Tonight, on Kitchen Nightmares...
Mojito's Cuban Cafe feels like the set
of a soap opera
that stars two hot Latin lovers.
They were once romantic newlyweds...
Everybody say, "You are the perfect couple."
Proud owners of a restaurant
they treated like a newborn baby.
It's everything for me.
Today, the passion is gone.
The marriage is over.
And the business is on the rocks.
Get it together, Marcelo.
Control.
Listen, I can't control everything.
She used to show respect for me.
Not now.
Do it, do it, do it now.
Always at each other's throats...
The staff is constantly caught in the crossfire.
Who's trying to sabotage this?
Katalina and Marcelo's constant fighting...
They're-- Let me talk.
Is definitely hurting the restaurant.
To save Mojito's,
Chef Ramsay must find out what killed the marriage.
Did she meet another man? Yeah.
Do you love him?
Or these two soul mates will see
The death of their dream.
You're not doing it right
Because it's not perfect.
Go out of my kitchen!
Tonight, the soap opera
of Mojito's.
Do you think it's time
That one of you says good-bye?
Brooklyn, New York,
Just across the East River from Manhattan.
This historic neighborhood has become
a hip and trendy place to live.
Seven years ago, Kata and Marcelo moved here
just after they got married.
We always wanted to have a restaurant and wanted
to make our dream come true.
We decide to open a restaurant-- Mojito's, a Cuban food.
We live together upstairs in the apartments.
Hi, guys. How are you? Welcome.
I been cooking my whole life, and I love it.
We share responsibilities of the restaurant.
He takes the back house, and I take the front house.
I do the food, the orders,
The payroll.
I do everything.
About a year after we opened the restaurant,
things started going very bad.
Kata!
Marcelo and I are constantly fighting.
Just have a look at the rice.
The rice-- you're right there.
Yes, we are on it.
Marcelo, why don't you listen to me?
What? Let me finish my way in my way.
Isn't that your responsibility?
Do it, do it, do it now.
That's not the way you make it.
I don't respect Marcelo
because he doesn't know how to handle pressure.
Where are the guava and cheese here?
You're the chef, and you don't know?
They will fight in front of customers.
It gets ugly.
We destroy a marriage,
And I don't want to destroy my restaurant.
Zero.
We have invested everything we have.
Like, $300,000.
If I lost the restaurant, I would lose my dream.
I would lose my baby. This is my baby.
I sacrifice for Mojito's my relationship...
Where is Kata?
The most important thing I have.
Mojito's destroy our lives.
Sorry.
Mojito, the restaurant I'm about to visit,
what I do know is it's the only Cuban restaurant in Brooklyn,
so that has to be a big plus.
But what I don't know is,
why do they need my help?
Right.
Well, hello.
Hi. Hi.
Hello. First name is? Katalina.
Nice to meet you.
Nice meeting you.
And you're the...
I'm one of the owners/chef.
Okay. I have a partner.
Marcelo is his name.
Right.
We used to be married. We've been separated for two years.
You used to be married? To my partner.
Oh,.
It's just like water and oil.
We just don't mix anymore.
It's just like conflict all the time.
It's all about the food.
I'll have a look through the menu.
Nice to meet you. Same here.
Okay, enjoy your lunch. Thank you.
Oh, my God.
Real interesting decor.
Yeah, it's almost like a sort of garage sale gone wrong.
How are you, sir?
Good. How are you?
Yeah, I'm ready. Thank you.
Let's start off with chicken classic soup.
And let's go for the pescata marinara.
My favorite. Yeah?
Absolutely.
I really believe Chef Ramsay gonna like the food.
I think that 97% of my food will be great.
Thank you very much.
That was very fast.
Very fast indeed.
Let's hope it's good.
It's cold.
I don't want to be a pain in the ass,
but could I have the soup hot?
It's cold. Hot! It's cold.
Let me get that hot for you, okay?
Absolutely.
He would like a hot soup. Not cold.
Who say that? Ramsay said.
What happened with the soup?
I have a thermometer here.
Boiling hot. You want to check?
You want to check with me?
It wasn't boiling hot?
It's boiling hot.
Before you guys send something out,
please check, double check,
triple check, and check one more time.
Yes, yes, yes.
Listen.
I'm sorry about that. Don't worry.
Just when I went to taste these,
these are so salty.
I mean, you'd need six mojitos
before you start eating six spoons of that.
You're right.
They're disgusting.
Excuse me. Let me take this back.
What a shame.
They couldn't even get the basics right.
Do me a favor. Try the beans.
Marcelo, try the beans.
Salty as hell.
Throw it out!
Get it together, Marcelo! Control!
Listen, I can't control everything!
Take a spoon, and you taste everything.
I'm gonna taste, but listen--
No, they're salty. Throw them out.
Exchange 'em for new ones.
Shh.
Holy crap.
Get out of here.
It's my kitchen.
My God.
There's definitely, definitely a lack of harmony in the kitchen.
It's getting cold.
Instead of arguing, do it, do it, do it, do it now.
"I want this one right--right now."
Oh, my God.
It's gonna be a complete disaster.
Change the beans, and do what you have to do.
Then go out here.
I'm not going out. I'm not.
Go out here. Go out of my kitchen.
Go out of my kitchen.
Go out of my kitchen now.
How you doing?
Yeah, fine, thank you.
And you? I'm fine.
Can I get you anything else while you wait for the food?
No, I'm gonna wait for the tilapia.
Okay. Thank you.
I hope it comes out right.
Thank you very much. All right.
Wow. I know. I can't believe it.
The beans, the basic of us.
I hope you enjoy it because it's actually
My favorite dish. Thank you.
"Delicious."
Wow.
He love it. Yeah. He loves it.
The fish is not cooked.
The fish is not cooked?
Ah, it's really not.
That is a shame.
♪ I'm gonna bring it back
that's a very big mistake
on behalf of the kitchen.
Not cooked.
Raw fish.
What's wrong with you guys?
It's raw. It's not cooked.
I put the tester, the oven tester--
No good. Raw.
This is raw. Raw fish.
Raw, raw, raw.
This never comes raw.
What's wrong? Eh?
Excuse me.
Santa Catalina, please.
Marcelo cannot handle pressure.
He should not be in the kitchen at all.
One, two, three filters, and everything's coming out wrong?
It's unbelievable!
Good-bye.
Bitch.
Coming up on Kitchen Nightmares...
I'm the boss here.
You have to listen to me.
The chaos goes from bad to worse.
Kata is out of control.
Marcelo, get out of the kitchen.
Get out of the kitchen.
And Marcelo is out the door.
What's wrong with this girl?
Then you're not gonna believe
What's hidden downstairs.
Chef Ramsay's shocking discovery
that makes everyone sick.
I could not believe my eyes.
Can Chef Ramsay bring these two together
and get the restaurant back on track?
Do you think it's time that one of you
says good-bye?
Or will one of them walk out
Of the restaurant for good?
See you later.
That's next on Kitchen Nightmares.
After a terrible lunch service,
Chef Ramsay wants to meet Kata's business partner Marcelo,
as well as the chefs responsible for his meal.
How are you? Fine, thank you.
Yeah? Good, and this is?
Eduardo. Eduardo.
Okay, let me just tell you something.
Lunch was a disaster.
Who is the head chef?
I am the head. You are the head chef.
Yes. Talk to me about the black beans.
Was that perfect?
No, the beans was not perfect.
It was salty.
Who cooked the tilapia? I cook.
It was raw.
I could hear a lot of shouting.
Is that normal?
That's all we hear every day.
What do you mean every day?
Every single day.
Kata's always pushing me, pushing me.
I say, "Listen, do your thing.
Let me do my thing."
But she's in her thing and my thing all together.
Checking your performance.
You are not my boss.
I'm not your boss. I'm your partner.
Do you still live together?
- No. - No, we separated.
He lives in his own apartment.
And I live here in the building.
Upstairs? Upstairs.
Literally upstairs.
Oh, dear.
Okay, right now, I need some fresh air.
I'm gonna go for a walk.
And I'll be in service tonight,
watching everything.
And try to do a better job
than you did for me lunchtime.
Okay?
I'll be back.
After a miserable lunch,
Chef Ramsay wants to see how this feuding couple
handles dinner service.
Guys, Chef Ramsay's here.
Please keep focus and do everything according.
Don't send anything out that is not right.
Because she just talk and talk
and talk and talk and talk, talk, talk, talk.
What's all that on the windows there?
- What is all that? - The blue bottles?
They're just for decoration.
Decoration? Decoration. That's it.
Water, but... What have you colored it with?
Toilet bowls. Toilet bowls?
To make the blue water,
and I put it in there.
I mean, I've heard of restaurants
bottling water but...
It's just for decoration.
Just for decoration? Not for drink.
Not for human consumption.
Unless you've eaten here.
Word has spread
of Chef Ramsay's arrival in Brooklyn.
Hi, how are you?
And Mojito's is busier than usual.
You guys have a reservation? Yes.
Either one of these two tables.
Enjoy your dinner, guys.
Can I just do, like, the grilled shrimp?
Yes. Thank you.
With the first orders in,
Chef Ramsay is looking forward
to seeing the head chef in action.
Marcelo?
Marcelo.
Are you expediting?
Yes. You are?
You could open up and at least talk.
The kitchen staff, we do so much better without Marcelo.
Stop putting the tickets
that I'm already starting there here
'cause it's all me up.
He doesn't know what the hell he's doing.
There is no appetizer.
There is an appetizer.
Oh, yeah, you're right.
What is that for?
That's for A3.
A--A3? Yes!
No, I need it...
Clearly, Marcelo has no control
Of his kitchen.
Oh, my God.
Not only is food slowly making
Its way to the dining room...
The dishes are not exactly being well-received.
Paella's horrible.
Really?
All right, I'll be happy to have them fix that for you, okay?
What's the matter? They're undercooked.
They wanted them cooked a little bit more.
Marcelo,
please keep checking that everything that comes out--
we check it already. we got it.
We got it. We got it.
Marcelo doesn't expedite. He doesn't have consistency.
He just like send things out just to get 'em out of the way.
They ordered the shrimp quesadilla,
But the gentleman says that he really doesn't like it.
Would you like to order something instead of that?
I don't want you to go home hungry.
No problem. I'm sorry, guys.
Let me have this.
Question.
Who made this? You guys should know better.
How can you allow food to come out like that nasty?
Not nasty.
We are doing something.
You're gonna tell me
The quesadilla's supposed to be crispy,
and it was, like, soggy.
No, not crispy.
It's not crispy.
It's supposed to be nicer.
The bad part of Kata
is that she's not actually hands-on.
She's just adding fire.
Are you trying to sabotage this?
She's making the situation worse.
It's not perfect!
Oh, dear.
Marcelo, a beaten man.
He's soulless.
If that's expediting,
well, he might as well still be at home.
Kata, well, she can definitely talk,
but she's not doing anything.
Talk, talk, talk, talk, but nothing being done.
Kitchen's in chaos,
and the restaurant is sinking.
It's cold.
I don't want it. I'm done.
Chef Ramsay has seen enough
of this service.
Customers are unhappy.
And there's chaos in the kitchen.
So he decides to take a break from the madness
and check out the food storage.
Look at all this food in here.
And what he finds
is an outraGeous amount of food
for a failing restaurant.
How much produce is in this fridge?
Trays and trays of produce.
Look, and they put
the fresh one at the front,
and at the back,
you've got the squidgy one.
Marinated skirt.
No, tilapia.
That is what you call dry chicken.
That's more chicken.
There must be thousands and thousands of dollars' worth
of food here.
If their cash flow is in the ,
This...
is a big reason why.
- Thank you. - Thank you very much.
Have a good night, guys.
After observing dinner service,
Chef Ramsay now knows
that Mojito's problems
are not just confined
to a bad relationship...
and subpar food.
We'll never come here again.
In fact, Mojito's is in much worse shape
than he thought.
Right, let's start off
with tonight's dinner service.
Or shall I say a disservice?
Customers pissed off?
Dishes being returned.
If each and every one of you
want this restaurant to work,
you all have to reach for a standard.
Whether you're serving food,
whether you're cooking food,
or whether you're sending food.
At the end of service,
I popped downstairs.
Who does the purchasing in here?
Who buys the fish,
the meat,
and the vegetables?
Me.
Marcelo.
Stay there.
Let me just show you something.
Right now I'm really nervous
because I don't know what gonna happen.
Take that up for me, please.
Just bring the whole tray up for me.
I don't know what's gonna happen.
I don't know what to expect.
I'm scared.
Wow.
Oh, man!
Mojito's is over $300,000 in debt.
I am amazed.
What Chef Ramsay found
in the basements is one of the reasons why.
Oh, no.
Oh, my God.
I'm not even gonna look.
Thank you.
Okay.
I was speechless.
How can Marcelo
allow something like this to happen?
I've never seen
such waste in my entire life.
You've got enough food
down there to serve a banquet
of 5,000.
There's seven of these
down there.
Seven.
I don't know if I'm going
to kill Eduardo first
or I'm gonna kill myself first.
This is rapidly shutting down
the restaurant.
I've got some work to do.
And I got to get out of here, guys.
That makes me feel sick.
I'm the owner,
And this is my kitchen.
This is my place.
I should be the one taking control of the situation.
Chef Ramsay uncovered many problems
At Mojito's.
But for this restaurant to ever work properly,
he has to understand the issues
between Marcelo and Kata.
So he spends the morning with both of them.
Okay, all I've seen so far
is a bossy, angry little princess.
The restaurant's suffering on the back
of both of you constantly hurting each other.
He does it to you,
you do it to him. and it's so sad.
And it's affecting everybody else
down the line. it's embarrassing.
Take me back seven years when you got married.
We are together all time.
Everybody say, "You are the perfect couple."
We decide to have a baby,
so we started to do fertilization process.
The IVF.
And nothing happened.
I was putting everything into it.
Mm-hmm.
And I was willing to sacrifice and to do
and go to the treatment,
but there was no support from him.
While I was on the treatment injecting myself,
he was out partying with friends.
Mm-hmm.
I was being left alone.
That's when I'm like, no, not happening.
You're not coming home to met at 7:00 in the morning.
I'm your wife. Yeah.
So that's when everything started going wrong.
How did the marriage break down?
She go to Florida
for one year and a half in Miami.
Did she meet somebody else in Miami?
Did she meet another man in Miami? Yeah.
I took a trip.
During the trip, I decided that I was going to leave him.
"You're not making me happy,
"I'm not making you happy,
go your way, I'll go my way."
Do you think it's time that one of you
says good-bye to the business?
And give each other space.
I think it would be very healthy.
I want Kata off of this business.
She doesn't do nothing.
How important is the business for you?
It's everything for me.
The person that I was married to,
that person doesn't exist anymore.
He's gone.
And I have to move on.
And that's what I'm doing.
And I take the loss of my marriage,
and I think that's the price
that I have to pay for my business.
So I'm taking it on my business.
Because it's all I have left.
Whatever it takes,
I'll go to the end.
Until I feel there is nothing else that I can do.
I've got a plan.
I just--I need to see you
like it was 4 1/2, 5 years ago.
You know, funny,
confident, and no bickering.
I'm committed.
Okay. Okay.
Thank you. Come here.
Stand strong.
Thank you.
Marcelo and I, if we don't find a way
to communicate, if we don't find a way
to get into an agreement,
the restaurant is going to go down the drain.
But Marcelo really drives me crazy.
And I don't think it's gonna work ever.
While Kata and Marcelo have
Both lost their passion for each other,
Chef Ramsay wants to know if they still have
their passion for the food.
One thing I haven't seen since I've been here
is you two working together.
So that's exactly what we're gonna do now.
With all these ingredients in front of you,
Cook me something authentic, something Cuban.
And do it together.
Oh, gosh, are we gonna be able to do this?
Hey, no arguing.
Yes?
we can't be together at the kitchen.
Oh, okay.
I'll make the shrimp
with pineapple sauce.
Okay, let me do the fricassee.
Marcelo wanted to make chicken, but I wanted to do my shrimp.
So we started cooking two dishes instead of one.
Very quiet in here.
Everybody okay?
Everything good.
Everything's good. Is this dish done together?
We're doing two dishes.
No.
I want to see you two moppets
work together.
One dish.
Oh, my God.
That's not gonna happen.
Okay, okay, okay, don't fret.
Just keep moving.
One dish?
Two.
50/50.
Oh. Unbelievable.
Okay.
Chicken with potatoes.
Whose idea was it to do the shrimp?
Who was it? Me.
Mm-hmm. Simple flavors.
I think I did a much better job than Marcelo.
Mm, I like that.
Nice.
That's nice.
What is that? Chicken fricassee.
Presentation, it's not as attractive as the shrimp.
Clearly.
Not blow me away.
It's mediocre.
The shrimp is the dish
I'd love to pay for in a local Cuban restaurant.
We'll do that as a special
tonight, yes?
It makes me feel wonderful
that my dish has been chosen
for one of the specials
by Chef Ramsay. an honor.
Okay, good.
Now do me one more favor.
off out together
through the doors.
See if you can just manage walking out together.
Hell.
While Chef Ramsay works
On another special with Chef Eduardo...
Come on, let's do something together, yes?
Something special is also happening
Out in the dining room.
Marcelo.
Kata and Marcelo
Are communicating.
I wanted to ask you
if you want to switch tonight.
I'll be in the kitchen,
you wanna be here?
You come out here, you stay out front,
you just, like, follow the lead.
The people in the kitchen...
gonna run out.
With her attitude,
with her.
She's a nightmare.
Coming up
On Kitchen Nightmares...
I'm the boss here. Remember who I am.
Kata's on the warpath in the kitchen.
If I want to scream, I can do it.
And nothing...
He's standing there doing nothing!
Or nobody...
I'll do it myself.
Will get in her way.
You have to listen to me.
Everything is a disaster.
And the dining room
Led by Marcelo is a circus.
Don't bounce around like a monkey.
Will the soap opera
Have a happy ending,
or will Mojito's go up in flames?
Marcelo, get out of the kitchen.
Get out of the kitchen.
That's next on Kitchen Nightmares.
Chef Ramsay's plan for tonight's dinner service
features his garlic chicken
and Kata's shrimp with mango salsa.
Tonight's going to be a lot better
than we had last night, yes?
Yes.
But Kata has a plan
Of her own.
Chef Ramsay, we're gonna be switching places.
Marcelo and I.
I'm gonna be in the kitchen starting.
He's gonna be front house.
I mean, that sounds great.
Who came to that decision?
We both did, yes.
Whoo.
Round of applause.
That's amazing. Wow.
Uh? Everybody's happy.
So I want fast, efficient service,
hot food,
and, more importantly,
you got to show me that you can handle
small changes.
Expedite, host,
serve, cook.
Let's go, yeah?
Hey, how are you? Good, how are you?
Welcome to Mojito. Thank you.
I'm definitely really nervous
about tonight's dinner service.
I don't think Marcelo does well
in the front of the house.
Okay, don't bounce around like a monkey, yeah?
Walk in the dining room.
As patrons enter the restaurant...
Welcome to Mojito.
Kata takes the helm in the kitchen.
While you work for me, I'm your boss.
So you're here and fryer. This is your section.
I can definitely handle pressure
in the back of the house.
It needs more chicken than vegetables.
And I know I'm gonna do much better work than Marcello.
How you doing, guys?
We have a couple of specials tonight.
It's a lemon and garlic garden chicken.
We also have two jumbo grilled shrimp
with tropical salsa.
You want the chicken special?
Thank you so much.
Here we go, guys.
First order, yes?
Guacamole and cheese. Beef empanadas.
And then we're gonna have a garlic chicken.
I'll tell you when to throw it to Roscoe.
And one order of empanadas, one chicken, one beef.
Let me have an order of jumbo shrimp and one guacamole.
Pick up, two chicken specials!
Thank you, team.
Another order of the jumbo shrimp special.
Tonight's dinner service is off
to a good start. Good.
Kata has control of the kitchen.
One chicken.
And customers are enjoying the specials.
Very good.
I don't know why,
but it feels better tonight.
Way better. Why?
Katalina is awesome in the kitchen.
Two guacamole and chips.
One tropical shrimp.
Marcelo is actually better in the front
'cause it's less stress on him.
Senor, thank you so much. Good luck.
So he's better in the front,
She's better in the kitchen.
Yeah, I believe so.
Three more chickens in total.
You look so good and composed back here.
That's how you do it.
Hello. Holler back, baby.
Holler back. Thank you, baby.
This restaurant is still chaotic,
but there's a massive, significant difference.
Kata can handle pressure a thousand times better
than Marcelo, and the good news
is the specials are flying out.
While the new specials are a big hit with the diners...
Really good.
The original menu
Is striking out. I have to get something else.
Coming up.
What's wrong?
He didn't like the-- he says it has a strange taste.
Strange taste. Yes.
Okay, let's go, guys. Pick up.
Kata, this steak was strange taste.
- Can I have a instead? - Yes.
It's on the window.
Keep it respectful. Remember who I am.
I'm the boss, like it or not.
You have to listen to me.
You're waiting for your sides still, right?
Yes, he's getting it.
Well, let me have the ticket.
What's the mess with the ticket?
I'm feeling a lot of pressure.
There's lost tickets.
There's food coming out wrong.
Everything is a disaster.
And Chef Ramsay is watching us.
I need a container for the tickets.
Ice buckets.
I need a spike in the kitchen.
We're losing tickets.
My God, those sandwiches are not ready yet?
When we get busy, Kata loses herself.
She becomes very confused.
We have one of the tropical shrimp.
Everything went out?
She doesn't know what really's going on.
Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on.
It's chaos.
It's an hour and a half
into dinner service,
and the restaurant is in utter turmoil.
There are lost orders...
I need a spike in the kitchen
'cause we're losing tickets.
Unhappy customers,
And Kata is spinning out of control.
Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on.
Mojito's is on the rocks
once again.
That's getting cold.
We cannot have any more food waiting for one order.
Kata, you put in one order for one ticket like this.
No!
Five minutes later.
, five minutes later.
Marcelo, get out of the kitchen.
Get out of the kitchen.
She become like a tiger.
"Get out of my kitchen!
Hey, go out!"
Out of the kitchen. Okay, now, get out of the kitchen.
Thank you, Marcelo.
What's--what's wrong with this girl?
She's crazy.
That's perfect. Thank you.
That doesn't leave there, yeah?
The kitchen is getting behind.
Everything is not coming out right.
Everything's going wrong.
I have to, like, take control
and do something, take some action.
All right, guys.
This order, we have to make it perfect.
Perfect.
Yeah, here we go, yeah?
Okay, so you need two churrasco medium,
two garden chicken,
one pescado marinero,
one milanesa breaded.
Kata.
Is the chicken coming?
B1.
After a good start,
A miserable middle,
Kata pushes for a strong finish.
Kata seems to be doing better.
Two chickens, yes.
Nice.
Now she's got a better grip on tickets, on expediting.
Take that chicken.
Go team!
Brilliant. Well done.
Tonight was so much better than last night.
A lot smoother.
Take care.
Good night.
After an up-and-down service,
Chef Ramsay knows that for Mojito's to reach
its potential...
That is beautiful.
Kata and Marcelo have to be
On the same page.
Okay, first of all, tonight was better.
But, let me tell you,
we can't just get by
on two specials.
We need to be consistent.
So it was a small step forward.
Now we have to take
a giant leap forward.
That will be done tomorrow.
We're gonna relaunch this restaurant...
I'm gonna be working on the menu
throughout the whole night.
But before I leave you here,
I'm gonna ask you a very serious question.
And I spent a lot of time with both of you,
and I totally accept
that the possibility of a husband-and-wife scenario
is not on the cards.
That is not gonna happen.
But you both own the place.
And what I need to know from both of you
is that are you prepared to put the grievances,
your egos,
your frustrations,
your anger aside,
and completely focus on your baby,
and that is the Mojito restaurant.
'Cause if you can do that,
you've got a strong possibility
of making this place work.
If you can't,
then we have a big, problem.
Good night.
It's up to us.
I hope in my heart
Kata and me can work together.
With the belief that Kata and Marcelo
Are committed to working together,
Chef Ramsay and his team spend the night
giving Mojito's a much-needed makeover.
Good morning. Welcome to Mojito's.
Wow.
The new Mojito's, yes?
Doesn't it feel twice as big?
Hello, Cuba.
This looks amazing.
Blocking out all that natural light
Was crazy.
Look how bright this place is. And it's fresh.
Open air. Open.
First thing that's gone missing
are the 500 bottles
that were stopping all that natural light.
Oh, that's beautiful.
Take a look
At where your bottles have gone.
No more blue rinse cleaner.
Kata, what do you think?
This is amazing.
This is a huge step
of moving forward.
And this has, like, inspired us
and, like, give everyone
this part that we were missing
to keep going
and keep working hard.
Great restaurant. Yes?
Yes. Now you need a proper menu.
Wow.
Marco.
The menu's been cut in half.
Why? We need speed.
Yes.
Thanks, God.
We keep it small.
We keep it fresh. Yes.
And more importantly,
We no longer need
to keep 10,000-worth of ingredients downstairs
that's not been turned, yes?
Yes.
You happy? Extremely.
Yeah?
Good.
Unbelievable.
When I see Kata crying like a baby,
I really feel really happy for her.
I'm so happy too.
So, so, so, so, so, so happy.
Today is the beginning
of a new chapter inside Mojito's.
Thank you so much.
Come here. Thank you.
Hey. This is the best.
Yes? This is the best.
With the renovation done
And Marcelo and Kata's relationship on the mend,
Chef Ramsay has done away with the cafeteria-style food,
and in its place, contemporary Cuban cuisine.
Look at the difference in the portion size first.
--Meatballs,
Entrees--slow-roast pork, braised short ribs,
authentic and sumptuous.
It's a lot less, but, visually, it's beautiful.
From the new menu,
I find a lot of exciting new things.
Wow. Meatballs. Wow.
I'm so excited.
I'm really looking forward for tonight.
For relaunch night,
With Chef Ramsay's blessing,
Kata and Marcelo decide to work the front of the house
greeting customers,
leaving Chef Eduardo in charge of the kitchen.
Are you convinced you can do it? Yeah.
Hey, Marcelo. Two seconds.
I've managed to get
a really amazing VIP guest here this evening.
He's a president
of the Brooklyn Borough.
Okay, so look after him, yeah?
Thank you. We will.
Everything's on the line tonight.
Marcelo and I have to come together.
Otherwise, we're gonna fail.
Welcome to Mojito.
How many are you guys?
Four. Follow me this way, guys.
Are you guys ready?
Cuban sandwich, okay.
For the first time
In five years,
Brooklyn's only Cuban restaurant
clearly has a buzz
in the dining room.
Awesome. Thank you, gentlemen, so much.
And as for the kitchen,
It's a different story.
It's very quiet here, guys.
Eddie, two orders on.
Yeah, nothing called out.
You're not gonna call the orders out to the team?
Those tickets come in,
you got to be in control, big boy.
Yes, Chef. Good man.
Your food should be out any minute.
Okay?
Pick up.
with Chef Eduardo's lack
of communication,
food is leaving the kitchen slowly.
Be right back with the beans.
And when it does arrive
In the dining room...
Some customers receive dishes
They didn't even order.
You had a Cuban sandwich? Yeah.
Guys.
What?
F5 is missing a Cuban.
What came back?
This plate because they order a Cuban sandwich.
Not the pork? Not the pork.
Look at me now.
You've got to call out the orders
'cause he's cooking blind.
Okay. Okay.
Yeah, so he needs some form of direction, yeah?
And don't forget to send beans
out with every order.
Oh,.
Restaurant's full, great atmosphere.
Unfortunately, food started coming back,
and Eduardo has shut down.
Not tonight, because this could be a disaster.
Yeah. Well, we did order six.
But they're all chicken.
I see tickets coming back
Because Eduardo was completely lost.
Hey, guys, F4 is missing more empanadas.
They had one of each.
Come on, man.
Hey.
Welcome to Mojito.
Thank you.
Enjoy the food.
This is the table especially for you, okay?
This one here? Yes.
The president of the Borough is here,
And the kitchen is a disaster.
Completely disaster.
What is this? So we can start taking it.
What table?
This steak's cold as well.
The President of the Borough is here.
Eddie's not expediting,
he's not talking, he's not communicating.
If Eddie doesn't start to speak up,
this kitchen's gonna go down.
Give me a break.
It's relaunch night,
And the President of the Brooklyn Borough has arrived.
Welcome to Mojito.
And the timing
Couldn't be worse.
Eduardo is a mess,
and Chef Ramsay knows he has to step in.
Turn those steaks over.
Two seconds with me. Two seconds.
Literally two seconds.
Come on. What's the matter?
Huh? What's the matter?
I know you're all over the place.
But what you're not doing for you,
for me, for the restaurant,
no one's talking.
Because I-- Do something.
Okay, come on, Eddie.
Man, talk. Yes, Chef.
Just do something, but talk.
Come on. Yes, Chef. Okay.
You can do it. Come on.
Come here. Cuba, come here.
The President of the Borough
is here, and the kitchen is a nightmare right now.
I have to do something,
and I have to do it now.
Here we go, here we go.
Let's go. Let's expedite this.
We concentrating now.
Pescado marinero, ropa vieja,
arroz con pollo, white meat only,
churrasco pork, okay?
Nice. Here we go.
Guys, this is the most important order of the night.
That's one guy we cannot afford to piss off tonight.
Exactly.
Arroz con pollo!
Fish.
Excellent.
L'arroz.
I need another.
Beautiful, beautiful.
Guys, we need more plantains.
Do we have more?
It's coming in five. Give me five.
Thank you.
Brilliant.
Thank you.
Kata and me are working together well again.
I gonna do this, and you do that.
Let's go.
With Kata and Marcelo
Finally working together as a team...
All right.
The kitchen is back on track.
This is B3? B3.
And now the only thing left
to make the night a success is satisfying
the Borough president.
How is everything here? Delicious.
They loved everything.
Yeah, baby. Yeah.
Marcelo took control of the whole situation.
He was very put together, very calm.
Very relaxed.
He really got things going,
and that make me gain more respect for him.
Well, it means a lot for us for you guys to be here.
And I appreciate it. Thank you.
Nice to see you. Best wishes.
Thank you.
That's it? That's it.
I think that the passion is back.
Thank you.
Thank you so much. Bye-bye.
Have a good night.
Kata and Marcelo
Came together like the team they once were.
And Mojito's relaunch was a success.
Right, tonight wasn't perfect,
but I did see one thing,
that I haven't witnessed
at Mojito's for the first time,
and that was teamwork.
Well done.
What do you think about the future
of this restaurant now?
Before, it was really uncertain.
We didn't know if we were going to last a month,
a week, a day.
Now we have a long-term future.
It's up to both of you.
Are you seriously willing
to put your past aside
and commit to your baby?
It feels great to see Marcelo smile.
Him showing his emotions,
it just, sort of, right in my heart.
Do me a favor.
Tell each other how important it is.
You are my partner.
And I need your support, and I need your commitment.
So if you committed to me,
I'll be 110, 120, 200 committed to you,
to make it work and to the restaurant.
I-I need you
to continue.
You are the half of that.
I'm gonna do everything that it takes
to make it work.
You guys work well together.
Tonight proved that.
I feel in my heart
that I get Kata back,
I get my partner back.
Don't stop.
You'd be mad to.
Come here, my darling.
Ay-yi-yi. Thank you.
Good to see you guys.
Great scene.
What a night.
When I first arrived,
I honestly didn't think it was possible
that Kata and Marcelo could actually work together,
but tonight they proved me wrong.
Now I'm wondering
if the restaurant that actually ruined the marriage
could now be the restaurant that saves their marriage.
me, only time will tell.
You live in hope.
Get me a strong mojito.
After Gordon's departure,
Marcelo and Kata were determined
to follow his advice.
We need to work as a team.
We need to be able to pay all this.
Thanks to Gordon's smaller menu,
Marcelo buys less produce,
saving nearly $10,000 a month.
And he and Kata wasted no time
promoting the new Mojito's.
We want to invite everyone to come and shake it up
at Mojito's.
They got the word out to the community
By using the popular Brooklyn flea market,
winning rave reviews...
It's really good. Good?
Yeah. And I can taste the spices in there.
It's very rich.
More importantly, Marcelo and Kata
are fighting less and laughing more.