http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-13T03:58:23Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/gordon%20ramsay http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2012/1/13/83337/2171 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/GordonRamsayHotelHell.jpg" class="top"><p><i>Yep, it's that bad</i> <p>After discovering late <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/21/143117/39/hotels/Gordon_Ramsay_Makes_Over_The_Keating_Hotel_in_San_Diego_for_Hotel_Hell_">last month</a> that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/21/143117/39/hotels/www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Keating+Hotel/local/204"><b>The Keating Hotel</b></a> in San Francisco will be one of the hotels <del>featured</del> ripped apart by Gordon Ramsay on <i>Hotel Hell</i>, we've been dying to know which other towns across the country will be getting visits from his spiky-haired highness. <p>Now, we can add Milford, Pennsylvania to the list. The <a href="http://www.njherald.com/story/16511890/milford-inn-will-be-setting-for-celeb-chefs-reality-show"><i>New Jersey Herald</i></a> is reporting that Ramsay will be making over the <a href="http://cp.zidster.com/River-Rock-Inn/"><b>River Rock Inn</b></a>, a B&B housed in a 10-bedroom Victorian-style house built in 1876. <p>According to the hotel's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-River-Rock-Inn/150248039600">Facebook</a> page, producers for the show have taken over all bookings, and <b>have so far received over 1500 reservation requests</b>, from (we're guessing) ASchechter 2012-01-13T09:20:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/21/143117/39 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/gordonramsay_thekeatinghotel.jpg" class="top"><p>The other day when we heard that chef <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/gordon ramsay"><b>Gordon Ramsay</b></a> stayed at the <a href="">Hard Rock San Diego</a> while filming episodes for his new reality show, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel hell the show"><b>Hotel Hell</b></a>, we were dying to know which hotels or B&Bs he was tasked with making over. As it turns out, we didn't have to wait too long to find out.<p>Ramsay was working his magic at <a href="www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Keating+Hotel/local/204"><b>The Keating Hotel</b></a> on F Street. The hotel has only been open for about four years but the slick Italian Pininfarina interiors (the same designers behind Maserati and Ferrari) received so-so reviews from the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/6/162723/9737/hotels/Another_San_Diego_Hotel_Gets_So_So_Reviews_From_the_LA_Times">LA Times</a> as well as one of our own HotelChatter Mavens, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/1/12400/2673/hotels/The_Keating_in_San_Diego_is_All_Design_and_No_Sleep">Mari</a>, who juliana 2011-12-21T14:41:07-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/12/19/234853/62 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/gordonramsay_hrsd.jpg" class="top"><p> Well, well, well, it looks like we know where the first episode of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/gordon ramsay"><b>Gordon Ramsay's</b></a> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Hell%20The%20Show">Hotel Hell</a> reality show will be taking place--San Diego. And how do we know this? Because chef has apparently been shacking up at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hard+Rock+San+Diego/local/705"><b>Hard Rock San Diego</b></a> during filming.<p>Sources tell us that Ramsay spent five days at the hotel in a <a href="http://www.hardrockhotelsd.com/rockstarsuites-multi-platinum">Multi-Platinum Rock Star Suite</a>, a massive guestroom that measures over 900 sq.ft. and which includes a king bed; 42" flat screen TV; a living room with table seating for six; an oversized minibar with sink; an additional half-bath; VIP services at the hotel such as check-in, use of the green room and any other request juliana 2011-12-20T08:45:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/21/234020/787 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hotelhell_castingcall.jpg" class="top"><p> So yesterday we were a little skeptical about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/gordon ramsay"><b>Gordon Ramsay</b></a> telling hotels and B&Bs and inns how to run their business but nevertheless, <b>Hotel Hell</b> is definitely happening and you could be on it. <p>We got this letter from a casting agency and figured since that many of your dear readers are in the hotel biz, some of you might actually be interested in this. Here's the complete casting notice: <blockquote><p>Are you a HOTEL, MOTEL OR B&B OWNER desperate to get your struggling business back on track? Are you finding it tough to attract customers? Are your management and/or marketing skills outdated? Are you desperate for help from industry experts? Executive Producer GORDON RAMSAY is juliana 2011-09-22T12:30:47-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/9/21/132545/215 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/gordonramsay_hotelhell.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/gordon ramsay"><b>Gordon Ramsay</b></a>, a man who has had considerable difficulty keeping his restaurants afloat inside hotels, has just announced a new reality show for FOX tentatively called, <b>Hotel Hell.</b> (Not to be confused with our own <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel hell">Hotel Hell</a>, of course.)<p>The premise of the show, according to <a href="">Entertainment Weekly</a> is this: <blockquote><p>The reality kingpin will partner with a team of hospitality experts, traveling across the country to try and fix every aspect of struggling hotels, motels and bed & breakfasts. </blockquote></p><p>EW then goes onto list Ramsay's hotel background which includes having studied hotel management as a young man and his own restaurants within hotels. Hmmm...about those hotel restaurants, let's see.... <p>&#183; <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/8/2/143511/2130/hotels/Curses_Gordon_Ramsay_Is_Out_Of_South_Africa">MAZE</a> at juliana 2011-09-21T14:20:47-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/