7.3/10350 votes#1 - Peter's
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/2007
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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7.4/10315 votes#2 - Dillon's
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2007
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: N/A
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7.0/10280 votes#3 - The Mixing Bowl
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2007
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: N/A
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7.1/10262 votes#4 - Seascape
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2007
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: N/A
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7.0/10262 votes#5 - Olde Stone Mill
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2007
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: N/A
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7.5/10320 votes#6 - Sebastian's
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2007
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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7.1/10264 votes#7 - Finn McCool's
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2007
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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7.1/10267 votes#8 - Lela's
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2007
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: N/A
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6.9/10238 votes#9 - Campania
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2007
Chef Ramsay visits Campania, an Italian restaurant in Fair Lawn, N.J. He discovers a lackadaisical wait staff is hurting business.
Director: N/A
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7.0/10265 votes#10 - Secret Garden
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2007
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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NaN/100 votes#11 - Revisited: Gordon Returns
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/4/2008
Chef Gordon Ramsay wants to see if all of his hard work paid off, when he returns to check up on six of the failing restaurants he helped turn around.
Director: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#12 - Handlebar
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/11/2008
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: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#13 - Giuseppi's
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/18/2008
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: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#14 - Trobiano's
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/25/2008
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: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#15 - Black Pearl
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/25/2008
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: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#16 - J Willy's
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/30/2008
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: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#17 - Hannah & Mason's
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/6/2008
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: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#18 - Jack's Waterfront
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/6/2008
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.
Director: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#19 - Sabatiello's
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/13/2008
Chef Ramsey visits Stamford, Conn. and Sabatiello's, an Italian restaurant which is owned by a hot-tempered and has poor customer service. His staff has turned against the owner and Ramsey's offer of criticism, that he decides he will shut the place down himself.
Director: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#20 - Fiesta Sunrise
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/13/2008
Chef Ramsey heads to West Nyack, N.Y. and the Fiesta Sunrise, a Mexican restaurant, and meets up with a stubborn owner who seems to be ruining his own business. Ramsey gives the place an inspection and shuts the place down, declaring it is unsanitary.
Director: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#21 - Sante La Brea
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/20/2008
Chef Ramsay comes back to Sante La Brea and Giuseppi's to see if they have improved or not. He also takes a look at some of his noteworthy kitchen fights over that time.
Director: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#22 - Cafe 36
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/15/2009
Chef Ramsey visits a French-American eatery in La Grange, Illinois, named Cafe 36. The owners have very little experience in running a restaurant and need a hand with their shortage of customers and the head chef, who doesn't practice quality control.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of Kitchen Nightmares Season 1
Every episode of Kitchen Nightmares Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kitchen Nightmares Season 1!
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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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Peter's" is the best rated episode of "Kitchen Nightmares" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 350 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/19/2007. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Dillon's".