Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares


Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is a television programme featuring British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay first broadcast 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 19 September 2007 on Fox. It is broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 as Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA. Its run ended on 12 September 2014.
In October 2009 Ramsay announced that after his four-year contract expired in 2011 he would not continue with Kitchen Nightmares and would instead work on his other shows. In June 2014, however, Ramsay announced that the UK version would return for four episodes after a seven-year hiatus. The show has won BAFTA and Emmy awards.

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1: 2004

Series 2: 2005

Series 3: 2006

Series 4: 2007

Series 5: 2007

Great British Nightmare

A one-off special entitled Ramsay's Great British Nightmare aired on Channel 4 on 30 January 2009 as part of 'The Great British Food Fight', a two-week series of food-related programming. In the programme, Ramsay campaigned for viewers to start supporting local restaurants, especially in a bad economy.
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Libel

In June 2006, Ramsay won a High Court case against the Evening Standard, which had alleged that scenes and the general condition of the restaurant had been faked for the first episode of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. These allegations followed reports from the previous owner of Bonapartes, Sue Ray. Ramsay was awarded £75,000 plus costs. 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."

Reception

The programme received favourable 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." Lorna Martin of The Observer said "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares is compulsive viewing – packed with excitement, emotion and entertainment."
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 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."
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares was named Best Feature at the 2005 and 2008 BAFTA awards. It also earned the 2006 International Emmy for best non-scripted entertainment.

DVD releases

United States

On 3 March 2009, Acorn Media released season 1 of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on DVD in the US. Season 2 was released on 1 September 2009.
NameEp#Release Date
Season One83 March 2009
Season Two101 September 2009

Canada

For the Canadian market, Visual Entertainment has released the first three seasons of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on DVD in two volume sets.
NameEp#Release Date
Volume 1816 October 2007
Volume 2107 October 2008

International versions

CountryTitleBroadcasterChefOriginal runSource
Pesadilla en la cocina TelefeChristophe KrywonisQ3 2016
Pesadelo na Cozinha BandErick Jacquin26 January 2017 – present
Кошмари в кухнята Nova TVIvan Manchev8 October 2014 – present
Pesadilla en la cocina ChilevisionGustavo Maurelli28 February 2016 – 27 April 2016
Jezikova juhaRTLStephan Macchi15 May 2009 – 23 June 2011
Ano, šéfe! PrimaZdeněk Pohlreich5 March 2009 – 1 October 2018
Ano, šéfová! PrimaJitka and Santo Pagana12 November 2018 – 17 December 2018
Med kniven for struben TV3Bo Bech6 March 2007 – 2012
Köögikubjas Kanal 2Juha Matti Rantanen2011 – 2012
Kuppilat kuntoon, Jyrki Sukula! NelonenJyrki Sukula2012 – present
Cauchemar en cuisine M6Philippe Etchebest2011 – present
Rach, der Restauranttester RTLChristian Rach11 September 2005 – 4 March 2013
13 March 2017 – 10 April 2017
Der Restauranttester RTLSteffen Henssler24 February 2014 – 6 July 2015
Εφιάλτης στην Κουζίνα Alpha TVEktoras Botrini2009 – 2013
מהפכה במטבח ReshetAsaf Granit2015 – present
Cucine da incubo Fox Life
TV8
NOVE		Antonino Cannavacciuolo15 May 2013 – present
Hellstrøm Rydder Opp TV3
Viasat		Eyvind Hellstrøm25 September 2008 – present
Kuchenne rewolucje TVNMagda Gessler6 March 2010 – present
Pesadelo na Cozinha TVILjubomir Stanisic12 March 2017 – present
На ножах
Na nozhakh		Pyatnitsa!:ru:Ивлев, Констанин Витальевич|Konstantin Ivlev2016 – present
Paklena kuhinja Prva Srpska TelevizijaSaša Mišić2010 – 2013
Ano, šéfe! TV JOJJaroslav Žídek2011
Pesadilla en la cocina laSextaAlberto Chicote25 October 2012 – present
Kniven mot strupen TV3Alexander Nilson19 November 2009 – present
Bumann, der Restauranttester 3+Daniel Bumann15 October 2009 – present
На ножах
Na nozhakh		1+1:ru:Мнацаканов, Арам Михайлович|Aram Mnatsakanov 2012
На ножах
Na nozhakh		1+1Olga Freimut and Dmitry Borisov 2016 - 2017
Kitchen NightmaresFoxGordon Ramsay19 September 2007 – 12 September 2014