The Best Episodes of Cauchemar en cuisine avec Philippe Etchebest
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The best episode of "Cauchemar en cuisine avec Philippe Etchebest" is "The House (Toulon)", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The House (Toulon)" aired on 4/18/2011 and is rated NaN point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Le Moulin de la Grasiho (Fontvieille)".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - The House (Toulon)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/2011
Pierre-Marie and Sissi are the managers of a restaurant on the harbor of Toulon but their establishment is at the end of the dam, embedded in a decrepit wall corner. Victim of the competition of the other signs and badly positioned, they suffer from the worst nightmare of the restaurant owners: an empty room. An establishment that lacks identity, a kitchen that runs slowly and a service that leaves something to be desired do not help matters. Moreover, forced to run their business by accumulating tasks, they suffer from not being able to devote enough time to their 10 year old daughter, Jade. All together, these elements are enough to pull the establishment down. Philippe Etchebest's intervention will turn things around. From a stroke of brilliance to a realization, he will serve as an electroshock to straighten out the situation.
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#2 - Le Moulin de la Grasiho (Fontvieille)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/18/2011
It is in this small village near Avignon that Philippe, the manager, has invested in a gastronomic restaurant. But he inherited a business with a troubled past: the establishment was a very poorly frequented hotel de passe. Rumors did the rest and the restaurant struggled to fill its room. In the kitchen, Christophe, the chef, has lost the flame. A brilliant cook recruited in Paris by Philippe, he has lowered his culinary ambitions. Disappointed, without passion, he works like a ghost, far from the dreams that motivated his arrival. Due to budgetary restrictions, the menu no longer resembles anything, the establishment is in a dead end. The arrival of Philippe Etchebest will shake everyone up. His objective: to win back the population of the village, to rediscover local products and above all to give back to this chef, a shadow of his former self, the desire to share and to please through his cooking.
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#3 - Au Petit Diablotin (Sète)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/13/2011
Solange and Michel, close to retirement, left Strasbourg and invested in a small restaurant in Sète. Eager to get her son back, Solange brought Julien in to run the restaurant. Unfortunately, she is unable to delegate: hyperactive, she never stops criticizing her son's initiatives and prevents him from running the business. Julien, the only one with hotel training, is now totally unmotivated. As a result, his father takes him for an incurable slacker. In this establishment, everything works in reverse. No one is in the right place and family communication is at a standstill. Philippe Etchebest is going to make everyone face their family and professional responsibilities, so that the restaurant can get back on track. In the light of a new organization, everyone will find the right words to reform a competent team and a united family.
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#4 - Les Larmes de Bacchus (Lyon)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2011
Gino is the manager of a large brasserie in the heart of Lyon. Well located, well decorated, good food, Gino has tried everything to make his turnover take off but nothing works, the room is empty. This is partly due to Lyon's prestigious culinary heritage. Because at Gino's, we eat everything: traditional, Italian, snacks, seafood... in the end, no one can find anything. Moreover, to manage his restaurant, Gino has called on Gauthier, a friend who has difficulty imposing himself with the teams. Meticulous but not very charismatic, Gauthier is under the influence of his boss who systematically goes behind him to check his work. Worried, interventionist and "hot-headed", Gino puts all his staff under pressure without knowing what to do to change things. Philippe Etchebest will meet a team on the verge of a nervous breakdown. There will be no shortage of outbursts between these two big characters.
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#5 - Le Jardin de la Mer (Port Grimaud)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/2012
Jim, Rudy and William are three brothers who run an establishment in the bay of Saint-Tropez, in Port Grimaud. Their mother thought she could bring her three children together around a common project, but nothing worked out as planned. Hesitating on decisions to be made, disagreeing on almost everything, the brothers can't manage to run their restaurant. The result: the brothers arrive 5 minutes before lunchtime service, the atmosphere is grim, the voices in the kitchen and in front of the customers are raised, and the room is empty... But above all, a family on the verge of breaking up and full of resentment... When Philippe Etchebest arrived on the scene, his conclusion was clear: the place, which organizes karaoke evenings, looked like an old nightclub with no customers. It's time to roll up his sleeves... and Dr. Etchebest's shock therapy will bear fruit: he will have to face three strong temperaments and make stubborn people understand that their choices are catastrophic.
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#6 - Le Plat d'Etain (Brou)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/2012
Philippe Etchebest goes to Brou, near Chartres, to give some advice to Anne-Marie, authoritarian manager of a hotel-restaurant.
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#7 - Le Grilladin (Stiring Wendel)
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/22/2012
This is the story of a restaurant specializing in grilled meats located in Stiring Wendel, in Moselle, not far from the German border. Joel is an authoritarian boss who puts terrible pressure on all his staff. A former car salesman, he invested all his savings to take over the establishment out of love for Violette, the manager who runs the restaurant. But today, nothing is going well: the products are frozen several times, there is no grill in the kitchen and the service is deplorable. Joël feels obliged to do the work for the others and no one is involved... The arrival of Philippe Etchebest will change things. Not only will everyone learn the basics of the job, but the chef will ask Joel to leave the restaurant. This will obviously cause sparks to fly, but once Joël understands the wisdom of this choice, he will be able to rediscover a restaurant that functions in peace and efficiency.
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#8 - L'Ovalie (Moissac)
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 5/29/2012
It was in Moissac, on the road to Santiago de Compostela, that Carole and her son Kevin called on Philippe Etchebest to straighten out the helm of a run-down establishment. Abused by dishonest employees, Carole, a florist by training, inherited a business in a very bad state: deplorable sanitary conditions, customers poisoned by the food. Unable to manage the business alone, she hired her son, who has a little experience in the restaurant business, to come and help her in the restaurant. But the restaurant's liabilities are terrible and the room is constantly empty. Faced with this courageous mother who is overwhelmed by problems, Kevin does not understand the situation. Eternal teenager despite his 28 years, he is served croissants by his mother every morning and plays electronic games while waiting for the customers. Having lost his father at a young age, he waits for Philippe like the messiah, ready to do anything to please him.
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#9 - Le Café de France (Corte, Corse)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2013
Philippe Etchebest goes to Corsica. The meeting of this Basque temperament and the inhabitants of the island of Beauty will make sparks fly. It is in Corte, in the heart of historic Corsica and at the foot of the mountains that the Chef sets down his bags. Pierre is an unhappy manager; he works with an old friend at the bar and a generous cook who makes good food, but Isabelle, his daughter, manages the room. Between her and the rest of the staff, the current does not pass. The daughter constantly criticizes the kitchen and blames her father for not giving her more responsibility in the restaurant. Her foul mood and her derogatory remarks fuel a real trench war between the dining room and the kitchen. Philippe noticed that the young girl was taking her lunch shift while the customers were already at the table: no setting up, no cleaning and no smiling, it was too much. Philippe puts his foot down and tries to get Isabelle back on track.
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#10 - Le Londinium (Juan les Pins)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2013
In this episode, Philippe Etchebest, 2-star chef, discovers a family business run by Mario and Luigi, two Sicilian brothers aged 70 and 80. A beautiful establishment on the bay of Juan les Pins where Mario's 3 children work. But a generational conflict undermines the establishment, the 3 young people want to make this restaurant a steak house, a modern place for young people, while Luigi, an old entrepreneur in the restaurant business, opposes all their choices. 40 years in the business, Luigi is a self-made man and he doesn't let anyone dictate anything to him. Especially not young people "who know nothing about the business". The Chef's task will be particularly difficult: how to change an old fox who has no confidence in his own family to make him listen to reason? Philippe Etchebest will try everything by provoking an explosive family council during which the corpses will come out of the closet.
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#11 - La Bulle (Lavelanet)
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 5/13/2013
It is in Lavelanet, a small village in the Ariège, that Delphine and Frédéric have taken over an establishment. But their lack of training prevents them from working properly. Frédéric, the manager, is too self-effacing and does not manage to gain the respect of his boss. The latter no longer maintains his kitchen and serves tasteless and tasteless dishes. Delphine is overwhelmed by the task. As a result, this young couple is on the verge of implosion and the village's clientele is seeing a piece of its heritage slowly but surely decline. For the first time in Cauchemar en cuisine, it is an entire village that mobilizes to save a restaurant. The inhabitants have called on Philippe to help this young couple out of their predicament, and everyone will pitch in. But what Philippe discovers goes far beyond minor management problems...
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#12 - Le Régal & Vous (Rethel)
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/20/2013
Anne-Lise, the young manager of the establishment, no longer knows how to manage her team. Indeed, an incredible inertia reigns in her restaurant: the chef is an apprentice who doesn't assume his responsibilities, the waiters arrive far too late to set up, the owner's husband hides behind his pizza oven to avoid intervening... and poor Anne-Lise yells at everyone to get things done, without success... Philippe will have to use all his psychology to restore the confidence of a young woman who is constantly on the verge of a nervous breakdown, who spends her time yelling at her employees and who watches helplessly as her restaurant slowly sinks.
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#13 - La Brasserie de la Poste (Blagnac)
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/27/2013
For the love of a mother. It is in Blagnac, in the southwest of France, that he discovers Annie, a manager who struggles to keep her business running. Tired, emotional, she would like to get some time back for herself and her husband and hand over to her son Serge to manage the restaurant. But she does not trust her son and compensates by being on all fronts, she even solicits her husband who is... a physiotherapist. Annie's dilemma is Serge. Serge is a big, friendly 49-year-old who hides behind his bar and watches things go wrong without realizing how serious the situation is. His favorite thing to do is to play pool with his friends. As usual, Philippe will try to put some order in the heads and hearts of the people in order to shake Serge and make him face his responsibilities. Will the son be able to win back his mother's trust? The road will be difficult, as always, and the journey of each of them will help to bring together a family on the verge of implosion.
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#14 - Le Blue Bar (Chilly-Mazarin)
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/2013
Philippe Etchebest goes to Chilly-Mazarin, to a restaurant in the midst of a nervous breakdown, torn between Christophe, the manager, and Ruben, the cook. Christophe claims loud and clear that he is the boss, but it is Ruben, his chef, who decides everything. Between them, the tension is at its highest and there are frequent outbursts, so much so that the customers desert the establishment, embarrassed by these incessant arguments. The arrival of Philippe will exacerbate the tensions, each one putting the blame on the other. With his demanding eye and a tough speech, Philippe will try to put everyone in the right place, but the strong personalities in front of him will not let him...
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#15 - Le Carré du Port (Marseille)
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/2013
Kevin and Nico are two young men from the Marseilles nightlife. With no experience in the restaurant business, they have acquired a small restaurant overlooking the city's harbor. Totally new to the business, they accumulate management errors and are unable to run their establishment. Despite a very nice location, their terrace remains desperately empty. Philippe is going to hallucinate while observing the two young people working: Kevin going shopping in the middle of the service to buy missing products; Nico, the cook, starting his set-up at 1pm and working with his feet in the water because of a leak... Scandalized by so much negligence, the Chef is going to give the two boys an ultimatum. One week to change everything or close the establishment!
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#16 - Le Bistrot du Pélican (Lille)
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/23/2013
Romain, the manager, runs a small brasserie in the heart of the city, and works with Najib who officiates in the kitchen. But between the two men, the professional relationship is complicated; Najib feels abandoned by Romain, who reproaches his cook for a lack of audacity in his dishes. With so little motivation, the establishment is slowly but surely sinking. Philippe will have to go back to the basics of the restaurant business to give the two associates a new lease on life.
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#17 - Le Mardaric (Peyruis)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 5/5/2014
On the spot, Helmut, an 85-year-old former paratrooper, manages a restaurant with his own methods: he goes behind everyone to criticize the slightest failure, criticizes his chef for not saving enough money, castigates his waitress for being too provocative when she wears a skirt, and interferes in the customers' conversations during service. As a result, the restaurant has a very bad reputation and the room is empty. However, this old man claims a family management of his restaurant and did not hesitate to give his chance to young people of the village to make his store work. Unfortunately, the benevolent grandfather has gradually turned into a terror for the staff. The arrival of Philippe will shake up Helmut's habits, especially since Ludovic, the young and talented chef, is on the verge of implosion. Another encounter that holds many surprises for Philippe Etchebest, our two-starred chef.
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#18 - Chez maman (Amiens)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 5/12/2014
He will meet Quentin, a young entrepreneur who has created an original concept of restaurant in the heart of the city: an establishment called "Chez Maman" in which the furniture is for sale in the form of a flea market. Philippe will also meet Jacques, a former legionnaire and chef with a fiery temperament. This 40-year-old Picard is a force of nature who works with well-established values: respect, loyalty, honesty and a code of honor. Between the two men, the torch burns; Quentin regularly interferes in the management of the kitchen, Jacques' preserve. Misunderstandings, outbursts and insults: the two men are close to coming to blows... and as a result, nothing works in the establishment. Philippe Etchebest will have a lot of work to do to bring the two men to their senses and will have to use his imagination to reconcile two people who hate each other. His objective will be, as always, to find the way back to the heart to allow each of them to blossom in their profession.
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#19 - L'olivier (Montesquieu-Volvestre)
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 5/19/2014
Philippe Etchebest goes to Ariège to Fabio and Emilie's restaurant, parents of a little girl. A beautiful establishment with a garden that has trouble filling its room. It must be said that the manager has a bad temper... Of Italian origin, he likes to insult everyone in his restaurant, especially his girlfriend. It is not rare that the customers hear these disputes, which does not encourage anyone to return. Emilie is in charge of the service but has no professional training. She also has to take care of her daughter who lives with them in the restaurant. Today, the business but also the family life of this young couple are threatened. As always, Philippe will have his work cut out for him to tame Fabio's explosive personality and bring some sanity back into the management of this establishment.
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#20 - La Villa Blanche (Chalèze)
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 5/27/2014
It is in Chalèze, not far from Besançon, that Gianni and Julie called upon Philippe Etchebest. This couple of managers is in the process of seeing their restaurant sink on the banks of the Doubs. Since the opening, 3 and a half years ago, they never agreed on what they wanted to do with this establishment. Gianni, of Italian origin, wants to make pizzas; Julie, his companion, would like to make gastronomy. By arguing too much about the identity of their restaurant, Gianni and Julie are now arguing all the time... All the employees suffer from these arguments and the bad atmosphere reigns during the services, to the detriment of the customers' satisfaction! If Philippe doesn't intervene very quickly, this establishment will end up closing its doors...
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#21 - Le Mas Peynier (Peynier)
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 12/3/2014
Patrick and Cathy, a couple of restaurateurs, called on him. The couple had worked in a high-altitude restaurant for years and wanted to be closer to their family. Unfortunately, the clientele in the mountains is not the same as in the south. And serving Savoyard fondues in the land of cicadas is not necessarily appreciated! As a result, the restaurant is often empty and the couple's life is shattered by working hard to get the business back on track. The arrival of Philippe is going to upset things, the couple is going to have to review their copy. But above all, by discussing with Lilian, Cathy and Patrick's son, Philippe will realize that the family is threatened, that it is imperative that the couple give themselves time to strengthen the family ties. Between a moving realization and saving a family in danger, Philippe will have his work cut out for him.
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#22 - Crêperie d'Antan (Nantes)
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 4/15/2015
Monique has acquired a small restaurant in one of the most commercial streets of Nantes. Her plan: to bequeath this establishment to Laure, her daughter. In the kitchen, there is Kevin, Laure's boyfriend. Unfortunately, this project turned out to be a failure: today, the room is empty while all the nearby pancake restaurants are full. The problem is that neither Monique, Laure, nor Kevin understand the origin of the disaster; they wait, in vain, for customers who don't come. Philippe Etchebest has one week to figure out what's wrong and try to give the restaurant a new lease on life. As soon as he arrives, he meets Kevin, the cook who has no experience in the business. But in the restaurant business, good will is not enough! And no luck, Philippe loves pancakes. The meeting is going to be tense and Philippe will have to use all his pedagogy to teach him the rudiments of the profession of cook... and avoid a nervous breakdown!
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#23 - Le Nautique (La Ciotat)
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/27/2015
Philippe Etchebest goes to La Ciotat to an establishment overlooking the sea that serves a lot of fish... frozen. On the spot, the manager has trouble trusting his chef: a young woman full of energy who has trouble getting respect. Philippe Etchebest will have to fight against the preconceived ideas to bring some sense to the restaurant. And above all, he will have to use all his authority to convince the manager to change his habits!
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#24 - Tourist Bar (Orbec)
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 5/4/2015
On the spot, Sylvie bought an establishment for her children. Her daughter Mathilde is in charge of the management. A young woman with experience, Mathilde did her apprenticeship in luxury hotels. The mother has also placed her son Guillaume in charge of the restaurant. Unfortunately, the brother and sister don't get along at all! Mathilde reproaches her brother for his lack of involvement and Guillaume reproaches his sister for her incessant criticisms: between them, the torch burns... and the establishment sinks. As soon as he arrives, Philippe Etchebest discovers a terrible kitchen, a backyard that looks like a real dump and a family history that is in a bad way... As always, he has to dot the i's and everyone will have to face their responsibilities. And once again, it won't be easy...
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#25 - O Clin d'œil (Vendargues)
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 5/12/2015
In the heart of a large shopping area, Nathalie and Jean-Pierre have invested all their savings in a large restaurant that can accommodate a hundred people. Unfortunately, no one comes to their place. Worse, in the face of these difficulties, Jean-Pierre, who is the boss's companion but who also takes care of the pizzas, puts his grain of salt in everyone's work. The atmosphere deteriorates and Nathalie can no longer fulfill her role as manager. The result is a talented chef who refuses to get involved... The starred chef Philippe Etchebest is not going to take the gloves off when it comes to raising the problems of one or the other. He will meet a young talented chef who will totally crack up when he arrives, a Nathalie on the verge of breaking up and a Jean-Pierre who hides his game well... Another complicated affair that needs to be cleared up urgently to save an establishment.
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