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The Best Episodes of Kitchen Nightmares

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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 polite small talk as he embarks on his mission to

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    Kitchen Nightmares Season 5 Episode 16 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 2 - Dillon's
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 6 - Sebastian's
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - 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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Kitchen Nightmares Season 3 Episode 13 - Zeke's
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Zeke's

    S3:E13

    Chef Ramsay heads to New Orleans, LA, to help transform Zeke's Restaurant. Will he be able to breathe new life and add some spice into this Southern eatery?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Kitchen Nightmares Season 3 Episode 14 - Oceana
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Kitchen Nightmares Season 4 Episode 1 - Blackberry's
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Kitchen Nightmares Season 4 Episode 3 - Mike and Nellie's
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Kitchen Nightmares Season 6 Episode 5 - Mangia Mangia, Pt 1
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Mangia Mangia, Pt 1

    S6:E5

    Ramsay travels to Woodland Park, Colo., to save Mangia Mangia, an Italian restaurant saddled with tension between the owner and her staff, and problems with the food, atmosphere and service.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Kitchen Nightmares Season 5 Episode 11 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Kitchen Nightmares Season 5 Episode 12 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Kitchen Nightmares Season 6 Episode 2 - Pantaleone's
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Pantaleone's

    S6:E2

    Ramsay helps a Denver pizzeria owner who believes he makes the best pizza in town despite taste test results proving otherwise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 1 - Peter's
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 3 - The Mixing Bowl
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 4 - Seascape
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 5 - Olde Stone Mill
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 7 - Finn McCool's
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - 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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 8 - Lela's
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 9 - Campania
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Campania

    S1:E9

    Chef Ramsay visits Campania, an Italian restaurant in Fair Lawn, N.J. He discovers a lackadaisical wait staff is hurting business.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 10 - Secret Garden
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 12 - Handlebar
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 13 - Giuseppi's
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 14 - Trobiano's
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 15 - Black Pearl
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Black Pearl

    S1:E15

    Chef Gordon Ramsey visits a seafood restaurant in New York where three different owners run the kitchen, leading to a lack of consistency in food and service, and one of the owners is a "know-it-all," challenging each of Ramsey's changes.

    Director:Brad Kreisberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 16 - J Willy's
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 Episode 17 - Hannah & Mason's
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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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, "Dillon's".