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The Worst Episodes of Kitchen Nightmares

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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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  • Black Pearl
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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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  • Fiesta Sunrise
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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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  • Sante La Brea
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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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  • Cafe 36
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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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  • Hot Potato Café
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    #6 - 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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  • Bazzini
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    #7 - Bazzini

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 2/5/2010

    Chef Gordon Ramsay takes on Bazzini Cafe, an Italian restaurant in Ridgewood, NJ, that struggles with slow service, poorly crafted dishes, a lackluster sous chef and a disappointing head chef.

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  • Mojitos
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    #8 - Mojitos

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 2/25/2010

    Mojito Cuban Cuisine is run by Kata and Marcelo, ex-lovers turned bitter feuders who are ruining the business and in turn, the business ruining them.

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  • Lido di Manhattan Beach
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    #9 - Lido di Manhattan Beach

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 3/4/2010

    Lido Di Manhattan Beach is owned by Lisa, who proudly goes on about her young age and ownership, yet is oblivious to the faults said age and lack of experience have brought. And then Ramsay starts investigating the kitchen...

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  • Le Bistro
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    #10 - 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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  • Casa Roma
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    #11 - 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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  • Mama Rita's
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    #12 - Mama Rita's

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 3/19/2010

    Chef Ramsay helps a woman with her struggling Mexican restaurant that is facing foreclosure.

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  • Anna Vincenzo's
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    #13 - Anna Vincenzo's

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 3/26/2010

    The prima donna owner of Anna Vincenzo's rebukes Ramsay and his help and insists what she is doing is fine.

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    #14 - Revisited #2

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 4/9/2010

    Ramsay revisits restaurants Giuseppi and Sante La Brea, from season two, to see if they have succeeded; there is good news and there is bad news. Also included is an update on what happened at Finn McCool's.

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    #15 - Fleming

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 5/7/2010

    The only thing that has changed in 30 years at Fleming is the ownership. After literally having to pull a plate from a customer and stop orders of a menu item, Ramsay soon realizes more help is needed than he realized.

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  • Sushi Ko
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    #16 - 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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    #17 - 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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  • La Galleria 33, Part One
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    #18 - La Galleria 33, Part One

    Season 5 Episode 1

    Aired 10/26/2012

    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.

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  • Return to Amy's Baking Company
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    #19 - Return to Amy's Baking Company

    Season 6 Episode 1

    Aired 4/11/2014

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

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  • Old Neighborhood
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    #20 - Old Neighborhood

    Season 6 Episode 3

    Aired 4/18/2014

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

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  • Kati Allo
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    #21 - 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
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    #22 - 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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  • Mangia Mangia, Pt 2
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    #23 - 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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  • Zayna Flaming Grill, Pt 1
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    #24 - Zayna Flaming Grill, Pt 1

    Season 6 Episode 7

    Aired 5/2/2014

    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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  • Zayna Flaming Grill, Pt 2
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    #25 - 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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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".