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March 03, 2008 12:55 PM
Chef Ramsay moonlights in LaGrange
| While shopping in downtown LaGrange this weekend, we stumbled upon Fox TV crew filming at Cafe 36 for Fox TV's Kitchen Nightmares. On this Hell's Kitchen spinoff, the indomitable Chef Gordon Ramsay sweeps into a struggling restaurant and spends a few days ripping the kitchen apart from top to bottom and whipping staffers into shape. Trailers and vans filled up nearly half of the Calendar Court parking lot near the restaurant, and both local police and Fox TV production staffers made sure passersby were steered clear -- a whole lot of hype for this quaint and usually quiet suburban downtown. Staffers at the Fey & Company jewelry store across the street reported that they'd caught glimpses of Ramsey throughout the weekend, never without a bodyguard by his side. We when called Cafe 36 this morning to check in, their voicemail box was -- surprise -- full. We finally did catch an audibly frantic Carol Gilmer (she's ran the restaurant since 2005 with her husband Terry) this afternoon. "I just got done going through 100 messages," she said. Restaurant owners can nominate their own eateries on the Kitchen Nightmares website, but when we asked how Cafe 36 was chosen for the show, we received the expected Fox-TV-has-sworn-us-to-secrecy response. Gilmer did confirm that they're hoping to reopen with regular lunch and dinner service tomorrow. Stay tuned to The Extrovert for details on when the show will be airing. |
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I was a customer at cafe 36 during the taping of kitchen nightmares, and was wondering when the show would be aired?
Thank You for any info....
Cboccarsi
Posted By:
Constantino Boccarsi |
August 19, 2008 12:36 PM
Not sure why it's taking so long but reading on other forums Jan. 15, 2009?
Posted By:
Pete |
January 01, 2009 6:31 PM
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