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The Worst Episodes of Kitchen Nightmares

Every episode of Kitchen Nightmares ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Black Pearl" is the worst rated episode of "Kitchen Nightmares". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/25/2008. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Sabatiello's".

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    #1 - 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.

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  • Sabatiello's
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    #2 - 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.

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    #3 - 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.

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    #4 - 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.

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    #5 - 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.

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    #6 - Revisited #1

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 5/21/2010

    Chef Ramsay revisits Handlebar (Long Island), Casa Roma (Lancaster) and Black Pearl (New York).

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  • Revisited: Gordon Returns
    6.0/10(1)
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    #7 - 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.

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  • Kingston Cafe
    6.2/10(129)
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    #8 - Kingston Cafe

    Season 3 Episode 10

    Aired 4/15/2011

    Chef Ramsay makes a trip to Pasadena, California to whip an eatery specializing in Caribbean cuisine into shape.

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  • Hot Potato Café
    6.3/10(182)
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    #9 - Hot Potato Café

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 1/29/2010

    Philadelphia is known as "The City of Brotherly Love," but one restaurant, the Hot Potato Cafe, is tearing a family apart. Passion, motivation and spirit fueled the restaurant when it was founded two years ago, but all of these mandatory ingredients are now in short supply.

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  • Mangia Mangia, Pt 2
    6.4/10(112)
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    #10 - Mangia Mangia, Pt 2

    Season 6 Episode 6

    Aired 4/25/2014

    Chef Ramsay suggests a few top-down changes for Mangia Mangia to survive.

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  • Chappy's
    6.5/10(136)
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    #11 - Chappy's

    Season 5 Episode 15

    Aired 5/3/2013

    Gordon travels to Nashville, Tenn., to help the owners of Chappy's turn their restaurant around.

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  • Zayna Flaming Grill, Pt 2
    6.5/10(134)
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    #12 - Zayna Flaming Grill, Pt 2

    Season 6 Episode 8

    Aired 5/2/2014

    Chef Ramsay is caught in the crossfire as a family's feud threatens to close Zanya Flaming Grill for good.

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  • Flamangos
    6.6/10(243)
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    #13 - Flamangos

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 2/2/2010

    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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  • Casa Roma
    6.6/10(208)
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    #14 - Casa Roma

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 3/12/2010

    Chef Ramsay heads to Lancaster, California to help out an Italian restaurant called in Casa Roma. The owners are clueless when it comes to getting people in the restaurant and how to help manage the kitchen. The restaurant is merely surviving on the packed bar area.

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  • La Frite
    6.6/10(160)
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    #15 - La Frite

    Season 3 Episode 11

    Aired 4/29/2011

    Chef Ramsay visits La Frite in Sherman Oaks, CA. Find out if his efforts to turn the restaurant around will be enough to keep the its doors open.

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  • Zeke's
    6.6/10(126)
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    #16 - Zeke's

    Season 3 Episode 13

    Aired 5/13/2011

    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?

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  • Luigi's
    6.6/10(132)
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    #17 - Luigi's

    Season 4 Episode 4

    Aired 10/14/2011

    Chef Ramsay visits Luigi’s, an eatery in Anaheim, CA, on the brink of closing its doors for good. Find out if Chef Ramsay’s advice and expertise will be enough for the restaurant owners to reverse their misfortunes or if their problems are too dire for even Chef Ramsay to handle.

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  • Kati Allo
    6.6/10(154)
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    #18 - Kati Allo

    Season 6 Episode 4

    Aired 4/18/2014

    Ramsay tries to help the owners of Kati Allo in Queens, N.Y., turn things around.

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  • Mangia Mangia, Pt 1
    6.6/10(148)
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    #19 - Mangia Mangia, Pt 1

    Season 6 Episode 5

    Aired 4/25/2014

    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.

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  • Le Bistro
    6.7/10(213)
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    #20 - Le Bistro

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 3/11/2010

    The owner and only chef of Le Bistro has his mind set to having done nothing wrong and won't listen to anybody, including Ramsay. Can Gordon help a disrespectful, rude and arrogant owner or is Le Bistro beyond help?

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  • Sushi Ko
    6.7/10(180)
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    #21 - Sushi Ko

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 5/14/2010

    Chef Ramsay visits Sushi Ko in Thousand Oaks, Cal., a failing second location of a family-owned eatery. Problems include debt, a breakdown of the family dynamic, and a relative who has lost his passion for cooking.

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  • Revisited #1
    6.7/10(158)
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    #22 - Revisited #1

    Season 4 Episode 5

    Aired 10/21/2011

    Chef Ramsay returns to Classic American, DownCity, and Davide to offer more advice and gauge the restaurants' progress - or lack thereof.

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  • Greek at the Harbor
    6.7/10(125)
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    #23 - Greek at the Harbor

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 11/18/2011

    Chef Ramsay visits The Greek at the Harbor, an eatery in Ventura Harbor, Cal., and observes poor service and variable food quality.

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  • Michon’s
    6.7/10(158)
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    #24 - Michon’s

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 1/13/2012

    Chef Ramsay heads to the Peach state eatery Michon’s Smoked Meats & Seafood restaurant for a much needed update. Find out if Chef Ramsay’s advice and guidance will be enough to keep this establishment in College Park, GA, open.

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  • Café Hon
    6.7/10(151)
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    #25 - Café Hon

    Season 4 Episode 15

    Aired 2/24/2012

    Chef Ramsay heads to Baltimore, MD, and immediately has his hands full when he visits Café Hon, a Southern Comfort eatery in need not only of a restaurant renovation but also a public image makeover. The owner of Café Hon has come under fire from the city of Baltimore for trademarking the word "Hon," a term of endearment for Baltimore culture. Find out if the restaurant revamp and renewed public image will be enough to win back the city of Baltimore and revive its tradition of southern comfort cooking.

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