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For the original UK version of this show, see Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.
Kitchen Nightmares
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Genre Reality television
Developed by Daniel Kay
Directed by Brad Kreisberg
Starring Gordon Ramsay
Narrated by J.V. Martin (season 1–2)
Arthur Smith (season 3–present)
Gordon Kennedy (UK)
Composer(s) David Vanacore
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 64 (57 original and 7 revisits)
Production
Executive producer(s) Arthur Smith
Patricia Llewellyn
Kent Weed
Gerry McKean
Curt Northrup
Broadcast
Original channel Fox
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1
Original run September 19, 2007 – present
Chronology
Related shows Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
External links
Website

Kitchen Nightmares is an American reality television series broadcast on the Fox network, in which Chef Gordon Ramsay is invited by the owners to spend a week with a failing restaurant in an attempt to revive the business.[1] It is based on the British show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. The show is produced by ITV Studios America[nb 1] and Optomen, in association with A. Smith & Co. Productions,[3] with Arthur Smith, Kent Weed and Patricia Llewellyn serving as executive producers.

The show premiered Wednesday September 19, 2007. The first season focused on restaurants in the southern California and New York City areas and ended in December 2007. The second season premiered on September 4, 2008.[4] Season two included episodes in the upper-midwestern United States as well as New York and California.

The third season was originally scheduled to premiere on Wednesday, January 27, 2010,[5] but it was postponed to Friday, January 29, 2010, due to the State of the Union address.[6]

In May 2010 the Fox network announced the return of Kitchen Nightmares for a fourth season. The fourth season aired from January 21, 2011 to May 20, 2011 on Fox.[7] In March 2011 the producers of the show announced a casting call for a fifth season.[8] The fifth season premiered on Friday, September 23, 2011.[9]

In the UK it is broadcast under the name Kitchen Nightmares USA on Channel 4, which also produces the original UK version. Reruns of Season 1 and 2, along with the British series, are frequently shown on BBC America.[10]

In February 2012 the Fox network announced it renewed Kitchen Nightmares for a sixth season. [11]

Contents

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1: 2007

# # Restaurant Location Original US airdate Current Status
1 1 Peter's Babylon, New York September 19, 2007 defunct
2 2 Dillon's1 New York, New York September 26, 2007 defunct
3 3 The Mixing Bowl Bellmore, New York October 3, 2007 defunct
4 4 Seascape Islip, New York October 10, 2007 defunct
5 5 The Olde Stone Mill Tuckahoe, New York October 17, 2007 open
6 6 Sebastian's Toluca Lake, California November 7, 2007 defunct
7 7 Finn McCool's Westhampton, New York November 14, 2007 open
8 8 Lela's Pomona, California November 21, 2007 defunct
9 9 Campania Fair Lawn, New Jersey November 28, 2007 defunct
10 10 The Secret Garden Moorpark, California December 12, 2007 open

^1 Renamed Purnima during production

[edit] Season 2: 2008–2009

# # Restaurant Location Original US airdate Current Status
* * Revisited: Gordon Returns September 4, 2008
11 1 Handlebar Mount Sinai, New York September 11, 2008 defunct
12 2 Giuseppi's Macomb Township, Michigan September 18, 2008 defunct
13 3 Trobiano's Great Neck, New York September 25, 2008 defunct
14 4 Black Pearl New York, New York September 25, 2008 defunct
15 5 J Willy's South Bend, Indiana October 30, 2008 defunct
16 6 Hannah & Mason's Cranbury, New Jersey November 6, 2008 defunct
17 7 Jack's Waterfront St. Clair Shores, Michigan November 6, 2008 defunct
18 8 Sabatiello's Stamford, Connecticut November 13, 2008 defunct
19 9 Fiesta Sunrise West Nyack, New York November 13, 2008 defunct
20 10 Santé La Brea Los Angeles, California November 20, 2008 defunct
21 11 Cafe 36 La Grange, Illinois January 15, 2009 defunct

[edit] Season 3: 2010

# # Restaurant Location Original US airdate Current Status

[12]
22 1 Hot Potato Cafe Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 29, 2010 defunct
23 2 Flamangos2 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey February 2, 2010 defunct
24 3 Bazzini Ridgewood, New Jersey February 5, 2010 defunct
25 4 Mojito Brooklyn, New York February 25, 2010 open
26 5 Lido di Manhattan Manhattan Beach, California March 4, 2010 open
27 6 Le Bistro Lighthouse Point, Florida March 11, 2010 open
28 7 Casa Roma3 Lancaster, California March 12, 2010 open
29 8 Mama Rita's Newbury Park, California March 19, 2010 defunct
30 9 Anna Vincenzo's Boca Raton, Florida March 26, 2010 defunct
* * Revisited #24 April 9, 2010
31 10 Fleming Miami, Florida May 7, 2010 defunct
32 11 Sushi-Ko Thousand Oaks, California May 14, 2010 defunct
* * Revisited #35 May 21, 2010

^2 Renamed The Junction during production
^3 Produced as part of season 2, but held until season 3
^4 Revisit at Sante La Brea and Giuseppi's
^5 Revisit at The Handlebar, Casa Roma and The Black Pearl

[edit] Season 4: 2011

# # Restaurant Location Original US airdate Current Status
33 1 Spanish Pavilion Harrison, New Jersey January 21, 2011 open
34 2 Classic American West Babylon, New York January 28, 2011 defunct
35 3 PJ's Steakhouse6 Queens, New York February 4, 2011 defunct
* * Revisited #47 February 11, 2011
36 4 Grasshopper Also Carlstadt, New Jersey February 18, 2011 open
37 5 Davide Boston, Massachusetts February 25, 2011 open
38 6 Down City Providence, Rhode Island March 11, 2011 defunct
* * Revisited #58 March 18, 2011
39 7 Tavolini Bridgeport, Connecticut March 25, 2011 defunct
40 8 Kingston Cafe Pasadena, California April 15, 2011 open
41 9 La Frite Sherman Oaks, California April 29, 2011 open
42 10 Capri Eagle Rock, California May 6, 2011 open
43 11 Zeke's Metairie, Louisiana May 13, 2011 open
44 12 Oceana New Orleans, Louisiana May 20, 2011 open

^6 Renamed PJ's Grill during production
^7 Revisit at Mojito, The Junction (fka Flamangos) and Bazzini
^8 Revisit at Le Bistro, Anna Vincenzo and Lido di Manhattan

[edit] Season 5: 2011–2012

# # Restaurant Location Original US airdate Current Status
45 1 Blackberry's Plainfield, New Jersey September 23, 2011 open
46 2 Leone's Montclair, New Jersey September 30, 2011 open
47 3 Mike & Nellie's Oakhurst, New Jersey October 7, 2011 open
48 4 Luigi's Anaheim, California October 14, 2011 open
* * Revisited #69 October 21, 2011
49 5 Burger Kitchen, Part 1 Los Angeles, California November 4, 2011 defunct
50 6 Burger Kitchen, Part 2 Los Angeles, California November 11, 2011
51 7 The Greek at the Harbor Ventura, California November 18, 2011 open
52 8 Michon's College Park, Georgia January 13, 2012 open
53 9 El Greco Austin, Texas January 20, 2012 defunct
* * Revisited #710 January 27, 2012
54 10 Park's Edge Atlanta, Georgia February 3, 2012 open
55 11 Spin-A-Yarn Steakhouse Fremont, California February 10, 2012 open
56 12 Charlie's La Verne, California February 17, 2012 open
57 13 Cafe Hon Baltimore, Maryland February 24, 2012 open

^9 Revisit at Down City, Classic American and Davide
^10 Revisit at Spanish Pavilion, Kingston Cafe, Capri, and La Frite

[edit] Lawsuit

In September 2007, a case was filed by Martin Hyde, the former general manager of Dillon's, against Ramsay for allegedly staging disasters and hiring actors to trick the viewing audience.[13] The case was dismissed and went into arbitration.[14]

[edit] Reception

Ginia Bellafante of the New York Times found Ramsay's teaching methods and high standards "undeniably hypnotic" and commented that "the thrill of watching Mr. Ramsay is in witnessing someone so at peace with his own arrogance."[15] Doug Elfman of the Chicago Sun-Times said the show is "a very entertaining public service" that "will make you laugh, make you sick and make you think".[16] Randy Cordova of the Arizona Republic found Ramsay "just as blustery and foul-mouthed here as he is on Hell's Kitchen. But he is also oddly endearing, mainly because he genuinely seems invested in the fate of each restaurant".[17]

Some critics found Fox's adaptation of Kitchen Nightmares strayed from the strengths of the original Channel 4 series. Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune said, "Leave it to Fox to take something the Brits did pretty well and muck it up". She added, "Never mind the cooking; this edition of the show appears to be more interested in playing up the family dramas at the restaurants Ramsay visits".[18] Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times commented, "Whereas the British Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is fundamentally a food show — it has interesting things to show you about how a restaurant runs and a kitchen works, the wonders of local markets and what you can make from them if you're Gordon Ramsay or willing to follow his instructions — the Fox edition emphasizes mishap, argument and emotional breakdown almost to the exclusion of cuisine".[19]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The company was formerly Granada America and was re-branded in May 2009.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.fox.com/kitchennightmares/about/
  2. ^ "Granada America gets ITV rebrand". Variety. 27. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004216. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "About the show". Kitchen Nightmares. FOX Broadcasting Company. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-01-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20100126082838/http://www.fox.com/kitchennightmares/about/. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 
  4. ^ TV Guide September 1–7: "Highlights", p. 54
  5. ^ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=8472
  6. ^ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=8485
  7. ^ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/kitchen-nightmares/
  8. ^ WTVT: "'Kitchen Nightmares' casting call", March 15, 2010.
  9. ^ Official Kitchen Nightmares website.
  10. ^ http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/154/index.jsp
  11. ^ Seat42f. "Kitchen Nightmares Renewed". http://www.seat42f.com/fox-renews-kitchen-nightmares-for-a-fifth-season.html. Retrieved 2 February 2012. 
  12. ^ "FOX Broadcasting Company: Show schedule". Fox Broadcasting Company. http://www.fox.com/schedule.htm. Retrieved March 9, 2010. 
  13. ^ Hines, Nico (2007-06-20). "Gordon Ramsay’s lawsuit nightmare". London: The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1960764.ece. Retrieved 2009-12-20. 
  14. ^ Cornell, Kati (2007-08-10). "TV Chef Out of Frying Pan". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/08102007/news/regionalnews/tv_chef_out_of_frying_pan_regionalnews_kati_cornell.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-12. 
  15. ^ Bellafante, Ginia (2007-09-19). "To Perk Up a Restaurant, Add Luster Where Lacking". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/19/arts/television/19kitc.html?ref=arts. Retrieved 2007-09-19. 
  16. ^ "Something's rotten in our restaurants". Chicago Sun-Times. 2007-09-19. http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/elfman/563173,CST-FTR-elf19.article. Retrieved 2007-09-19. [dead link]
  17. ^ "Fox cooks up delicious 'Nightmares'". Arizona Republic. 2007-09-19. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0919countdown0919online.html. Retrieved 2007-09-19. 
  18. ^ "Another helping of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay". Chicago Tribune. 2007-09-17. http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/09/another-helping.html. Retrieved 2007-09-19. 
  19. ^ Critic, Television (2007-09-19). "'Kitchen Nightmares': Mishaps and emotion are main courses". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20071024011039/http://latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-kitchen19sep19,1,6452711.story?coll=la-entnews-tv&ctrack=2&cset=true. Retrieved 2007-09-19. 

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