Pantaleone became the victim of chef Gordon Ramsay’s show Kitchen Nightmares which was aired on FOX. The place was claiming to be serving the best Pizza in Denver. Gordon pays a visit to this place in Season 6 Episode 2.
Ramsay’s greasy nightmare.
When Gordon Ramsay was presented with the “thin crust pizza” offered by Pantaleone, He immediately changes his face to a moody one. Looking at the amount of oozing grease through the pizza slices. He concludes his mean only to a single slice of the pizza. Later one of the workers of Pantaleone’s claims that it is their “thin crust”. Ramsey looks terrified and blames how thick the apparent ‘thin crust’ is.
Later the head chef Pete, also the owner of Panaleone’s blames Ramsay claiming that he has not tasted a classy Pizza before. He also claims to be working as the chef of Pantaleone’s for over 19 years.
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Gordon Ramsay’s worst pizza is a delicacy for many in Pantalones Denver.
After such a bizarre bad reputation by the Chef of the TV, you might think that Pete, the owner of Pantaleone’s pizza might as well go out of business and will eventually close down.
But when it comes to the best pizza in Denver. That was not the case. Many locals find this place the best pizza-serving restaurant.
Below are some comments we found out on Pantaleone’s Facebook page & their Tripadvisor.
No Publicity is bad publicity.
Even though Pantaleone’s ended up being not the favorite pizza joint in Denver for the famous chef Gordon Ramsay. After Ramsay’s visit, the Pantaleone’s gained more and more customers.
It seems like Ramsay made Pete’s Pantaleone’s pizza a world-famous Pizza joint in one night.
Recently, YouTuber FAST Food Pit Stops decided to pay Pantaleone’s a visit to this famous Pizza joint and he caught Pete, the head chef & the owner in the middle of the process of making a delicious pizza. During their conversation, Pete claims that Gordon Ramsay was requesting the recipe for his pizza dough.
Pete Panteleone is the owner of Pantaleone’s in Denver.
Yes. After Ramsay’s visit, the Pantaleone’s gained more and more customers. Pantaleone’s restaurant is still open and doing well in 2022.
After the episode aired, business improved by 70% at the restaurant.