1. - This could be my biggest
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desperately in need of rehab.
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food I've ever come across.
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7. - That's a broccoli soup.
- Looks like vomit.
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brigades I've encountered.
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owners I've met.
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I'm so fucking annoyed.
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turn it around,
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we're shutting it down
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in the heart of West Sussex.
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looking for a flash meal out.
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vibrant little town.
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restaurants, brands.
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renowned restaurant.
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attracting the young and hip.
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than Club 18-30.
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in a time-warp,
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carvery every day
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29. - Would you
like a sausage?
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30. - Yes, just one please.
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31. - There you go my dear.
- Thank you.
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32. - At home, you know, you
never have a big joint,
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to have something off
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Consultant, Scott Aitcheson,
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ago for three hundred grand.
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losing five thousand a week,
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up with a beautiful building?
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to be a restaurateur, I guess.
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character, so much charm
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think I could fail to
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through that restaurant
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know, it's just amazing.
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a 19th Century convent,
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heavenly venue.
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very gothic.
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about to jump me.
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52. - Good afternoon,
I'm Scott.
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53. - Scott, Gordon,
nice to see you.
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- I'm the owner.
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what a beautiful place.
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- It is magnificent isn't it?
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61. - Yes.
- So it's almost
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the restaurant?
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tradition around here,
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about The Priory
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they will, you know,
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I've been there
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to the carvery.
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carvery in ages.
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it was back in 1982
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and it was fucking ghastly.
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be denture friendly,
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the blue rinse brigade.
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- It's almost like
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kitchen for the elderly,
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glamorous old people's home.
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when the golden oldies
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suspicious looking vouchers
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the price of one.
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is that for?
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- You put a discount on 9.99?
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- How much discount?
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- It's 50%?
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to feel left out.
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voucher today?
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why we get it.
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got it.
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cheaper to come here
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101. - Oh, yes, definitely, yes.
- Yeah, for two of us
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marvellous value.
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103. - You must have dementia to
only let half your punters pay.
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is losing money.
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assuming it's up to scratch.
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stint at Planet Hollywood.
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108. He's the starship trooper
in charge of the carvery.
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109. - Bugger.
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roast dinners
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doing them every day,
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trust a skinny chef do you?
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part-time carvery chef.
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117. - Yes.
- Right!
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of beef, pork and lamb.
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on every day?
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yeah.
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stuffing is that?
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bound with an orange juice,
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so they tell us.
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- Yeah.
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the Dauphinoise.
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a throwback isn't it?
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the Dauphinoise.
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- This is.
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132. - Yeah, just
enjoy it Gordon.
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to fuck, and stuffing
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trying to cut through
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it's dry.
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doldrums here,
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so far has been shit.
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himself a celestial building,
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a carvery is a mortal sin.
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- Hi there.
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- Hi, Matt.
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- General Manager.
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General Manager.
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- I'm Stuart.
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- No, he wishes
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- No?
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- Stuart.
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general cooking of the veg,
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- Right.
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- You met me.
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with your hat off, yeah?
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- Yeah?
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- Good, yeah.
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- Yeah.
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- Good.
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- Toby.
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- Yeah.
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- How are you?
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- Head Chef?
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- Good.
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out sometimes.
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out sometimes.
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chef as well?
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- A long time ago, yeah.
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walked up the stairs
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it's quite breathtaking
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the carvery, it was dry,
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cooked and it tasted of nothing.
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Yorkshire puddings,
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- let's be honest,
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- I have a proportion
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it was bad.
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experience was bad.
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you look at the customers,
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eating for nothing.
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one, get one free vouchers
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place historically
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through the door.
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- I was the youngest one
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yet no one seems to realise
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Scott Aitcheson,
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losing a fortune
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in vouchers.
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chance of salvation,
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going to be absolutely packed
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I can find in his fridge
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set to be used again.
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feel that.
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- Maybe.
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for sandwiches,
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put it back out.
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- Those we won't use.
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- By the looks of it.
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- No, they don't go off.
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it's still warm,
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wrap things in clingfilm
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come on?
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and all the rest of it.
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down and stays hot inside.
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outside and festers,
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food hygiene.
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we're all dead meat.
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- I didn't
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you know that?
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saying, I haven't had time
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did have time
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finishing it off.
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- No, not you, my oven.
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potatoes come in prepped up.
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expensive this way.
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- Are they hot inside?
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them in the oven.
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seen anything that fucking bad.
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cooked for hours
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cupboard to go dry,
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puddings are frozen,
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wheels brigade
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then who would
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- Are you well?
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- Yeah, I have indeed.
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price of one at a tenner,
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costs to put it on a plate.
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potential failings in it
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keep it running.
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restaurant before
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be your number one choice,
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wouldn't be mine.
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his suit and tie
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passionate restaurateur.
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said this is all wrong,
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we're not a carvery,
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- Yeah.
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early before the staff arrive.
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start thinking of a new menu.
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cooked in here.
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good look round.
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out of there.
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not wrapped?
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tie a knot in,
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that's got mould in it.
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the fuck is going on here.
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smoke up your arse.
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416. with the guys a
couple of weeks ago
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418. about getting it ready
for the service.
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419. - Scott, you have to get real.
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420. - But it's—
- You have got to get real.
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421. I am so fucking annoyed,
this is disgusting.
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one day a week,
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423. two days a week, whatever,
but give me something
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424. will you?
- Well, I wouldn't—
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425. - You're a chef, you
trained as a chef.
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426. - Yeah, well I wouldn't—
- Rumour has it the food's
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427. fucking ten times better
when you're cooking,
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428. that's the rumours.
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429. - Well, I'd like to
think, I wouldn't leave
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430. the kitchen in that state, no,
no way.
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431. - I'd love to go
round and get 50%
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432. of those customers last night,
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433. fucking knock on the
door this morning
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434. and fucking walk them
in this kitchen.
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435. Then where would we be?
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436. - I just can't understand
why you guys left it
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437. like a shit-hole
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438. Knowing that Gordon was
coming back this morning?
Copy !req
439. That wrecks my head
even more than anything.
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440. - I'm getting some fresh
air 'cause I feel sick.
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441. Un-fucking-believable, I mean,
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442. absolutely fucking disgusting.
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443. Most chefs I know would
be fucking embarrassed
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444. what I've just done to
that kitchen.
Copy !req
445. And Toby, well, he didn't
even fucking react.
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446. Scott, well, that guy's just
sunk three hundred grand
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447. into this fucking
shit-hole, he's oblivious.
Copy !req
448. And as for Matt, well, he
seemed to be the only one
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449. that actually cares.
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450. He's deeply embarrassed,
cannot believe
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451. the shit in that kitchen.
Copy !req
452. It's time for a meeting
with the bank manager.
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453. Scott's only been in the
restaurant trade for six weeks,
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454. but he won't last long
at this rate.
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455. I've been running a
restaurant for 15 years,
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456. and to succeed you must
have passion.
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457. I need to inject some
into stuffy Scott.
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458. You've remortgaged the house?
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459. - Yeah.
- How worried are you?
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460. - Yeah, I'm very worried
because it's my livelihood
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461. on the line, it's my
career, it's my family
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462. that I'm putting on the
line for the success
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463. of this business.
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464. And you've just, you've
treaded water
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465. for the last two months.
- Yeah!
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466. Yeah, I accept that, but again,
you know,
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467. it's my lack of understanding
of the business.
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468. If I was a, already a
successful restaurateur
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469. I could have come in
here and said,
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470. right, now I understand
the business.
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471. - Yeah.
- This is what I
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472. expect a restaurant to run like.
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473. You run with me or
- Yeah.
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474. - go find another job.
- Yeah!
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475. - But—
- But it doesn't stop you
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476. going round and looking
at fucking things
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477. and checking under the
fucking fridge
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478. and asking the chef, you know,
what the fuck's going on.
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479. - Yeah.
- Because you can't
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480. just walk in like a vicar
and be nice to everybody,
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481. welcoming them, thanks for
coming to work.
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482. Yeah, I'm fucking paying you.
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483. My house is the security that's
guaranteeing your salary.
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484. I pray Scott's sins
will be forgiven,
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485. but to save The Priory it's
his staff I need to pardon.
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486. A confessional was used by
The Priory's Catholic nuns
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487. and perhaps a few hail Mary's
could help the kitchen crew
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488. purge their sins.
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489. What's the worst thing
you've ever seen here ever?
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490. - Worst thing I'll have to say
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491. meat getting taken
out of the oven
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492. and dropped on the
floor, picked up quickly,
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493. put back on the hot tray
and put in the hot cupboard.
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494. - I just don't want the
carvery to collapse,
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495. or The Priory to collapse.
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496. It's a good—
- Hey Bob!
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498. - Oh, yeah.
- And it's losing money,
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499. between four and 5000 a week.
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500. - Oh!
- So I don't know
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501. who's telling you porkies,
but the carvery's fucked.
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502. - Oh.
- And The Priory's
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503. in the shit.
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504. Does the carvery frustrate you?
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505. - Sometimes, yes,
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506. 'cause it's just the
same thing day after day.
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507. - It's mundane.
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508. - That's probably
half the problem.
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509. - It's not nice is it?
- No.
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511. of the freezer for
Yorkshire pudding.
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512. Why haven't you tried
to do anything about it?
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513. - 'Cause I just got in a rut.
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514. - I so desperately want
you to get out of that rut.
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515. And, hey, big boy, hey,
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516. I'm here to help you.
- All right.
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517. - With the kitchen sinners
absolved, General Manager Matt
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Copy !req
519. He's also a cardinal
sinner in my eyes.
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520. How do you motivate staff
as the General Manager?
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521. - Probably not very well
at the moment,
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522. because I'm probably
de-motivated and deflated
myself,
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523. in all honesty.
Copy !req
524. - How hungry are you to
make it work?
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525. - Very much, very much indeed.
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526. Always said I treat this
like my own business,
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527. which sounds really fucking
stupid sitting here,
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528. - Mm-hmm.
- in the state
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529. that we're in at the moment.
- Mm-hmm.
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530. You want it to succeed
- I care about it.
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531. - though don't you?
- Yeah, I do, yeah,
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532. I care about it,
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533. and I don't want it, you
know, I don't want it to,
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534. go the way it's going, gone.
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535. - The Priory staff are so
stuck in a rut,
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536. and it's the carvery
that's the problem.
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537. I need to re-light the
fire in these guys
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538. with a new concept
that'll excite them
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539. and appeal to the younger,
wealthier crowd
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540. to fill that 100-seater venue.
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541. Hayward's Heath is packed
with affluent individuals,
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542. the place is littered
with restaurants,
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543. but what it hasn't got
is a good, honest grill.
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544. Personally, ditch the
fucking carvery,
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545. get rid of the festering
meat and out with the old,
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546. in with the new and
get hold of some
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547. good, local, honest
produce and cook it simply.
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548. Nothing more than that.
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549. This local farm supplies
my restaurants with beef
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550. and it's going to
answer our prayers.
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551. I've invited a team along
to brief them on my idea
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552. that The Priory should
become a grill.
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553. Some people just can't help
putting their foot in it.
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554. Toby, watch out for the cow pat.
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555. - Oh, I'm not
worried about those.
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556. - You can't
fucking miss them.
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557. Look at them, aren't
they beautiful?
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558. This is some of the best
home-reared beef in the country,
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559. and we have got it wrong
at The Priory.
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560. What we need to do now
at The Priory
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561. is to ditch the carvery
and turn that restaurant
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562. into a grill, supplied
locally with phenomenal beef,
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563. that starts at the
top of the menu.
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565. with this prime stock
will motivate the team.
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566. Right, who'd like to ride it?
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567. Toby, you go first.
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568. To help me inspire the guys
I've invited a meat expert
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569. to test them on their
cuts of beef.
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570. So the sirloin is where?
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571. - Down here isn't it?
- Down there.
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572. - Sirloin basically starts
there and you count back in
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573. one, two, three ribs
of the 13 rib ribcage,
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574. that,
- Is a sirloin.
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575. - is a sirloin.
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576. - Toby, where is the brisket?
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577. - Here, here.
- Comes from
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579. Sort of, about there.
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580. - Your brisket runs
from the first five ribs
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581. parallel underneath
it's front leg.
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582. - Matt, where would we
get the topside from?
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583. - Embarrassingly so, I
haven't got a bloody clue.
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584. - Have an educated guess.
- Well, I'm hoping
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585. it's gonna be up the top
somewhere for a start.
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586. - These guys are more
denser than MENSA,
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587. but at last they're getting
to grips with great beef.
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588. - Scott, think about this one.
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589. Okay.
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590. I know you're not a chef,
you're an IT Consultant, yeah?
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591. Show me where you would
get the oxtail from?
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592. I could be.
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593. Do you mind if I roll
my sleeve up?
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594. Okay, I believe it's
down there Gordon.
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595. - Excellent, well done.
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596. - 100% accurate.
- 100% accurate.
Copy !req
597. Back at The Priory I've
thrown out the old kitchen
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of impressive new grill kit
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599. installed along with
a new chipper.
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600. We can now hit the ground
running and start making money.
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601. Wow, look at that.
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602. Beautiful, a proper grill,
a proper fryer,
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603. there's no excuse now.
Copy !req
604. Scott the suit should be
embracing the grill with gusto,
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605. But face to face with
it he loses his bottle.
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606. His attitude is getting to me.
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607. - What you've got to
understand is
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608. I am the, you know, you
do understand,
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609. I'm new to the business so
it's a radical, radical change
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610. from what I've seen has been
here already for 20 years,
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611. the carvery, and it's been
the cash cow for the business.
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612. To kind of suddenly
cut it off is obviously
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613. is a concern,
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614. but what we've got to do..
- Scott.
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615. - Yeah, I know, I understand.
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616. - You're losing five
grand a week,
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617. there's no cash cow,
- Yeah!
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618. - this is what you bought,
you've bought a head-fuck.
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619. - Well, I wouldn't put it in
those terms, but, yeah, okay,
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620. I understand exactly what
you're saying.
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621. I agree, I agree, yeah.
- Okay, so, a restaurant
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622. that's losing five grand
a week, four grand a week
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623. what is it then?
Copy !req
624. Well, it's a business
that needs turning around,
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625. it's the same phrase but
just using a polite way.
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626. - It's shit, Scott.
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627. You can't have it both ways.
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628. You can't step in new
territory and evolve
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629. and become somewhat dynamic
in what you're trying to do
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630. and still hold—
- Yeah, you've got to
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631. take a leap of faith doing it.
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632. - You've got to.
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633. Matt, I need a bit of
support here.
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634. I need a 100% of the
bill being paid.
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635. - Yeah!
- So as we don't come in
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636. with a semi-deluded
insight that our business
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637. is functioning, yet we're
giving 50% of it away.
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638. - You don't have
to sell that to me.
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639. - Good.
- You seriously don't.
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640. - Help me out.
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641. - No one made the cash cow
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642. except me.
- No, I'm gonna give you
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643. five minutes on your own
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644. because I don't
think you get it.
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645. See you later.
- Okay.
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646. I can't believe Scott, he's
such a fucking slippery eel.
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647. For God's sake embrace the
grill, get excited about it,
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649. It could become
fucking phenomenal.
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650. There's no halfway house here,
yeah?
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651. Change or die.
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652. I'm at The Priory in
Hayward's Heath.
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653. I've ditched their carvery and
installed a brand new grill.
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654. I'm desperate to re-open tonight
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655. but not if restaurateur's
Scott's lost his nerve.
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656. Now he's slept on it I hope
he's embraced the idea,
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657. otherwise it's game over.
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658. Are you well?
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659. - Hi Gordon, good morning.
- Yeah!
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660. Good to see you.
- Yeah.
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661. - Right.
- Have a seat, have a seat.
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662. - Thank you, ahem.
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663. Now,
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664. You've had a chance
to sleep on it.
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665. - Yeah.
- Yeah?
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666. First thought this
morning when you woke up?
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667. Excited?
- Yes.
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668. - Or shitting yourself?
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669. - A little bit of both.
- A bit of both.
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670. - A bit like being told
that suddenly
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671. your wife says she's pregnant.
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672. - Right.
- Loads of excitement,
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673. thinking great news, great news,
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674. and then suddenly the
realisation of,
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675. okay, how the hell are we
gonna do this,
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676. - Yeah!
- what are we gonna do,
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677. where are we going forward?
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678. So, yeah.
- Yeah.
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679. - But, yeah, really,
really excited today,
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680. massive opportunity to move on.
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681. - The fright is now
on the grill,
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682. but tonight's a dress rehearsal.
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683. - Yeah, exactly, yeah.
- A very simple menu,
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684. and let's charge for
three courses twenty quid.
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685. Now, that's not expensive,
and tonight for the first time
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686. in the history of this
fucking restaurant
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687. we're not giving anything away.
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688. These chefs aren't the
sharpest knives in the drawer.
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689. So for this bunch I've
deliberately chosen
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690. a trial menu that's
easy to prepare,
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691. and can be turned around
in large numbers.
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692. First starter, mackerel salad
with some fresh chives, yeah?
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693. - Yeah.
- Yeah, mixed in at the ends.
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694. - Yeah!
- Then,
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695. smoked mackerel fillets, bang,
three.
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696. So basically, vinaigrette,
round and bang, bingo!
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697. Beetroot salad, feta, pine
nut and rocket.
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698. What's that in there?
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699. - Balsamic dressing.
- That's right.
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700. Over, dress the beetroot,
something fresh, simple,
fragrant.
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701. How can we fuck that up?
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702. - We can't really.
- Can't really.
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703. - The main courses will
be rib eye steak,
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704. salmon and spatchcock chicken.
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705. Toby's on the grill.
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706. This menu and grill, don't
take this the wrong way,
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707. but it's idiot proof.
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708. Right, can you do that?
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709. - Yeah.
- Are you anxious?
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710. - I am, yes.
- Good, that's healthy.
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711. - 'Cause I don't wanna
fuck it all up.
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712. - No, I don't want you
to fuck it all up either.
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713. Matt the General Manager's
heading up the front of house.
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714. He's a trained chef so
he can see the advantages
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715. of the grill, God knows
about the rest of them?
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716. - I am anxious that it
is all gonna work out
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717. and it's completely diverse
to what we've done before.
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718. It's what we need to do, and
it's the only way forward
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719. out of this, carvery situation.
Copy !req
720. So it'll be fine, it'll be fine,
I keep telling myself that.
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721. - The first
customers are arriving
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dinner, amongst them
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723. a group of rather
spiritual special guests.
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724. - I've invited
the Bishop of Sussex
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725. to head up a VIP table of
local clergymen.
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726. If the kitchen stuff up at least
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727. they'll grant forgiveness.
Copy !req
728. I've asked him to
bless this kitchen
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729. and how he may wish that we
never see a broccoli soup
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730. like you made last week
anywhere near the building.
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731. - Heavenly Father, we thank
you for the gift of food
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732. to delight us and to feed
us, and we ask your blessing
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733. upon this kitchen and these
guys that are working here,
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734. give them a sense of serenity
in the midst of the pressures
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735. they are under, and we
pray a special blessing
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736. upon Gordon, we know
he needs it.
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737. And we ask you to
bless this kitchen
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738. in the name of the Father,
Son and Holy Spirit, Amen.
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739. - Amen!
- That's it, Amen.
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740. - Thank you sir.
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741. - A pleasure.
- Thank you.
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742. - Okay, thank you.
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743. Gentlemen take your seats.
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744. - First order.
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745. - thank you.
- Take a deep breath.
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746. Fill up those things.
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747. Fill 'em up, fill 'em up.
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748. - Big enough, yeah.
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749. - Fill 'em up.
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750. Now, let it go.
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751. All right, two covers,
one Caesar Salad to start
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752. and one Smoked Mackerel.
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753. Two Rib Eyes, one medium rare,
one medium,
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754. two chips, two courgettes.
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755. - Yes chef.
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756. - Bingo.
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757. Come on Bobby, I need you
tonight, you know that.
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758. - Yeah.
- Yeah?
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759. I know you're waiting
on a hip replacement,
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760. but, fuck me, hey, I'm waiting
on the Smoked Mackerel Salad.
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761. Yeah?
- Is that all right, Chef?
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762. No, because you put the
Balsamic Vinegar
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763. around there and it's just,
what's the Balsamic vinegar?
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764. - Olive oil, yeah, that's
for the Caesar salad.
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765. - Oh, fuck me.
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766. - I can't believe it!
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767. Come on Bobby!
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768. Bob's screwed up the
dressing on the first dish.
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769. All Stuart's got to do is
fry courgettes and chips,
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770. but this guy's on
another planet.
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771. Right, what's going next?
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772. Where's the courgettes please?
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773. - They're not ready,
about three minutes.
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774. - What, Excuse me,
hello, look, turn round,
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775. the courgettes are fucking raw.
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776. - God!
- I honestly didn't realise
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777. steak and chips
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778. could be so fucking difficult.
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779. And as the orders mount it's
the return of the zombie
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780. on the grill.
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781. Toby can't run a kitchen
and cook at the same time.
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782. Again, again, fucking
season them,
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783. salt, pepper, olive oil, tray!
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784. You can't just throw a
chicken on a fucking grill
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785. and expect it to fucking, hey,
cook.
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786. You haven't seasoned them again.
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787. - Oh, for fuck's sake.
- God!
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788. - Try not to
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789. throw it on there, yeah?
- How long for the courgettes,
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790. please?
- We're fucking cooking,
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791. we're not playing darts.
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792. With Toby screwing up,
he's now way behind
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793. with the orders, and two
hours into service tables
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794. are still waiting
for their food.
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795. - First thing they did
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take our order,
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797. and then half an hour
later we sat down,
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798. waited half an hour
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799. for our starter,
- I can't actually remember
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800. - What time did you come in?
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801. - and now it's five past nine,
- Quarter past seven.
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802. - quarter past seven
- and we've been here
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803. - the table was booked for.
- for nearly two
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804. and a half hours.
- Quarter past seven?
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805. Quarter past seven.
- We hoped that we
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806. would make a virtue of patience,
so, hey.
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807. - Absolutely.
- We're not unhappy.
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808. - Well, it's
one of the fruits
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809. of the spirit.
- Yeah, exactly.
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810. - Tonight's menu is so
simple any head chef
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811. worth his salt should
be able to cope.
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812. There's too much oil on there.
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813. Too much oil on there.
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814. What the fuck?
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815. Would you seriously eat that?
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816. Hey, would you eat that?
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817. Seriously?
- No.
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818. Where are you at in the queue?
Copy !req
819. - Personally, to be honest,
I don't fucking know,
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821. I haven't got a fucking clue.
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822. - At worst I'd hoped Toby
- Actually we're not
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823. really mad.
- would muddle
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824. through tonight, but this guy
clearly isn't a head chef.
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825. It's one calamity after another.
Copy !req
826. A big deep breath.
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827. Hey, hey, hey!
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828. I'll do the pass, yeah?
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829. I'll stand alongside
you and cook.
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830. Hey, look at me.
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831. Can you do it?
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832. - Give me five minutes.
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833. - Five minutes?
- Three minutes.
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834. Three minutes, yeah, yeah?
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835. Fucking hell, look, I mean,
there's burnt shit everywhere.
Copy !req
836. - Just going to pieces.
Copy !req
837. Don't know what happened there.
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838. - All right, where's
fucking Toby, come on?
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839. Can't throw the towel in.
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840. I can't believe
Toby's walked out.
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841. He's letting everyone down.
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842. Three people with salad,
two chicken, one salmon.
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843. - Fine, okay, Chef.
- No answer, hello Muppets?
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844. - Oh, shit!
- The kitchen's now
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845. even further behind
with the orders
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846. and the night's a disaster.
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847. - No, they're still here,
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848. okay.
- He's got his sauce
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849. and we're waiting for
a sauce here to start
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850. and no salad, and he
hasn't got any main course.
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851. - Are you waiting?
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852. - Scott's
getting it in the neck
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853. from the customers.
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854. - Less than a minute
for the soup?
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855. Yeah, I understand that,
sorry about that.
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856. It's a new menu, it's
the first night,
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857. so I understand its been,
its been challenging
Copy !req
858. for you guys, you've
not had your dinner yet.
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859. 30 people out there that
do not wanna pay
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860. for their dinner.
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861. - Oh, well, I've
fucked up that one, so.
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862. - But we're not doing
30 out of 50,
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863. we're doing like 30 out of 60.
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864. That's what I've got up
there's telling me
Copy !req
865. who's not going to pay
for their dinner,
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866. 30 people at the moment.
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867. Starters, main courses
and dessert, 30 people.
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868. - Ask the fucking Bishop to
take the place over and help,
Copy !req
869. tell him to hold a service
here on Sunday,
Copy !req
870. it'll be more
fucking successful.
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871. Tonight's been a
fucking disaster.
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872. That was bad.
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873. Watching the first
fucking 15 minutes
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874. the way you organise your
kitchen as far as I'm concerned
Copy !req
875. fucking midnight now,
mate, you're not capable
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876. of running a fucking bath.
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877. - Yeah.
- And then you disappear
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878. because you're pissed off.
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879. I'm really sorry, but
tomorrow we're gonna readjust.
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880. If this place has got a chance
to fucking turn around, Matt,
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881. I want you running the
kitchen tomorrow.
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882. You have to concentrate
tomorrow night,
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883. and all I want you
to do is cook.
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884. - Yeah.
- There's such
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885. an amazing opportunity here,
Copy !req
886. fucking to turn this
place around
Copy !req
887. and for everyone to
pull on the row,
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888. and I get an attitude like that.
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889. - Where's your spunk and
fucking pzazz,
Copy !req
890. look, you've got all this
fucking new stuff in here,
Copy !req
891. the roller-coast week
we've been on
Copy !req
892. and you just want to fucking
jerk off out the door
Copy !req
893. 'cause it's fucked up tonight.
Copy !req
894. - We cannot give up,
Copy !req
895. we stay united.
Copy !req
896. One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight of you
Copy !req
897. have to come in here
tomorrow morning as a team.
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898. Just a fucking dynamic team
Copy !req
899. to really want to do
something fucking different.
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900. Restart.
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901. Thank you.
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902. Tough one that one last night.
Copy !req
903. Scott's gonna have to understand
Copy !req
904. if he wants to turn
this place around
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905. then he's gonna have to
invest in proper staff.
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906. Toby is not the head
chef of the grill.
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907. I'm gonna focus in the
kitchen today with Matt
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908. and get some sort of
power in there,
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909. some assertive strength.
Copy !req
910. Hopefully it should be a
vast improvement
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911. on last night's service 'cause
that was a fucking nightmare.
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912. With tonight's launch
only hours away,
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913. I can't afford another
disaster like last night.
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914. The stakes are even higher as
I'm introducing a bigger menu.
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915. Rump steak, rib eye, fillet.
Copy !req
916. Chicken, lamb, tuna, salmon.
Copy !req
917. So we've, like, almost
sort of doubled.
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918. With Matt at the helm
controlling
the kitchen it's a gamble,
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919. and I'm hoping that the
potential
I see in him will pay off.
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920. I like your assertiveness,
you command a lot of sort of,
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921. you know, power, it's nice.
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922. Spread it around,
off-load it on them.
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923. Okay.
- Yeah?
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924. - Yeah, yeah.
- Chop-chop!
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925. With The Priory menu
completely revamped
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926. we've got to get the
message out.
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927. At the railway station
hundreds of city slickers
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928. are returning home.
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929. They're just the wealthy crowd
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930. I want eating at The
Priory every week
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931. now that the carvery's
finally gone.
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932. Steak sandwich, come on,
don't be shy.
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933. I'm going to tempt them
with some prime steak,
Copy !req
934. and it's Scott's job to
market the grill
Copy !req
935. and keep the campaign going.
Copy !req
936. pre-launched.
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937. Anyone heard of The Priory?
Copy !req
938. This is the re-launch
of The Priory.
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939. Try one of those.
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940. What do you think of
that steak sir?
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941. - That is good!
- Fantastic, yeah?
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942. - Really good.
- Fresh, new, innovative,
Copy !req
943. fantastic food and we want
all you guys in there.
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944. Eaten at the carvery
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945. have you?
- Mm-hmm.
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946. - That is a lovely
piece of beef.
Copy !req
947. - Get yourselves a
little sandwich.
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948. - I'm a vegetarian.
- Oh, shit!
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949. You're what?
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950. - I'm so sorry.
- How can you do that?
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951. - Follow me through.
- Thanks, love.
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952. - It's launch night, and the
marketing effort's pulling in
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953. a younger, hipper crowd
to The Priory.
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954. These are the people who
will help the business grow.
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955. There's 80 booked so
we need to impress them
Copy !req
956. to keep them coming back.
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957. So it's time to put a
rocket up these space cadets
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958. before lift-off.
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959. Are we ready guys?
- Yes!
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960. - Yeah, big night, yeah
I'm watching you
Copy !req
961. like a fucking hawk, yeah?
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962. - Yeah.
- I'm gonna be
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963. a fucking CCTV camera
up your arse-hole, yeah?
Copy !req
964. - Show me the grill.
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965. - There it is, show
me the grill.
Copy !req
966. - One more.
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967. - Show me the grill.
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968. - One more.
- Show me the grill.
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969. - That's bollocks, show
me the grill.
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970. One more.
- Show me the grill.
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971. - One more.
- Oh, show me the grill.
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972. - That's it, excellent, Matt.
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973. - Yeah?
- Too smooth to move.
Copy !req
974. Too smooth to move.
- Too smooth to move.
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975. - Excellent, good luck.
Copy !req
976. Make it work, yes, excellent.
Copy !req
977. - Check on, Table 11,
two covers.
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978. One mackerel, one meat,
one new potatoes
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979. Two chips, one courgettes.
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980. - Yes, Chef!
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981. - Good.
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982. Tonight I'm leaving Matt to it.
Copy !req
983. There's no more baby-sitting,
Copy !req
984. and these guys need to show me
Copy !req
985. they can step up to the plate.
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986. I want that medium!
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987. - Yes!
- Look fucking pretty raw
Copy !req
988. on the side to me.
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989. Drop the fucking griddle.
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990. Yeah?
- Yeah.
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991. All right, three mackerel
please Tom, yeah,
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992. I need those next.
- Yes chef.
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993. - Stuey I really
need those sides bubba.
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994. Watch your salmon?
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995. Yeah, table 9.
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996. He looks like he's fucking been
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997. - Yeah, another order
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998. fucked!
- Mike Tysoned, yeah?
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999. - These are going cold Toby,
but, yeah.
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1000. - Yeah, I know, well,
I've just fucked
Copy !req
1001. the salmon haven't I?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, right.
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1002. - Hey, hey, big boy,
that's no way to talk to
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1003. the fucking General Manager.
Copy !req
1004. Where's your respect?
Copy !req
1005. Oh, I'm getting that
Groundhog day feeling.
Copy !req
1006. Matt really needs to hold
the kitchen together.
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1007. Upstairs in the restaurant
the food is getting out
Copy !req
1008. but there are glitches.
Copy !req
1009. Sorry about the tuna,
whose was it?
Copy !req
1010. - That's mine.
- Damn, was it way overcooked?
Copy !req
1011. - Yeah.
Copy !req
1012. - Is that seared?
- What, that one?
Copy !req
1013. - This one?
- No.
Copy !req
1014. - And nothing is on the grill?
Copy !req
1015. - No.
- That one?
Copy !req
1016. - No.
- Nothing on the grill?
Copy !req
1017. - No.
- Shall I call that
Copy !req
1018. and confuse you?
- No.
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1019. It will only
- I'll keep it for a moment
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1020. - fucking confuse me now,
- shall I, yeah?
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1021. I'll keep it for a moment?
- Yes!
Copy !req
1022. - If you ain't got a a
job fucking well let me know.
Copy !req
1023. - Despite Toby's tantrums Matt
has a firm grip on things,
Copy !req
1024. - One medium, and I'm
impressed with how he's keeping
Copy !req
1025. his cool.
- Medium.
Copy !req
1026. And Matt's control of
the kitchen is paying off
Copy !req
1027. in the restaurant.
Copy !req
1028. At last, the grill menu's
going down well.
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1029. Hi darling, what did you have?
Copy !req
1030. I had salmon.
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1031. Salmon?
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1032. It was very nice.
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1033. - Yeah?
- the sauce was
Copy !req
1034. a very nice Bearnaise.
Copy !req
1035. - Are you missing the carvery?
Copy !req
1036. - No, we've been
coming here for,
Copy !req
1037. on and off for the
last 10 years.
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1038. - Really?
- We live in Hayward's Heath,
Copy !req
1039. - Right.
- And I think
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1040. it had run it's course
- Yeah.
Copy !req
1041. the carvery, it's
time for change,
Copy !req
1042. - Yeah!
- and this is excellent.
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1043. - Well, that's very kind,
I'm glad you enjoyed it,
Copy !req
1044. and please come back.
- It was lovely.
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1045. - Five days ago The
Priory was churning out
Copy !req
1046. plates of crap
carvery for a fiver.
Copy !req
1047. Tonight, with freshly
cooked food from the grill
Copy !req
1048. the restaurant's making money,
Copy !req
1049. and the vicar's almost
enthusiastic.
Copy !req
1050. - 3,200 Pounds we've taken.
Copy !req
1051. We did 80 covers tonight.
Copy !req
1052. You know, working that
out through 80 covers
Copy !req
1053. that's 40 pounds a head spend.
Copy !req
1054. You know, clearly, the
concept of a grill works.
Copy !req
1055. I think it's gonna be
very successful.
Copy !req
1056. So that's very good,
so I'm really,
Copy !req
1057. I'm kind of buzzing now.
Copy !req
1058. I'm tired from the week
but very excited.
Copy !req
1059. - Matt's been The
Priory's saviour tonight,
Copy !req
1060. his strength kept the
kitchen going
Copy !req
1061. despite his flock's
obvious flaws.
Copy !req
1062. If you weren't in the
kitchen tonight
Copy !req
1063. nothing would have come out.
Copy !req
1064. You are the sole key individual
Copy !req
1065. that can be
instrumental at turning
Copy !req
1066. this fucking business around,
and I really mean that.
Copy !req
1067. - Thank you.
- And so don't let go
Copy !req
1068. of that strength, I
swear to God,
Copy !req
1069. 'cause if you let go
they're all fucked.
Copy !req
1070. - Now we've done this tonight
Copy !req
1071. this is where I want it to go.
Copy !req
1072. You know, this is where we are,
Copy !req
1073. this is where we are going,
Copy !req
1074. - Yeah!
- as far as I'm concerned.
Copy !req
1075. - Well done.
- Good, thank you.
Copy !req
1076. Cheers.
- I'll see you in a month.
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1077. - Yeah.
- And, fuck me,
Copy !req
1078. I can't wait to come back.
Copy !req
1079. I'm dying to find out
who's gonna be
Copy !req
1080. the fucking head chef.
- All right.
Copy !req
1081. - Good turnaround, the
difference from the carvery
Copy !req
1082. to the grill night and day.
Copy !req
1083. Fuck me, Scott has got
an asset in Matt
Copy !req
1084. and if he lets Matt do his job,
Copy !req
1085. then re-staff the kitchen,
focus, menu's there,
Copy !req
1086. run with it, because it's
hardly fucking rocket science.
Copy !req
1087. It's six weeks since I
was in Hayward's Heath.
Copy !req
1088. I left The Priory grill
with a packed congregation
Copy !req
1089. making a healthy profit.
Copy !req
1090. I'm back and I can't wait to
find out what the score is.
Copy !req
1091. I'm hoping that Matt's still
got a grip of the kitchen
Copy !req
1092. and Scott has been pushing
the business forward
Copy !req
1093. and getting the
message out there.
Copy !req
1094. Hey, how are you big boy?
Copy !req
1095. - I'm well, you?
Copy !req
1096. - Yeah, very well thank you,
how are you?
Copy !req
1097. - Yeah, not bad, not bad.
- You're still in the kitchen?
Copy !req
1098. - I am.
- Good news.
Copy !req
1099. - Yes!
- Very good news.
Copy !req
1100. - Toby, where is he, day off?
Copy !req
1101. - Toby's gone.
- Toby's gone?
Copy !req
1102. - Yeah.
- That's a positive decision.
Copy !req
1103. Toby was sacked for preparing
chicken that was off.
Copy !req
1104. He disputes this, but
left anyway.
Copy !req
1105. So has the business taken off?
Copy !req
1106. And how's it been?
Copy !req
1107. Not busy enough.
- Really?
Copy !req
1108. - Seriously, not busy enough.
Copy !req
1109. - Lunch and dinner or?
Copy !req
1110. - We've probably done
about 230 covers
Copy !req
1111. or thereabouts every week.
Copy !req
1112. - Every, is that all, 230?
- Yeah.
Copy !req
1113. - Christ!
- Yeah, we were doing
Copy !req
1114. on carvery I suppose 700
as an average?
Copy !req
1115. - Christ, so from 700 you
lost 500 covers?
Copy !req
1116. - Comes down to advertising
and we're not advertising
Copy !req
1117. what we're doing.
Copy !req
1118. You know we haven't said
we're not a carvery,
Copy !req
1119. we've gone back to carvery
on the weekend.
Copy !req
1120. - Carvery's back?
- One day a week
Copy !req
1121. guest appearance, I
just think this is
Copy !req
1122. a massive, massive
golden opportunity
Copy !req
1123. that we have potentially
fucked up so far.
Copy !req
1124. - Oh, fucking so frustrating.
Copy !req
1125. Unbelievable, the carvery's back
Copy !req
1126. and the business is failing.
Copy !req
1127. What's the vicar gone and done?
Copy !req
1128. Scott, how are you?
- Hi Gordon, how you doing?
Copy !req
1129. - Yeah, very well thank you.
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1130. I was until I heard the news.
Copy !req
1131. We're down by 500 covers
Copy !req
1132. The message is still
not out there,
Copy !req
1133. and the carvery's come back.
Copy !req
1134. I think you made a big mistake,
Copy !req
1135. you're sending a
conflicted message
Copy !req
1136. by having a carvery on a Sunday.
Copy !req
1137. Why can't you just have a
simple roast and plate it?
Copy !req
1138. - Because that isn't what
the customers around here
Copy !req
1139. are telling me that they want.
Copy !req
1140. - No.
- I get, I get, I get—
Copy !req
1141. - You're losing confidence,
Scott.
Copy !req
1142. - No, no, no, it's not, no,
it's not about that Gordon.
Copy !req
1143. It's a—
- It's a dinosaur
Copy !req
1144. that fucking thing.
Copy !req
1145. What message have you
put out there
Copy !req
1146. about a grill taking place?
Copy !req
1147. - I'm not gonna stand here
and say we've got it all,
Copy !req
1148. you know, everything sorted
out and we've got it going.
Copy !req
1149. Are we ready to bring in
80 covers and do it well?
Copy !req
1150. I don't think we still are.
Copy !req
1151. He could cope with that.
Copy !req
1152. On the back of doing 80
in front of me
Copy !req
1153. with a fucking handicapped
fucking brigade, yeah,
Copy !req
1154. and no disrespect to Toby, but,
you know,
Copy !req
1155. he didn't have the fucking
strongest fucking influence
Copy !req
1156. in the kitchen.
Copy !req
1157. I'm more confident, six
weeks down the line,
Copy !req
1158. you could be doing a
150 on a Saturday night.
Copy !req
1159. I just think it's a
missed opportunity.
Copy !req
1160. I'm infuriated with Scott,
he's so weak-willed,
Copy !req
1161. and he's forgotten the lesson
of the marketing campaign
Copy !req
1162. I started at the rail station.
Copy !req
1163. I call an urgent meeting
with his staff
Copy !req
1164. to shock him into action.
Copy !req
1165. Your asset is driving
the fucking business.
Copy !req
1166. Marketing, selling your
fucking business
Copy !req
1167. and standing there like a
fucking salesman driving it.
Copy !req
1168. And you've got to loosen
up and embrace your staff,
Copy !req
1169. listen to them and move
forward together.
Copy !req
1170. I think sometimes that
you're so fucking worried
Copy !req
1171. about your persona in
front of them
Copy !req
1172. because of your weakness
in the industry—
Copy !req
1173. - I'm seriously trying to
help you do this Scott.
Copy !req
1174. You know, seriously,
there is no other
Copy !req
1175. ultimatum kind of thing
that we're doing
Copy !req
1176. is to help do this, and
make it run more smoothly.
Copy !req
1177. - We're going out on the
streets today,
Copy !req
1178. and we're gonna fucking
drum up some business,
Copy !req
1179. and ties are banned.
Copy !req
1180. - Why, what's wrong with
being smartly dressed,
Copy !req
1181. and turned out in a
nice restaurant?
Copy !req
1182. - Nothing wrong with being
Copy !req
1183. smartly dressed.
- So, if I wanna wear a tie
Copy !req
1184. I wanna wear a tie.
- No, you're not
Copy !req
1185. letting me finish.
Copy !req
1186. Let me finish.
- Yeah, go on then.
Copy !req
1187. - Before we get all fucking
angry and take a swipe.
Copy !req
1188. And, fuck me, am I quick.
Copy !req
1189. There's a level of
casualness when you've got
Copy !req
1190. an open necked shirt rather than
Copy !req
1191. an office point of view with
a fucking shirt and tie on.
Copy !req
1192. Are you worried about the tie?
Copy !req
1193. It's a nice tie.
Copy !req
1194. - On or off?
- Off.
Copy !req
1195. - On or off?
- Off.
Copy !req
1196. - On or off?
- Off.
Copy !req
1197. - Yeah you can off as well.
Copy !req
1198. - Is it coming of?
Copy !req
1199. It's, yeah!
Copy !req
1200. Look at his face now.
Copy !req
1201. - Yeah!
- Well, that's better.
Copy !req
1202. - All right,
- Yeah,
Copy !req
1203. is it safe outside.
- I'll take my tie off.
Copy !req
1204. - Freed from the shackles
of his suit and tie,
Copy !req
1205. Scott's gotta rev up his
marketing drive.
Copy !req
1206. It's what he should have
been doing six weeks ago,
Copy !req
1207. and now we need all
hands on deck.
Copy !req
1208. Big smile!
Copy !req
1209. Mr. Restaurateur lead
the way, let's go ladies.
Copy !req
1210. Yesterday they had
seven for dinner,
Copy !req
1211. tonight I want a full house.
Copy !req
1212. Yes, go on Matt, get in there,
Copy !req
1213. work your magic.
- Lovely, yeah!
Copy !req
1214. - Come on, get in there,
and work it, go on.
Copy !req
1215. - Lovely.
- Let's go.
Copy !req
1216. - It's the young and wealthy
Scott needs to attract,
Copy !req
1217. they're the future for
his restaurant.
Copy !req
1218. - It's cheese.
- You're gonna have to.
Copy !req
1219. - And we've got a
booking from you tonight,
Copy !req
1220. you're gonna come in
and visit us
Copy !req
1221. so we can show you a real
good time and you get,
Copy !req
1222. you know, it'll be buzzing.
Copy !req
1223. - Four of us at 7.30?
- 7.30, fantastic.
Copy !req
1224. After less than an hour
The Priory's 100 seats
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1225. are filling up.
- Table for 7 at 8.45.
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1226. - Oh, no!
- Yeah!
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1227. - We're nearly fully
booked for tonight,
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1228. and you still look unhappy.
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1229. - I'm loving it.
- Uh?
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1230. - Absolutely, no, I love it,
I love it.
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1231. I'm not unhappy.
- He's missing his tie.
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1232. - Oh, fucking hell.
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1233. - Too loose.
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1234. Spreading the good word on
the streets has paid off,
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1235. and tonight The Priory's
full of customers.
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1236. Has Scott finally repented
for his marketing sins?
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1237. - Yeah, I've learnt from
today that it's the marketing
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1238. that's the most important thing.
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1239. A lot of these people have
never been here before,
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1240. and they're now raving about it.
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1241. And, so, yeah, it's absolutely
what we need to do now.
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1242. - They're young,
they're vibrant,
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1243. and it's exactly the
kind of customers
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1244. that you deserve, yeah?
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1245. - Drive it.
- Thank you very much.
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1246. Yeah.
- Yeah?
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1247. And I mean drive it,
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1248. - Yeah!
- and don't stop driving it.
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1249. Yeah?
- No, exactly!
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1250. It's not a one day thing,
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1251. it's a ongoing, yeah!
- No!
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1252. No, no, no, no.
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1253. And do me one more favour.
- Yeah?
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1254. - Undo another button.
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1255. Goodnight, good luck, mate.
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1256. Scott now just needs
to drive it.
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1257. Business doesn't just
come and sit on your lap,
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1258. you gotta go looking for it.
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1259. And if you don't,
you're gonna fail.
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1260. As a cocktail what's it
called, I need a name for it?
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1261. Oh?
- Something to do
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1262. with the—
- I know,
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1263. isn't it called a
vicar's tipple.
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1264. Come on Andy, yes or no?
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1265. - A monk's bunk.
- A monk's spunk?
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1266. - Oh, God!
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1267. - I said bunk, I said bunk.
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1268. - A monk's bunk?
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1269. Oh, my god, shit (voice
drowned out).
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