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The Best Episodes of Kitchen Nightmares

Every episode of Kitchen Nightmares ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Kitchen Nightmares!

The Best Episodes of Kitchen Nightmares

Chef Ramsay attempts to do the impossible: turn one ordinary and empty restaurant into the most popular, sought-after venue in town. There's no time for...

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  1. Background image for Amy's Baking Company
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #1 - Amy's Baking Company

    S5:E16

    Ramsay travels to Scottsdale, Ariz., to help the owners of Amy's Baking Company.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Oceana
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Oceana

    S3:E14

    In the season finale, Chef Ramsay returns once more to the Big Easy. There, he visits Oceana, where he finds food so bad that he temporarily shuts down the restaurant. With an executive chef and one of the two owners in complete denial and unwilling to take responsibility, he's not even sure if Oceana is worth saving.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Blackberry's
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Blackberry's

    S4:E1

    On the Season 4 premiere of Kitchen Nightmares, Chef Ramsay heads to Plainfield, New Jersey. There he hopes to help Shelly Withers transform her soul food restaurant called Blackberry's.

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Mike and Nellie's
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Mike and Nellie's

    S4:E3

    Chef Ramsay visits Mike & Nellie’s in Oakhurst, New Jersey. Find out if Chef Ramsay’s advice and expertise can help keep the restaurant from sinking or if the restaurant’s woes will be too much for even Chef Ramsay to handle.

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    Director:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Sebastian's
    7.5/10(341 votes)

    #5 - Sebastian's

    S1:E6

    Sebastian's has 20, ah, 21, maybe 23 unique failure combinations, and terrible pizza. Can Ramsay get through Chef Sebastian Di Modica thick skull or is the final combination of closure unavoidable?

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    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Dillon's
    7.4/10(330 votes)

    #6 - Dillon's

    S1:E2

    Chef Gordon Ramsay is hitting the big city in an attempt to revamp an Indian restaurant called Dillon's and make it one of the hottest venues in town. Ironically Dillon's is located right near Chef Gordon Ramsay's own restaurant.

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Peter's
    7.3/10(368 votes)

    #7 - Peter's

    S1:E1

    Gordon Ramsay visits a family-run Italian restaurant in Babylon, NY that's being run into the ground by Peter, the hot-tempered manger and co-owner.

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    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Spanish Pavillion
    7.3/10(229 votes)

    #8 - Spanish Pavillion

    S3:E1

    Chef Ramsay visits Spanish Pavillion in Harrison, NJ, a family-run business established in 1976 whose owners, brothers Michael and Jerry, have allowed their differences to compromise the quality of the restaurant. With a head chef consistently absent from the kitchen and an unhappy staff, Chef Ramsay is determined to transform the outdated ambiance and menu in order to keep the family business afloat.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Mill Street Bistro, Part 1
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Mill Street Bistro, Part 1

    S5:E11

    Ramsay visits Mill Street Bistro in Ohio to try to turn the eatery around; the restaurant's owner acts like a dictator and has trouble listening to others' viewpoints.

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Mill Street Bistro, Part 2
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Mill Street Bistro, Part 2

    S5:E12

    Chef Ramsay continues his work at the Mill Street Bistro Bar in Ohio, trying to get the obstinate owner to make a major attitude adjustment.

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Capri
    7.2/10(198 votes)

    #11 - Capri

    S3:E12

    While visiting the Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles, Chef Ramsay stops by Capri. The Italian restaurant is filthy, serves terrible food, and is in disarray all thanks to a lazy set of twins.

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Finn McCool's
    7.1/10(282 votes)

    #12 - Finn McCool's

    S1:E7

    Chef Ramsay helps a family in the Hamptons with their pub, Finn McCools. Retired cop Buddy, fights with sons Jason and Brian, both of whom work for their father. Can Chef Ramsay work his magic on this family owned business before it goes belly up?

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Lela's
    7.1/10(284 votes)

    #13 - Lela's

    S1:E8

    Chef Ramsay tries to rev up business for Lela's, an upscale restaurant in desperate need of clientele. When Gordon gets in the kitchen and starts criticizing the menu items, the executive chef is less than thrilled and they have a showdown in front of the entire staff. Find out if the changes stick and if owner Lela will withstand this type of behaviour in her restaurant.

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Davide
    7.1/10(189 votes)

    #14 - Davide

    S3:E6

    Traveling to Boston's North End, Chef Ramsay spends a week at Davide, an Italian eatery mismanaged by feuding brothers.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Mixing Bowl
    7.0/10(297 votes)

    #15 - The Mixing Bowl

    S1:E3

    Ramsay takes a trip to The Mixing Bowl, a small restaurant in Bellmore, NY. He looks to turn around this restaurant which has inexperienced staff and special discounts as the restaurants specialty.

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Seascape
    7.0/10(278 votes)

    #16 - Seascape

    S1:E4

    Chef Gordon Ramsay visits Seascape, a mother and son run restaurant located in Islip, NY. Ramsay must work together with a hard-headed chef, along with an inexperienced owner, to make some much needed changes to bring the customers back and to save the mother and son relationship.

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Olde Stone Mill
    7.0/10(275 votes)

    #17 - Olde Stone Mill

    S1:E5

    Chef Gordon Ramsay takes on the challenge of helping Dean and his wife out by attempting to turn around the Olde Stone Mill restaurant located in Tuckahoe, New York. The restaurant has been renovated in the front of the house, but not in the kitchen when it comes to the horrible food.

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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Secret Garden
    7.0/10(279 votes)

    #18 - Secret Garden

    S1:E10

    Gordon goes to Moorpark, CA to assist an obstinate French chef in overcoming an empty restaurant with an off-putting decor.

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  20. Background image for Handlebar
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Handlebar

    S1:E12

    Chef Ramsay heads to Mount Sinai, NY, and the Handlebar Restaurant & Lounge, which the owners seem oblivious to the 1880's decor and the head chef's apathy.

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  21. Background image for Giuseppi's
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Giuseppi's

    S1:E13

    Chef Ramsay visits Giuseppi's Italian restaurant in Macomb Township, Mich., and discovers an abundance of bickering from the father-son team that runs the kitchen and a shortage of patrons.

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  22. Background image for Trobiano's
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Trobiano's

    S1:E14

    Chef Gordan Ramsey visits an Italian restaurant in Great Neck, New York, that is a half-million dollars in debt, but a confrontation over kitchen cleanliness and the food between Ramsey and the owner leaves the future of the eatery uncertain.

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for J Willy's
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - J Willy's

    S1:E16

    Chef Ramsey heads to South Bend, Ind., and J Willy's Bar & Grille, a business has lost $1.2 million. He gives them a challenge of using fresh ingredients, but the inexperienced chefs become overwhelmed, causing one customer to break down and cry.

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  24. Background image for Hannah & Mason's
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Hannah & Mason's

    S1:E17

    Chef Ramsey heads to Cranbury, NJ, to visit a French bistro named Hannah & Mason, owned by a pair of friends who lack both business experience and motivation. The staff are holding bounced paychecks, but that isn't as bad as what chef Ramsey finds inside the cooler which causes the place to be shut down on Valentine's Day.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Jack's Waterfront
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Jack's Waterfront

    S1:E18

    Chef Ramsey heads to St. Clair Shores, Michigan, to visit Jack's Waterfront, which is suffering from a lack of fresh seafood and an inattentive management. Chef's goal is to make this eatery a year-round money maker, but the general manager's excessive socializing with his patrons may put a roadblock in this plan.

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Flamangos
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Flamangos

    S2:E2

    Husband and wife Bill and Adele were experienced restaurant owners who had retired. They came out of retirement in 2006 to open one with their daughter Cheryl, Flamango's, a "fine dining" restaurant with a tropical theme. Adele is abrasive to the staff. Bill is getting old and yet does all the menial jobs, and also does a tableside steak service. The chef Bryan laments he has no control over the menu. The place is not doing well, so Adele and Bill see no choice but to call upon Gordon.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Amy's Baking Company" is the best rated episode of "Kitchen Nightmares". It scored 8.2/10 based on 4 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/10/2013. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Oceana".