Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares 

British reality series in which world-renowned chef Gordon Ramsay visits struggling restaurants in an effort to help them succeed.

Stars:

Gordon Ramsay, Laurence Davy, Neil Farrell

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Gordon Ramsay	...	Himself 32 episodes, 2004-2009

Storyline

British reality series in which world-renowned chef Gordon Ramsay visits struggling restaurants in an effort to help them succeed.

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Plot Keywords:

restaurant | lifestyle | food | 

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Genres:

Reality-TV

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 April 2004 (UK)

Also Known As:

Cucine da incubo

Filming Locations:

Silsden, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Granada Television, Optomen Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

During filming of the pilot episode, the producers still hadn't decided what to call the series, and were considering various choices including "Kitchen S.O.S." and "Ramsay to the Rescue". During the filming of the follow-up visit to Bonaparte's, Gordon Ramsay exasperatedly commented that "This is a living fucking nightmare!" after finding the restaurant in an even worse state than when he first arrived, which gave the inspiration for the show's final title.

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Connections

Referenced in Sean Lock: Lockipedia Live (2010)

User Reviews

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