>>>So does he also find an equal number of good restaurants that he praises on air?
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>>I think an even better question - do any of the restaurants where he gives "tough love" ever get better? :)
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>I don't believe, as does Mike, that this is not about him. Why does he need a TV show in order to go and ream out bad restaurants? This is about being a bully on air. It's about showing his prowess to the world.

If he's supposedly espousing "best practices" then there's no reason not to go for as wide an audience as possible i.e. get the "good word" out.

Compare him to someone like "Holmes on Homes" who is arguably doing a similar thing. Admittedly what Holmes is doing is more objective - there are building codes to follow, and if you do it right the roof doesn't leak and the drains don't back up. A lot of what Ramsay does is not easily measurable, and is subjective or touchy-feely - but those things are often what make or break a restaurant.