NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - 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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - 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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - 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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - 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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - 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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - 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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - Oceana
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 5/20/2011
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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Chiarella's
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/23/2012
Chef Ramsay visits the "City of Brotherly Love" to check in on family-owned Italian restaurant Chiarella's. Although the Philadelphia eatery boasts over 30 years of business, Chef Ramsay is shocked by the restaurant's outdated menu, sloppy service and disorganized staff. Find out if Chef Ramsay is able to infuse the restaurant with classic Italian flair and revive its lackluster dining experience.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - Zocalo
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/30/2012
Chef Ramsay visits the windy city to check in on Mexican restaurant Zocalo. Although the Chicago restaurant offers a vibrant atmosphere, Chef Ramsay is shocked by the disorganized staff and lack of service.
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6.2/10128 votesLoading...#17 - 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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6.3/10182 votesLoading...#18 - 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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6.4/10112 votesLoading...#19 - 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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6.5/10135 votesLoading...#20 - 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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6.5/10134 votesLoading...#21 - 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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6.6/10239 votesLoading...#22 - 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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6.6/10205 votesLoading...#23 - 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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6.6/10157 votesLoading...#24 - 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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6.6/10125 votesLoading...#25 - 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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The Worst Episodes of Kitchen Nightmares
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Revisited: Gordon Returns" 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 9/4/2008. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Handlebar".