Waking from the Nightmare
A year ago programme makers for Channel 4 stormed into the kitchens of four struggling restaurants scattered across Britain in an attempt to transform them. They sent in Gordon Ramsay, who was given just one week to convert the flagging businesses into raging successes.
One of those businesses was the Glass House in Ambleside, a 100-seat restaurant set in picturesque Cumbria. When Ramsay arrived, turnover was down, the menu was - according to Ramsay - "confusing and bizarre", staff morale was low and owner Neil Farrell was on the verge of selling up.