I’m so pissed - I have spam filters on this blog, but for some reason they stopped this comment from getting through. Sebastian from the Sebastian’s episode of Kitchen Nightmares left me a comment back on October 25th.
Check back because I think I’ll have some more Sebastian’s news in the next few days.
hello this is Sebastian from Sebastians, i have been at this location for three years in november. the longest lasting restaurant at my location in the last 11 years only lasted four months so i must be doing something right. we just were voted the best wood fire pizza in the valley. Everyone who has come in and who knows me and my foor knows that i serve quality food and try to give you all great service each time you come in, so i thank you for your continued support. As far as the whole kitchen night mares thing the whole reason why we chose to be on the show was for the money as i’m sure not all of you are aware but a liquor license cost a ton so the big check they wrote me helped a husband and wife run a family owned restaurant and get a liquor license. As far as the whole burbank location issue my address is 10057 Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake, ca witch is part of Los Angeles not Burbank. I didn’t make the map i just rent the space. Those of you who know me know that i am as real as they come nothing fake about me you get what you see.
Hey bro if this is your web page i would love to talk to you and tell you how of my episode is me puting on a show for tv because we all know how “REAL†reality tv is.
here is my e mail if anyone has any questions i am right here contact me and get the truth not some storry you heard around the nieghborhood.
i hope this dosen’t come acroos as rude or angry because i’m not i think it’s great that everyone is talking about the restaurant thats all i wanted so my job is done.
We are holding a huge viewing on November 7th here at Sebastians call fo reservations because it will be packed again.
Thanks for listening and i hope you say hello next time you all come in.
Sebastian: o ya ps-ramsey sucks
I saw it on your blog! It’s #7 on the comments.
Yeah, I un-blocked it this morning after I found it, but it’s buried in comments on an old post so I wanted to call attention to it.
Funny. Nice post-script, especially considering how it’s just about three sentences away from him saying he hopes he doesn’t come across as rude or angry.
I’ve been to the restaurant before Ramsey came in and Ramsey was completely right. The menu was way to confusing and the food was average. After watching the show and seeing how the food is cooked, I will obviously never go there again. Might as well buy a store bought calamari and pizza. Works & customers seemed to love the new menu & new line of food but Sebastian just couldn’t handle Ramsey looking like the new King in town. Maybe it’s time for Sebastian to take a step back and listen to one of the world’s greatest chefs. It’s probably too late. Nothing is worse than microwaved food & and egotistical owner.
One problem I have with the US version of KN is that they don’t really SHOW you that Ramsay is a great chef. They TELL you, yes…but look at last night’s show…Ramsay didn’t cook. He even brought in two other guys (with no intro) to show them how to toss pizza.
Before going off on Sebastian the maroon, let me concede Ramsay is a double-standard, arrogant, conceited (but talented) jerk who clearly enjoys insulting people and is now successfully branding that character flaw.
Yes the editing of the show was a little weird, but consider two things:
1. A production crew visits a restaurant and spends considerable time there, and has to compress their experience into an extremely limited (time-wise) representation. From the one hour time slot if you pull the commercials and the “when we come back you’ll see this” bits, and the “now that we’re back” recaps of what they just showed us three minutes earlier, there is probably not much more than 30 minutes of actual show. In that little time capsule they have to introduce us to everybody; tell us the restaurant history; show 3 or 4 arguments (7 or 8?); have Gordon appear to rehabilitate or at least take under his wing one or two of the grunts; fix the restaurant; test out the fix; demonstrate grand success; and usually return to see the place a month or so later to see if the fix stuck. Sometimes all that just doesn’t fit well in the allotted time, and clearly it didn’t this time.
2. What about Sebastian’s going outside in a rage and then his sudden unexplained whimpering acquiescence to the new scheme? C’mon, Puh-leeeze. Of course Sebastian gets pulled aside by the guy/gal(s) on production who handle this stuff, and he gets reminded what he agreed to, and what he stands to lose. And agrees to go fake it for another hour.
I think it is a riot that Sebastian brags about his wood fire pizza award (before or after Ramsay?) when he used frozen dough; bought the sauces; and it would seem did not even put the wood pizza ovens to culinary use until Gordon got there.
Hey Sebastian: Gordon kicked you in the jewels a couple of times when you were looking the other way; he is a conceited jerk; and his show is not ever going to be flattering to the restaurant owners he descends on. But quit pretending you are a cook or that you have a clue as a restauranteur. You are a re-heater, who is only still in business longer than your predecessors because they didn’t have your wife’s capital.
Clearly Sebastian’s isn’t really supposed to be a place for people to come for good food. It’s the place you created to hang out to wait for an acting gig or sweetheart business deal. Your place is located close to some movers and shakers. They just need to show up once. (That’s the real reason you greet everyone personally- admit it) You don’t need the food to be good enough for them to come back, now do you . . .
It’s a shame a talented guy like Ramsay insists on education through insults. It’s also a shame the valuable consulting you received is being flushed with apparently no concern for your wife’s interest and investment.
I was trying to figure out what prompts me to want to slap some sense into you, and I guess it’s because I feel real sorry for your wife. We didn’t get to know her very well on the show, though. If she’s just a rich idiot and a bitch, never mind and keep up the great work.
Since your restaurant is about concepts instead of food, here is a genuine concept offering for you: every 3 months, change the name of the restaurant. Seriously. That way the people you disappointed last time will assume it’s not the same ownership or food (did I say food? I mean food concept) and possibly try you again. Sorry, I can’t afford to pay you for giving you that great idea. You’ll have to not use it for free . . .
Sebastian, dude. Your concept is idiotic!
I spent fifteen years in the restuarant biz and never worked for any place that was as
f-ed up as your’s was before Gordon showed up.
Granted, the guy is an egotistical bastard, but he is the real deal. He knows his shit. Period.
You are really passing up a golden opportunity if you don’t at least try sticking with his ideas for a while.
Let me first say yes, Chef Ramsey is rude, arrogant, and I believe his talent is marginalized by his crude delivery. I personally would never allow someone to speak to me in such a way but I refuse to believe Sebastian was unaware of Chef Ramsey’s demeanor. He is also, however, a world-renowned chef, a highly respected restaurateur, and a virtual wizard at the resurrection of dying restaurants. I was in awe to witness the attitude from Sebastian towards Gordon’s critique. When I heard the juvenile response from Sebastian saying, “I won that one” I knew it was a lost cause. I did notice this was the only episode I’ve seen that didn’t contain an update once the show ended. I am curious as to why and whether they returned to their old menu. As for the sudden shift from belligerence to acceptance I firmly believe it was the wife who stepped in and likely threatened to end the free ride unless he did what was clearly necessary. If it was she I say, “you go girl!” Whatever it was it apparently worked, however short lived it may end up being. I enjoyed this episode immensely. I think Sebastian has neither the aptitude nor the savvy it takes to run a successful business. I must admit though I hope he has awakened and learned to ride the tide of success that Chef Gordon has started. There is certainly potential there. I can’t wait to visit Sebastian’s during my next trip to Los Angeles. Out of part morbid curiosity and part fascination at how incredible opportunities can be easily squandered. Perhaps Chef Gordon’s next endeavor will prove more rewarding.
Let me just say that I agree 100% with JT’s comments. As I sit and watch this show, I am always amazed at the owners reaction to Ramsey’s re-invention plan. I find it very hard to believe that anyone that agreed to be on this show didn’t have even the slightest clue as to how Ramsey works. Ok, yes he’s blunt and sometimes rude, but to be honest, this show actually shows a more friendly version than we’ve seen on Hell’s Kitchen. The point is that we all saw with our own eyes that Sebastians food SUCKED! it wasn’t fresh, and the menu was RIDICULOUS!!!! I understand that Sebastian’s pride was completely bruised, but C’MON, you agreed to do this show!!!! and if you agreed to do it only to get a Liquor License like you claim, then I’m glad he made a fool of you. SUCK IT UP. He gave you a great makeover and a chance to actually be successful. BE GRATEFUL!!!!!!!!
First of all, if it was all just an act for the camera, why is he still saying that Ramsay sucks? Ramsay, the guy who gave him the money he needed for “a husband and wife run a family owned restaurant and get a liquor license”? That guy? Just by his own unscripted, unedited words, he still comes off as an ungrateful, egotistical jerk.
Second, I’ve done yearly restaurant guides for the area for years, and while I’d have to check my old notes to make sure, I only remember one other restaurant in that location, an Italian restaurant naned “Cops and Robbers,” which I’m fairly certain was there for over four months, as Sebastian claims. It sat empty for longer than Sebastian’s has been there, if you include the incredibly long time it took Sebastian to remodel the location before opening.
Third, I’ve never seen the need for that complicated menu. You can tell that some combinations just wouldn’t go well together, so why not just list the best/most popular combinations? It would save the long time the wait staff has to spend trying to explain it to every single table.
But I’ve actually eaten there a few times, and while I’d hardly rave, it wasn’t AS bad as it looked in the episode. Then again, I have friends who can come up with something edible with frozen food in a microwave, and I’d hardly call them chefs, either.
I will forever respect Chef Ramsay for his diligence about food poisoning and his fanaticism for cleanliness. I say this as a foodie who nearly died from food poisoning that I contracted in a very fancy French restaurant in Las Vegas. When I saw Sebastian thawing sacks of frozen potatoes in lukewarm water, all that I could think of was the bacteria counts growing and growing and growing, and my going into cardiac arrest in a Las Vegas ER.
Anyone can microwave frozen food and call themselves a chef. That doesn’t mean anything. However, to be an arrogant, lazy, self-inflated, pompous, conceited, ungrateful egotist takes some doing. Sebastian has achieved the latter, not the former.
And the “flavor combinations” looked nauseating. The spouse and I actually paused the replay to read the menus, and it all looked disgusting.
p.s. I like your blog. I am a writer and editor, too.
assuming that 10/25 comment from Sebastian was from Sebastian….
witch = which
hahaha, classic. this website was a great epilogue to the KN episode I just finished watching….just had to google “sebastian’s” to find his fate.
cheers.
guys Ramsey is all that you metioned….but he so damn funny!!!! I crack up the whole freaking show
I just looked up his menu on the internet and he went back to his stupid combinations. Also, I just pranked his restaurant and that fat ass picked up saying he was to busy when I asked about his stupid combinations. Oh, did anyone see that picture in his office that looks nothing like him.
I live walking distance from Sebastian’s. I had been curious to try it and found the place deserted, with a lame menu, high prices, and ghastly service. No plan to return.
I was excited to know that Ramsay had fixed the place since the location is great and the place has potential… if only it weren’t owned by a pr*** with his head jammed up his a**.
After seeing that wild performance of unadulterated petulant, self-defeating, whining tantrumage, why his wife didn’t file for a divorce that night, I will never know.
The reason Sebastians will fail is Sebastian himself. What a delusional ass.
Sebastian’s Toluca Lake, R.I.P.
Look out, Boston.
From an email:
“As of January 20th Sebastian’s will be closing the doors. We are moving
back to Boston for family reasons. We are grateful and appreciative of
all of you for not only your business support but the lifetime
friendships we have made with a lot of you. For those of you who
know Nichole and I this is not an easy thing for us to do because this
was our everything, but without family you’ve got nothing and they need
us right now.
We are keeping the same email address so if you need to contact us
please do so at eatrelaxenjoy@aol.com .
C’mon in and see us before it’s too late! We’d love the privilege to
say goodbye in person.
Truly from our hearts to all of yours, thank you.
/Sebastian Di Modica IV, Owner, Chef/
/Nichole Di Modica, Owner/
/Sebastiano Di Modica V, Future CEO/
Sebastian’s Restaurant”
Well…. I have 2 emails of my own from the “actor” himself. Mise well let people see!
Email #1 “your an idiot for thinking the show is real and i’ll make sure to pass your email address to everyone i know so they can send you so much spam mail you won’t know what to do. your a fucking joke and i will pray for your friends and family for having to live with someone like you. o ya by the way dick head we sold the restaurant for a ton of money so that makes you look really stupid. suck a dick”
Email #2 “its already done good luck with all the emails jerk off…hahahahahaha….your as dumb as ramsay”
Nice guy
i worked for sebastians for the last two years and was there for the entire filming of the show. The show is fake like he said, the microwave didn’t belong to us and 85% of the food was fresh every day. What i can’t understand is how little of the facts all of you know and are making dumb comments based off of what you saw on TV. I hate to tell all of you but not everything on TV is true i saw myself several times the producers to ask sebastian to do certain things, like cry in the alley i was standing off camera when they told him they needed more emotion in the scene. So lern the facts before you make a remark that makes you sound stupid.
sebastians cook
a little more info that they didn’t tell you on TV Sebastian was just recognized by LA Direct Magazine as one of the top five up and coming chefs in LA DO A LITTLE RESEARCH PEOPLE HE REALY KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING
sebastian di modica SEBASTIAN’S
by Violet Chandler
Owner and Executive Chef Sebastian Di Modica had a line of over 200 people outside of his Toluca Lake restaurant for the recent “grand re-opening.” Di Modica has never spent a day at culinary school. “I’ve been cooking with my grandmother and mother for years,” Di Modica says. “There’s not an Italian dish out there that I can’t make.”
Originally from Boston, he moved to LA in hopes of pursuing his acting career, and now
here is more about Sebastian and from the people who matter
Hi Sebastian:
Got your note about the closing of the restaurant, and I wanted to share something with you. I was very fortunate to be taken out on three (!) different occasions for my birthday, which took place in late November (since I’d been out of town, the meals happened in December). Each time, when asked where I wanted to go, I went to Sebastian’s. Sure, I love the cuisine, but at least as important was the friendly, relaxed vibe that I’ve always felt when hanging out there. I know that you take great pride in your food, and a personal interest that your customers are enjoying themselves, but I always also felt that there was a genuine human warmth along with the professionalism. Every time, everyone had a great time.
I know that the restaurant has been the fulfillment of a lot of dreams for you. Please know that it’s been a place that contributed happiness to the people who went there, especially those of us who’ve been regulars. I don’t know what’s going on back in Boston, but whatever it is, please know that you have brought a lot of laughter, happiness, and good food to the people of LA.
I know that family is very important to you. I’ve seen it in the pictures on the walls; in the way you and your wife interact; in the way you’ve brought your son in to share in the amazing thing you’ve built.
My love and well wishes to you and Nichole, to your son, and to all your family. Be blessed.
My best regards,
Grant Monk
Hi Sebastian,
It was nice seeing you again last night. I had forgotten that I actually have a “Sebastians” file on my computer with many photos taken at your restaurant… I’ve included some of them…
I have had some really great times there, and I thank you for that. Every time I visited your restaurant, you were always a very kind, generous, and gracious host. You will be missed. I wish you good luck and all the best in the future.
Thanks again for the good times and sweet memories!
Sonja
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andycook@gordonramsay.com sent this email to sebastian after sebastian as a joke applied for the position. Now you tell me who is the joke
Hi Sebastian
Thank you for sending me your resume. could you tell me what kind of
position you would be looking for with us, kitchen or Banquet front of
house?
Regards
Andy
and sebastian responded:
Thank you sir for your interest, here are a few things i am looking for:
Position: Executive Chef
175,000.00 a year plus bonus
company car
four weeks paid vacation
my own office(fully equipped)
dry cleaning for my chef clothes
and to sit with Gordon once a month to talk
andycook@gordonramsay.com responded:
Ok we’ll be in touch>
thankyou for your quick responce
Andy
I guess someone with Gordans company can see talent, thank god
Hi There,
I just saw the episode where your restaurant was featured with Gordon Ramsay. Change is tough, espicially when you think you are right and have tried so hard for so long but I’d like to say you are very brave for sticking it out and accepting Gordon’s advice. I notice some things were added back onto the menu, so now you have the best of both world’s. The restaurant looks great! Keep up the good success.
Wish you all success Sebastian and crew,
From Canadian Fan,
Richard Long
i guess not all canadian people are as stupid as Dave_Lloyd@cogeco.ca. You sir give your country a bad name you should be ashamed of yourself you fool
Great Pizza, Relaxing Outdoor Patio 01/11/2023 Posted by kitt13
This is the first place my friends brought me after moving to CA two years ago and I have been in love with it ever since! I love being able to relax with my husband and/or some friends on the couches outside. When it gets a bit chilly, they turn on the heat lamps and pull down the wind blockers. I went there in early November for lunch and the service was so much fun! The waiter sang along with the songs playing and was cracking jokes with us. Another time, after placing our order we realized we had ordered too much food! I went up to the waitress and asked her to reduce the order, she said no problem and that was that!The menu has so many flavorful choices of fries, entrees and pizzas (the greek pizza is our favorite!) The only change I wanted from the place has already happened, they now have a full bar!
Gourmet Fries… and the mixin’s 11/11/2023 Posted by damienryan
I’ve been going to Sebastian’s since it first opened a couple of years ago. I was dissappointed to see it on “Kitchen Nightmare’s” last week. My friend told me as he saw it on TV and remembered it for I took him there back in March. As I said I was dissappointed to see it on the show but can say this… I’ve been to there since the show taped and the menu has changed and the food is great. But ofcourse I thought it was before. The service has always been friendly. Sebastian has always come out to greet my fiancee and myself and been very friendly. While he cut back on his entree mix, he always finds time to make my favorite “The St. Louis.” I honestly think this place got a bad wrap on this show, it’s more drama made up than what really happens (I should know, I work in the industry and have heard from folks who work on the ‘Nightmare” show) after all, why air something if there is no “drama” to make up. The place is great, the food is good. The Gourmet Fries (which no one talks about) are great! Give this place a chance. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed
love his food and he’s really a good person 11/09/2024 Posted by patrick_hickey
Let me begin my review by acknowledging that I am a friend of Sebastian and his beautiful wife Nicole. I have known them both for 10 years. I have eaten at Sebastian’s at least twice a month since its opening. (never comped) I will admit that the restaurant has had its problems. After reading some of the reviews I feel terrible about some of the bad experiences that people have had. I love eating out so I know how upsetting it can be to have a bad experience after spending my hard earned money. I go to Sebastian’s because I love his food. I don’t care if he’s a so called fake chef. What matters to me is that the food is good. And his is. I have experienced poor service at his restaurant. I have experienced long waits. But I’ve had poor service and long waits at Castaway’s and Vibrato as well. The Sebastian that everyone saw on Kitchen Nightmares is not the Sebastian I know. The Sebastian I know while a little crazy, is one of the most down to earth, generous human beings I’ve met here in Los Angeles. The Sebastian I know sends money home to his family every month. He opens his home to people who have been down on their luck. If anyone he knows experiences any hard times, he and his wife Nicole are the first to call to see how you are doing. I realize that this is no consolation to people who have had bad times at Sebastian’s, but I feel it’s necessary to say after reading the personal attacks on Sebastian and his family. If you like great pizza, a patio with good vibes, and want to hear a thick Massachusetts accent barking from the kitchen Sebastian’s is your place.
Awesome food and atmosphere. 11/09/2024 Posted by matt226
I don’t understand how one can review a restaurant without ever visiting the place - and be so nasty on top of it. Do you realize how absurd you appear by reviewing this place based on your viewing of a T.V. show? And some of you wrote really looooooooong reviews. Nothing better to do with your life than to create ugliness? I, unfortunately, missed the show, but my wife and I have been to Sebastian’s many times. The outdoor patio is extremely comfortable, Sebastian is an attentive & awesome host and the food is really good. Hollywood must have really botched the editing of the show because most of you are describing a very different place than I know it to be. If you’re in the area… give it try - you’ll be pleasantly surprised. You can’t go wrong with the gravy fries (the crunchy combined with warm gravy and cheese is to die for), the meatman sandwich (amazing flavor combinations), the cheeseburger and/or any of his pizzas (different in a very refreshing way). They now have a full bar, too. In fact, they just went through a total remodel and it did wonders for the atmosphere. If you like lazy evenings, comfort food and tossin’ a few back with friends, I highly recommend Sebastian’s. My wife and I stop by EVERY time we’re in the area - it’s great for a casual date night, too. You “naysayers” are so off base! I mean I think I saw a “review” from somebody in Portland, OR who starts the review with “I’ve never been to Sebastian’s.” Oh yeah, I’m going to base my dining decisions off of that one, dope.
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The same people who say Reality T.V. is real—think that the person with whom they are chatting with on the internet is REALLY who he or she says they are. Come On. Are people really losing the ability to reason?
Gee, I took the old fashioned approach. I got into my car and drove to Sebastian’s, partly because the show was such a RIOT. I never laughed so hard in my life at the entertainment of it. But, Gosh, I walked in. I was greeted by Sebastian, who, by the way, was very friendly to us. And Yes the place is comfortable. The vibe was friendly with each waiter/waitress. And OH-MY-GOD the staff thought -that we were such a nice family too! Even Sebastian talked to us about his kid, as I talked about mine. How normal. The world is what you make it to be.
Horrors, our food was Good—the pizza “Niky” was excellent! And you know what?—I think I’ll go once a week to dine at Sebastian’s—that way I can make a fair and reasonable assessment to share what is in fact true.
“I’ll take a slice of REALITY, please, and could you give me a side of Humor with that???”
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#1 I am not related to the restaurant, the owner, or any of the staff. I have no vested interest in this business at all.
With that said, the comments here that I have read are pretty disrespectful about the owner, his business, and his wife and that to me is disgusting. Some of these comments reflect on those that typed them and some of you people have no class whatsoever.
Prior to the show, the reviews for this restaurant were good.
This is entertainment, pure and simple. You folks watched the show and now there is a buzz surrounding Sebastian’s restaurant.
A lot of you people have very short memories, and pretty screwed up priorities.
Do any of you remember the countless other restaurants that had FILTH, INSECTS, LACK OF HYGIENE, and many other MAJOR HEALTH risks??
There wasn’t ONE SECOND where Gordon Ramsay had ANYTHING to say about the cleanliness of Sebastian’s restaurant. Sure the food may have been frozen, but you know what I will take that ANYDAY along with a kitchen I can eat off any surface, versus a high brow made to order business crawling with roaches and nasty old food.
Sebastian is an actor, and who knows if he was acting on the show.
I can tell you for a FACT that I’ve eaten at Sebastian’s over 300 times.
I was the guy who came up with the saying on Sebastian’s restaurant shirts, “Without Sebastian’s I’d Starve”
Sebastian has been NOTHING but class to my fiance, my friends, and my mother who visits us from the east coast and we go to Sebastian’s for brunch or dinner.
Sebastian has heart. His wife is class and his family are warm people from Boston.
Give the man a break. EVERY RESTAURANT in that section where Sebastian’s resides has FAILED. I think Sebastian’s has lasted the longest.
I don’t know who this other character is posting that they are Sebastian but all of you people are truly NAIVE if you believe everything you read on the Internet.
Go meet the man, talk to him, eat the food or not.
There’s a lot of blood, sweat and tears in that place.
Sebastian may be a big blowhard some times, but if all you can fault him for is his frozen food and big mouth, he is shoulders above his peers running filthy s*itholes and laughing their way to the bank.
Ramsay is an award winning, globally recognized chef, but NOBODY knows everything and Sebastian’s quirky menu worked for me and my friends. Perhaps that’s his niche and the rest of you can go eat at Sizzler.
i revisited sebastians today, not realizing they’d shut down, and wound up having my best meal there in months.
“Give the man a break. EVERY RESTAURANT in that section where Sebastian’s resides has FAILED. I think Sebastian’s has lasted the longest.”
most probably because of his wife putting all the money into the business.
” There’s a lot of blood, sweat and tears in that place.”
no wonder the food looked so revolting
Maybe Ramsay should do a mystery show.
How has “Sebastians Cook” managed to get hold of Sebastians emails?
What was a cameraman doing carrying a microwave around with him?
How did the producers manage to sneak so much frozen food into the store, & then into the kitchen without cook Sebastian noticing?
Why haven’t I seen Sebastians pizzas in my local supermarket yet?
How can a man have his head so far up his own ass and not suffocate? [Sebastian obviously]
Will the next owner of Sebastians just do what Ramsay said & be successful instead of a big fat zero loser?
Probably, yes?
um sebastians is closed and ramsay has restaurants in london with 2 month waiting lists… enough said
Wow. That’s barely intelligible. He said on the show that he didn’t have a degree or anything, but a lot of talent to make up for it. That’s the pre-packaged standard excuse that idiots use.
sebastians cook = sebastians himself
Also sebastians that black lady had more talent and was a better cook and leader then you’ll ever be lardo.
it’s sad, but from what i’ve read, the fact is I just can’t trust the reality TV shows. I wanna engage and support the Ramsey side; but i feel my arguement is based on false material. Ergh. T.v is so crap nowadays. Especially Australian TV.
I am not surprised at all that Sebastians is now closed, Ramsey was totally in the right and if ever anyone desreved to go out of business it was this guy! I can buy frozen foods myself thanks very much!
Sebastian sebastian Sebastian. I watched the episode and as a former chef KNEW from the way Sebastain carried on that he had a very very small pee pee combined with a massive delusional ego.
I had to google today and verify my suspicion that Sebastian would indeed go back to his old menu and the business would close down.
The black woman chef was the coolest chick- Ramsay picked up that she was the true cook out of the lot of them. Sebastian should go back and live with his Mama, maybe she can give him more reheating lessons.
Regardless of what ” emotion” producers want HOW STUPID IS THIS MAN??
Sebastian, like those that came before him ( who believed that the world was flat ) really did in his own world believe that his ” concept” was the basis of a good business…
Well Sebastian, concept does not equal profit, recognition and most importantly RESPECT !
This Ramsey has all over you in spades… he threw you a lifeline, new decore, new menue and what did you do???
Like an ostrich, you burried your head in the sand, didnt listen to anyone and belived you were right…. well with your head in the sand you well and truly got it up the &^$!%$
Hmmmmmmmm Ramsey… still going strong with restauants worldwide… and you…. gone into the sunset with your concepts neatly tucked under the arm never to be seen again…
Shame your wife invested so much money…. just be happy she loves you…. and the pre nup
I LOVED SEBASTIANS! Had no idea he was on this stupid show. I will miss his restaurant and the unique food combinations…and yum, his gravy cheese fries!!!
I just wanted to say after watching the show and reading MANY of the posted blogs, i did some fact checking. The main problem i had was with a statement that Sebastian Di Modica blogged saying that he sold his restaurant for “so much” money. I did a title search (homeowner title search) for all the Di Modica’s in CA and MA. No home. There was one with the same last name, but not Sebastian and Nichole. If they made so much money where’s the house? Or are they renting a bedroom out of someone’s house? Put your money where your mouth is buddy.
I’m impressed. It’s such a shame more people don’t know about this place, this article covered everything I needed today XD
Sebastian was fool. If he want make he’s “combination” food, then make on home.
HIS NAME GROWING UP WAS STEVE AND HE CHANGED IT FOR THE ACTING GIG. HAHA
Now it seems Sebastian and his wife are trying to rob people via an internet scam around the world
See the facebook group
“DI MODICA AROUND THE WORLD!!!”
Sebastian Di Modica IV
Hello all Di Modica’s how are all of you? My name is Sebastian Di Modica IV and i am from Boston Mass. My wife Nichole and I own a financial consulting firm that teaches people how to make an ongoing residuale six figure income by recieving a % of every transaction that happens on the internet world wide. If you want more info contact me at sdimodica@aol.com. God Bles”
I am sure this guy most likely isn’t in business anymore since he is lazy and pig headed about cooking. If I wanted microwaved shit I would stay home. I would not pay a bill if someone served me microwaved crap.