UPDATE: ‘We survived’ Gordon Ramsay, Shanty on 19th’s general manager says

Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay went undercover as a hometown hockey fan to check out an Allentown restaurant for his latest show aimed at rescuing struggling restaurants.

Donning a fake beard, Phantoms jersey and a hat, the famously temperamental Ramsay visited the Shanty on 19th, 613 N. 19th St. in Allentown, in October for his second season of “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell & Back."

In a preview released Friday on YouTube, Ramsay’s visit induced more than one spit take of food.

Served blackened scallops that appeared burned, Ramsay asks, "Is this a joke?” He takes one bite and spits the scallop out.

After a long wait time and a “stone cold” burger, Ramsay eventually leaves the table, asking the group to “not eat too much please.”

Ramsay comes back out to the restaurant without his disguise, calls for the chefs and says, “I can’t believe what we just witnessed.”

The restaurant opened as The Shanty on 19th in May of 2014, named after The Shanty restaurant, which closed at that location in 2005.

“It’s been a rocky road here,” owner Joe Tatasciore said before Ramsay’s visit Oct. 29. “We could use a little help and a little experience from the professionals.”

The show, “24 Hours to Hell & Back,” includes undercover surveillance of restaurants before Ramsay tries to transform them in 24 hours.

Watch the preview of the Shanty on 19th episode below. The full episode airs at 8 p.m. Wednesday on Fox.

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