Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares: Complete Series 1

The star chef saves failing restaurants from culinary hell

Go behind the scenes at struggling restaurants with Gordon Ramsay, Britain's most celebrated gourmet. One of the world's top chefs (with 12 Michelin stars to his name) and three-time winner of a Catey award (the British hospitality industry's highest honor), Ramsay knows restaurants top to bottom. And he needs every bit of his expertise to rescue these real-life culinary and commercial disasters in just one week.

Foul-tasting food, chaotic kitchens, misguided menus-Ramsay confronts them all, along with incompetent cooks, boneheaded servers, and painfully obstinate owners. He handles staffers with his profanity-filled, in-your-face style that suffers no fools and spares no egos. Also includes four episodes of Kitchen Nightmares Revisited, in which Ramsay returns to these restaurants on the brink to see whether his shock treatment worked. After just a few episodes of this International Emmy®-winning reality series, you'll never dine out quite the same again.

Episode 1 - Bonapartes (Silsden, West Yorkshire)
In the basement of a wine bar in a working-class town, Gordon finds a disengaged owner, an incompetent 21-year-old chef, and far-from-fine dining.

Episode 2 - Bonapartes Revisited
Returning to Bonapartes six months later, Gordon gets a decidedly cool welcome.

Episode 3 - The Glass House (Ambleside, The Lake District)
At a nearly bankrupt restaurant in a town with plenty of tourist traffic, the head chef mismanages his team and turns the kitchen into chaos.

Episode 4 - The Glass House Revisited
Later, Gordon returns to poach two junior chefs.

Episode 5 - Walnut Tree Inn (Abergavenny, Wales)
Celebrity chef Franco Taruschio once earned this posh dining spot a Michelin star. But new owner Francesco needs a take-charge head chef-desperately.

Episode 6 - Walnut Tree Inn Revisited
On a return visit, Gordon butts heads with Francesco again.

Episode 7 - Moore Place (Esher, Surrey)
Despite golfers galore as potential patrons, Moore Place has an empty dining room, maybe because it relies too much on its deep fryer and microwaves.

Episode 8 - Moore Place Revisited
Before reassessing the restaurant himself, Gordon sends in a spy.