Chef criticised by GordonRamsay commits suicide

New Jersey chef jumps off George Washington Bridge - second Ramsay contestant to kill themselves

Joseph Cerniglia Gordon Ramsay

An American restaurateur lambasted by Gordon Ramsay during the first US series of Kitchen Nightmares for his "boring, tasteless and bland" food and lack of business acumen has been found dead. It appears he committed suicide by leaping off the George Washington Bridge across the Hudson River.

Joseph Cerniglia was 39 and owned the Campania restaurant in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.

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Jack Bremer is a London-based reporter, attached to The Week.co.uk. He has reported regularly from the United States and France.