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Season 1 – Kitchen Nightmares

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Chef Gordon Ramsay hits the road to help struggling restaurants all over the United States turn their luck around. Ramsay examines the problems each establishment faces, from unsanitary refrigerators to lazy or inexperienced staff, and searches for resolutions. With help from his team, Ramsay redecorates each eatery to give it a fresh new look and updates the menu as needed. Ramsay's ultimate goal is to make the restaurants he visits popular and profitable, but it's up to the restaurateurs to take his advice and turn their business nightmare into the American dream.
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Kitchen Nightmares — Season 1

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If you can stand the heat of Gordon Ramsey's trademark intensity, Kitchen Nightmares serves up a seemingly endless buffet of train wreck viewing.

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Daniel Fienberg Hartford Courant 04/17/2020
[Gordon] Ramsay still swears up a storm and hurls invectives like some hack cooks use parsley, but for once, all of Ramsay's outrage seems well-placed and proportional to the occasion. Go to Full Review David Hinckley New York Daily News 04/09/2020
This show is more entertaining than most unscripted series, but that praise doesn't raise the heat high enough. Go to Full Review Ray Richmond The Hollywood Reporter 04/09/2020
"Kitchen Nightmares" pushes all of the proper emotional buttons to draw we viewers in. But we're never for a moment able to suspend the notion that we, the audience, are being played. Go to Full Review Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 04/09/2020
"Kitchen Nightmares" is another reality show that encourages viewers to wallow in the train wreck it displays; if that's appealing to you, then this "Nightmare" is one tasty dish. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Harry T @harryt9840 01/02/2024 I love all of Kitchen Nightmares USA, Gordon Ramsay is a life saver and I love it when he goes through those gross discusting fridges! See more Regal R 03/01/2023 90/100 - If you can stand the heat of Gordon Ramsey's trademark intensity, go buy a bubble to live in and some tissues to cry into when you get a papercut. He's a great entertainer and the critics who complain about his voracity are animals with an underdeveloped frontal lobe. Dont be like them. Enjoy this fine entertainment. See more 07/05/2017 Kitchen Nightmares profits off of shaming small one-man owned or family-owned business restaurants by encouraging everyone not to eat there by showing how unsanitary, moldy or outdated their food and storing/preparing/ cooking methods are. Not that I feel sorry for those pathetic small businesses, but it gets repetitive and tedious to watch pessimistic cam-corded videos mocking restaurant failure all the time. See more Read all reviews
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Gordon Ramsay

Self

J.V. Martin

Narrator

Kim Seeley

Self

Gerry McKean

Executive Producer

Curt Northrup

Executive Producer

Arthur Smith

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 19, 2007 Peter's Chef Ramsay tries to improve a small, family-run Italian restaurant in Babylon, N.Y., but faces a hot-tempered "Godfather" wannabe. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 26, 2007 Dillon's Chef Ramsay tries to revamp an Indian restaurant just steps away from his own New York restaurant. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 3, 2007 Mixing Bowl Chef Ramsay must make many changes to a small restaurant in Bellmore, N.Y., to keep it afloat. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 10, 2007 Seascape Gordon tries to help a woman and her son, who are running their Islip, N.Y., restaurant into the ground. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 17, 2007 Olde Stone Mill Chef Gordon Ramsay works his magic on a New York state eatery that has been renovated but still has horrible service and food. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 7, 2007 Sebastian's Chef Ramsay visits a chaotic Burbank, Calif., restaurant and goes head-to-head with the owner to simplify the menu. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 14, 2007 Finn McCool's When Gordon visits a Westhampton, N.Y., restaurant where the head chef, the owner's son, makes everyone unhappy, he makes drastic changes that could affect the family forever. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 21, 2007 Lela's Gordon tries to improve business for an upscale California restaurant in desperate need of clientele; the executive chef has a showdown with Gordon in front of the entire staff. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 28, 2007 Campania Gordon makes serious changes to an Italian restaurant that is losing money; the police crash the party at the restaurant's reopening. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 12, 2007 Secret Garden Gordon tries to help put a deserted California restaurant back on the map; the restaurant's owner does not want to accept the changes, which leads to a screaming match. Details Episode 11 Aired Sep 4, 2008 Revisited: Gordon Returns Gordon Ramsay revisits the kitchens of six restaurants that he altered when they were about to close their doors. Details Episode 12 Aired Sep 4, 2008 Revisited: Gordon Returns Gordon Ramsay revisits the kitchens of six restaurants that he altered when they were about to close their doors. Details Episode 13 Aired Sep 11, 2008 Handlebar Ramsay visits the Handlebar Restaurant and Lounge in Mount Sinai, N.Y., where the owners are in denial about the restaurant's outdated decor and the head chef's lack of passion. Details Episode 14 Aired Sep 18, 2008 Giuseppe's Gordon Ramsay visits Giuseppe's, a family-run Italian restaurant in Macomb Township, Mich., that has a chaotic atmosphere in the kitchen and a lack of clientele; to spread word about the restaurant, Giuseppe's hosts a bowl-a-thon. Details Episode 15 Aired Sep 25, 2008 Trobiano's Chef Gordon Ramsay visits Trobiano's, an Italian restaurant that is a half-million dollars in debt; during a confrontation with the owner about the cleanliness of the kitchen and the quality of the food, chef Ramsay walks out. Details Episode 16 Aired Sep 25, 2008 Black Pearl Black Pearl, a struggling seafood restaurant with three different owners running the kitchen, has come to chef Gordon Ramsay for help; one of the owners is resistant to change and questions every move Gordon makes. Details Episode 17 Aired Oct 30, 2008 J. Willy's The owners of J. Willy's Bar and Grille are $1.2 million in debt and contact chef Gordon Ramsay in hope that he can help give them a fresh start; Gordon brings in fresh ingredients and teaches the inexperienced cooks how to make various dishes. Details Episode 18 Aired Nov 6, 2008 Hannah & Mason's Chef Ramsay heads to Cranbury, N.J., to help two friends who bought a French Bistro they used to work in; a disgusting discovery in a kitchen cooler forces Ramsay to shut the restaurant down on the busiest night of the year. Details Episode 19 Aired Nov 6, 2008 Jack's Waterfront Chef Ramsay visits a restaurant that is going under due to imitation seafood and a lack of management; problems arise when the general manager seems more interested in socializing with clientele than keeping the restaurant in business. Details Episode 20 Aired Nov 13, 2008 Sabatiello's Sammy, the owner of a restaurant in Stamford, Conn., is over $1 million in debt when he asks for chef Gordon Ramsay's help; when Gordon criticizes the food, Sammy's temper flares out of control. Details Episode 21 Aired Nov 13, 2008 Fiesta Sunrise Chef Ramsay tries to help a family-run Mexican eatery get back in business, but he encounters obstacles like unsanitary conditions, spoiled food and cockroaches. Details Episode 22 Aired Nov 20, 2008 Sante La Brea Chef Ramsey tackles spoiled food, fake fish and a small customer-base when he visits Sante La Brea in Los Angeles. Details Episode 23 Aired Jan 15, 2009 Cafe 36 Chef Ramsay tries to help a husband and wife with their restaurant that is losing money due to a lack of clientele and a head chef who isn't concerned with quality. Details

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Kitchen Nightmares — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Brad Kreisberg, Kent Weed
Executive Producer
Gerry McKean, Curt Northrup, Arthur Smith, Gordon Ramsay, Patricia Llewellyn, Kent Weed
Network
Fox
Rating
TV-14 (L)
Genre
Reality, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 19, 2007
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