Kitchen Nightmares

Gordon Ramsay visits a family-run Italian restaurant in Babylon, NY that's being run into the ground by Peter, the hot-tempered manger and co-owner.

Chef Gordon Ramsay is hitting the big city in an attempt to revamp an Indian restaurant called Dillon's and make it one of the hottest venues in town. Ironically Dillon's is located right near Chef Gordon Ramsay's own restaurant.

Ramsay takes a trip to The Mixing Bowl, a small restaurant in Bellmore, NY. He looks to turn around this restaurant which has inexperienced staff and special discounts as the restaurants specialty.

Chef Gordon Ramsay visits Seascape, a mother and son run restaurant located in Islip, NY. Ramsay must work together with a hard-headed chef, along with an inexperienced owner, to make some much needed changes to bring the customers back and to save the mother and son relationship.

Chef Gordon Ramsay takes on the challenge of helping Dean and his wife out by attempting to turn around the Olde Stone Mill restaurant located in Tuckahoe, New York. The restaurant has been renovated in the front of the house, but not in the kitchen when it comes to the horrible food.

Sebastian's has 20, ah, 21, maybe 23 unique failure combinations, and terrible pizza. Can Ramsay get through Chef Sebastian Di Modica thick skull or is the final combination of closure unavoidable?

Philadelphia is known as "The City of Brotherly Love," but one restaurant, the Hot Potato Cafe, is tearing a family apart. Passion, motivation and spirit fueled the restaurant when it was founded two years ago, but all of these mandatory ingredients are now in short supply.

Husband and wife Bill and Adele were experienced restaurant owners who had retired. They came out of retirement in 2006 to open one with their daughter Cheryl, Flamango's, a "fine dining" restaurant with a tropical theme. Adele is abrasive to the staff. Bill is getting old and yet does all the menial jobs, and also does a tableside steak service. The chef Bryan laments he has no control over the menu. The place is not doing well, so Adele and Bill see no choice but to call upon Gordon.

Chef Gordon Ramsay takes on Bazzini Cafe, an Italian restaurant in Ridgewood, NJ, that struggles with slow service, poorly crafted dishes, a lackluster sous chef and a disappointing head chef.

Mojito Cuban Cuisine is run by Kata and Marcelo, ex-lovers turned bitter feuders who are ruining the business and in turn, the business ruining them.

Lido Di Manhattan Beach is owned by Lisa, who proudly goes on about her young age and ownership, yet is oblivious to the faults said age and lack of experience have brought. And then Ramsay starts investigating the kitchen...

The owner and only chef of Le Bistro has his mind set to having done nothing wrong and won't listen to anybody, including Ramsay. Can Gordon help a disrespectful, rude and arrogant owner or is Le Bistro beyond help?

Chef Ramsay visits Spanish Pavillion in Harrison, NJ, a family-run business established in 1976 whose owners, brothers Michael and Jerry, have allowed their differences to compromise the quality of the restaurant. With a head chef consistently absent from the kitchen and an unhappy staff, Chef Ramsay is determined to transform the outdated ambiance and menu in order to keep the family business afloat.

The Classic American restaurant is out of food, out of cups, out of menus, and nearly out-of-business with almost a million in debt. Can Ramsay help the two well-meaning servers turned owners?

PJ's Steakhouse is dying from a lack of control from management to food quality, with one slightly rude owner and her husband, the co-owner, sitting at the bar drinking the business day away.

Chef Ramsay visits restaurant owners of Mojito, The Junction (aka Flamangos), and Bazzini he helped in the past to check on their progress.

Grasshopper Also is a blimey arseways failure best renamed Boghopper. Can Gordon makes sure Irish eyes will be smiling upon a family business dying young?

Traveling to Boston's North End, Chef Ramsay spends a week at Davide, an Italian eatery mismanaged by feuding brothers.

On the Season 4 premiere of Kitchen Nightmares, Chef Ramsay heads to Plainfield, New Jersey. There he hopes to help Shelly Withers transform her soul food restaurant called Blackberry's.

Gordon stops by Montclair, New Jersey, to help the owners of the Italian eatery Leone's.

Chef Ramsay visits Mike & Nellie’s in Oakhurst, New Jersey. Find out if Chef Ramsay’s advice and expertise can help keep the restaurant from sinking or if the restaurant’s woes will be too much for even Chef Ramsay to handle.

Chef Ramsay visits Luigi’s, an eatery in Anaheim, CA, on the brink of closing its doors for good. Find out if Chef Ramsay’s advice and expertise will be enough for the restaurant owners to reverse their misfortunes or if their problems are too dire for even Chef Ramsay to handle.

Chef Ramsay returns to Classic American, DownCity, and Davide to offer more advice and gauge the restaurants' progress - or lack thereof.

Chef Ramsay pays a visit to Burger Kitchen in Los Angeles in order to revamp the bland menu and to revive the tired establishment with a fresh look and a renewed vibe fit for the hip Hollywood crowd.

Located in the heart of the historic North End of Boston, and run by sister-duo Rita and Lisa, this Italian restaurant has proven to be a financial disaster, spiraling these sisters into a deep state of denial. From their hostile attitudes towards their staff and customers, to the tasteless recipes they serve, Chef Ramsay realizes these owners have lost control. Find out if Ramsay can take on these stubborn sisters.

Located in the heart of the historic North End of Boston, and run by sister-duo Rita and Lisa, this Italian restaurant has proven to be a financial disaster, spiraling these sisters into a deep state of denial. From their hostile attitudes towards their staff and customers, to the tasteless recipes they serve, Chef Ramsay realizes these owners have lost control. Find out if Ramsay can take on these stubborn sisters.

Chef Ramsay heads to Mama Maria's in Brooklyn. This Italian restaurant and pizzeria was passed down from mother to son more than 25 years ago, but has proven to be more of a burden than a family gem. The owner is exhausted from trying to make ends meet for his family, which in turn has taken a toll on the staff, food and overall performance of the restaurant. Chef Ramsay is disgusted to find 12 freezers filled with rancid and inedible pre-made meals and he reaches his breaking point when one diner needs an ambulance after eating a defrosted piece of seafood. When Chef Ramsay levels with this owner, he leaves him in tears. Find out if Ramsay's push was enough to wake this owner and save his family and restaurant.

Ramsay heads to Pennsylvania's Ms. Jean's Southern Cuisine.

Ramsay goes to Massachusetts to help a married couple improve their restaurant, Barefoot Bob's.

Chef Ramsay checks on the status of Cafe Hon, Chiarella's, and Leone's to see if they heeded his advice.

Chef Ramsay pays another visit to the defiant owners of Amy's Baking Company.

Ramsay helps a Denver pizzeria owner who believes he makes the best pizza in town despite taste test results proving otherwise.

Ramsay helps the owners of Old Neighborhood in Arvada, Colo., transform their restaurant.

Ramsay tries to help the owners of Kati Allo in Queens, N.Y., turn things around.

Ramsay travels to Woodland Park, Colo., to save Mangia Mangia, an Italian restaurant saddled with tension between the owner and her staff, and problems with the food, atmosphere and service.

Chef Ramsay suggests a few top-down changes for Mangia Mangia to survive.