In article >,
says...
>
> On Mon, 1 Jul 2013 16:10:43 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > says...
> > >
> > > I had to hear about this from a real live person!
> > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-U-S-show.html
> >
> > What did you want to talk about; a tabloid report dated 2008, about a
> > claim thrown out of court in 2007?
> >
> The article I posted was dated July of '13 and I saw the show in
> question just in the past year.

Read the byline of the reporter, it says

By BETH HALE

Last updated at 22:03 21 April 2008

Then read the article, which says, quote

"Mr Hyde's lawyer Carl Person said a lawsuit was dismissed LAST YEAR
when the claim was voluntarily withdrawn.".

Date confirmed at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_...al_proceedings

"In June 2007, Ramsay's show was sued by the terminated general
manager (Martin Hyde) of the New York restaurant Purnima (Dillon's), who
also alleged fakery. Hyde had quit his position at the restaurant during
the show, when Ramsay suggested that the owner hire top Indian Chef
Vikas Khanna as the Consultant Chef for Purnima. The lawsuit alleged
that "unknown to the viewing audience, some or all of Kitchen Nightmares
are fake and the so-called 'problems uncovered and solved' by Ramsay
are, for the most part, created by Ramsay and his staff for the purpose
of making it appear that Ramsay is improving the restaurant".[59]
However, in August 2007, the case was dismissed voluntarily and ordered
into arbitration as stipulated in their contract.".

IOW the "viewing audience" had seen the show in question broadcast
before the court case date, June 2007.

Janet




Janet UK