Kitchen Nightmares
Chef Ramsay attempts to do the impossible: turn one ordinary and empty restaurant into the most popular, sought-after venue in town. There's no time for polite small talk as he embarks on his mission to turn around the fortunes of each restaurant in just one week and save them from their living nightmares.
Genre: Reality
Country: United States of America
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 0h 44m
Release: 2007
Rating: 7.5
Season 1 - Kitchen Nightmares
2007-09-19
"Gordon Ramsay visits a family-run Italian restaurant in Babylon, NY that's being run into the ground by Peter, the hot-tempered manger and co-owner."
2007-09-26
"Chef Gordon Ramsay is hitting the big city in an attempt to revamp an Indian restaurant called Dillon's and make it one of the hottest venues in town. Ironically Dillon's is located right near Chef Gordon Ramsay's own restaurant."
2008-09-18
"Ramsay takes a trip to The Mixing Bowl, a small restaurant in Bellmore, NY. He looks to turn around this restaurant which has inexperienced staff and special discounts as the restaurants specialty."
2007-10-10
"Chef Gordon Ramsay visits Seascape, a mother and son run restaurant located in Islip, NY. Ramsay must work together with a hard-headed chef, along with an inexperienced owner, to make some much needed changes to bring the customers back and to save the mother and son relationship."
2007-10-17
"Chef Gordon Ramsay takes on the challenge of helping Dean and his wife out by attempting to turn around the Olde Stone Mill restaurant located in Tuckahoe, New York. The restaurant has been renovated in the front of the house, but not in the kitchen when it comes to the horrible food."
2007-11-07
"Chef Ramsay takes on the challenge of turning a pizza restaurant in Burbank, California, called Sebastian's, into a pleasurable place to dine at. Sebastian's serves frozen food from a complicated menu and the wait staff is always auditioning for their next big role."
2007-11-14
"Chef Ramsay helps a family in the Hamptons with their pub, Finn McCools. Retired cop Buddy, fights with sons Jason and Brian, both of whom work for their father. Can Chef Ramsay work his magic on this family owned business before it goes belly up?"
2007-11-21
"Chef Ramsay tries to rev up business for Lela's, an upscale restaurant in desperate need of clientele. When Gordon gets in the kitchen and starts criticizing the menu items, the executive chef is less than thrilled and they have a showdown in front of the entire staff. Find out if the changes stick and if owner Lela will withstand this type of behaviour in her restaurant."
2007-11-28
"Chef Ramsay visits Campania, an Italian restaurant in Fair Lawn, N.J. He discovers a lackadaisical wait staff is hurting business."
2007-12-12
"Gordon goes to Moorpark, CA to assist an obstinate French chef in overcoming an empty restaurant with an off-putting decor."
Season 2 - Kitchen Nightmares
2010-01-29
"Philadelphia is known as \"The City of Brotherly Love,\" but one restaurant, the Hot Potato Cafe, is tearing a family apart. Passion, motivation and spirit fueled the restaurant when it was founded two years ago, but all of these mandatory ingredients are now in short supply."
2010-02-02
"Chef Ramsay visits Classic American in suburban West Babylon, NY, a restaurant struggling to make ends meet with mounting debt and whose two inexperienced owners are fighting to keep their American dream alive. Owners Colleen and Naomi, former waitresses at Classic American, purchased the restaurant years ago, but their lack of business experience proves to be too much for the business to handle. Chef Ramsay has his hands full with a disorganized staff and a disappointing menu, but after observing dinner service, he realizes the restaurant's problems are rooted in the lack of leadership and communication in the kitchen. In the most emotional Kitchen Nightmares episode to date, Chef Ramsay is forced to stage an intervention with the staff and help the restaurant find its way with a modern spin on classic American fare. Find out if better communication and a new menu will be enough to keep the restaurant's doors open."
2010-02-05
"Chef Gordon Ramsay takes on Bazzini Cafe, an Italian restaurant in Ridgewood, NJ, that struggles with slow service, poorly crafted dishes, a lackluster sous chef and a disappointing head chef."
2010-02-25
"Chef Ramsay travels to sunny South Florida, where he encounters a dreary situation. Le Bistro, a small French restaurant, is barely surviving, and the head chef, Andy, has no idea why. He doesn\u2019t believe there is anything wrong with the food, service or dining experience. When Chef Ramsay finds out that he and Chef Andy share similar culinary training, he is in disbelief. Can Ramsay cook up a plan that will get through to the stubborn chef and revive this sinking ship?"
2010-03-04
"Chef Ramsay visits Carlstadt, NJ, restaurant Grasshopper. Find out if Chef Ramsay will be able to turn the restaurant around or if it will be forced to close its doors forever."
2010-03-11
"Chef Ramsay visits Davide, a restaurant in Boston, MA. Find out if he will be able to turn the restaurant around or if it will be forced to close its doors forever."
2010-03-12
"Chef Ramsay heads to Lancaster, California to help out an Italian restaurant called in Casa Roma. The owners are clueless when it comes to getting people in the restaurant and how to help manage the kitchen. The restaurant is merely surviving on the packed bar area."
2010-03-19
"Chef Ramsay helps a woman with her struggling Mexican restaurant that is facing foreclosure."
2010-03-26
"Chef Ramsay's next restaurant project is Caf\u00e9 Tavolini in Bridgeport, CT. Find out if his experience and expertise will help transform the eatery into a success or if Caf\u00e9 Tavolini will have to shut its doors."
2010-04-09
"Chef Ramsay tries to help a struggling restaurant in Pasadena, Calif."
2010-05-07
"Chef Ramsay visits La Frite in Sherman Oaks, CA. Find out if his efforts to turn the restaurant around will be enough to keep the its doors open."
2010-05-14
"Chef Ramsay visits Sushi Ko in Thousand Oaks, Cal., a failing second location of a family-owned eatery. Problems include debt, a breakdown of the family dynamic, and a relative who has lost his passion for cooking."
Season 3 - Kitchen Nightmares
2011-01-21
"Chef Ramsay visits Spanish Pavillion in Harrison, NJ, a family-run business established in 1976 whose owners, brothers Michael and Jerry, have allowed their differences to compromise the quality of the restaurant. With a head chef consistently absent from the kitchen and an unhappy staff, Chef Ramsay is determined to transform the outdated ambiance and menu in order to keep the family business afloat."
2011-02-04
"Chef Ramsay visits Mike & Nellie\u2019s in Oakhurst, New Jersey. Find out if Chef Ramsay\u2019s advice and expertise can help keep the restaurant from sinking or if the restaurant\u2019s woes will be too much for even Chef Ramsay to handle."
2011-02-11
"Over the years, Chef Gordon Ramsay has helped numerous restaurant owners get back on their feet by laying the groundwork for their failing restaurants to succeed. It's been a while since Chef Ramsay first paid a visit to these restaurants, so he decides to check in with some of the restaurant owners he has helped in the past and find out if his advice has been put to good use. Find out if he will be pleased with the restaurants' progress or if he will find even more problems than before."
2011-02-18
"Chef Ramsay returns to eateries he's helped in the past, including DownCity in Providence, R.I.; Classic American in West Babylon, N.Y.; and Davide in Boston."
2011-02-25
"Chef Ramsay pays a visit to Burger Kitchen in Los Angeles in order to revamp the bland menu and to revive the tired establishment with a fresh look and a renewed vibe fit for the hip Hollywood crowd."
2011-03-11
"Chef Ramsay pays a visit to Burger Kitchen in Los Angeles in order to revamp the bland menu and to revive the tired establishment with a fresh look and a renewed vibe fit for the hip Hollywood crowd."
2011-03-18
"Chef Ramsay visits The Greek at the Harbor, an eatery in Ventura Harbor, Cal., and observes poor service and variable food quality."
2011-03-25
"Chef Ramsay heads to the Peach state eatery Michon\u2019s Smoked Meats & Seafood restaurant for a much needed update. Find out if Chef Ramsay\u2019s advice and guidance will be enough to keep this establishment in College Park, GA, open."
2011-04-15
"Chef Ramsay tries to help a struggling restaurant in Pasadena, Calif."
2011-04-29
"Chef Ramsay visits La Frite in Sherman Oaks, CA. Find out if his efforts to turn the restaurant around will be enough to keep the its doors open."
2011-05-06
"Chef Ramsay heads to Eagle Rock, Calif., to help a struggling Italian restaurant."
2011-05-13
"Chef Ramsay heads to New Orleans, LA, to help transform Zeke's Restaurant. Will he be able to breathe new life and add some spice into this Southern eatery?"
2011-05-20
"In the season finale of Kitchen Nightmares, has Chef Ramsay met his match? The culinary master visits another restaurant struggling to keep its doors open. Find out if Ramsay can help pull the establishment from the brink of failure on the season finale of Kitchen Nightmares."
Season 4 - Kitchen Nightmares
2011-09-23
"On the Season 4 premiere of Kitchen Nightmares, Chef Ramsay heads to Plainfield, New Jersey. There he hopes to help Shelly Withers transform her soul food restaurant called Blackberry's."
2011-09-30
"Gordon stops by Montclair, New Jersey, to help the owners of the Italian eatery Leone's."
2011-10-07
"Chef Ramsay visits Mike & Nellie\u2019s in Oakhurst, New Jersey. Find out if Chef Ramsay\u2019s advice and expertise can help keep the restaurant from sinking or if the restaurant\u2019s woes will be too much for even Chef Ramsay to handle."
2011-10-14
"Chef Ramsay visits Luigi\u2019s, an eatery in Anaheim, CA, on the brink of closing its doors for good. Find out if Chef Ramsay\u2019s advice and expertise will be enough for the restaurant owners to reverse their misfortunes or if their problems are too dire for even Chef Ramsay to handle."
2011-10-21
"Chef Ramsay visits Luigi\u2019s, an eatery in Anaheim, CA, on the brink of closing its doors for good. Find out if Chef Ramsay\u2019s advice and expertise will be enough for the restaurant owners to reverse their misfortunes or if their problems are too dire for even Chef Ramsay to handle."
2011-11-04
"Chef Ramsay pays a visit to Burger Kitchen in Los Angeles in order to revamp the bland menu and to revive the tired establishment with a fresh look and a renewed vibe fit for the hip Hollywood crowd."
2011-11-11
"Chef Ramsay pays a visit to Burger Kitchen in Los Angeles in order to revamp the bland menu and to revive the tired establishment with a fresh look and a renewed vibe fit for the hip Hollywood crowd."
2011-11-18
"Chef Ramsay visits The Greek at the Harbor, an eatery in Ventura Harbor, Cal., and observes poor service and variable food quality."
2012-01-13
"Chef Ramsay heads to the Peach state eatery Michon\u2019s Smoked Meats & Seafood restaurant for a much needed update. Find out if Chef Ramsay\u2019s advice and guidance will be enough to keep this establishment in College Park, GA, open."
2012-01-20
"Chef Ramsay heads to the lone star state to give Austin, Texas eatery El Greco a much-needed update that would still maintain family-held traditions. Dismayed by the careless treatment of traditional Greek cuisine and sub-par service, Chef Ramsay must intervene before the restaurant owners are forced to shut El Greco\u2019s doors for good. Find out if Chef Ramsay\u2019s advice and guidance will be enough to keep this establishment open."
2012-01-27
"Over the years, Chef Gordon Ramsay has helped numerous restaurant owners get back on their feet by helping them refresh their menus, customer service and business outlook \u2013 but once he leaves, do restaurateurs stick with it -- Chef Ramsay heads to Southern California to check up on La Frite in Sherman Oaks, Kingston Caf\u00e9 in Pasadena and Capri in Eagle Rock to see firsthand if his advice has changed the restaurants for good. He also visits Harrison, NJ, to find out if the owners of family restaurant Spanish Pavilion have mended their problems outside the kitchen, or if their disagreements are too much for their business to handle. Tune in to see if Chef Ramsay will be pleased with the restaurants\u2019 progress, or will he have to stage yet more dramatic and emotional interventions."
2012-02-03
"Chef Ramsay visits Atlanta, GA, to help the owners of contemporary American restaurant Park\u2019s Edge refresh their menu and service. Although the owners of Park\u2019s Edge take pride in their diverse menu and innovative dining experience, Chef Ramsay is shocked by the restaurant\u2019s lack of cohesiveness in the kitchen, inattentive service and disorganized management. Find out if Chef Ramsay\u2019s advice will be enough to help the restaurant regain its elegance and stylish flair."
2012-02-10
"Chef Ramsay visits Fremont, CA, to help out 50-year-old steakhouse and banquet center Spin-A-Yarn. Despite the restaurant's rich history as an old-time hideaway and meeting place, the restaurant's bland menu and outdated decor are long overdue for visual and culinary makeover. Shocked by the restaurant's inconsistent service and disorganized kitchen staff, Chef Ramsay is put to the test to give the steakhouse a refreshed menu and ambience. Find out if Chef Ramsay succeeds in updating the restaurant's image or if it will remain stuck in its old ways."
2012-02-17
"Chef Ramsay visits Charlie's in La Verne, CA to help the owners of the Italian bistro refresh its outdated look and update the menu's bland and unoriginal options. Displeased by the wishy-washy service, unappetizing dishes and old-fashioned ambiance, Chef Ramsay has his work cut out for him to turn the restaurant's luck around. Find out if Chef Ramsay can infuse the restaurant with authentic Italian elegance or if the restaurant's woes are too much for even Chef Ramsay to tackle."
Season 5 - Kitchen Nightmares
2012-10-26
"Located in the heart of the historic North End of Boston, and run by sister-duo Rita and Lisa, this Italian restaurant has proven to be a financial disaster, spiraling these sisters into a deep state of denial. From their hostile attitudes towards their staff and customers, to the tasteless recipes they serve, Chef Ramsay realizes these owners have lost control. Find out if Ramsay can take on these stubborn sisters."
2012-11-02
"Located in the heart of the historic North End of Boston, and run by sister-duo Rita and Lisa, this Italian restaurant has proven to be a financial disaster, spiraling these sisters into a deep state of denial. From their hostile attitudes towards their staff and customers, to the tasteless recipes they serve, Chef Ramsay realizes these owners have lost control. Find out if Ramsay can take on these stubborn sisters."
2012-11-09
"Chef Ramsay heads to Mama Maria's in Brooklyn. This Italian restaurant and pizzeria was passed down from mother to son more than 25 years ago, but has proven to be more of a burden than a family gem. The owner is exhausted from trying to make ends meet for his family, which in turn has taken a toll on the staff, food and overall performance of the restaurant. Chef Ramsay is disgusted to find 12 freezers filled with rancid and inedible pre-made meals and he reaches his breaking point when one diner needs an ambulance after eating a defrosted piece of seafood. When Chef Ramsay levels with this owner, he leaves him in tears. Find out if Ramsay's push was enough to wake this owner and save his family and restaurant."
2012-11-16
"Ramsay heads to Pennsylvania's Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine."
2012-12-07
"Ramsay goes to Massachusetts to help a married couple improve their restaurant, Barefoot Bobs."
2012-12-14
"Ramsay heads back to Cafe Hon, Chierello and Leones to see if the owners heeded his advice."
2013-01-25
"Chef Ramsay heads to the historical Olde Hitching Post in Hanson, MA, where he faces off with stubborn owner Tom. In 2005, Tom bought the eatery for his oldest daughter, Andrea - yet more than seven years later, he still refuses to let her have any control. Andrea, manager Janice and the rest of the staff are tired of his controlling ways, but Tom makes no apologies for his motto, \"my way is the only way.\" Owning two other prosperous restaurants, Tom cannot seem to figure out what the recipe for success is in this restaurant. Find out if Chef Ramsay can revive this restaurant and put an end to the father-daughter feud ."
2013-02-01
"Ramsay tries to help a bickering brother and sister whose Beaver, Pa., restaurant Levanti's is failing."
2013-02-15
"Ramsay travels to Sam's Mediterranean Kabob Room in Monrovia, Calif., where the owner has only been able to keep his own children on as employees."
2013-02-22
"A well-liked, retired couple ask Ramsay to help their son, who has taken over their restaurant, Nino's, in Long Beach, Calif."
2013-03-01
"Ramsay visits Mill Street Bistro in Ohio to try to turn the eatery around; the restaurant's owner acts like a dictator and has trouble listening to others' viewpoints."
2013-03-08
"Chef Ramsay continues his work at the Mill Street Bistro Bar in Ohio, trying to get the obstinate owner to make a major attitude adjustment."
2013-03-15
"Chef Ramsay heads to Seattle to help Peter make some much-needed changes to his Greek restaurant, Yanni's."
2013-04-26
"Ramsay travels to The Prohibition Grille in Everett, Wash., to help its inexperienced owner."
2013-05-03
"Gordon travels to Nashville, Tenn., to help the owners of Chappy's turn their restaurant around."
2013-05-10
"Ramsay travels to Scottsdale, Ariz., to help the owners of Amy's Baking Company."
Season 6 - Kitchen Nightmares
2014-04-11
"Chef Ramsay pays another visit to the defiant owners of Amy's Baking Company."
2014-04-11
"Ramsay helps a Denver pizzeria owner who believes he makes the best pizza in town despite taste test results proving otherwise."
2014-04-18
"Ramsay helps the owners of Old Neighborhood in Arvada, Colo., transform their restaurant."
2014-04-18
"Ramsay tries to help the owners of Kati Allo in Queens, N.Y., turn things around."
2014-04-25
"Ramsay travels to Woodland Park, Colo., to save Mangia Mangia, an Italian restaurant saddled with tension between the owner and her staff, and problems with the food, atmosphere and service."
2014-04-25
"Ramsay travels to Woodland Park, Colo., to save Mangia Mangia, an Italian restaurant saddled with tension between the owner and her staff, and problems with the food, atmosphere and service."
2014-05-02
"Chef Ramsay heads to Redondo Beach, Calif., to try and save Zayna Flaming Grill, a Mediterranean restaurant plagued by substandard food and owners playing the blame game."
2014-05-02
"Chef Ramsay heads to Redondo Beach, Calif., to try and save Zayna Flaming Grill, a Mediterranean restaurant plagued by substandard food and owners playing the blame game."
2014-05-16
"Gordon travels to the town of Easton, PA, where he tries to wake up a mother and son pairing who are running their Italian restaurant into the ground."
2014-09-12
"Chef Ramsay checks in on restaurants he's helped, including La Galleria in Boston; the Olde Hitching Post in Hanson, Mass.; and Prohibition Gastropub in Everett, Wash."
Season 7 - Kitchen Nightmares
Season 8 - Kitchen Nightmares
06 Nov 2023
"A family-run Haitian juice bar and restaurant in Brooklyn, NY has fallen into utter chaos after the owner's children, who value partying and having fun over the success of their father's business, take over management. Gordon Rams..."
13 Nov 2023
"Love Bites is a small restaurant in Saugerties, NY run by childhood sweethearts who have trouble separating their work and personal lives. Gordon Ramsay steps in to save both the cafe and the couple's engagement after the business..."
20 Nov 2023
"A sibling duo opened El Cantito, a Puerto Rican restaurant, five days before the COVID shutdown. However, they struggle to keep the business afloat with malfunctioning equipment, a small staff and pandemic-induced financial strain..."