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The Worst Episodes of The F Word

Every episode of The F Word ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The F Word!

The F Word is a British food magazine and cookery programme featuring chef Gordon Ramsay. The programme covers a wide range of topics, from recipes...
Genre:Documentary
Network:Channel 4

Worst Episodes Summary

"Chinese Restaurants" is the worst rated episode of "The F Word". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/24/2009. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "American Restaurants".

  • Chinese Restaurants
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    #1 - Chinese Restaurants

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/24/2009

    Chopsticks are drawn on the F Word as Gordon hunts for the best local Chinese restaurant. And it's a show first as the macho chef heads up an all woman kitchen. Jian Wang from Edinburgh-based Chop Chop is a doyen of the dumpling with over 60 different types on her restaurant menu. She'll be charming the F Word diners with spicy garlic squid and trademark pork and coriander dumplings. Up against Jian in the Chinese cook off are Manchester twins, Lisa and Helen Tse, from Sweet Mandarin. The duo are the third generation of female Chinese chefs and are hoping their salt and pepper squid and mum's recipe for clay pot chicken can bag them the F Word title. In a break from the all-woman cook off, Gordon dredges up Chinese delicacy, mitten crab, from the bed of the River Thames and Janet Street-Porter takes her medley of animals off to show.

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  • American Restaurants
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    #2 - American Restaurants

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/15/2009

    Gordon's search for best British restaurant continues as two more unsung culinary heroes go head to head in the F Word restaurant. This time it's an inter-continental contest with restaurants from the Americas battling it out. Gordon, Janet Street-Porter and F Word Maitre d', Jean Baptiste, had their work cut out eating everything from salt fish to steak and burgers to burritos. But the two that stood out are Discovery Bay, a modern Caribbean restaurant from Huddersfield and Santa Maria del Sur, a traditional Argentinean steakhouse from South London. Also on this week's menu: Gordon heads to Canada to gander at snow geese - and then eat one. And Ian Wright shows how much of a jerk he is in a Caribbean chicken celebrity cook-off.

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  • British Restaurants - Christmas Special
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    #3 - British Restaurants - Christmas Special

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/22/2009

    Gordon's search to the Best Local Restaurant hits its home turf when two of the top British restaurants go head to head. It's a battle of the birds as posh fine dining establishment the Swan in Kent faces gourmet gastropub the Pheasant from Cambridgeshire. Also on the menu (since it's Christmas time in the F Word kitchen), Gordon's off to Lapland in search of some seasonal meat - and it ain't turkey. Peter Andre brings his beef to the celebrity cook-off - and it's nothing to do with Jordan. And there's yet more celebrity action as Freddie Flintoff and Dita von Teese sprinkle a little stardust in the restaurant.

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  • Rest Of The World
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    #4 - Rest Of The World

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/29/2009

    Moroccan Vs. Greek 3 different recipe challenges. Gordon makes halumi cheese.

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  • The Dish Of Their Lives
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    #5 - The Dish Of Their Lives

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/2010

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  • Everything Is On The Line
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    #6 - Everything Is On The Line

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/2010

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  • The Best Local Restaurant
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    #7 - The Best Local Restaurant

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2010

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  • Indian Restaurants
    5.2/107 votes
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    #8 - Indian Restaurants

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/10/2009

    Gordon's hunt for Britain's Best Local Restaurant takes on an Indian theme as his trio of expert tasters head off in search of the country's best curry house. With 3 million British customers popping out for a curry every year it's clear the nation has taken the dish to its heart. But will the F Word diners prefer traditional charm or a modern twist as Gordon puts two very different Indian restaurants, Curry Corner and Lasan, head to head? While the guests sample the curry cook off Lenny Henry gets emotional over his mum's Jamaican pepper pot soup and Janet gets down and dirty with some wiry-haired pigs. Finally Gordon completes the Indian theme as he heads off hunting halal-style in search of deer for his venison masala.

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  • A Model Diet
    5.8/109 votes
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    #9 - A Model Diet

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 7/22/2008

    Chef Gordon Ramsay presents another edition of the fast-paced food magazine show featuring recipes, consumer stories and cooking challenges. Gordon meets Erin O'Connor to find out what models really eat. Janet Street-Porter spit roasts one of her veal calves and hosts a party attended by 100 Yorkshiremen and women. The recipe challenge sees Jon Snow cooking his salmon fillet dish, while Emma Bunton and her family help Gordon cook three tasty and simple recipes.

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  • A Scottish Treasure
    5.9/1011 votes
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    #10 - A Scottish Treasure

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 7/1/2008

    Gordon Ramsay presents a fast-paced food magazine show featuring recipes, consumer stories and cooking challenges. Gordon goes shooting for pigeon and makes a delicious warm pigeon salad. Tom Parker Bowles attempts to cook a whole pig, nose to tail. Edith Bowman prepares haggis and rap star Dizzee Rascal drops into the restaurant for dinner.

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  • It's All A BLur
    6.0/1014 votes
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    #11 - It's All A BLur

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/29/2007

    Gordon takes a group called "The Eastenders" in the kitchen, cooks against Alex James in the recipe challenge and goes hunting for deer. Janet Street Porter looks for an alternative to fois gras, and Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall helps Gordon move his lambs. On the menu: seared tuna nicoise salad; pan-fried chicken with asparagus; and caramelized apples and pears.

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  • Runaway Meal
    6.0/1015 votes
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    #12 - Runaway Meal

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 5/27/2008

    Gordon Ramsay returns for a new series of the fast-paced food magazine show featuring recipes, consumer stories and cooking challenges. Boy band McFly face the music in Gordon's kitchen. Janet Street-Porter champions a new low-fat superfood. Comedian Ben Miller goes up against Gordon in the recipe challenge with his version of a classic Victoria sponge cake.

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  • The Biggest Appetite
    6.0/1012 votes
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    #13 - The Biggest Appetite

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 6/17/2008

    Gordon teaches John Prescott how to cook mouthwatering fishcakes with an anchovy dressing. Tom Parker-Bowles visits Sardinia to track down one of the world's most interesting delicacies. Dannii Minogue shows how to make a vegetarian risotto.

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  • Highs and Lows
    6.1/1026 votes
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    #14 - Highs and Lows

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/2005

    Can food affect a man's fertility? Currently there's speculation about a general decline in the sperm count and whether it can be linked to diet. Gordon blames his own low sperm count on the fact that chefs are constantly exposed to high levels of heat during long hours in a kitchen environment. He enlists the help of a fertility expert and a clinical embryologist to see whether they support his theory and offer advice on how men can help prevent problems with their sperm. Plus top model Penny Lancaster comes for dinner and tells Gordon about her very fertile relationship with Rod Stewart.

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  • My Bread and Butter Pudding
    6.1/1016 votes
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    #15 - My Bread and Butter Pudding

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 5/20/2008

    Krishnan Guru-Murthy from Channel 4 news takes his family into the F Word kitchen and Janet gets tender with her calves

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  • The Heat Is On
    6.1/1012 votes
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    #16 - The Heat Is On

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 6/24/2008

    Gordon Ramsay presents a fast-paced food magazine show featuring recipes, consumer stories and cooking challenges. Gordon takes his son Jack fishing in the Scottish Highlands, and then turns a Robin Reliant into a salmon smoker. Janet Street-Porter decides whether to make her veal calves free range, while Meatloaf takes on Gordon with his tuna bake. Also, Gordon teaches a firefighter how to make a healthy beef burger, and cooks three recipes with the help of Angela Griffin and her family

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  • Back To The Floor
    6.1/1012 votes
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    #17 - Back To The Floor

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 7/8/2008

    Gordon goes back to the floor at a Chinese restaurant as a junior chef, and also finds out why the animals at London Zoo are eating better than the humans. Jo Brand takes on Gordon in the recipe challenge with her vegetable curry, Harry Enfield drops in for dinner at the restaurant, and Mica Paris and her family cook a three-course meal.

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  • A Difficult Moment
    6.2/1011 votes
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    #18 - A Difficult Moment

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 7/15/2008

    Janet Street-Porter faces one of her biggest challenges yet: sending her veal calves, David and Elton, to slaughter. Christopher Biggins and family form the celebrity brigade - and Rob Brydon drops in for dinner and an oyster shucking race with Gordon.

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  • Four Alarm Foie Gras
    6.3/1014 votes
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    #19 - Four Alarm Foie Gras

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 5/15/2007

    Four firemen serve as this week's brigade, and Ronnie Corbett takes on Gordon in the recipe challenge. Janet Street Porter offers a "provocative" meat. Girls Aloud visit. On the menu: pan-roasted fois gras with rhubarb, butter-roasted ribeye of beef with grilled artichokes, and summer berry soup with floating islands.

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  • Scottish Buffalo
    6.3/1014 votes
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    #20 - Scottish Buffalo

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 6/12/2007

    Four Nottingham housewives form this week's brigade. Janet Street Porter attempts to convince Gordon to try a new superfood. The wine tasting skills of former cricketer Ian Botham are put to the test. Gordon goes to Scotland to make buffalo mozzarella. Dom Joly challenges Gordon in The F Word kitchen, and there's bad news about one of the lambs. On the menu: broad bean and scallop risotto; roast pork chops with apple and radicchio; and cherry samosas.

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  • In The Kitchen With Mum
    6.3/1014 votes
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    #21 - In The Kitchen With Mum

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 6/3/2008

    Nic and Mel from All Saints are this week's guest chefs in the F Word kitchen and David Blunkett challenges Gordon to a cook-off

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  • Beckingham Palace
    6.4/1014 votes
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    #22 - Beckingham Palace

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 6/5/2007

    Four estate agents prepare a meal in Gordon's restaurant this week. Chris Moyles finds himself being challenged to make a curry better than his local takeaway can make. Gordon's lambs move to Victoria and David Beckham's place. On the menu: black pudding, potato rosti, and pan-fried eggs; veal scallop with tapenade; and tiramisu.

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  • Commando at Claridge's
    6.4/1018 votes
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    #23 - Commando at Claridge's

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 7/3/2007

    The Lancashire Lasses are back to cook at Claridges; Ricky Gervais visits. On the menu: king crab tortellini, leg of lamb, shepherd's pie made from Gordon's sheep, and hot chocolate souffle with mint chocolate chip ice cream.

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  • Veal is on the Menu
    6.4/1013 votes
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    #24 - Veal is on the Menu

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 7/29/2008

    In the restaurant Gordon takes on the challenge of cooking one of Janet's veal calves for 50 vegetarians who want to try meat again. Gordon also goes sky-fishing for puffin off the cliffs of Iceland and returns to Rangers Football Club to teach them how to cook a poached chicken.

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  • Birmingham's Finest
    6.5/1016 votes
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    #25 - Birmingham's Finest

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/2/2006

    Four amateur cooks from the West Midlands join Gordon in the kitchen to rustle up artichoke, asparagus and onion tart with fried quails' eggs, breast of duck with spring greens and gooseberry sauce, and a four-minute chocolate mousse. Janet Street-Porter gets a job in a fish-and-chip shop on the Shetland Islands, while Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall helps prevent Trinny and Susannah getting sunburnt.

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