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Handlebar's soup supplies a surprise on Kitchen Nightmares

The Long Island revisit is the most watched of four new uploads, alongside season-spanning compilations and a return to Café Hon.

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"Seafood Crêpe? Seafood CR*P!" | Full Episode | Kitchen Nightmares

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4:40Ramsay samples clam chowder, seafood crêpes and a filet mignon fondue he must deep-fry himself.
6:48The seafood and fondue draw criticism, while Melissa explains her lack of enthusiasm for being a chef.
10:05Dinner service brings long waits, burnt fries and radishes standing in for missing vegetables.
13:25A walk-in cooler inspection reveals spoiled food and triggers an emergency deep clean.

The chowder gets a pass. In a Handlebar visit otherwise defined by rubbery seafood and an unhappy kitchen, Gordon Ramsay's approval of the soup has viewers doing a double take.

The full episode, posted as "\"Seafood Crêpe? Seafood CR*P!\" | Full Episode | Kitchen Nightmares", has reached roughly 173,000 views, the largest audience among this week's four uploads. Ramsay visits Bill and Carolyn's restaurant in Mount Sinai, New York, where the sprawling menu includes a filet mignon fondue he has to deep-fry himself. Melissa, introduced as head chef, supplies a more fundamental problem: "I'm not a chef. I don't claim to be a chef, I don't want to be a chef."

In the comments, viewers discuss the unexpected soup verdict and the pleasure of finding an episode they haven't already memorised. That contrast is familiar territory for this channel: its most-watched regular video is a compilation of Ramsay actually liking the food.

Elsewhere, two new compilations gather exasperating encounters from seasons eight and nine. The newer season-nine collection and the Café Hon full episode are drawing the most daily views right now. The latter takes Ramsay to Denise Whiting's Baltimore restaurant, where repairing the relationship with the surrounding community becomes part of the assignment. An older Zocalo episode, complete with mystery cheese, also remains busy.

The wider channel had a slower rhythm: subscribers were unchanged over the week, while daily views are running at less than half their usual level. Discovery had a similar-sized weekly view gain, while Adult Swim had a considerably busier week. Kitchen Nightmares nevertheless added more than three million views across its catalogue, with Handlebar supplying this week's biggest new helping.

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What viewers say

Finding an episode that I don’t have 100% memorized is like a reward
@ShadowisAliveSee it on YouTube
tbh i was more shocked when he actually liked the soup
@realsakpotSee it on YouTube
Ive only seen this one once. I was suprised again that Gordon like the chowder.
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