What Happened to Bella Gianna's After 24 Hours to Hell and Back?

Bella Gianna's was a family-run Italian restaurant on Route 303 in Congers, New York, run by Vincent "Vinny" Vasti, who had renamed the business from its earlier identity, Romolo's, years before the show. When Gordon Ramsay's crew filmed the series premiere in late 2017, the restaurant was struggling under the weight of Vinny's temper: he was frequently seen shouting at or crying in front of staff, the dining room decor was dated, and hidden-camera footage showed a broken walk-in freezer, expired ingredients kept at Vinny's own instruction, and kitchen staff handling food with bare hands out of a foul-smelling cooler. Co-owner Theodora Vasti-Barbato (also known as Dori) and kitchen staff struggled to be heard over Vinny's outbursts, and online reviews had begun singling him out by name as rude to customers.

Over the 24-hour turnaround, Ramsay's team rebuilt the dining room into a more contemporary space, introduced new kitchen equipment and a simplified menu built around the kitchen's stronger dishes, and pushed Vinny to recognize how his behavior was affecting staff morale and service. His daughter's plea that he listen to Ramsay was shown as a turning point in the episode. The relaunch dinner drew a positive response from regular customers, and Vinny appeared calmer by the end of filming. In the months after the episode aired in June 2018, weekend business grew and many of Ramsay's changes stuck, according to an account on realitytvupdates.com.

The Vasti family later spent years trying to sell the building, a plan complicated by a covenant limiting the land to restaurant use, according to the Rockland County Business Journal. Fan sites reported that the restaurant closed in February 2024, when the property sold for $1.4 million, a sale the Rockland County Business Journal reported on February 12, 2024. A separate review referenced the death of a longtime kitchen staff member identified on the show as Chef Lou. Yelp's own listing for the address is now marked permanently closed as of a September 2026 update.