The deadliest Chicote returns: "A nightmare in the kitchen is the reality that many do not want to exist"

Two years of hiatus, almost three for

, but "finally"

(laSexta) is back.

Neither the pandemic, nor the criticism, nor the doubts have been able to with one of the flagship programs of the second

network that premieres its eighth season this Thursday.

And if

returns, of course, the column of this

recorded

, returns .

For those who once doubted whether

was going to get back into this 'fregao', the chef has a forceful answer: "Just having the opportunity to lend a hand to someone seems like the bomb."

It was in 2012 when

donned one of his already legendary jackets for the first time and took charge of

.

The program became an entertainment success

.

Restaurants on the verge of bankruptcy, a forceful and tenacious chef, and often surreal and extreme situations, have been the key for

reach its eighth season.

And not everything has been a bed of roses.

Some of the owners who requested help from the program and received it ended up suing the producer and losing in court.

Others vehemently criticized what was happening there.

Stones on the road that

forcefully denies:

.

In the eighth season, viewers will witness some of the toughest scenarios experienced in the program because, in this new edition,

will have to deal with classics such as

, but also the disastrous organization in many of the restaurants, with the terrible character of some hoteliers and with dishes of dubious quality and fateful execution, which is why it will bring out its most lethal and persevering side.

What is the new season going to be like and what has it been like for Chicote to come back? It has been a mix of feelings.

First, because there are people who have told me that we did not know if we were going to return.

And, second, because when I did the first season they knew I was inexperienced and they helped me, but now everyone assumes that you already know. It's like when you haven't ridden a bike for a while:

.

A renowned chef like you, why does he get into a 'fregao' like this again? Making

is exciting.

Just having the opportunity to offer someone a second chance is wonderful.

Those who claim you no longer know how to shoot to save their restaurant.

When they call you it is because they

.

It becomes very hard, yes, it becomes complicated, yes, but it is that after seeing those renewed illusions, that desire, that effort, it erases any bad thought. What has been Chicote's worst moment in Kitchen Nightmare? I could tell you one because the reasons are usually quite common.

Beyond empathizing or that they directly think that you are not going to help them or that they do not like you.

That laziness, apathy, that lack of interest, those drooping arms, is the hardest thing. Do you really try the food from the restaurants you go to in Kitchen Nightmare? I always eat it.

If I want to know what they are doing and serving, I have no other way than to try it.

And have you ever been sick? No, no.

Never. There are many spectators who do not believe what happens in A Nightmare in the Kitchen.

Is it all real? Well, you know what I'm telling you, I

.

I've been saying for 10 years that what you see is what happens and what you get.

There are people who invent things.

If cockroaches work so well, why aren't they everywhere?

Or if it's a dirty kitchen that works well, why aren't they all dirty?

We tell things as they are.

We recorded a week and broadcast 54 minutes.

.

Kitchen Nightmare is purely reality that many do not want to exist.

I'd love for everything to be hunky-dory, but it's not.

explains

that one of the things that the owners of the restaurants they go to the most ask them is what they have to say, "and they are very surprised when we tell them no, that this is not the case, they can say what they want".

First program of the eighth season of A Nightmare in the Kitchen. LASEXTA

Kitchen Nightmare

is the Spanish version of

to world fame

in 2004 and that Warner Bros.

The road has not been easy nor has it been free of difficulties.

works with sensitive material: the livelihood of families, the feelings of its protagonists, frustrations or doubts.

, because more often than not, this is the last chance for restaurants to stay afloat.

A now or never in which to give everything.

Do customers' criticism of a restaurant help or sink more? We just finished recording the fifth season of

and we dedicate a program to restaurant reviews.

I can only tell you that

.

There are a lot of accurate opinions and many others that are not what they seem. Does Nightmare in the Kitchen wear out a lot? I always say that

It's a week and the first two or three days are very hard because it couldn't be done without putting yourself in the shoes of the people who are there.

However, it is tremendously rewarding when you start to climb.

How do you manage the suffering of many of the owners you are going to help? I eat it.

There is no type of management because I have little time to understand what is happening there.

The first few days are to collect this information, why is it happening, why have those in front found themselves in these circumstances and once you have located it, it is time to find the little button that we all have that means that click, that change.

It is the most complicated of all.

And it makes you search all the time.

And this takes a lot of time, a lot of work and a lot of dedication.

.

The chef does not know for sure how long a recording day lasts because

.

It all depends on the restaurant, on what is found, on how long it takes to provide a service: "We know or see what is happening and when a service lasts three hours, three hours and if there are four it is four, and If you have to talk to people, it will have to take half an hour more. There is no time".

First program of the eighth season of A Nightmare in the Kitchen. LASEXTA

In addition, this season, social problems such as unemployment, retirement or abuse, among others, will be as protagonists as the owners and employees themselves and will keep feelings on the surface throughout the entire edition, which will add to other extreme situations that

himself admits never having experienced.

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