How Amy's Baking Company Is Doing After Kitchen Nightmares
Gordon Ramsay has a show for everyone. If you like watching amateur cooks battle it out, there's "MasterChef." If you like seeing Ramsay hurl insults at rising chefs, there's "Hell's Kitchen." And if you like visiting some of the scariest and most shocking restaurants imaginable, there's "Kitchen Nightmares."
The premise of the show is simple: Audiences watch Ramsay on his quest to rescue failing restaurants all over the country. Over the course of its eight seasons, "Kitchen Nightmares" has featured different restaurateurs going head-to-head with Ramsay as he not so delicately points out the flaws of their menu, business operations, staff, and often disgusting kitchens. Most fans would agree that the showdowns between Ramsay and restaurant owners are intense yet entertaining as the celebrity chef seeks to improve an eatery's patronage and bottom line.
One of those heated "Kitchen Nightmares" exchanges pitted Ramsay against the memorable couple Amy and Salomon "Samy" Bouzaglo of Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale, Arizona. Things quickly got out of hand during the episode, with the two trading more than a few barbs with Ramsay. Even Ramsay couldn't handle the arguing, so he stopped working with the Bouzgalos, saying, "It's not normal for a restaurant to go through that many staff, it's not normal for a kitchen that small to have 65 items on the menu, and it's not normal for the level of animosity that you've built inside this restaurant and outside."
Amy's Baking Company is now closed
Chef Ramsay wasn't the only one who became fed up with the couple. Amy's Baking Company received a lot of flak from its customers, and reviewers on Yelp claimed the service was really bad, with one diner writing, "The food was mediocre and almost inedible. ... Owners were very rude to others while there. Not very hospitable." Another Yelp reviewer also mentioned that they had to stick around for an hour to receive their order and were threatened by the owners when they complained about the service. Ouch!
Well, it seems like Amy's Baking Company has not survived the test of time. According to Kitchen Nightmares Updates, the bakery closed in 2015 after its owners found a new buyer for the business. In response to a question posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) about the business closing, Amy's Baking Company confirmed the news, tweeting, "Yes! Now we can focus on several other projects!"
In regards to those other projects, Amy is busy on social media and earning revenue through her shop on Amazon, which features homemade goods. On her Instagram, she actively posts photos of her creations, which range from flower-shaped cupcakes to sweet-tart lemon meringue pies.
The internet hasn't forgotten Amy's Baking Company
As mentioned previously, Amy's Baking Company stirred up a lot of controversy via customers' accusations and the owners' heated responses on social media. After being taken down a peg by Gordon Ramsay, Amy and Samy Bouzaglo told the New York Post that they were "completely shocked and mortified" by how they were portrayed by "Kitchen Nightmares," even going so far as to accuse the show of sabotaging their business.
When interviewed for "Dr. Phil," the pair insisted that the customers they'd gotten into verbal and physical altercations with were actors hired by the show to further tarnish their reputation. Interestingly, Reddit users have since pointed out that the company had poor reviews even before appearing on "Kitchen Nightmares," suggesting that its downward spiral was, at most, only exacerbated by the show.
The couple attempted to reboot Amy's Baking Company in California, only to close up shop again when Samy's immigration case came under scrutiny due to his failure to divulge his criminal past. Shortly thereafter, the Bouzaglos packed up and moved to Israel when Samy was deported, although they're marriage wasn't to be. According to The Arizona Republic, the two are now divorced, and while Samy is still in Israel, the newspaper was unsure where Amy was living.