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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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Comments (15)

  1. I wonder what ever happened to Toby??

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. Toby cooked as crap as he looked

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. Priory has just shut down. See this notice. Its reopening under new management.

    http://www.prioryrestaurant.co.uk/docs/carvery_closure_notice.pdf

  8. http://www.prioryrestaurant.co.uk/docs/carvery_closure_notice.pdf

    It closed last week. Seven months after changing back against Ramsays’ advice.

  9. 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.

  10. Don’t forget the chef at D-Place was also from Planet Hollywood. He was actually fired by PH.

  11. I wonder what happened to Matt? He was talented and gorgeous to look upon as well!

  12. CLOSED. Sold to a Spaniard, and re-opening as a tapas bar.

    http://www.prioryrestaurant.co.uk/docs/carvery_closure_notice.pdf

  13. http://www.prioryrestaurant.co.uk/docs/carvery_closure_notice.pdf

  14. Toby was a crap Chef

  15. 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.

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