Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

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For the US version of this show, see Kitchen Nightmares.
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on Channel 4
Format Cooking show
Starring Gordon Ramsay
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 22 (or 30 - eight episodes were revisited)
Production
Running time 44 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Channel 4
Original run April 27, 2004 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is a critically-acclaimed television programme featuring British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The BAFTA and Emmy Award winning programme debuted on Channel 4 in 2004.

In each episode, Ramsay visits a failing restaurant and acts as a troubleshooter to help improve the establishment in just one week. Ramsay revisits the restaurant a few months later to see how business has fared in his absence. Episodes from series one and two have been re-edited with additional new material as Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited; they featured Ramsay checking up on restaurants a year or more after he attended to them.

An American adaptation of this show, titled Kitchen Nightmares, debuted September 19, 2007, on FOX. A German version of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, called Rach, der Restauranttester, debuted September 11, 2005, on RTL, although featuring a much more toned-down approach. A Dutch version has been made carrying the title "Herrie in de keuken", with head chef Herman den Blijker.

In addition to finishing taping a fifth series, which started airing on October 30, 2007, Ramsay has announced he plans to extend the show's concept to carrying out a "culinary makeover" for an entire town, to be chosen by Channel 4 viewers.[1]

Contents

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Series 1

  1. Bonapartes Restaurant, Silsden, England
  2. The Glass House, Ambleside, England
  3. The Walnut Tree Inn, Llandewi Skirrid, South Wales
  4. Moore Place, Esher, England

This first series has been released on DVD in the United Kingdom.

[edit] Series 2

  1. La Lanterna, Letchworth, England
  2. D-Place (renamed Saracen's Cafe Bar during taping), Chelmsford, England
  3. Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack, Brighton, England
  4. La Riviera, Inverness, Scotland, now called Abstract
  5. The Glass House, Ambleside, England (Revisited)
  6. The Walnut Tree Inn, Llandewi Skirrid, South Wales (Revisited)
  7. Moore Place, Esher, England (Revisited)
  8. Bonapartes Restaurant, Silsden, England (Revisited)

[edit] Series 3

  1. Oscar's, Nantwich, England
  2. The Sandgate Hotel, Sandgate, England
  3. Clubway 41 (renamed Jacksons during taping), Blackpool, England
  4. La Gondola, Derby, England

[edit] Series 4

  1. La Parra de Burriana, Nerja, Spain
  2. The Fenwick Arms, Claughton, England
  3. Rococo (renamed Maggie's during taping), King's Lynn, England
  4. Morgans..., Liverpool, England
  5. La Riviera, Inverness, Scotland (Revisited - now called Abstract)
  6. Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack, Brighton, England (Revisited - new location now called Momma Cherri's Big House)

[edit] Series 5

  1. Ruby Tate's (renamed Love's Fish Restaurant during filming), Brighton, England
  2. Piccolo Teatro, Paris, France
  3. The Fenwick Arms, Claughton, England (Revisited)
  4. La Parra de Burriana, Nerja, Spain (Revisited)
  5. The Priory, Haywards Heath, England
  6. The Fish and Anchor, Lampeter, Wales
  7. Curry Lounge, Nottingham, England
  8. The Granary, Titchfield, England

[edit] Libel

In June 2006, Ramsay won a High Court case against the London Evening Standard, which had alleged, after reports from previous owner of Bonapartes, Sue Ray, that scenes and the general condition of the restaurant, which was the subject of the first episode of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, had been faked. Ramsay was awarded £75,000 plus costs.[2] Ramsay said at the time: "I won't let people write anything they want to about me. We have never done anything in a cynical, fake way."

[edit] Reception

The programme has received excellent reviews for its in-depth look into the restaurant industry. Jane Redfem of Off the Telly commented that the show "could have been cynically designed to exploit Ramsay's foul-mouthed reputation...But watch, listen and think about what he is saying, and his genuine commitment to his profession in general, and the task at hand become abundantly evident." [3] Lorna Martin of The Observer said "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is compulsive viewing - packed with excitement, emotion and entertainment." [4] Slate's Sara Dickerman was impressed by the show's "economic realism" in the tired food television genre. She wrote, "There is something refreshing about a show that doesn't promise a ticket to ride (a surgical makeover, a million dollars, Richard Branson's job) but instead offers restaurant owners the hope—if they seriously reform their establishments—that they might, just might, break even for the next few months." [5]

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares was named Best Feature at the 2005[6] and 2008 BAFTA awards.[7] It also earned the 2006 International Emmy for best non-scripted entertainment. [6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Ramsay targets culinary makeover for entire town". Ireland On-Line (2007-10-22).
  2. ^ "Chef Ramsay wins £75,000 damages". BBC News (2006-06-20).
  3. ^ "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares". Off the Telly (2004-04-14). Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  4. ^ "What happened after Gordon said goodbye?". The Observer (2004-05-09). Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  5. ^ "Bloody Hell's Kitchen". Slate (2005-01-05). Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  6. ^ a b "Fox announces Gordon Ramsay's 'Kitchen Nightmares' will air this fall". Reality TV World (2007-05-17). Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  7. ^ "Bafta TV Awards 2008: The winners". BBC News (2008-04-21). Retrieved on 2008-04-21.

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