Kitchen Nightmares backdrop
Kitchen Nightmares poster
Reality

The Worst Episodes of Kitchen Nightmares

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

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...

Seasons6

  1. Background image for Black Pearl
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Sabatiello's
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Fiesta Sunrise
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Sante La Brea
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Cafe 36
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Revisited #1
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Revisited #1

    S2:E13

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

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 BEST Episodes of Kitchen Nightmares

    READ
  8. Background image for La Galleria 33, Part One
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #7 - La Galleria 33, Part One

    S5:E1

    Located in the heart of the historic North End of Boston, and run by sister-duo Rita and Lisa, this Italian restaurant has proven to be a financial disaster, spiraling these sisters into a deep state of denial. From their hostile attitudes towards their staff and customers, to the tasteless recipes they serve, Chef Ramsay realizes these owners have lost control. Find out if Ramsay can take on these stubborn sisters.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Burger Kitchen (1)
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Burger Kitchen (1)

    S4:E6

    Chef Ramsay pays a visit to Burger Kitchen in Los Angeles in order to revamp the bland menu and to revive the tired establishment with a fresh look and a renewed vibe fit for the hip Hollywood crowd.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Burger Kitchen (2)
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Burger Kitchen (2)

    S4:E7

    Finding little improvement, Chef Ramsay pushes for even more changes to the menu and staff at Burger Kitchen.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Revisited: Gordon Returns
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Nino's Italian Restaurant
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Nino's Italian Restaurant

    S5:E10

    A well-liked, retired couple ask Ramsay to help their son, who has taken over their restaurant, Nino's, in Long Beach, Calif.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Hot Potato Café
    6.3/10(185 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Kingston Cafe
    6.3/10(130 votes)

    #13 - Kingston Cafe

    S3:E10

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

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Mangia Mangia, Pt 2
    6.4/10(115 votes)

    #14 - Mangia Mangia, Pt 2

    S6:E6

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

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine

    S5:E4

    Ramsay heads to Pennsylvania's Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Revisited No. 1
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Revisited No. 1

    S5:E6

    Chef Ramsay checks on the status of Cafe Hon, Chiarella's, and Leone's to see if they heeded his advice.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Olde Hitching Post
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Olde Hitching Post

    S5:E7

    Chef Ramsay heads to the historical Olde Hitching Post in Hanson, MA, where he faces off with stubborn owner Tom. In 2005, Tom bought the eatery for his oldest daughter, Andrea - yet more than seven years later, he still refuses to let her have any control. Andrea, manager Janice and the rest of the staff are tired of his controlling ways, but Tom makes no apologies for his motto, "my way is the only way." Owning two other prosperous restaurants, Tom cannot seem to figure out what the recipe for success is in this restaurant. Find out if Chef Ramsay can revive this restaurant and put an end to the father-daughter feud .

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Sam's Mediterranean Kabob Room
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Sam's Mediterranean Kabob Room

    S5:E9

    Ramsay travels to Sam's Mediterranean Kabob Room in Monrovia, Calif., where the owner has only been able to keep his own children on as employees.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Zayna Flaming Grill, Pt 2
    6.5/10(136 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Flamangos
    6.6/10(245 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Casa Roma
    6.6/10(209 votes)

    #21 - 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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for La Frite
    6.6/10(162 votes)

    #22 - La Frite

    S3:E11

    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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Zeke's
    6.6/10(127 votes)

    #23 - 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?

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Mangia Mangia, Pt 1
    6.6/10(150 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Le Bistro
    6.7/10(214 votes)

    #25 - 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?

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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".