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Gordon Ramsay Heads To Pennsylvania For More 'Hotel Hell'

Where: 210 2nd St [map], Milford, PA, United States, 18337

Yep, it's that bad

After discovering late last month that The Keating Hotel in San Francisco will be one of the hotels featured ripped apart by Gordon Ramsay on Hotel Hell, we've been dying to know which other towns across the country will be getting visits from his spiky-haired highness.

Now, we can add Milford, Pennsylvania to the list. The New Jersey Herald is reporting that Ramsay will be making over the River Rock Inn, a B&B housed in a 10-bedroom Victorian-style house built in 1876.

According to the hotel's Facebook page, producers for the show have taken over all bookings, and have so far received over 1500 reservation requests, from (we're guessing) hotel geeks trying to get front row seats of Ramsay working his magic. And judging from the pictures, this place really does need some magic. Or a sledgehammer.

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Gordon Ramsay Makes Over The Keating Hotel in San Diego for 'Hotel Hell'

Where: 432 F St [map], San Diego, CA, United States, 92101

The other day when we heard that chef Gordon Ramsay stayed at the Hard Rock San Diego while filming episodes for his new reality show, Hotel Hell, 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.

Ramsay was working his magic at The Keating Hotel 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 LA Times as well as one of our own HotelChatter Mavens, Mari, who could hardly sleep thanks to all the nightclub noise next door.

Enter Chef Ramsay.

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Gordon Ramsay Escapes 'Hell' at The Hard Rock San Diego

Where: 207 Fifth Avenue [map], San Diego, CA, United States

Well, well, well, it looks like we know where the first episode of Gordon Ramsay's Hotel Hell reality show will be taking place--San Diego. And how do we know this? Because chef has apparently been shacking up at the Hard Rock San Diego during filming.

Sources tell us that Ramsay spent five days at the hotel in a Multi-Platinum Rock Star Suite, 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 you may have; and lastly an outdoor terrace.

While we might be content to just lounge around in this suite, Gordon also checked out the hotel's rock spa for a deep tissue massage and even drank coffee with the hotel staff at Maryjane's diner, just off the lobby.

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Do You Want to Be on Gordon Ramsay's 'Hotel Hell'? Here's How

So yesterday we were a little skeptical about Gordon Ramsay telling hotels and B&Bs and inns how to run their business but nevertheless, Hotel Hell is definitely happening and you could be on it.

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:

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 bringing a brand new TV show to FOX that aims to HELP turn around the fortunes of dedicated and determined hospitality industry owners.

Call or Email for information: (310) 313-9100. HotelHell@TheConlinCompany.com

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Gordon Ramsay to Film a New Show Called Hotel Hell (Something He Knows a Bit About)

Gordon Ramsay, a man who has had considerable difficulty keeping his restaurants afloat inside hotels, has just announced a new reality show for FOX tentatively called, Hotel Hell. (Not to be confused with our own Hotel Hell, of course.)

The premise of the show, according to Entertainment Weekly is this:

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.

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....

· MAZE at the One & Only Cape Town closed last year amid complaints that guests wanted to see him in the kitchen or at least know he had control over the menu. Also, reports said it was never nearly as crowded as Nobu next door. The restaurant had been open just over a year.

· Gordon Ramsay at the London West Hollywood is Gordon Ramsay in name only after a sale in 2009. (Previously, we said the restaurant had closed. That was wrong on our part.) The hotel also features a Boxwood Cafe concept from Gordon as well.

More on Gordon's hotel restaurants after the jump!

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theWit's Sous Chef Burns on the Finale of 'Hell's Kitchen'

Hell's Kitchen had its eighth-season finale showdown last night, and it came down to Russell Kook, sous chef of cibo matto at theWit, and Nona Sivley, an Atlanta sous chef.

We applauded Kook for keeping cool in the crazy-as-all-get-out kitchen in early episodes. But as time went on, the Chicago chef became known for his foul mouth, ego and gangsta-like threats. On the other hand, theWit chef consistently delivered good food through the competition.

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Checking In On The Savoy London

Where: The Strand, United Kingdom, WC2R 0EU

When we were invited along to The Savoy London opening we gave it a perfect 10.

But a couple of months have passed since then, so we thought we'd check in to see how things were going, especially now that Gordon Ramsay’s Savoy Grill is now open and a recent TV documentary revealed that the butlers polish everything including the plums. (We aren’t sure we’d want our plums polished, how would we eat them?)

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theWit's Sous Chef Tests the Fires in 'Hell's Kitchen'

Where: 201 N. State St. [map], Chicago, IL, United States, 60601

theWit's Russell Kook, sous chef of cibo matto, took on potty-mouthed Gordon Ramsay in last night's eighth-season premiere of Hell's Kitchen.

The 29-year-old sous chef joined 15 other contestants to compete for the head chef position at LA Market, a restaurant in the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE. The job carries a $250,000 salary. The winner also gets to be a spokesperson for Rosemount Estate Wines.

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Curses! Gordon Ramsay Is Out Of (South) Africa

Where: Dock Road, Cape Town, South Africa

Gordy and Tana at the opening of Maze One & Only. Guess he should have concentrated more on the food than the highlights.

UPDATE: Gordon Ramsay also owes the U.S. government millions in unpaid taxes!

Poor old Gordon Ramsay. Yet another one of his hotel restaurants has closed down, and not even the World Cup rush of Brits could save it.

According to the Mail on Sunday, Maze at One & Only Cape Town - which was his only restaurant in Africa - was shut down by Sol Kerzner on Thursday because after a year and a bit, it still wasn’t pulling in the punters.

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Now, Anyone Can Go to London for Dinner on the Roof

Where: 1020 N San Vicente Blvd [map], West Hollywood, CA, United States, 90069

What we previously loved about the The London West Hollywood is that it's picturesque rooftop pool was off-limits to non-guests, ensuring utmost privacy. However, that's also a bummer for us since we're locals and we'd like to enjoy the view from above without having to pay for a room (On the flip side, rates are rather decent at $279 a night.)

Then came word that non-guests were allowed on the roof on Wednesday nights to sip some bubbly. And we non-guests must be behaving ourselves because now the hotel is letting non-guests up on the 10th floor roofdeck for lunch and dinner, everyday.

The newly designed open-air dining area features umbrella-topped café tables nestled on grass turf with orange trees and white roses aligning the space. The setting maintains the feel of a traditional English garden while incorporating a distinct California flair, with views from downtown Los Angeles all the way to the Getty Center and beyond.

(Yes, provided the smog is cooperating that day.)

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We Do Lunch at Gordon Ramsay's Boxwood Cafe at the London WeHo

Where: 1020 N. San Vicente Blvd. [map], West Hollywood, CA, United States, 90046

Though famously cantankerous chef Gordon Ramsay hasn’t been seen around the kitchen at the The London West Hollywood lately, the restaurant there still bears his name. It’s also still pretty empty. Maybe all that will change with the recent opening of Ramsay’s new Boxwood Café in the front section of the restaurant space.

The new Boxwood is much more casual than Ramsay’s main restaurant, and is the second installment of this franchise for Ramsay. The first opened at the Berkeley Hotel in London in 2003. No white tablecloths and hushed teams of waiters clearing every stray crumb here. Instead, the service is friendly but not overbearing, and you can get every meal of the day with minimal fuss.

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'Hell's Kitchen' Winner Snags Position at New Borgata Restaurant

Where: 1 Borgata Way [map], Atlantic City, NJ, United States, 08401

Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef, The Chopping Block — how do we keep all these cooking reality shows straight? Oh, here's how: one of these shows has ol' Gordon Ramsay screaming in contestants' faces and calling them donkeys and stuff. And that show (Hell's Kitchen, in case we've lost you) had its season five finale last night — complete with a viewing party at the Borgata Hotel and Casino to appropriately celebrate the grand prize.

And what was this grand prize, you wonder? Well (spoiler for the Tivo-ers) winner Danny Veltri scored himself a chef's job at Atlantic City's Borgata inside the brand new resto Fornelletto Cucina Italiano under exec celeb chef Stephen Kalt, who also runs the kitchen at Corsa Cucina at Wynn Las Vegas.

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