We all have recurring nightmares.
For the Fox network series “Kitchen Nightmares,” the familiar spirits are Samy and Amy Bouzaglo, the Scottsdale owners of Amy’s Baking Company. The couple will be the subject of the first episode of Season 6, “Amy’s Baking Company, Part Two,” airing at 8 p.m. Pacific time on Friday, Feb. 28.
Samy and Amy catapulted into the spotlight last year, after the May 10 airing of an episode that showed them yelling expletives at customers, taking tips left for servers and refusing to take any criticism from the host, British chef Gordon Ramsay. For the first time in the show’s history, Ramsay ditched the restaurant owners before making any changes. If you missed any of the original shenanigans, catch an encore of “Part One” at 8 p.m. Pacific time on Friday, Feb. 21.
Back in May, the social-media outcry was immediate. Thousands of people from across the country took to Yelp, Facebook, Reddit and other websites to voice their disgust with the owners. A social-media poster claiming to be the Bouzaglos retaliated, spewing obscenities and vowing legal recourse. Buzzfeed called it “the most epic brand meltdown on Facebook ever.”
The brand never broke, though.
The restaurant is still open, even selling T-shirts and hats emblazoned with some of the phrases that shot them to notoriety, including “Here’s your pizza, go (expletive) yourself!” and “I speak feline MEOW!”
The Bouzaglos were rumored to star in their own reality show, but have since said the deal fell through.
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