Kitchen Nighmares season finale - Chef finally walks

[bhskittykatt]

Ima just leave this here. Amy's Baking Company Dubstep Remix:
https://soundcloud.com/mustdiemusic/...ys-bakery#play

[mattm04]

Amy claimed on the show that she makes everything herself. But after everything that has come down about her, their products, and the entire restaurant, you really have to wonder how she'd be able to make all that in her tiny kitchen. There really just isn't enough room from what I could see. I've worked in some pretty cramped kitchens but short of having a team of 2-3 people working (working as a team and not having one person do most of the work) I can't see how she could actually be doing everything she has claimed to have made. So yeah, obviously a majority of the product is bought elsewhere - a lot of places do that, but these other places don't have the balls to try to pass that stuff off as their own work.

The kitchens shown in in no way set up as a pastry kitchen to make those cakes. Watch Cake Boss, look at the specialized tools and equipment they have to make their cakes. All Amy has is a small pizza oven, a 6-10 burner range/conventional oven and a fryer. Unless she has another kitchen and equipment somewhere, I doubt she is making those.

[fireheart]

I do have to wonder how Amy would cope on Hell's Kitchen .

(They HAVE had pastry chefs on the show before)

[Kheldarson]

Somewhere along the lines she has admitted to buying and repackaging all those desserts but that is now deleted, naturally.

It's probably been saved on Reddit though. They've been taking screencaps of everything.

[Tama]

I feel sorry for that PR person, I really do...

[XCashier]

Also, if anybody has been following Amy on Tumblr, she appears to have 'turned over a new leaf': http://amybouzagloofficial.tumblr.com/ I don't believe it for a second, personally, but perhaps the PR person she hired is making her do this.

It's not impossible. If she saw herself on TV and saw how awfully she'd behaved, maybe she was embarrassed enough to realize she brought it onto herself. She did mention therapy and anger management classes on Tumblr; I hope she does take them.

People can and do change. It takes a lot of effort, and sometimes it falls through, but it's a worthy endeavor, especially when it does work. If Amy is truly seeking to change herself for the better, I wish her the best of luck. (And I hope Samy does the same. They should both be doing this together.)

[Eisa]

...The best part is the post right before her apology.

[fma_fanatic]

I for one, having had a batshit crazy mother who acted like Amy and worse, dont believe it. I believe it was the PR person she hired. Actually, I'm more inclined to believe that he's taken over the tumblr account.

We'll see what happens at their grand re-opening.

[Aethian]

I wonder if being charged with stolen work/pictures has caused this change.

[smileyeagle1021]

It *has* to be because Samy was already rich going into it. I'll bet the only reason is because he can afford to keep financing it. (Unless it *is* that whole money-laundering thing...but that's a pretty big speculative leap at this point imo)

First off, and completely off topic, but your avatar is far too appropriate for this thread

Now, as to the money-laundering being a big leap... it is, but it might not be nearly as big of a leap as you think. Let's examine the (admittedly circumstancial) evidence, the restaurant has stayed open despite not having a customer base to support it, Samy is the only one allowed to use the POS, and the couple has had criminal charges for bank fraud before.
For me the POS is the most damning. My accountant spider senses tingled when he said he was the only one allowed to use it. Most companies require their cash handlers to have their drawers double counted both at beginning and end of shift, and accountants are as a general rule required to take mandatory vacations when their work can be checked free of interference. Samy is ensuring that no one is checking cash or accounting records... which really screams out that either he has some massive trust issues, or he's hiding something.

[mjr]

Amy is crazier than a bag of cats...you can probably smell the crazy coming off of her.

[taxguykarl]

Here's the latest. They are hosting a job fair and looking to hire 30.

Grand re-opening tomorrow (Tuesday the 21st). Let's see how that goes.

[Pixilated]

*snip*
For me the POS is the most damning. My accountant spider senses tingled when he said he was the only one allowed to use it. Most companies require their cash handlers to have their drawers double counted both at beginning and end of shift, and accountants are as a general rule required to take mandatory vacations when their work can be checked free of interference. Samy is ensuring that no one is checking cash or accounting records... which really screams out that either he has some massive trust issues, or he's hiding something.

Second this. One paper where I worked had a woman working in the circulation department who didn't take a vacation or indeed any time off for a decade or more, thus never needing a temporary replacement for her position. The nice owners believed in the "one big happy family" approach and apparently that never sent up warning flares.

You can see where this is going. When she was finally caught, it was found she'd embezzled $2.2 million from the paper.

So yeah, either he's controlling in a VERY big way, or there's something very fishy going on.

[EricKei]

With the amount of negative publicity that this place has gotten ....

Dangit! You just reminded me of an old news business adage: "There is no such thing as bad publicity."

As evidence of that...Before all of this kerfluffle broke out, there were probably a few thousand people in that town who had heard of the place *at all*, and few hundred more from out of town/state. Now, pretty much TEH INT3RN3T$ knows about them, and sooner or later, some will get curious. If they're still around in five years, most of those who've heard of them will stop in because they remember that the place IS (in)famous, but not WHY.

[mjr]

You can see where this is going. When she was finally caught, it was found she'd embezzled $2.2 million from the paper.

I'd like to know how they didn't notice over $200,000 missing every year...