Kitchen Nightmares
Gordon Ramsay visits struggling restaurants across America and spends one week trying to help them become successful.
Genre: Reality-TV
Cast:Gordon Ramsay , Arthur Smith , Kim Seeley , Michael Cabbibo , Gordon Kennedy , Marc I. Daniels , J.V. Martin , Scott Leibfried , Naris Mardirosian , Elizabeth Ann Koshak , James Koshak , Chris Snee , Jeff Feagles , Tom , Vikas Khanna , Daniel , Joe Nagy , Kaleigh
S1.E1 ∙ Peter's
Gordon visit Peter's, an Italian restaurant in West Babylon, NY, that is in financial trouble due to the fact that the owner, Peter, spends most of the money on expensive suits, fancy cars, etc. Also not helping matters are a feuding kitchen/wait staff and frequent visits by debt collectors.
S1.E2 ∙ Dillons
Gordon's biggest challenge is fixing Dillon's, a multi-cultural restaurant in New York City that is located directly across the street from one of Gordon's own eateries. Dillon's is suffering from an identity crisis due to its menu serving various types of cuisine, a filthy kitchen, an incompetent staff, and three different owners, none of whom are doing a good job.
S1.E3 ∙ The Mixing Bowl
Gordon visits The Mixing Bowl, a small bistro in Long Island that is being run into the ground by its irresponsible manager and his working relationship with the husband and wife owners is suffering because of it.
S1.E4 ∙ Seascape
Gordon visits Seascape, the oldest standing restaurant in Islip, New York, which used to be a thriving establishment in the community, but now is crumbling and nearing foreclosure. The place is owned by Irene and her incapable son Peter, both of whom feud constantly in the restaurant and do not see eye to eye on certain things. Gordon also has his hands full with arrogant head chef Doug, his uncaring sous chef Charles, and a disorganized group of waitresses, but Gordon notices the kitchen is filthy beyond belief and must take drastic measures to bring the restaurant back to its former glory.
S1.E5 ∙ The Olde Stone Mill
The secret of Olde Stone Mill is that nobody eats there (even if they can find the entrance, which is also a secret).
S1.E6 ∙ Sebastian's
Sebastian's has 20, ah, 21, maybe 23 unique failure combinations, and terrible pizza. Can Ramsay get through Chef Sebastian Di Modica thick skull or is the final combination of closure unavoidable?
S1.E7 ∙ Finn McCool's
Gordon visits Finn McCools, an Irish pub in the Hamptons that is in deep financial trouble. He also encounters an obnoxious, unprofessional head chef, who is actually the owner's son.
S1.E8 ∙ Lela's
Gordon tries to turn around a fine dining restaurant in the art community of Pomona, CA, but he encounters numerous problems: a carefree staff, a waitress and the head chef at war, and a prep cook always eating the inventory.
S1.E9 ∙ Campania
Gordon discovers the owner of an Italian restaurant in New Jersey treats his staff like friends more than employees.
S1.E10 ∙ The Secret Garden
Gordon visits a French restaurant in Moorpark, CA, owned by a French chef with a major attitude problem.
S2.E1 ∙ Revisited: Gordon Returns
Ramsay pays another visit to some restaurants he helped in the past to check up on their progress.
S2.E2 ∙ Handlebar
Ramsay faces an owner who is oblivious and combative about the reality of the Hanhlebar's failures, and a wife desperate to keep their business open, replete with a cook who isn't a cook and doesn't seem to care.
S2.E3 ∙ Giuseppi's
Gordon tries to turn around a struggling Italian restaurant in Michigan and repair the fractured family that own it.
S2.E4 ∙ Trobiano's
Ramsay faces the owner of Trobiano's, a struggling business going under, who is arrogant and can't see what's happening to it and the people around him.
S2.E5 ∙ Black Pearl
Ramsay walks into the Black Pearl: a failing restaurant with lousy food and three owners who can't see eye-to-eye, including one who has his head up his butt so far he can't see reality.
S2.E6 ∙ J Willy's
Gordon visits a barbecue joint in South Bend, Indiana that is being run into the ground by owner John, who is oblivious to the restaurant's failings. Co-owners Rick and Tricia are also frustrated with John's inability to run it properly.
S2.E7 ∙ Hannah & Mason's
Hannah and Mason's is a failing restaurant run by two friends who can't get their act together and one of which appears to have no passion and absolutely no drive regardless of the customer complaints.
S2.E8 ∙ Jack's on Waterfront
Jack's Waterfront is a perfectly situated restaurant by the bay, but with terrible food and three owners and yet nobody in charge, and a father with over 40 years in the restaurant industry who doesn't know what's going on and won't accept responsibility.
S2.E9 ∙ Sabatiello's
It's Gordon vs. Sammy. Sabatiello's is a struggling business run by Sammy -- a stubborn, combative and abusive owner with a skull that won't let the truth in.
S2.E10 ∙ Fiesta Sunrise
Vic, owner of the Fiesta Sunrise, is running the business into the ground like his previous failed restaurant, only using money from his wife and stepdaughter, but is oblivious to it. Things go from bad to appallingly horrible once Ramsay has a look into the kitchen...
S2.E11 ∙ Sante la Brea
The Sante la Brea is run by a manager who can't manage and his two sons; one who needs guidance and the other who just doesn't seem to listen, on top of a cook in low gear and a kitchen that causes a shut down.
S2.E12 ∙ Cafe 36
A long ago pair of high school sweet hearts achieved their dream of owning and running Cafe 36, but with an average of eleven costumers a day and a chef that refuses to communicate, things are looking grim.
S3.E1 ∙ Hot Potato Cafe
The only thing "Hot" about the Hot Potato Café are the flames it is going down in, with a family trying to run their café but unsure of how to even do it and with zero passion, and a loss in costumers after a bad review.
S3.E2 ∙ Flamango's
Flamangos: a restaurant with an odd name, odd structure, odd decorative alligator, and odd dishes nobody likes. And Adele: real life's example of George Costanza's mom, with more than a generous helping of ungratefulness.
S3.E3 ∙ Bazzini
Gordon takes a trip to Bazzini, where the food is hard, cold, and sticks to the plate and can pass as a wall ornament. And in the kitchen, the chef/owner who think's it's fine and is not too susceptible to criticism.
S3.E4 ∙ Mojito
Mojito Cuban Cuisine is run by Kata and Marcelo, ex lovers turned bitter feuders who are ruining the business and in turn the business ruining them.
S3.E5 ∙ Lido di Manhattan Beach
Lido Di Manhattan Beach is owned by Lisa, who proudly goes on about her young age and ownership, yet is oblivious to the faults said age and lack of experience has brought. And then Ramsay starts investigating the kitchen...
S3.E6 ∙ Le Bistro
The owner and only chef of Le Bistro has his mind set to having done nothing wrong and won't listen to anybody, including Ramsay. Can Gordon help a disrespectful, rude and arrogant owner or is Le Bistro beyond help?
S3.E7 ∙ Casa Roma
Casa Roma: where the carpets are dirty, food sticks to your hand, the menu misspells a key word, the bar is hoping but the restaurant side of a ghost town, and the chef is a huge SOB. In addition to that a mother and son ownership who've never worked at or run a restaurant. Top that off with one of the most disgusting kitchen and dining room investigations yet. Can it be saved?
S3.E8 ∙ Mama Rita's
Mama Rita's looks wonderful, did well the first three weeks but in a year it's near death's door, leaving Gordon to figure out what's wrong.
S3.E9 ∙ Anna Vincenzo's
The prima donna owner of Anna Vincenzo's rebukes Ramsay and his help and insists what she is doing is fine.
S3.E10 ∙ Revisited #2
Ramsay revisits restaurants Giuseppi and Sante La Brea, from season two, to see if they have succeeded; there is good news and there is bad news. Also included is an update on what happened at Finn McCool's.
S3.E11 ∙ Fleming
The only thing that has changed in 30 years at Fleming is the ownership. After literally having to pull a plate from a costumer and stop orders of a menu item, Ramsay soon realizes more help is needed than known.
S3.E12 ∙ Sushi Ko
The once proud chef and now owner of the failing Sushi Ko has become an apathetic shell of a business man, and his family suffers there as well.
S3.E13 ∙ Revisited #3
Gordon revisits some of the worst restaurants previously encountered: Handlebar and the Black Pearl (season two) and Casa Roma (season three) to see how they are doing. There's good news, bad news, and a surprise.
S4.E1 ∙ Spanish Pavillion
Spanish Pavilion is run by a family constantly at each other's throats who are ignoring the problems, and the dead lobster floating in the tank.
S4.E2 ∙ Classic American
The Classic American restaurant is out of food, out of cups, out of menus, and nearly out-of-business with almost a million in debt. Can Ramsay help the two well-meaning servers turned owners?
S4.E3 ∙ PJ's Steakhouse
PJ's Steakhouse is dying from a lack of control from management to food quality, with one slightly rude owner and her husband, the co-owner, sitting at the bar drinking the business day away.
S4.E4 ∙ Revisited #4
Ramsay revisits the restaurants Bazzini, Mojito and ex Flamongos, from season three, to see if they have succeeded; there is good news and even where there is bad news, there is also a ray of sunshine.
S4.E5 ∙ Grasshopper Also
The Grasshopper Also is a blimey arseways failure best renamed Boghopper. Can Gordon makes sure Irish eyes will be smiling upon a family business dying young?
S4.E6 ∙ Davide
The Davide is a restaurant divided embittered owner at odds with his ex painkiller-taking brother.
S4.E8 ∙ Revisited #5
Ramsay revisits the restaurants Lido di Manhattan Beach, Anna Vincenzo's, and Le Bistro, from season three, to see if they have succeeded; there is good news and a little bad news.
S4.E9 ∙ Cafe Tavolini
Cafe Tavolini is run by absentee owners with the only honest trying person, the son of the mother, a young man working as a server.
S4.E10 ∙ Kingston Café
Dr. Morris not only owns Kingston Café, but works next door as a doctor, and is a three-time winning Olympian athlete who can't win at her restaurant as she did as an Olympian.
S4.E11 ∙ La Frite
A once friendly brother and sister have turned bitter once taking over the family business, La Frite.
S4.E12 ∙ Capri
Jim and Jeff are a pair of well-meaning but lazy identical twins who have turned a once successful pizza business, opened for decades, into a failure on the brink of shuttering.
S4.E13 ∙ Zeke's
Zeke's Restaurant has gone downhill with new ownership and the future isn't looking good.
S4.E14 ∙ Oceana
Gordon encounters Oceana: a failing restaurant with one hot-tempered co-owner, a rude and ignorant chef, and to date perhaps the dirtiest kitchen yet.
S4.E15 ∙ Café Hon
The delusional owner of Cafe Hon trademarks "Hon", alienating the local community, making them say "Noh" to her café.
S5.E1 ∙ Blackberry's
What's purple, yellow, dirty, and failing? Blackberry's, under the mouthy un-listening dictator Shelly.
S5.E2 ∙ Leone's
Mother Rose ran a very successful restaurant, Leone's, but during an operation ended up in a coma and two years later returns to find the place a messy ghost town under the ownership of her son.
S5.E3 ∙ Mike & Nellie's
After one owner or Mike & Nellie's passes away, things get so bad it's on the verge of closing, with the remaining owner clocked out and even drinking beer in the kitchen during service, and oblivious to the quality of the food.
S5.E4 ∙ Luigi's
Luigi's D'Italia suffers from bad food and owners who yell and scream, including at the customers.
S5.E5 ∙ Burger Kitchen: Part 1
Burger Kitchen is run by an incompetent owner who used money from his son's trust fund to keep it going, but between that, a frustrated chef, bad and undercooked food, over five thousand in loses each month, and the annoying wife/co-owner, things are about to go nuclear...
S5.E6 ∙ Burger Kitchen: Part 2
And now, the conclusion. Will Burger Kitchen stay afloat or will it end in a spectacular failure?
S5.E7 ∙ Greek at the Harbor
Mickey achieved the American dream, opening Greek at the Harbor, and prospering, but in recent years the quality of the food has dropped as much as the clientèle. Now, unless Ramsay can help, things are looking more like a Greek tragedy.
S5.E8 ∙ Michon's
Michon's, a restaurant named after the middle name of the owner's daughter, hoped to one day take over but seems more content doing nothing while her father in poor health watches his once successful business dwindle away.
S5.E10 ∙ Park's Edge
Unsurprisingly, when you say the city residents are racist and don't like a minority owned restaurant, your business tanks. Then combined that with odd and bad tasting food with owners who have no restaurant experience, and you have a mess.
S5.E11 ∙ Spin a Yarn
Spin-A-Yarn is spinning out of control financially, quickly becoming of a Greek tragedy (with posh bathrooms).
S5.E12 ∙ Charlie's
One mother and one sister have their money and a house on the line if Charlie's cannot succeed, leaving the other sister to step up to the plate or watch everything be destroyed.
S5.E14 ∙ Chiarella's
Chiarella's is suffering from a burnt-out owner and disgusting food.
S5.E15 ∙ Zocalo
Gordon Ramsay helps a married couple improve the food at their Mexican restaurant.
S6.E1 ∙ La Galleria 33: Part 1
Chef Ramsay helps stubborn sisters live up to their parents' success on part one.
S6.E2 ∙ La Galleria 33: Part 2
Chef Ramsay's quest to help stubborn sisters continues.
S6.E4 ∙ Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine
Chef Ramsay looks to repair a restaurant owner's reputation.
S6.E8 ∙ Levanti's Italian Restaurant
A sibiling rivarly has turned this restaurant sour.
S6.E10 ∙ Nino's Italian Restaurant
Chef Ramsay is called in to save a Long Beach legacy.
S6.E11 ∙ Mill Street Bistro, Part 1
Chef Ramsay finds himself at war with an arrogant restaurant owner on part one.
S6.E12 ∙ Mill Street Bistro, Part 2
Chef Ransay's quest to help a tyrannical bistro owner continues.
S6.E13 ∙ Yanni's
Chef Ramsay convinces a Greek restaurant owner it's time for a change.
S6.E14 ∙ Prohibition Grille
Chef Ramsay helps a belly dancer shake up her restaurant.
S6.E16 ∙ Amy's Baking Company
A couple finds it hard to listen to Chef Ramsay's advice.
S7.E1 ∙ Return to Amy's Baking Company
In an epic season premiere event, KITCHEN NIGHTMARES is catching up with the most talked-about restaurant in the series' history: Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale, AZ. Find out what has happened with Amy and Samy in the past year since the original episode aired, and the media firestorm ensued. In this special edition of the show, Chef Ramsay will reveal never-before-seen footage and take the audience through the highlights of the public's reactions. Plus, don't miss an exclusive interview with Amy and Samy themselves.
S7.E2 ∙ Pantaleone's
Chef Ramsay heads to Denver, CO, where he meets a restaurant owner who is truly stuck in the past. Pete claims his family owned-and-run restaurant makes the "Best Pizza in Denver" based off a review from the 1980s. But when Ramsay holds a local taste test and a store-bought pizza is preferred over Pete's, it is clear the Denver community disagrees with that claim.
S7.E3 ∙ Old Neighborhood
Chef Ramsay heads to Arvada, CO, where owners Alexa and Randy are desperately calling on him to help restore their 25-year-old restaurant, the Old Neighborhood. Alexa and Randy have so much pride in their family-run establishment, which is why Chef Ramsay is shocked to find the food and conditions are not up to par. They are forced to take a look at what is really driving their restaurant into the ground and make some serious changes when Ramsay mounts one of the biggest transformations in the series' history. Find out if the couple is open to making this neighborhood joint new again.
S7.E4 ∙ Kati Allo
Chef Ramsay heads to Queens, New York in hopes of restoring Kati Allo, a Greek restaurant run by husband-and-wife team Manny and Christine. Ramsay is surprised when he finds Kati Allo isn't the only thing in jeopardy - quickly seeing that the couple's marriage and family life with daughter Evelyn are suffering, as well. Can Chef Ramsay help the family come together in order to save Kati Allo.
S7.E5 ∙ Mangia Mangia: Part 1
At Mangia Mangia, nothing is what it is supposed to be: from an owner who has no clue and easily gets angered, to a young chef who's had no training, to food that's not even remotely fresh, to Chef Mic' doing most of the cooking.
S7.E6 ∙ Mangia Mangia: Part 2
In order for Mangia Mangia to survive, changes have to happen from the top down, and in the continuation, that's exactly what Gordon sets out to do.
S7.E7 ∙ Zayna Flaming Grill: Part 1
Zayna Flaming Grill is a flaming mess with family constantly butting heads, and the main culprit of the problems, co-owner Fayna, completely in denial.
S7.E8 ∙ Zayna Flaming Grill: Part 2
Can Ramsay pull Fayna's head out of her butt, or will the business and family go up in flames?
S7.E9 ∙ Bella Luna
Three years ago, Rosaria and her two sons moved from New York to Easton, PA, to open an Italian restaurant called Bella Luna. Rosaria bought the restaurant to fulfill son Gianfranco's dream of becoming a chef. But despite the best of intentions, the restaurant is failing. Bella Luna's future looks especially grim due to Gianfranco's lack of real experience in the kitchen, combined with his mother's refusal to acknowledge the restaurant's flaws. Find out if Chef Ramsay can save the restaurant and restore this family's dream.
S7.E10 ∙ Revisited
Gordon Ramsay and Kitchen Nightmares revisit some of their favorite restaurants including La Galleria 33 in Boston, the Olde Hitching Post, and Prohibition Gastropub.
S8.E1 ∙ Bel Aire
The Bel Aire Diner in Astoria, New York is no stranger to these challenges as a family-run business crumbling under dysfunction. With their parents retiring, Ramsay urges two brothers to work through their emotional conflicts to save their beloved restaurant.
