The 50 Best Kitchen Nightmares Episodes To Watch Right Now

Kitchen Nightmares is an American television show similar to its British version Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, which is a reality show featuring the legendary Chef Gordon Ramsay, which marked the uprising fame of Chef Ramsay in social media. Here are the best Kitchen Nightmares episodes, developed by Daniel Kay, follows the footprints of another legendary chef, Chef Anthony Bourdain.

Chef Gordon Ramsay has invitations by the owners of the restaurants that are facing issues and are unable to hold up their reputations. The reality tv series features real-life restaurant owners who are failing to get the business right because of varied reasons which are explicitly focused on the show.

This reality tv series follows Chef Gordon Ramsay, who, with his exceptional cooking and managing insights, tries to revive the failing restaurants by resolving the deep-rooted difficult issues.

50. Old Neighborhood

Season 7, Episode 3
Director(s): Jay Hunter, Glenn GT Taylor
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Ramsay travels to Arvada, Colorado, where owners Alexa and Randy are anxious for his help in rebuilding their 25-year-old restaurant, the Old Neighborhood. Alexa and Randy take great pride in their family-run business, which is why Chef Ramsay is taken aback when he discovers the food and surroundings are deplorable.

When Ramsay embarks on possibly the largest overhaul in the series’ history, they are driven to discover what is genuinely driving their restaurant into the ground and implement some substantial adjustments. Check to see if the couple is interested in reviving this local hangout.

49. Sante La Brea

Season 2, Episode 11
Director(s): Jay Hunter, Glenn GT Taylor
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Sante La Brea is doing awful business on one of Los Angeles’ busiest streets. Dean runs the restaurant and proudly claims to be the cook, janitor, chief, and groundskeeper.

As is customary, Gordon Ramsay’s first priority is to taste-test the meal, but what makes this section so intriguing is the fact that Ramsay’s reactions are usually reduced to laughing, as if he’s so astonished all he can summon is a chuckle.

At one point, Ramsay actually gives his shrunken patty liquefy to the canine of a nearby coffee shop. Ramsay even uncovers a fake frozen duck steak in the kitchen, which the proprietor refers to as “unduck,” to which Ramsay adds, “f**k duck.”

The outrageously fantastic prank Ramsay pulls on the proprietor, though, is what makes this episode worth watching. Unbeknownst to Dean (spoiler warning), Ramsay arranges for a cop to enter the restaurant and handcuff Dean. This is, incidentally, Ramsay’s technique to getting Dean to find out how to audibly designate orders to his crew during dinner service.

The Sante la Brea is run by a supervisor who can’t supervise and his two kids, one of whom requires guidance and the other who doesn’t appear to listen, on top of a chef in low gear and a kitchen that creates a shutdown.

48. J Willy’s

Season 2, Episode 6
Director(s): Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Michael Cabbibo, J.V. Martin, Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Gordon Ramsay pays a visit to J. Willy’s, a failing barbecue establishment in South Bend, Indiana. Because the owners reside three hours away, they delegate authority to a director who has shown to be ineffective and has sent the restaurant’s operations into a downward spiral. J. Willy’s cuisine is blatantly unimaginative and terrible, from the standard canned grill sauce to the extremely oily ribs.

What makes this episode unique? Ramsay remarks on how unpleasant the atmosphere is, calling it “sad and dreary” and characterizing the muddy floor as “having had a thousand buffalos trample it.”

Ramsay’s piled prepared potato pizza looks so bad that he comically requests a blessing from a nearby table of clerics. However, once Ramsay redesigns the restaurant’s design and reimagines its cuisine, the owners and staff’s undeniable delight and gratitude make this a crucial episode with a truly outstanding meaningful arc.

Gordon pays a visit to a grill establishment in South Bend, Indiana, that is being demolished by operator John, who is completely unaware of the restaurant’s flaws. Co-owners Rick and Tricia are likewise irritated by John’s inability to handle the business properly.

47. Café 36

Season 2, Episode 11
Director(s): Kent Weed
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, J.V. Martin.
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Café 36 is run by two high school lovers- Carol and Terry. Terry always wanted to run a French bistro, but their restaurant doesn’t look less than a frozen bistro. Terry is unable to make decisions when seen on Kitchen Nightmares. Their Chef Pinto is lazy and lacks sanitation. Almost everything is frozen or falls under the category of fresh frozen.

It is really sad to see that the restaurant owners had no idea what was going on inside Café 36 until Gordon Ramsay made them realize and opened their eyes.

46. Handlebar

Season 1, Episode 13
Director(s): Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Michael Cabbibo.
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

The Handlebar was not in good condition when it was taken over by Billy and his wife a year ago; the Kitchen Nightmares episode got filmed. Things seem to have gotten better in the restaurant, but the owner is seen to be moody.

Within the first few minutes of the episode, Chef Melissa also admits that she never wanted to be a chef and the scenario is also the same currently. She admits that the food is not good and that she didn’t think that she’ll be a chef someday.

45. Chappy’s

Season 6, Episode 15
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, John Chapman.
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Chef Chappy is seen to be running a restaurant that belongs to a completely different era, and the reason the viewers feel like this is its dining room, fancy waiters and high prices. The food is not at all appealing and is overpriced.

Ramsay also shares some negative things about the food, and the chef overreacts to Ramsay’s on-the-point criticism of the food. This was a lot to watch, and Chappy was still not happy with the changes that were brought about by the end. Ramsay tells him that he is a stubborn man.

44. PJ’s Steakhouse

Season 4, Episode 3
Director(s): Jay Hunter, Mark S. Jacobs, Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Michael Cabbibo, Enda Cunningham, Marc I. Daniels
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Things get off to a horrible start at PJ’s Steakhouse when Gordon Ramsay looks over the menu and sees that the eatery only sells two kinds of steak. Things only get worse from there, as Ramsay discovers a strange gak-like sauce under his crab cake and even finds little shards of plastic sprinkled among the crab flesh.

When the waiter confronts Chef Eric, he smugly informs everyone that there is no plastic in the kitchen, despite the fact that plastic can be seen everywhere in the food line around him.

It’s incredibly pleasant to see Ramsay take care of Chef Eric when he eats the lobster ravioli and tells the camera, “That looks like the largest heap of sh*t to ever be served in Queens.”

Ramsay’s discovery of horribly damaged veggies in the cooler, as well as the round of hot potatoes the crew plays to shift the blame, is also hilarious to watch.

PJ’s Steakhouse is crumbling due to a lack of executive supervision over food quality, with one rather rude proprietor and her husband, the co-proprietor, lounging at the bar drinking the work day away.

43. Prohibition Grille

Season 6, Episode 13
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Prohibition Grille is a restaurant owned by a belly dancer named Rishi Brown. Situated in Everett, Washington, the restaurant was incurring huge losses because of the wrong managerial decisions made by the haughty owner who had no prior knowledge of the business.

Kitchen Nightmares, one of the pioneering reality tv shows of its kind features Chef Gordon Ramsay who is famous for his strict and straightforward comments. With a world-famous chef guiding the owners of failing restaurants to bring their businesses back to the track, Kitchen Nightmares provides educational insights into the restaurant business wrapped in entertainment and drama.

42. Bazzini

Season 2, Episode 4
Director(s): Mark S. Jacobs
Cast: Mark S. Jacobs, Michael Cabbibo, Marc I. Daniels, Jeff Feagles.
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Chef Paul Bazzini is not the star chef now but the restaurant owner. In the episode, his wife can tell how the pressure is taking a toll on Chef Paul. We see him being angry at the staff and the customers (even they are not spared). Paul throws tantrums, and his wife is supporting his business.

Gordon Ramsay was starving when he stopped by the restaurant and asked for lunch, which he didn’t get as the restaurant didn’t serve it. Later on, Ramsay asks Paul to prepare the dishes that he likes but, to his disappointment, finds all the items, including chicken, risotto, and pasta, were not up to the mark.

Sharyn flirts with Ramsay throughout this episode after developing a liking for him. The only thing that he liked was the carrot cake that Sharyn made. But, Sheryn has many more things to her and is a real team player.

41. El Greco

Season 5, Episode 9
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Kennedy, Arthur Smith, Drew.
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Audiences like to watch Gordon Ramsay’s connection with the servers who work in an environment where they have to deal with the incompetent owners of the restaurant or cruel chefs. There is so much mention of the word “my darling” as negative energy runs in many professional restaurant kitchens.

When Ramsay’s kind side is seen, it is always so nice to watch him. Servers usually give him the in-house news like what all goes inside the kitchen. It is their way of repaying him.

40. Sabatiello’s

Season 2, Episode 8
Director(s): Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Michael Cabibbo.
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Sammy is the owner of Sabatiello, and he seems to be a typical Italian American man living in New York City. When a closer look is taken towards him, the audiences realize that he is more ignorant. In the past, he ran a successful pizza restaurant, and after that, he started his Sabatiello’s journey, which is a higher-end restaurateur.

According to David, the head waiter Sammy is nothing less than a nightmare. Almost everything Sammy does or says is fake, whether it be his signature dish. Sammy being manipulative and short-tempered, tries to make Gordon Ramsay think he is far more hard-working. Seeing Sammy throughout the episode and Ramsay pointing out his lies repeatedly makes this episode fun to watch.

39. Mama Rita’s

Season 3, Episode 8
Director(s): Jay Hunter, Mark S. Jacobs, Brad Kreisberg.
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Mama Rita didn’t initially get its popularity due to its successful catering business. Instead of making the food whose order is received, the staff is busy making stuff in bulk and then freezing everything. Chef Perla is also quite incompetent, and she looks to be more of a cook.

It is heartbreaking to watch Laura trying so hard to implement what Gordon Ramsay suggested and Chef Perla on the opposite, sowing the least creativity from her side.

38. Café Hon

Season 4, Episode 15
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Kennedy.
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Denise Whiting, the owner of Café Hon, is a control freak who serves bad food to the customers in a weird dining room. Café Hon is situated in Baltimore, and when Chef Ramsay visits it, he notices that Whiting has trademarked the local slang ‘hon’.

It’s a relief that this episode has a happy ending with Whiting stopping using his trademark at a press conference that Chef Ramsay organized.

37. Nino’s Italian Restaurant

Season 6, Episode 9
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Nino’s Italian Restaurant is an Italian restaurant, which is a family business and is run by the eldest son of the family going by the name Nino. Nino’s poor management skills were killing the family restaurant, for which he had to face the brunt of his younger brother Michael and sister Carina. Nino seeks help from Chef Gordon Ramsay to help him revive his dying ancestral business.

36. Jack’s on Waterfront

Season 2, Episode 7
Director(s): Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Michael Cabbibo, J.V. Martin, Kim Seeley.
IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

This episode has everything that a fan would wish to watch and love. It also had clear descriptions of how unpleasant the food was. When Gordon Ramsay visits a restaurant and finds bad food then, he doesn’t like to play around the bush. He has got some words that he uses to describe them like greasy, dreadful and the most popular one- bland.

At Jack’s Waterfront, the food was very unpleasant, and Ramsay uses various similarities to describe food taste like crab and crap. His restaurant experience was not good, and there were poor services. But, when Ramsay gets creative with his choice of words, things become even more entertaining.

35. Yanni’s

Season 5, Episode 13
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Alyse Avgoustiou, Karen Avgoustiou, Peter Avgoustiou, Tariya Avgoustiou.
IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Yanni’s is a Greek restaurant in Seattle. Gordon Ramsay included some new things in the menu. Peter’s owner has his own path. He didn’t want the changes as the business had been running since 1984. He is too adamant to even listen to Ramsay’s advice.

34. The Olde Stone Mill

Season 1, Episode 5
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, J.V. Martin, Barbara
IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

The Olde Stone Mill is beautiful from the outside, but as the phrase goes, appearances may be deceiving. Dean, the proprietor, is a conceited hothead who prefers to inflame rather than calmly resolve things.

Despite the fact that business at The Olde Stone Mill has slowed so severely that not a single client visited the restaurant on one day, Dean had the audacity to claim, “I don’t believe there’s a better administrator or restauranteur than me.”

When the kitchen gives Ramsay a split salad molded into a cone by a plastic channel, Ramsay inquires whether the culinary expert is also a techie. Ramsay addresses the camera directly and begs, “Please don’t make me eat any more of this sh*t.”

Everything Ramsay eats from the meal is disgusting, and despite the fact that he was invited to assist, Dean takes offense to Ramsay’s comments, claiming, “This is my entire home. He was at my house, and he was making me seem bad.” This episode is especially compelling because of Dean’s overly protective style of naive narcissism.

33. Charlie’s

Season 4, Episode 14
Director(s): Sharon Trojan Hollinger
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Kennedy, Arthur Smith
IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

The “Kitchen Nightmares” episodes featuring clearly defined troublemakers are some of the most entertaining to watch, and that is exactly what we get at Charlie’s Italian Bistro.

While proprietor Tatiana is first depicted as the ignorant villain, it eventually becomes clear that she’s simply a little spineless, and the real issue is Chef Casimiro: he really doesn’t care all that much. His bread is half-cooked, his ravioli is rough on the inside, and he has no plans to change — or listen to Gordon Ramsay. Fortunately, sous-gourmet specialist Daniella is in great shape, but without her, this restaurant would have closed long ago.

The episode begins with Tatiana hiding Ramsay’s comments from her chef, but in the end, she hits her breaking point.

The catharsis of watching her mournfully fire Casimiro is sad, yet the show ends on a truly happy note. One mother and one sister have put their money and their house on the line in case Charlie fails, forcing the other sister to step up or watch everything be ruined.

32. La Gondola

Season 3, Episode 4
Director(s): Paul Ratcliffe
Cast: Paul Ratcliffe, Gordon Ramsay, Daniela Bayfield, Steve Straughan.
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

The Gondola has been functional since 1968 and brings glamor to Derby (located in the UK). However, talking about the present day, it is failing and cannot precede its reputation. The new owner of this spot admires the historic place.

Chef Ramsay is usually soft, but there are some humorous moments in this episode of Kitchen Nightmares. Some of these moments were like when the head chef tried his best to hide the powdered minestrone and when he was constantly trying to defend the dated menu (that he had been cooking since the 1970s).

31. Flamango’s

Season 2, Episode 2
Director(s): Mark S. Jacobs
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Arthur Smith, Patricia Llewellyn, Kent Weed.
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Apart from Flamango’s Roadhouse’s weird name, it also has an equally weird decor. Adele is one of the restaurant owners, and she has been shown to be abusive towards her staff. She and her husband don’t allow Chef Bryan to make any modifications in the menu.

It seems a little odd to watch Adele resist the menu and decor changes done by the world-renowned chef Ramsay. The staff is thrilled to see these changes happen. When Ramsay discloses the restaurant’s new name- the Junction, Cheryl is happy to hear it, but Adele is still the same. She doesn’t like it and talks about how bad the new decor is.

30. The Mixing Bowl

Season 1, Episode 3
Director(s): Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Brad Kreisberg.
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Billy, owner and chef of The Mixing Bowl, puts all his efforts into keeping the restaurant open. Mike, the restaurant manager, is the problem as he manipulates everyone and has a habit of drinking and yelling. Gordon Ramsay doesn’t go easy with Mike because of his lack of knowledge regarding the restaurant’s menu. At last, it is relaxing to see that Ramsay does like some of the restaurant’s items.

29. Charlie’s

Season 4, Episode 14
Director(s): Sharon Trojan Hollinge
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Kennedy, Arthur Smith, Genevieve Gutierrez.
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

This episode is about Italian restaurants as Charlie’s is an Italian restaurant. Tatiana is the restaurant owner and is portrayed as an ignorant person, and it soon becomes clear that she cannot make decisions. But, she is not the real problem. Chef Casimiro is the real issue here.

Nothing is perfect in his kitchen, and the biggest thing is that he is not even willing to listen to Gordon Ramsay. Daniella is competent, and the restaurant would have shut down a long time ago without her. The episode kicks with Tatiana hiding the criticism shared by Ramsay from the chef, but then, she also has a limit. Casimiro is seen crying, but the episode has a happy ending nevertheless.

28. Sushi Ko

Season 3, Episode 12
Director(s): Jay Hunter, Mark S. Jacobs, Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Michael Cabbibo, Marc I. Daniels
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Sushi Ko is managed by Akira, a Japanese-prepared sushi culinary professional who has given up cooking in favor of managing the business. The restaurant used to be lively and productive, but as Akira’s spark faded, so did the restaurant’s clientele.

One of the most fantastic moments is when Ramsay orders the sushi pizza (rice, salmon, crab, mayo, and cheese) based on Akira’s suggestion.

His waitress cautions him that it’s not typically fantastic, but Ramsay bravely wades into the culinary unknown to learn about Akira’s cooking approach. Ramsay barely finishes the first bite of the sushi pizza before spitting it out on the table and declaring it “rank.”

Sushi Ko is a Japanese restaurant that uses frozen fish rather than fresh, and they also store meals in a messed-up cooler. Ramsay adds painful hair to an already bad scenario by pulling it out of his dinner. Akira is so dead and silent that when Ramsay asks him to speak, all the stoic Akira can produce is, “What do you feel I should say?”

The metamorphosis of the family is what makes this episode so amazing. They had hardly any correspondence at first, but after an intervention with Ramsay, they return cordially.

The uplifting catharsis of the family’s final reunion is so endearing that tears well up in your eyes. The once-happy gourmet specialist and current owner of the floundering Sushi Ko has devolved into an uncaring shell of a businessman, and his family suffers as a result.

27. Seascape

Season 1, Episode 4
Director(s): Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, J.V. Martin, Diane
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Seascape nearly appears to be a creepy place rather than a restaurant, with its mainly abandoned lounge area, the grimy interior disintegrating and self-destructing, and the pervading fragrance of death in the air. Seascape is run by a deeply dysfunctional group lead by a mother and son who continuously and obnoxiously abuse each other, as well as an obviously and vociferous head gourmet specialist.

Gordon goes to Seascape, the oldest restaurant in Islip, New York, which used to be a thriving local business but is now failing and on the verge of foreclosure. Irene and her disabled son Peter have claimed the space, and both of them quarrel often at the restaurant and disagree on some issues.

Gordon also has to deal with the pompous head culinary expert Doug, his coldhearted sous chef Charles, and a disorderly group of waiters, but Gordon realizes the kitchen is filthy to excess and must go to extreme lengths to restore the restaurant to its former glory.

26. Lido di Manhattan Beach

Lido di Manhattan Beach (Season 3, Episode 5) — Source: Pinterest

Season 3, Episode 5
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Lisa Hemmat, the owner of Lido di Manhattan Beach, is a restaurant situated in Manhattan Beach of Los Angeles County. The owner paying no heed to suggestions and imposing her own autocratic methods led to the downfall of the restaurant’s business. It sets an example of how a proud girl of the young generation can ruin a flourishing business because of her inexperience and carelessness.

25. Fiesta Sunrise

Fiesta Sunrise (Season 2, Episode 9) — Source: Pinterest

Season 2, Episode 9
Director(s): Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Fiesta Sunrise is a restaurant run by Vic, who hardly showed any interest in business and was merely sucking up money from his wife and step-daughter. The episode shows yet a glaring example of how to kill a restaurant with mismanagement.

24. Blackberry’s

Season 5, Episode 1
Director(s): NA
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Arthur Smith.
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

The restaurant owners of Blackberry’s and its executive chef are incapable of making any decisions and are in constant denial of everything that is wrong with Blackberry’s. The only thing that Chef Ramsay likes is the desserts made by Chef Shelly’s mother.

Ramsay asks the restaurant staff to tell Shelly what all is wrong with the restaurant, but instead, she gets angry and sends that staff member home for going against her. Even Mary, Shelly’s mother, agrees with Ramsay and says she needs to listen. Usually, by the end of Kitchen Nightmares episodes, things end on a good note, but in this one, Shelly still doesn’t understand things, and her attitude is the same.

23. Black Pearl

Season 1, Episode 16
Director(s): Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Michael Cabbibo, Gordon Ramsay.
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Two friends co-own the restaurant Black Pearl and they earlier previously had a lobster shack. Later on, they both decided to open a seafood restaurant with another partner. The restaurant did open in Midtown in NYC, but things did not go as per their plans. The restaurant didn’t make much money, and the owners also stopped talking to each other.

When Gordon Ramsay reaches there, the situation is worst. The staff is thankfully good at The Black Pearl, and they are the ones that are getting things done.

22. Le Bistro

Le Bistro (Season 3, Episode 6) — Source: IMDb

Season 3, Episode 6
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Le Bistro is a bistro situated in Lighthouse Point, South Florida, is owned by the obstinately adamant person who is also the head chef. Having served famous chefs in the past, the owner has developed a bragging nature and lost his magic in cooking. Unwilling to accept his fault and improve his cooking, the owner digs his own grave, leading his restaurant downhill.

21. Mangia Mangia

Season 7, Episode 6
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Jay Hunter, Glenn GT Taylor.
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Many hot-headed personalities are seen in Gordon Ramsay’s kitchen nightmares episodes but the 22 year old Trevor seen who head chef at Mangia Mangia was by far the worst and the most toxic one. The restaurant owner also tells about his negative traits.

Trevor somewhere knows that he can’t be fired, which is why he has such an attitude. The way Ramsay handles him is worth watching. He rates his own cooked food 5/10 and walks out and smokes whenever he wishes to. His worst act is that he even tried to punch a worker a month ago Ramsay’s visit.

20. Casa Roma

Season 3, Episode 7
Director(s): Jay Hunter, Mark S, Jacobs, Brad Kreisberg.
Cast: Michael Cabbibo, Marc I. Daniels, Jeff Feagles, Elizabeth Ann Koshak, James Koshak, Scott Leibfried, Naris Mardirosian, Gordon Ramsay.
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Sometimes Ramsay’s reaction in Kitchen Nightmares episodes to some dishes or restaurants makes the viewers very upset. But, when that same food makes him ill, then there’s no point in arguing. Casa Roma restaurant situated in California is it’s the oldest restaurant open. It is run by a mother and son duo with no prior experience.

The business makes very less money, and the reason can be seen clearly is that the cleanliness standards are very poor. The conditions of the restaurant and its dishes were not very good, and at the end, the chef can also be seen vomiting in a trash can.

19. The Hot Potato Cafe

Season 1, Episode 1
Director(s): Jay Hunter, Mark S. Jacobs
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Claire Keller, Danielle Keller
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Gordon Ramsay has a knack for highlighting the irony of some restaurant decisions and watching him try to comprehend the misunderstanding that has led the family-run Hot Potato Café to offer him frozen potatoes is quite entertaining.

We love the “Kitchen Nightmares” moment where he wants to know where the inside of his prepared potato is (spoiler alert: it’s in the mashed potatoes).

When Ramsay revamps the menu, it’s a thrill to see young Chef Danielle — the proprietors’ niece — rise to the occasion and actually amaze the Michelin-starred gourmet specialist, despite telling cameras at the start that she didn’t care in the least about cooking professionally.

The primary thing “Hot” about the Hot Potato Café are the flames it is engulfing, with a family striving to operate their bistro but unclear of how to do so and with little enthusiasm, and a drop in customers following a poor survey.

18. Spin A Yarn

Spin A Yarn kitchen nightmares — Source: Mashed

Season 5, Episode 11
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Spin A Yarn is a steakhouse in California run by a married couple who ruined the business and food with their mismanagement. The couples blamed the restaurant for their failing relationship, whereas the truth was the other way round. Chef Ramsay saved the dying steak house that stands strong today and is earning a good name amongst its customers.

17. La Galleria 33 (1 & 2)

Season 6, Episode 1 & 2
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

La Galleria 33 is an Italian restaurant run by two sisters, who had inherited the ancestral business. The sisters’ personal issues hampered the restaurant’s management, and with no one of them trying to take responsibility for the restaurant, it headed for a downfall.

One of the sisters was an alcoholic, whereas the other was an escapist who always steered away from her problems. Thanks to Chef Ramsay, the sisters could revive the dying restaurant and their personal relationship.

16. Zeke’s

Season 4, Episode 11
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Zeke’s is a restaurant owned by a man and a woman, who had bought it from its owner. The present owners were rude towards their staff and also served awful food. The good days of the restaurant soon started into nightmares because of the mismanagement.

15. Hot Potato Cafe

Season 3, Episode 1
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Hot Potato Cafe is a restaurant run by three sisters who had inherited it from their parents. The three sisters were least interested in the restaurant business and hardly paid any attention to the upliftment of the business. The only savior, the head Chef, a highly skilled and professional lady, also wanted to leave the restaurant getting tired of the annoying sisters, which left the restaurant in much need of rescue.

14. The Runaway Girl

Season 1, Episode 1
Director(s): Hanns Schwarz
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Run Away Girl is a pub cum nightclub run by two friends, Justin and Ritchie. The owner, Justin, always had disagreements with his friend, also the Chief Chef, Ritchie, which led the pub downhill. The kitchen nightmare of The Runaway Girl is one of the best episodes of Kitchen Nightmares of season 1 of the two-hour special series named Ramsay’s Great British Nightmare.

13. The Fish And Anchor

Season 5, Episode 6
Director: Heenan Bhatti
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

The Fish and Anchor is a restaurant run by a husband and a wife, also the owners. Both of them were pretty bad in their skills in cooking and management. The awful food, along with the personal differences between the couple, always managed to keep customers away, devastatingly hampering the restaurant business.

The kitchen nightmare of The Fish and Anchor is one of the best episodes of Kitchen Nightmares of season 5 of the British counterpart of Kitchen Nightmares.

12. Dillons

Season 2, Episode 1
Director(s): Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Vikas Khanna.
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Dillons is an Indian restaurant that serves both Indian and British food. This is quite an odd combination, and they don’t go with each other. Ramsay told the owners about the multiple problems this restaurant was facing. This was among the first episodes of Kitchen Nightmares.

The restaurant was very dirty, and the food they were cooking was mostly rotten. There was also a language barrier in the staff, and then there were three managers who were never in complete agreement.

11. Park’s Edge

Season 5, Episode 10
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay, Arthur Smith, Kim Seeley
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Park’s Edge is a stormy restaurant shown to long-term friends, Richard and Jorge, in an Atlanta neighborhood. Despite having attended culinary school, the cuisine on Jorge’s menu is weird and unfocused.

To make matters worse, his business partner Richard, who manages the front of the house, has almost no restaurant expertise and even admits: “I simply put on makeup and grin. All I do is that.”

A grilled Caesar salad is one of the first things Gordon Ramsay orders when he looks at the menu. Ramsay finds the romaine lettuce is withered and limp from being burnt over open flames when it arrives at his table. Ramsay is so taken aback that he pauses in the lounge area to show them the charred lettuce, and the entire room bursts out laughing.

Despite the fact that customers are frequently returning food and the restaurant is losing revenue, the gourmet expert has lofty dreams and believes that his cuisine is amazing, bringing to some fantastic clashes between the cooks, employees, and Gordon Ramsay himself.

There is no more terrifying beast than an enraged culinary professional, and no-cook has a sharper attitude when things go wrong in the kitchen than Gordon Ramsay. KITCHEN NIGHTMARES, a new unscripted series from the start of the critically acclaimed culinary training camp HELL’S KITCHEN, comes to FOX.

This time, Chef Ramsay goes on the road, addressing a restaurant in crisis and revealing the harsh reality of running a successful culinary business in each episode. Food owners in crisis, with slow cooks in the kitchen, unpredictable server teams, and few and unhappy guests, should dial the restaurant industry’s equivalent of 911.

10. Dillon’s

Season 1, Episode 2
Director(s): Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Dillon’s is a restaurant in New York City, which serves an odd opposite combination of Indian food and British food, ruining the dining experience of all its customers with its awful dinner service. The restaurant sets an example of one of the worst kitchens to cook rotten food in a dirty, infested environment.

The restaurant had mismanagement because of the language barrier and misunderstanding between the managers. Chef Gordon Ramsay had a tough time bringing things back in order.

09. Piccolo Teatro

Piccolo Teatro (Season 5, Episode 2) — Source: IMDb

Season 5, Episode 2
Director: Martha Delap
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Piccolo Teatro is a vegetarian French restaurant in Paris. Where most customers were non-vegetarian, Piccolo’s Teatro was oddly managed, which hampered its reputation negatively. The Chef of the restaurant was unconventionally particular about the cooking methods and management of the restaurant, which along with the food served, did not appeal to the customers.

Finally, the Head Chef had to be ousted for the restaurant to start afresh. Piccolo Teatro’s kitchen nightmare is one of the best episodes of Kitchen Nightmares of season 5 of the British counterpart.

08. The Fenwick Arms

Season 4, Episode 2
Director: Martha Delap
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

The Fenwick Arms is a British pub where the owner himself is one of the cooks. The owner forcibly alters the menu by including fine dining restaurant dishes, which violates the very basic definition of a pub for which the customers were highly disappointed.

Chef Gordon had to threaten the owners to improve their cooking skills and straighten up all the basics of the menu that are meant for a pub. The kitchen nightmare of The Fenwick Arms is one of the best episodes of Kitchen Nightmares of season 4 of the British counterpart of Kitchen Nightmares.

07. Sebastian’s

Season 1, Episode 6
Director(s): Brad Kreisberg
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Sebastian’s is a pizzeria in California run by a fascistic owner, who always followed his own autocratic ways of running the business. The worst part is the pizza offered was even more disastrous than the management. The bland menu was way too confusing for all the customers, and the taste was not good.

But the owner never accepted his fault and continued his tyrannical ways of running the pizzeria with its overly confusing menu and awful food service.

06. Mill Street Bistro (1 & 2)

Mill Street Bistro (1 & 2) (Season 6, Episode 10 & 11) — Source: Pinterest

Season 6, Episode 10 & 11
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Mill Street Bistro is a fine dining restaurant in Ohio owned by Joe. The owner is so full of himself that he never pays any heed to wise suggestions meant to better the food quality served in his restaurant. The restaurant serves stale food, which ruins the dining experience of all the customers, and the owner is not even apologetic about the hideous crime.

05. Momma Cherri’s Soul Food Shack

Season 2, Episode 3
Director(s): Christine Hall
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Gordon Ramsay very rarely likes someone’s food on the Kitchen Nightmares episodes. He has usually seen liking desserts, but we saw an entirely new experience in Momma Cherri’s episode that the chef gained. He loved the soul food restaurant and the flavors in its food.

The relationship shared by the chefs is also nice. Ramsay here works at two levels. First, he tries to modernize the restaurant and second, he tries to make Cherri less controlling.

04. Oceana

Season 4, Episode 12
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Owned by two brothers, Rami and Moe, Oceana is a restaurant in New Orleans, which with its awful cooking, served terrible food before the visit of Chef Ramsay. Thanks to the insightful guidance of Chef Ramsay, the restaurant has been revived, and also the food quality, including the cooking, has improved a lot. This season’s finale episode marks one of the best kitchen nightmares episodes of the season.

03. Burger Kitchen (1 & 2)

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Season 5, Episode 5 & 6
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Burger Kitchen was a restaurant owned by David Blaine was run by his family of 3 members, father, mother, and son. The old couples were restricting the head chef’s freedom to implement any improvisation in the cooking, which hampered the restaurant’s performance drastically.

The couples were adamant about their method of running a business and didn’t even listen to their son, who wanted to enhance the restaurant’s reputation. With iron-headed couples not willing to listen to any suggestion, even Chef Gordon Ramsay couldn’t help the Burger Kitchen from shutting down.

02. Momma Cherri’s Soul Food Shack

Momma Cherri’s Soul Food Shack (Season 2, Episode 3) — Source: Reality TV Updates

Season 2, Episode 3
Director: Christine Hall
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Momma Cherri’s Soul Food Shack was a food shack run by the head Chef, Momma Cherri, who served delicious meat, which even swept Chef Gordon Ramsay off his feet. Although the cooking skills and the food served were immensely good, the aesthetics and management were not up to the mark, which is why Momma Cherri asked Ramsay to help her out.

With Chef Ramsay’s guidance, the food shack is now a full-fledged restaurant and is thriving well. This season 2 episode of the British counterpart of Kitchen Nightmares is by far one of the best episodes of Kitchen Nightmares episodes which featured one of the best kitchens, which shined after the magical touch of Chef Ramsay.

01. Amy’s Baking Company

Season 6, Episode 15
Director(s): Jay Hunter
Cast: Gordon Ramsay
IMDb Rating: 9.2/10
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Amy’s Baking Company of Arizona was owned by a married couple who invited Chef Ramsay to promote their baking company. The food and cooking of Amy’s Baking Company were awfully terrible, which the couple never intended to improve and kept on threatening all their customers.

The couples were adamant and didn’t show any hope of improvement, which finally led to the closing down of Amy’s Baking Company bringing a sigh of relief to the people of Arizona. But the kitchen nightmare of Amy’s Baking Company is by far one of the best Kitchen Nightmares episodes of the whole series.