Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

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For the US version of this show, see Kitchen Nightmares.
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on Channel 4
Format Cooking show
Starring Gordon Ramsay
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 23 (or 31 - eight episodes were revisited)
Production
Running time 44 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Channel 4
Original run 27 April 2004 – present
External links
Official website

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is a television programme featuring British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The BAFTA and Emmy Award winning programme debuted on Channel 4 in 2004.

In each episode, Ramsay visits a failing restaurant 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.

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, debuted 19 September 2007, on Fox.

Contents

[edit] Episodes

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

[edit] Series 1

# Restaurant Location Original airdate
1. Bonapartes Restaurant Silsden, England 27 April, 2004
2. The Glass House Ambleside, England 4 May, 2004
3. The Walnut Tree Inn Llandewi Skirrid, South Wales 11 May, 2004
4. Moore Place Esher, England 18 May, 2004

[edit] Series 2

# Restaurant Location Original airdate
1. La Lanterna Letchworth, England 24 May, 2005
2. D-Place[a] Chelmsford, England 31 May, 2005
3. Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack Brighton, England 7 June, 2005
4. La Riviera[b] Inverness, Scotland 14 June, 2005
5. The Glass House[c] Silsden, England 21 May, 2005
6. The Walnut Tree Inn[c] Llandewi Skirrid, South Wales 28 May, 2005
7. Moore Place[c] Esher, England 5 July, 2005
8. Bonapartes Restaurant[c] Silsden, England 12 July, 2005
  1. Renamed Saracen's Cafe Bar during taping
  2. Now called Abstract
  3. Revisited Episode

[edit] Series 3

# Restaurant Location Original airdate
1. Oscar's Nantwich, England 21 February, 2006
2. The Sandgate Hotel Sandgate, England 28 February, 2006
3. Clubway 41[a] Blackpool, England 7 March, 2006
4. La Gondola Derby, England 14 March, 2006
  1. Renamed Jacksons during taping

[edit] Series 4

# Restaurant Location Original airdate
1. La Parra de Burriana Nerja, Spain 14 November, 2006
2. The Fenwick Arms Claughton, England 21 November, 2006
3. Rococo[a] Brighton, England 28 November, 2006
4. Morgans Liverpool, England 5 December, 2006
5. La Riviera[b][d] Inverness, Scotland 12 December, 2006
6. Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack[c][d] Brighton, England 19 December, 2006
  1. Renamed Maggie's during taping
  2. Now renamed Abstract
  3. New location now called Momma Cherri's Big House
  4. Revisited Episode

[edit] Series 5

# Restaurant Location Original airdate
1. Ruby Tate's Brighton, England 30 October, 2007
2. Piccolo Teatro Paris, France 6 November, 2007
3. The Fenwick Arms[a] Claughton, England 13 November, 2007
4. La Parra de Burriana[a] Nerja, Spain 20 November, 2007
5. The Priory Haywards Heath, England 27 November, 2007
6. The Fish and Anchor Lampeter, Wales 4 December, 2007
7. Curry Lounge Nottingham, England 11 December, 2007
8. The Granary Titchfield, England 18 December, 2007
  1. Revisited Episode


[edit] Great British Nightmare

# Restaurant Location Original airdate
1. Runaway Girl[a] Brighton, England 30th January, 2009
2. Mick's Bistro[b][c] Devon, England 30th January, 2009
  1. Renamed Silversmiths
  2. Renamed Martins' Bistro
  3. Upper floor of the Dovecote Cafe

[edit] Libel

In June 2006, Ramsay won a High Court case against the London Evening Standard, which had alleged, after reports from previous owner of Bonapartes, Sue Ray, that scenes and the general condition of the restaurant, which was the subject of the first episode of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, had been faked. Ramsay was awarded £75,000 plus costs.[1] 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."

[edit] Reception

The programme has received excellent 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."[2] Lorna Martin of The Observer said "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is compulsive viewing - packed with excitement, emotion and entertainment."[3] Slate's 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'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."[4] In March 2009, News of the World reported that only 8 of the 22 restaurants featured remained open.[5]

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares was named Best Feature at the 2005[6] and 2008 BAFTA awards.[7] It also earned the 2006 International Emmy for best non-scripted entertainment.[6]

[edit] DVD releases

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On March 3, 2009, Season 1 of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares was released on DVD exclusively in the US by Acorn Media. Visual Entertainment has released the first 4 series of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on DVD exclusively in Canada. Volume 1 which contains 8 episodes was released on October 16, 2007 and Volume 2 was released on October 7, 2008. Acorn Media UK own the rights of distribution within the UK.

[edit] References

  1. ^ ""Chef Ramsay wins £75,000 damages"". BBC News. 2006-06-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5098094.stm. 
  2. ^ ""Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares"". Off the Telly. 2004-04-14. http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/reviews/2004/ramsay.htm. Retrieved on 2007-09-21. 
  3. ^ ""What happened after Gordon said goodbye?"". The Observer. 2004-05-09. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1212700,00.html. Retrieved on 2007-09-21. 
  4. ^ ""Bloody Hell's Kitchen"". Slate. 2005-01-05. http://slate.com/id/2111851/. Retrieved on 2007-09-21. 
  5. ^ Simon Ward (2009-03-28). ""Ramsay under fire"". News of the World. http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/scottish/scottish_showbiz/241858/Ramsay-under-fire-Gordon-Ramsay.html. Retrieved on 2009-04-03. 
  6. ^ a b ""Fox announces Gordon Ramsay's 'Kitchen Nightmares' will air this fall"". Reality TV World. 2007-05-17. http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/fox-announces-gordon-ramsay-kitchen-nightmares-will-air-this-fall-5197.php. Retrieved on 2007-09-21. 
  7. ^ ""Bafta TV Awards 2008: The winners"". BBC News. 2008-04-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7302291.stm. Retrieved on 2008-04-21. 

[edit] External links

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