Gordon Ramsay's Shaky Restaurant Empire Explained - Eater Now

One of the most famous chefs in the world, with a food empire that seems to teeter on the brink of disaster. Why?

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[nilloc]

so business struggled during a WORLDWIDE RECCESSION then is bouncing back afterwards?
How is that shaky?
new video idea TITLE :the uncertain blueness of the sky, "the sky was blue and then it was nighttime and the sky was not blue, then the sun came up and the sky was blue again"

[theconvert]

Huh. It sounds like, even in this slanted video, he has a business that grows, struggled when everyone did during the recession, and is growing again. It sounds like, by big business standards, he's had some nuisance legal suits (nothing remotely approaching Trump's hundreds of suits), but sits on top of a really successful business. Also, these restaurants tend to be more volatile than, say, a successful family restaurant. Trends change, which can be devastating to an upscale trendy restaurant, but that doesn't matter so long as you pocketed enough cash to move on to the next project.

[draculanova]

Sounds like Ramsay needs Kitchen Nightmares to sort him out...

[soccerlovin]

He is still worth $118 million dollars.

[DirtyWaterComedy]

this is so stupid, how is it shaky if a business fails during a recession or a crash??? WTF are u on

[Ghst]

1:29 Ramsey's conquest of Xanadu shall be complete. Not since the days of the Great Khan himself has such destruction loomed over the continent.

[zone]

I like Ramsey; he's a great entertainer and a great chef but I wouldn't do business with him specially after the things he's done to Marco Pierre White to help himself get ahead. 

[braveknight]

Who cares? The guy made himself a household name because of his personality. He could have 20 more restaurants fail miserably and would still be wildly successful.

[zorantodorovic]

He needs to pay more attention to his restaurants. It has been hit or miss with his restaurants - ranging from Amazing (Maze in NYC) to complete mediocracy (Bread Street Kitchen in Singapore).

[wwzerzXDD]

aww poor lil bros on eater ran out of ideas so they came up with this little gem to slander a successful multimillionaire during a worldwide recession. I wonder how many employees you guys fired during Gordon's "shaky" empire. Good looks though lil guys!