
Kitchen Nightmares
Chef Ramsay travels to Bridgeport, Conn., in hope of transforming an eatery into a success.

Chef Ramsay travels to Bridgeport, Conn., in hope of transforming an eatery into a success.

Chef Ramsay tries to save Austin, Texas, restaurant El Greco from being closed.

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.

Gordon Ramsay revisits the kitchens of six restaurants that he altered when they were about to close their doors.

Chef Ramsay travels to New Orleans to help transform a restaurant.

Ramsay goes to Boston's La Galleria 33 and tries to help the owners turn their failing business around.

Chef Ramsay heads to Redondo Beach, Calif., to try and save Zayna Flaming Grill, a Mediterranean restaurant plagued by substandard food and owners playing the blame game.

Sammy, the owner of a restaurant in Stamford, Conn., is over $1 million in debt when he asks for chef Gordon Ramsay's help when Gordon criticizes the food, Sammy's temper flares out of control.

Ramsay tries to help a bickering brother and sister whose Beaver, Pa., restaurant Levanti's is failing.

Ramsay travels to Sam's Mediterranean Kabob Room in Monrovia, Calif., where the owner has only been able to keep his own children on as employees.

Ramsay visits the Handlebar Restaurant and Lounge in Mount Sinai, N.Y., where the owners are in denial about the restaurant's outdated decor and the head chef's lack of passion.

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.

Gordon tries to help a woman and her son, who are running their Islip, N.Y., restaurant into the ground.

At La Galleria 33 in Boston, Ramsay forces the owners to confront their staff and reclaim control of the restaurant menus and decor are revamped.

Chef Gordon Ramsay visits Trobiano's, an Italian restaurant that is a half-million dollars in debt during a confrontation with the owner about the cleanliness of the kitchen and the quality of the food, chef Ramsay walks out.

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

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

Chef Ramsay visits a chaotic Burbank, Calif., restaurant and goes head-to-head with the owner to simplify the menu.

Chef Ramsay heads to New Jersey in hope of helping the owners of Blackberry's improve their service and food quality.

Ramsay visits Mill Street Bistro in Ohio to try to turn the eatery around the restaurant's owner acts like a dictator and has trouble listening to others' viewpoints.