts them through a woodchipper to destroy them.

This will make sure they don’t make their way back to the restaurant.

Next, Gordon meets with the staff.

He shows them a map of the surrounding area.

It shows that it has expanded from just 4 restaurants to 41 in 10 years.

They identify there are no health restaurants in the area.

They decide to brand themselves as the premier health restaurant in Bellmore.

Gordon starts a challenge with Billy to test his cooking ability.

They will both create a dish using ten fresh ingredients in a cook-off.

Gordon likes Billy’s salmon dish.

He says it can go on the menu along with his as the specials for the evening service.

The Mixing Bowl is packed for the dinner service.

It is a chance for the staff to test the service and the new specials.

The orders come in and the kitchen is keeping.

Mike is being unprofessional, pointing at guests and schmoozing with them.

After dinner service, the staff have a meeting.

They are upset with the tips for the evening.

Mike takes half of them for putting in less work.

He is defensive and claims that he is entitled to those tips.

Mike claims they wouldn’t have got them without him.

Gordon points out he acts this way because they have let it happen for a long time.

Billy finally pipes up and tells Mike he needs to step up and be a team player.

Mike smirks in response.

Gordon’s design team works all night on the restaurant.

The staff can’t believe what they see.

The dining room has been made to look upscale with new decor.

There are new chairs, new tables and fresh flowers.

Mike breaks down crying, overwhelmed by the change.

Next, Gordon reveals some new healthy dishes for the menu, made with fresh ingredients.

They take some time walking around gyms, spas and even the local football team to share flyers.

They market the new theme of the restaurant and drum up customers for the relaunch night.

On relaunch night, the restaurant is fully booked.

Mike accidentally over booked reservations and people are queuing round the block.

He tries to pass the blame to Kim a server for the mix up with the booking.

She is frustrated and defends herself against the accusation.

After this hiccup they all resolve to work hard to make the night a success regardless.

As the night goes on, the staff are putting in a lot of effort to make it a success.

Mike is only taking care of his friends.

Two hours in, some members of the local football team show up.

Mike has forgotten to book them a table.

He gets belligerent and screams at Lisa in front of all the customers.

He says it wasn't that his fault and he wasn't told.

Lisa tells him that he did know about their booking.

Gordon sends Mike out to cool off before customers leave.

He talks to the owners in the meantime.

He advises them taking a decision on Mike.

Lisa thinks he should be fired but Billy decided to keep him on.

Mike is called back in and told he has a second chance but that is it.

They pull together to find a table for the footballers and they are seated and served.

The customers loved the service and the food.

Overall, the relaunch night was a success.

What Happened Next at The Mixing Bowl?

Over the next few weeks, the customer numbers were up as was profit.

The restaurant hosted the First Annual Mixing Bowl Mile fun run.

Billy was leaving the kitchen during service to meet the customers.

Gordon revisited and it looked like the restaurant was doing well.

Profits were up and Mike's management skills had improved.

Their marriage was better due to less pressure from the restaurant.

The Mixing Bowl closed in January 2009.

The restaurant had closed shortly before filming.

It reopened to be featured on the show.

Billy is now president of Jr. Alta Foods Inc.

In it's place now is Greek Delight, a Greek restaurant.

Yelp reviews are mixed.

The Mixing Bowl aired on October 03 2007, the episode was filmed in March 2007 and is Kitchen Nightmares season 1 episode 3.

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