Kitchen Nightmares

Season 1 2007 - 2009
TV-14

  • 2007-09-20T00:00:00Z on FOX
  • 44m
  • 16h 8m (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Reality
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.

22 episodes

Series Premiere

2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

1x01 Peter's

Series Premiere

1x01 Peter's

  • 2007-09-20T00:00:00Z44m

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.

2007-09-27T00:00:00Z

1x02 Dillon's

1x02 Dillon's

  • 2007-09-27T00:00:00Z44m

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.

2007-10-04T00:00:00Z

1x03 The Mixing Bowl

1x03 The Mixing Bowl

  • 2007-10-04T00:00:00Z44m

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.

2007-10-11T00:00:00Z

1x04 Seascape

1x04 Seascape

  • 2007-10-11T00:00:00Z44m

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.

2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

1x05 Olde Stone Mill

1x05 Olde Stone Mill

  • 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z44m

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.

2007-11-08T01:00:00Z

1x06 Sebastian's

1x06 Sebastian's

  • 2007-11-08T01:00:00Z44m

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?

2007-11-15T01:00:00Z

1x07 Finn McCool's

1x07 Finn McCool's

  • 2007-11-15T01:00:00Z44m

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?

2007-11-22T01:00:00Z

1x08 Lela's

1x08 Lela's

  • 2007-11-22T01:00:00Z44m

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.

2007-11-29T01:00:00Z

1x09 Campania

1x09 Campania

  • 2007-11-29T01:00:00Z44m

Chef Ramsay visits Campania, an Italian restaurant in Fair Lawn, N.J. He discovers a lackadaisical wait staff is hurting business.

2007-12-13T01:00:00Z

1x10 Secret Garden

1x10 Secret Garden

  • 2007-12-13T01:00:00Z44m

Gordon goes to Moorpark, CA to assist an obstinate French chef in overcoming an empty restaurant with an off-putting decor.

2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

1x11 Revisited: Gordon Returns

Chef Gordon Ramsay wants to see if all of his hard work paid off, when he returns to check up on six of the failing restaurants he helped turn around.

2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

1x12 Handlebar

1x12 Handlebar

  • 2008-09-12T00:00:00Z44m

Chef Ramsay heads to Mount Sinai, NY, and the Handlebar Restaurant & Lounge, which the owners seem oblivious to the 1880's decor and the head chef's apathy.

2008-09-19T00:00:00Z

1x13 Giuseppi's

1x13 Giuseppi's

  • 2008-09-19T00:00:00Z44m

Chef Ramsay visits Giuseppi's Italian restaurant in Macomb Township, Mich., and discovers an abundance of bickering from the father-son team that runs the kitchen and a shortage of patrons.

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

1x14 Trobiano's

1x14 Trobiano's

  • 2008-09-26T00:00:00Z44m

Chef Gordan Ramsey visits an Italian restaurant in Great Neck, New York, that is a half-million dollars in debt, but a confrontation over kitchen cleanliness and the food between Ramsey and the owner leaves the future of the eatery uncertain.

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

1x15 Black Pearl

1x15 Black Pearl

  • 2008-09-26T00:00:00Z44m

Chef Gordon Ramsey visits a seafood restaurant in New York where three different owners run the kitchen, leading to a lack of consistency in food and service, and one of the owners is a "know-it-all," challenging each of Ramsey's changes.

2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

1x16 J Willy's

1x16 J Willy's

  • 2008-10-31T00:00:00Z44m

Chef Ramsey heads to South Bend, Ind., and J Willy's Bar & Grille, a business has lost $1.2 million. He gives them a challenge of using fresh ingredients, but the inexperienced chefs become overwhelmed, causing one customer to break down and cry.

2008-11-07T01:00:00Z

1x17 Hannah & Mason's

1x17 Hannah & Mason's

  • 2008-11-07T01:00:00Z44m

Chef Ramsey heads to Cranbury, NJ, to visit a French bistro named Hannah & Mason, owned by a pair of friends who lack both business experience and motivation. The staff are holding bounced paychecks, but that isn't as bad as what chef Ramsey finds inside the cooler which causes the place to be shut down on Valentine's Day.

2008-11-07T01:00:00Z

1x18 Jack's Waterfront

1x18 Jack's Waterfront

  • 2008-11-07T01:00:00Z44m

Chef Ramsey heads to St. Clair Shores, Michigan, to visit Jack's Waterfront, which is suffering from a lack of fresh seafood and an inattentive management. Chef's goal is to make this eatery a year-round money maker, but the general manager's excessive socializing with his patrons may put a roadblock in this plan.

2008-11-14T01:00:00Z

1x19 Sabatiello's

1x19 Sabatiello's

  • 2008-11-14T01:00:00Z44m

Chef Ramsey visits Stamford, Conn. and Sabatiello's, an Italian restaurant which is owned by a hot-tempered and has poor customer service. His staff has turned against the owner and Ramsey's offer of criticism, that he decides he will shut the place down himself.

2008-11-14T01:00:00Z

1x20 Fiesta Sunrise

1x20 Fiesta Sunrise

  • 2008-11-14T01:00:00Z44m

Chef Ramsey heads to West Nyack, N.Y. and the Fiesta Sunrise, a Mexican restaurant, and meets up with a stubborn owner who seems to be ruining his own business. Ramsey gives the place an inspection and shuts the place down, declaring it is unsanitary.

2008-11-21T01:00:00Z

1x21 Sante La Brea

1x21 Sante La Brea

  • 2008-11-21T01:00:00Z44m

Chef Ramsay comes back to Sante La Brea and Giuseppi's to see if they have improved or not. He also takes a look at some of his noteworthy kitchen fights over that time.

Season Finale

2009-01-16T01:00:00Z

1x22 Cafe 36

Season Finale

1x22 Cafe 36

  • 2009-01-16T01:00:00Z44m

Chef Ramsey visits a French-American eatery in La Grange, Illinois, named Cafe 36. The owners have very little experience in running a restaurant and need a hand with their shortage of customers and the head chef, who doesn't practice quality control.

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