The BEST episodes of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
Every episode of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares!
Gordon Ramsay attempts to transform struggling restaurants with his own menu of extremely frank and forthright advice. The heat is on - and this chef's not mincing any words...
#1 - Curry Lounge
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/11/2007
The Curry Lounge is in Nottingham, the city with more restaurants per square mile than any other in Britain. Enter Gordon, relishing the prospect of tackling an Indian restaurant for the first time.
#2 - La Riviera Revisited
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/19/2006
Gordon returns to La Riviera - now renamed Abstract - a fine dining restaurant in Inverness, as they plan to expand. Top French chef Loic Lefebvre is still there and has been promoted.
#4 - Moore Place
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/18/2004
Ramsay visits Moore Place in Esher where joint owners Nick Whitehouse and Richard Hodgson are trying to create a profitable business.
#5 - Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/7/2005
Gordon Ramsay turns his attention to Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack, an intimate 40-seater a stone's throw from Brighton's sea front.
#6 - Bonapartes Revisited
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/12/2005
Gordon revisits Bonapartes in Silsden to see if his potent recipe of passion, perfectionism and inspirational leadership continues.
#7 - The Fenwick Arms Revisited
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/13/2007
Gordon Ramsay is back to see how Brian and Elaine are faring at the Fenwick Arms in rural Lancashire.
#8 - Ruby Tates
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/30/2007
Ruby Tates in Brighton is owned and run by ex-actor Allan Love. It's an oyster bar and seafood restaurant but Allan's never tasted the food because he hates fish. Can Gordon help?
#9 - Rococo
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/5/2006
Gordon Ramsay tackles the fading Rococo restaurant in King's Lynn, run by Nick, an ex-Michelin-starred chef who's resting on his laurels with an overpriced menu trapped in the 90s.
#10 - The Walnut Tree Revisited
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/28/2005
Ramsay revisits the Walnut Tree Inn, set in beautiful Welsh countryside. Last time it was struggling to survive and Gordon gave the owner, Francesco, his best advice, but did he take it?
#11 - D-Place
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/31/2005
This episode returns to 2005 where Gordon gets to grips with another Kitchen Nightmare. Can Gordon Ramsay turn around the fortunes of D-Place at Chelmsford in Essex?
#12 - La Lanterna
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/24/2005
Multi Michelin-starred Gordon Ramsay travels to La Lanterna in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, an 'Italian' restaurant as authentic as its Hawaiian pizza that's losing £1,000 a week.
#13 - Bonapartes
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/27/2004
Gordon Ramsay visits Bonapartes in Silsden, West Yorkshire. The head chef specialises in 'fine dining', but Ramsay discovers the true skills of the wannabe TV chef when he tastes his food and vomits.
#15 - The Fish and Anchor
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/4/2007
Gordon visits the Fish & Anchor, a restaurant and bar near Lampeter in rural West Wales, owned and run by ex-boxer Mike and his wife Caron.
#16 - The Walnut Tree Inn
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/11/2004
Gordon Ramsay meets Francesco Mattioli, the owner of The Walnut Tree Inn in South Wales, who needs his help.
#18 - The Glass House Revisited
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/21/2005
Gordon revisits the Glass House Restaurant in Ambleside where some unexpected departures have taken place. So who is in charge of the kitchen now and how are they faring?
#19 - The Glass House
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/4/2004
The venue is The Glass House in Ambleside, where Ramsay finds owner Neil Farrell close to tears as another Saturday night turns into a nightmare.
#20 - Oscar's
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/2006
At the family-run Oscars in Nantwich, the menu's a mess, the punter's aren't returning and the chef has problems. Cue Gordon Ramsay.
#21 - La Parra de Burriana
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/2006
Gordon heads for Spain, where Laurence's up-market restaurant amid the Costa del Sol's caffs is, simply, a shambles.
#22 - Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack Revisited
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/19/2006
Gordon returns to Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack in Brighton to see how its owner Charita Jones is coping with a bustling business along with plans to expand.
#23 - Piccolo Teatro
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/6/2007
Piccolo Teatro is a bijou vegetarian restaurant in Paris run by feisty Scot Rachel and her friend Stephanie, who are in need of a miracle to turn things around.
#24 - The Granary
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/18/2007
The venue for the final programme is The Granary in rural Hampshire, which at 200 covers, is the biggest challenge Gordon's ever taken on.
#25 - The Sandgate Hotel
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/21/2006
The multi-Michelin-starred chef visits Sandgate in Kent, where husband-and-wife team Lois and Peter Hamilton-Slade own and run a small English seaside hotel.