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Gordon is at Sushi Ko in California. Owner Akira was a successful sushi chef at someone else's restaurant so he and his wife Lisa decided to branch out on their own. When they started, business was booming but it soon slowed down. They're losing up to $20,000 a month and Akira is a shadow of his former self. Gordon is Sushi Ko's last hope.

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Gordon is at Sushi Ko in California. Owner Akira was a successful '''Location:''' Thousand Oaks, California

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sushi chef at someone else's restaurant is now so he and his wife Lisa decided to branch out on their own. When hard up for cash they started, business was booming but it soon slowed down. They're losing up to $20,000 a month are re-using yakitori skewers and Akira it's owner is so beaten down by life he refuses to call himself a shadow of his former self. Gordon is Sushi Ko's last hope.
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* DownerEnding: The uptick in business didn't last; Sushi Ko closed for good in 2009.



* SpecialGuest: The daughter of the owner turned out to be Hana Hatae, who is best known for playing Molly O'Brien from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.

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* SpecialGuest: The daughter of the owner turned out to be Hana Hatae, who is best known for playing Molly O'Brien from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.
* StoppedCaring: Akira had burned out so badly he was one more disaster from becoming an EmptyShell.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Poor poor Akira is constantly berated and verbally abused by his wife, which no doubt added to his depression.
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* TheEeyore: Owner Akira was driven to such depression and self-loathing by the restaurant's financial problems that he refused to so much as wear a chef's jacket while working, feeling himself unworthy of it. One of Gordon's therapeutic techniques for him was trying to persuade him to put one on whenever possible.

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* TheEeyore: Owner Akira was driven to such depression and self-loathing by the restaurant's financial problems that he refused to so much as wear a chef's jacket while working, feeling himself unworthy of it. One of Gordon's therapeutic techniques for him was trying to persuade him to put one on whenever possible.possible.
* SpecialGuest: The daughter of the owner turned out to be Hana Hatae, who is best known for playing Molly O'Brien from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.
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Gordon heads to Thousand Oaks, California to help a failing Greek restaurant. The business is losing money each money and the husband and wife owners are on the brink of divorce with their daughter caught in the middle. Gordon needs to work quickly to help correct the food, decor and worker dynamic before the restaurant rips this family apart.

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Gordon heads to Thousand Oaks, California to help a failing Greek restaurant. The business is losing money each money and the husband and wife owners are on the brink of divorce with their daughter caught at Sushi Ko in the middle. Gordon needs to work quickly to help correct the food, decor and worker dynamic before the California. Owner Akira was a successful sushi chef at someone else's restaurant rips this family apart.
so he and his wife Lisa decided to branch out on their own. When they started, business was booming but it soon slowed down. They're losing up to $20,000 a month and Akira is a shadow of his former self. Gordon is Sushi Ko's last hope.
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* DysfunctionalFamily: The head chef had become little more than a shell of a man which caused him to almost completely ignore his family as a result.

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* DysfunctionalFamily: The head chef had become little more than a shell of a man which caused him to almost completely ignore his family as a result.result.
* TheEeyore: Owner Akira was driven to such depression and self-loathing by the restaurant's financial problems that he refused to so much as wear a chef's jacket while working, feeling himself unworthy of it. One of Gordon's therapeutic techniques for him was trying to persuade him to put one on whenever possible.
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* DysfunctionalFamily: The head chef had become little more than a shell of a man which caused him to almost completely ignore his family as a result.
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Gordon heads to Thousand Oaks, California to help a failing Greek restaurant. The business is losing money each money and the husband and wife owners are on the brink of divorce with their daughter caught in the middle. Gordon needs to work quickly to help correct the food, decor and worker dynamic before the restaurant rips this family apart.

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