Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
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Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is a television programme featuring British celebrity chef
Celebrity chef
A celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become famous and well known. Today celebrity chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations via mass media, especially television. Historically, celebrity chefs have included Antoine Carême and Martino da Como.-External...

 Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....

. The BAFTA
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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 and Emmy Award
Emmy Award
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-winning programme debuted on Channel 4
Channel 4
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 in 2004.

In each episode, Ramsay visits a failing restaurant
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...

 and acts as a troubleshooter to help improve the establishment in just one week. Ramsay revisits the restaurant a few months later to see how business has fared in his absence. Episodes from series one and two have been re-edited with additional new material as Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited; they featured Ramsay checking up on restaurants a year or more after he attended to them. In October 2009 Ramsay announced that after his current four-year contract
Contract
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 expires in 2011 he will not continue with Kitchen Nightmares and will instead work on his other shows.

A one-off special entitled Ramsay's Great British Nightmare aired on Channel 4 on 30 January 2009 as part of The Great British Food Fight, a two week series of food-related programming. In the program, Ramsay campaigned for viewers to start supporting local restaurants, especially in a bad economy.

An American adaptation of this show, titled Kitchen Nightmares
Kitchen Nightmares
Kitchen Nightmares is an American reality television series broadcast on the Fox network, in which Chef Gordon Ramsay spends a week with a failing restaurant in an attempt to revive the business. It is based on the British show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. The show is produced by ITV Studios...

, debuted 19 September 2007, on Fox
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.

Episodes

The following restaurants have been featured on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Name changes reflect information presented on the original or Revisited episodes.

Series 1

# Restaurant Location Original airdate
1. Bonapartes Restaurant Silsden
Silsden
Silsden is a town and civil parish situated in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the northern slope of the Aire Valley between Keighley and Skipton. It is about from the river. Along the lower edge of the town is the Leeds and Liverpool Canal...

, England
27 April, 2004
2. The Glass House Ambleside
Ambleside
Ambleside is a town in Cumbria, in North West England.Historically within the county of Westmorland, it is situated at the head of Windermere, England's largest lake...

, England
4 May, 2004
3. The Walnut Tree Inn Llanddewi Skirrid, Wales 11 May, 2004
4. Moore Place Esher
Esher
Esher is a town in the Surrey borough of Elmbridge in South East England near the River Mole. It is a very prosperous part of the Greater London Urban Area, largely suburban in character, and is situated 14.1 miles south west of Charing Cross....

, England
18 May, 2004

Series 2

# Restaurant Location Original airdate
1. La Lanterna Letchworth
Letchworth
Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The town's name is taken from one of the three villages it surrounded - all of which featured in the Domesday Book. The land used was first purchased by Quakers who had intended to farm the...

, England
24 May, 2005
2. D-Place[1] Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...

, England
31 May, 2005
3. Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

, England
7 June, 2005
4. La Riviera[2] Inverness
Inverness
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...

, Scotland
14 June, 2005
5. The Glass House[3] Ambleside
Ambleside
Ambleside is a town in Cumbria, in North West England.Historically within the county of Westmorland, it is situated at the head of Windermere, England's largest lake...

, England
21 May, 2005
6. The Walnut Tree Inn[3] Llandewi Skirrid, Wales 28 May, 2005
7. Moore Place[3] Esher, England 5 July, 2005
8. Bonapartes Restaurant[3] Silsden
Silsden
Silsden is a town and civil parish situated in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the northern slope of the Aire Valley between Keighley and Skipton. It is about from the river. Along the lower edge of the town is the Leeds and Liverpool Canal...

, England
12 July, 2005


: Renamed Saracen's Cafe Bar during production

: Now called Abstract

: Revisited Episode

Series 3

# Restaurant Location Original airdate
1. Oscar's Nantwich
Nantwich
Nantwich is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The town gives its name to the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich...

, England
21 February, 2006
2. The Sandgate Hotel Sandgate
Sandgate, Kent
Sandgate is a village in the Folkestone and Hythe Urban Area in the Shepway district of Kent, England. In 2004, the village re-acquired civil parish status....

, England
28 February, 2006
3. Clubway 41[1] Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...

, England
7 March, 2006
4. La Gondola Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...

, England
14 March, 2006


: Renamed Jacksons during production

Series 4

# Restaurant Location Original airdate
1. La Parra de Burriana Nerja
Nerja
Nerja is a municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, southern Spain. It is on the country's southern Mediterranean coast, about 50 km east of Málaga.-History:...

, Spain
Spain
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14 November, 2006
2. The Fenwick Arms Claughton
Claughton, Lancaster
Claughton is a small village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. The village is on the A683 road east of Lancaster and as of the 2001 census has a population of 132....

, England
21 November, 2006
3. Rococo[1] King's Lynn
King's Lynn
King's Lynn is a sea port and market town in the ceremonial county of Norfolk in the East of England. It is situated north of London and west of Norwich. The population of the town is 42,800....

, England
28 November, 2006
4. Morgans Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, England
5 December, 2006
5. La Riviera[2][4] Inverness, Scotland 12 December, 2006
6. Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack[3][4] Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

, England
19 December, 2006


: Renamed Maggie's during production

: Renamed Abstract after production

: Later moved to larger premises and renamed Momma Cherri's Big House

: Revisited Episode

Series 5

# Restaurant Location Original airdate
1. Ruby Tate's[1] Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

, England
30 October, 2007
2. Piccolo Teatro Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France
6 November, 2007
3. The Fenwick Arms[2] Claughton, England 13 November, 2007
4. La Parra de Burriana[2] Nerja
Nerja
Nerja is a municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, southern Spain. It is on the country's southern Mediterranean coast, about 50 km east of Málaga.-History:...

, Spain
20 November, 2007
5. The Priory Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath
-Climate:Haywards Heath experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Rail:Haywards Heath railway station is a major station on the Brighton Main Line...

, England
27 November, 2007
6. The Fish and Anchor Lampeter
Lampeter
Lampeter is a town in Ceredigion, South West Wales, lying at the confluence of the River Teifi and the Afon Dulas.-Demographics:At the 2001 National Census, the population was 2894. Lampeter is therefore the smallest university town in both Wales and the United Kingdom...

, Wales
4 December, 2007
7. Curry Lounge Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

, England
11 December, 2007
8. The Granary Titchfield
Titchfield
Titchfield is a village in southern Hampshire, by the River Meon. The village has a history stretching back to the 6th century. During the medieval period, the village operated a small port and market...

, England
18 December, 2007


: Renamed Love's Fish Restaurant during production

: Revisited Episodes

Great British Nightmare

# Restaurant Location Original Airdate
1. The Dovecote Bistro[1] Devon
Devon
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, England
30 January 2009
2. The Runaway Girl[2] Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

, England
30 January 2009


: Renamed Martins' Bistro

: Renamed Silversmiths

Libel

In June 2006, Ramsay won a High Court
High Court of Justice
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 case against the Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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, which had alleged that scenes and the general condition of the restaurant had been faked for the first episode of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. These allegations followed reports from previous owner of Bonapartes, Sue Ray. Ramsay was awarded £75,000 plus costs. Ramsay said at the time: "I won't let people write anything they want to about me. We have never done anything in a cynical, fake way."

Reception

The programme has received favourable reviews for its in-depth look into the restaurant industry. Jane Redfem of Off the Telly commented that the show "could have been cynically designed to exploit Ramsay's foul-mouthed reputation...But watch, listen and think about what he is saying, and his genuine commitment to his profession in general, and the task at hand become abundantly evident." Lorna Martin of The Observer
The Observer
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said "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is compulsive viewing - packed with excitement, emotion and entertainment." Slate's
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Sara Dickerman was impressed by the show's "economic realism" in the tired food television genre. She wrote, "There is something refreshing about a show that doesn't promise a ticket to ride (a surgical makeover, a million dollars, Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....

's job) but instead offers restaurant owners the hope—if they seriously reform their establishments—that they might, just might, break even for the next few months."

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares was named Best Feature at the 2005
British Academy Television Awards 2005
The 2005 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 17 April at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. The ceremony was hosted by Irish comedian and television presenter Graham Norton.-Winners:*Best Actor...

 and 2008
British Academy Television Awards 2008
The 2008 British Academy Television Awards were held on 20 April at the London Palladium Theatre in London. The ceremony was broadcast live on BBC One in the United Kingdom. The nominations were announced on 18 March 2008. Drama Cranford received the most nominations with four, making Judi Dench...

 BAFTA
British Academy Television Awards
The British Academy Television Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts . They have been awarded annually since 1954, and are analogous to the Emmy Awards in the United States.-Background:...

 awards. It also earned the 2006 International Emmy
Emmy Award
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 for best non-scripted entertainment.

United States

On March 3, 2009, Acorn Media released season 1 of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on DVD in the US. Season 2 was released on September 1, 2009. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Ramsays-Kitchen-Nightmares-Series-2/12153
Name Ep# Release Date
Season One 8 March 3, 2009
Season Two 10 September 1, 2009

Canada

For the Canadian market, Visual Entertainment
Visual Entertainment
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 has released the first 3 seasons of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on DVD in two volume sets.
Name Ep# Release Date
Volume 1 8 October 16, 2007
Volume 2 10 October 7, 2008

External links

  • Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares at Channel4.com
  • Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares at IMDb
  • Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares at BBC America
    BBC America
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  • Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares at Food Network Canada
    Food Network Canada
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