Episode Reminder
Convent turned into a restaurant.
The Priory is renamed ‘The Priory Grill’
The Aftermath
Date unkown 2007, BarNun is opened. More Info
November 2007, New Head Chef is appointed. More Info
November 2007, The Guardian publishes an article in which the owner of the Priory claims certain scenes and events were created for good TV. More Info
May 2008, The Priory ditches the changes recommended by Gordon Ramsay and reverts back to a carvery, owner Scott Aitchison said “Trade has been slower since the change. He turned the restaurant on its head. They didn’t help us. Gordon upset the customer base, put in a grill and called our customers the ‘blue rinse brigade’. What he said was quite rude.” More Info
Status = Still Open
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Kevin Fry:
December 28, 2008 at 12:45 am
I wonder what ever happened to Toby??
Mike:
February 12, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Toby was really a bad bad cook! Dont missunderstand me i like gordons way to talk with people, but in this episode i think he really hurt toby.
however i hope toby found a job hes good at and is happy.
Matt:
March 25, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Look I ate at Planet Hollywood “Toby’s former place of business” it was probably one of the worst meals I have ever had, by the way all of the Planet Hollywoods are out of business now! I think that Gordon was dead on about him. He couldn’t run a grill.LOL
Lisa:
May 8, 2009 at 7:38 am
Toby cooked as crap as he looked
Peter:
June 6, 2009 at 11:36 am
Looks like the Priory will not be serving its carvery any longer:
http://www.chichester.co.uk/mid-sussex-news/Restaurant-Gordon-Ramsay-slated-to.5340030.jp
dana:
June 10, 2009 at 6:56 am
If you view the website you will see that the Priory carvery closed on the 7th June, 2009 and a Spanish Tapas bar is in its place.
Underlord:
June 10, 2009 at 10:06 am
Priory has just shut down. See this notice. Its reopening under new management.
http://www.prioryrestaurant.co.uk/docs/carvery_closure_notice.pdf
mC:
June 11, 2009 at 7:34 pm
http://www.prioryrestaurant.co.uk/docs/carvery_closure_notice.pdf
It closed last week. Seven months after changing back against Ramsays’ advice.
James:
June 12, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Its like telling being a baseball player and Derek Jeter comes in to give you advice, and you say no thanks Derek, I think im better off doing things on my own that haven’t worked over and over and over again and ignoring all of your tips.
Chris R:
June 12, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Don’t forget the chef at D-Place was also from Planet Hollywood. He was actually fired by PH.
Tammie:
June 12, 2009 at 11:08 pm
I wonder what happened to Matt? He was talented and gorgeous to look upon as well!
Stuart Phillips:
June 15, 2009 at 8:50 pm
CLOSED. Sold to a Spaniard, and re-opening as a tapas bar.
http://www.prioryrestaurant.co.uk/docs/carvery_closure_notice.pdf
Bill:
June 25, 2009 at 1:16 am
http://www.prioryrestaurant.co.uk/docs/carvery_closure_notice.pdf
Wayne:
June 26, 2009 at 4:49 am
Toby was a crap Chef
jake:
July 2, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Augh, the “broccoli soup” sitting on the floor of the cooler - I hope it was the cooler at least. Doesn’t matter, it looked like sludge. Now there was a lazy “chef”, and he admitted it. He claimed he started it the day before and just hadn’t had time to thicken it. There’s so many things wrong with that statement, one doesn’t know where to begin. It should be made when needed, not made and left to sit. It should be made thick via the vegetable itself, not some thickener. And he was so lazy, that he left it to sit not because of other things, he was just too lazy to mess with it any more, but planned on serving it some time later. The guy was a Loser.
Mike:
July 4, 2009 at 1:37 am
Of course older folks and young families like cheap buffet food because it doesn’t have to taste like much and it can be a rather cost effective way of taking the family out for dinner but let’s be honest this was a style of restaurant went out of style like twenty years ago.
To ignore the advice of somebody who knows what they are talking about and put only half measures into trying the new ideas is total lunacy.
dave:
July 12, 2009 at 8:13 am
i knew this place was doomed i just had to double check. matt was the only one with a clue. that carvery food looked puke worthy. bogo coupons? wow that owner was a dipshit
GregP:
July 28, 2009 at 1:17 am
Actually, I think Gordon said Toby couldn’t run a bath.
Wayne:
November 17, 2009 at 1:09 pm
You’re right Grep, that Chef Toby was a wanker. The only thing this Restruant had going for it was the head cheff Matt.