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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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  1. Background image for Black Pearl
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    #1 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Sabatiello's
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    #2 - Sabatiello's

    S1:E19

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Fiesta Sunrise

    S1:E20

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Sante La Brea
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    #4 - Sante La Brea

    S1:E21

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - Cafe 36

    S1:E22

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Revisited #1

    S2:E13

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Return to Amy's Baking Company
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    #7 - Return to Amy's Baking Company

    S6:E1

    Chef Ramsay pays another visit to the defiant owners of Amy's Baking Company.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - Old Neighborhood

    S6:E3

    Ramsay helps the owners of Old Neighborhood in Arvada, Colo., transform their restaurant.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - Kati Allo

    S6:E4

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #10 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #11 - Mangia Mangia, Pt 2

    S6:E6

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #12 - Zayna Flaming Grill, Pt 1

    S6:E7

    Chef Ramsay heads to Redondo Beach, Calif., to try and save Zayna Flaming Grill, a Mediterranean restaurant plagued by substandard food and owners playing the blame game.

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    #13 - Zayna Flaming Grill, Pt 2

    S6:E8

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #14 - Bella Luna

    S6:E9

    Gordon travels to the town of Easton, PA, where he tries to wake up a mother and son pairing who are running their Italian restaurant into the ground.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #15 - Revisited

    S6:E10

    Chef Ramsay checks in on restaurants he's helped, including La Galleria in Boston; the Olde Hitching Post in Hanson, Mass.; and Prohibition Gastropub in Everett, Wash.

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    Director:Unknown
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Revisited: Gordon Returns

    S1:E11

    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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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Hot Potato Café
    6.3/10(185 votes)

    #17 - Hot Potato Café

    S2:E1

    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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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Chappy's
    6.5/10(140 votes)

    #18 - Chappy's

    S5:E15

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

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  20. Background image for Flamangos
    6.6/10(244 votes)

    #19 - 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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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Casa Roma
    6.6/10(210 votes)

    #20 - Casa Roma

    S2:E7

    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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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Luigi's
    6.6/10(133 votes)

    #21 - Luigi's

    S4:E4

    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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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Le Bistro
    6.7/10(214 votes)

    #22 - Le Bistro

    S2:E6

    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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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Sushi Ko
    6.7/10(183 votes)

    #23 - Sushi Ko

    S2:E12

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    6.7/10(160 votes)

    #24 - Revisited #1

    S4:E5

    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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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Greek at the Harbor
    6.7/10(126 votes)

    #25 - Greek at the Harbor

    S4:E8

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Black Pearl" is the worst rated episode of "Kitchen Nightmares". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/25/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Sabatiello's".