Location: Lancaster, California
The Italian restaurant/bar suffers from a lazy chef who believes his disgusting food is fine and the status of the business is nothing more than hilarious.
Note: this episode was produced as part of season 2, but not aired until season 3.
Tropes
- The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes: Despite co-owner Jeremy's former career being in carpet cleaning, the carpet on Casa Roma's floor is absolutely filthy.
- Epic Fail: During the initial tasting, it took an hour for Gordon to get his starter, and another thirty minutes on top of that to get his main course. This would be bad enough if the restaurant was busy, but Gordon was the only customer there. Then, in the subsequent dinner service, they only served main courses to 3 tables out of a possible 25. Not surprisingly, Gordon demanded that they fire their head chef before he'd even consider going any further.
- Establishing Character Moment: Erick's first quote is "Ramsay is a 5 star Michelin chef means he has 4 tires and a spare" shows himself as a Know-Nothing Know-It-All not realizing Michelin only gives 3-star rankings.
- Lethal Chef: Erick had to be fired during the episode because Gordon and the owners could see the restaurant couldn't move on with him.
- Medal of Dishonor: Head Chef Erick, who in addition to being terrible at his job, regarded the restaurant's woes as a source of Black Comedy for himself.
