"Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" (2004) TV series 2004-

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

27 April 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Reality-TV

Plot:

Features Ramsay swooping into a restaurant on the verge of collapse and spending a week in save mode. Then he comes back after a few months to see the results of his coaching. Will the restaurant survive?

Plot Keywords:

Restaurant | Lifestyle | Food

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Gordon Ramsay

...

Himself (32 episodes, 2004-2009)

Series Directed by
Christine Hall		(17 episodes, 2004-2006)
Tim Whitwell		(3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Marc Heffernan		(3 episodes, 2007)
Martha Delap		(2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Paul Ratcliffe		(2 episodes, 2006)

Series Produced by
Patricia Llewellyn	....	executive producer (22 episodes, 2004-2007)
Christine Hall	....	series producer / producer (17 episodes, 2004-2006)
Martha Delap	....	assistant producer / producer / ... (10 episodes, 2004-2007)
Becky Clarke	....	executive producer / series producer (9 episodes, 2006-2007)
Hugo MacGregor	....	assistant producer (5 episodes, 2005-2006)
Nancy Bornat	....	series producer / producer (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Tim Whitwell	....	producer / series producer (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Alice Mayhall	....	assistant producer / edit producer (4 episodes, 2006)
Cathryn O'Neill	....	assistant producer (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Katharine Round	....	assistant producer (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Jonathan Smith	....	edit producer / editorial producer (2 episodes, 2004)
Alison Vann	....	assistant producer (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
Lauren Abery	....	assistant producer (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Paul Ratcliffe	....	producer (2 episodes, 2006)
Claire Lloyd-Evans	....	assistant producer (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Original Music by
Jonathan Gunton		(29 episodes, 2004-2007)
David Vanacore		(14 episodes, 2005-2006)

Series Cinematography by
Danny Rohrer		(6 episodes, 2004-2006)
Richard Hill		(2 episodes, 2006-2007)

Series Film Editing by
Chris Brainwood		(2 episodes, 2004-2005)
Paul Hodgson		(2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Laura Jennings		(2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Clare Childs		(2 episodes, 2007)

Series Production Management
Hayley Napper	....	production manager (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Emily Brownridge	....	production manager (4 episodes, 2006-2007)
Harriet Welfare	....	production manager (3 episodes, 2004)
Shelley Gale	....	production manager (2 episodes, 2006)

Series Sound Department
Trevor Barber	....	dubbing mixer (9 episodes, 2004-2007)
Simon Quinn	....	sound (4 episodes, 2004-2005)
Kuz Randhawa	....	sound (2 episodes, 2004-2007)
Derek Bruce	....	sound (2 episodes, 2006-2007)

Series Editorial Department
Tamer Osman	....	on-line editor (9 episodes, 2004-2007)
Aidan Farrell	....	colorist / colourist (8 episodes, 2004-2007)

Series Music Department
Malachi Lillitos	....	composer: additional music (8 episodes, 2005-2006)

Series Other crew
Sarah Hayes	....	production coordinator / production co-ordinator (7 episodes, 2006-2007)
Simon Wright	....	restaurant consultant / consultant: restaurant (6 episodes, 2004-2007)
Carolyn Stopp	....	production co-ordinator / production coordinator (3 episodes, 2004)
Emily Thompson	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 2006)
Sasha Mantel	....	researcher (2 episodes, 2004)
Steve Allen	....	food co-ordinator (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Nathan Johnson	....	food co-ordinator / food coordinator (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Isabel Meacher	....	researcher (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jake Ruggeri	....	researcher (2 episodes, 2006-2007)

Production Companies

• Granada Television
• Optomen Television

Distributors

• Channel 4 Television Corporation (2004-) (UK) (TV)
• TV Paprika (2006-2011) (Hungary) (TV)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Filmtools  expendables
• Night Hawk Security  security
• Vanacore Music  music composed by

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min (including commercials)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Silsden, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

Granada Television

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Screenwipe: Episode #2.3" (2006)

The Scariest Chef In The World... EVER!

Only weeks before the more mainstream 'Hell's Kitchen' came along, this one-hour, 4-part documentary series on Channel 4 was a real unexpected treat for viewers, particularly for jaded ones such as myself, tired at the whole cringe worthy "celebrity chef" genre.

Grizzly chef Gordon Ramsey travelled around Britain, each week visiting a different restaurant that was struggling to make money, serve decent food etc. In his now-famous way, Gordon would shout, swear & threaten the incompetent chefs at the restaurants, warn the restaurant owners that they will go out of business if they don't put their foot down & try & turn their fortunes around, help out in the kitchen, & promptly criticise anyone who had the guts to disagree with him on any sort of decision he made.

Seeing Mr. Ramsay tear into young upstarts, arrogant owners & generally anyone who got in his way, made for fascinating television, but it was also pleasant to see that, more often than not, the help Gordon had provided made a lot of difference, & that the restaurant began attracting more customers & serving better food.

No doubt there will be a second series of 'Hell's Kitchen' on ITV1 next year, but I would also like to see this show recommissioned as well. Not as glamorous as seeing celebrity chefs whinge at each other in a glorified TV studio, but 'Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares' was the best cookery-related show to come out in a long, long time