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Kitchen Nightmares: Season 1

22 episodes Premiered Sep 19, 2007 Updated Jul 21, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Peter's

Sep 19, 2007 · 44 min

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.

S1·E2

Dillon's

Sep 26, 2007 · 44 min

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 locate

S1·E3

The Mixing Bowl

Oct 3, 2007 · 44 min

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 resta

S1·E4

Seascape

Oct 10, 2007 · 44 min

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

S1·E5

Olde Stone Mill

Oct 17, 2007 · 44 min

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

S1·E6

Sebastian's

Nov 7, 2007 · 44 min

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 clo

S1·E7

Finn McCool's

Nov 14, 2007 · 44 min

Chef Ramsay helps a family in the Hamptons with their pub, Finn McCools. Retired cop Buddy, fights with sons Jason and Brian, both of whom work for their father. Can Chef Ramsay wo

S1·E8

Lela's

Nov 21, 2007 · 44 min

Chef Ramsay tries to rev up business for Lela's, an upscale restaurant in desperate need of clientele. When Gordon gets in the kitchen and starts criticizing the menu items, the ex

S1·E9

Campania

Nov 28, 2007 · 44 min

Chef Ramsay visits Campania, an Italian restaurant in Fair Lawn, N.J. He discovers a lackadaisical wait staff is hurting business.

S1·E10

Secret Garden

Dec 12, 2007 · 44 min

Gordon goes to Moorpark, CA to assist an obstinate French chef in overcoming an empty restaurant with an off-putting decor.

S1·E11

Revisited: Gordon Returns

Sep 4, 2008 · 44 min

Chef Gordon Ramsay wants to see if all of his hard work paid off, when he returns to check up on six of the failing restaurants he helped turn around.

S1·E12

Handlebar

Sep 11, 2008 · 44 min

Chef Ramsay heads to Mount Sinai, NY, and the Handlebar Restaurant & Lounge, which the owners seem oblivious to the 1880's decor and the head chef's apathy.

S1·E13

Giuseppi's

Sep 18, 2008 · 44 min

Chef Ramsay visits Giuseppi's Italian restaurant in Macomb Township, Mich., and discovers an abundance of bickering from the father-son team that runs the kitchen and a shortage of

S1·E14

Trobiano's

Sep 25, 2008 · 44 min

Chef Gordan Ramsey visits an Italian restaurant in Great Neck, New York, that is a half-million dollars in debt, but a confrontation over kitchen cleanliness and the food between R

S1·E15

Black Pearl

Sep 25, 2008 · 44 min

Chef Gordon Ramsey visits a seafood restaurant in New York where three different owners run the kitchen, leading to a lack of consistency in food and service, and one of the owners

S1·E16

J Willy's

Oct 30, 2008 · 44 min

Chef Ramsey heads to South Bend, Ind., and J Willy's Bar & Grille, a business has lost $1.2 million. He gives them a challenge of using fresh ingredients, but the inexperienced che

S1·E17

Hannah & Mason's

Nov 6, 2008 · 44 min

Chef Ramsey heads to Cranbury, NJ, to visit a French bistro named Hannah & Mason, owned by a pair of friends who lack both business experience and motivation. The staff are holding

S1·E18

Jack's Waterfront

Nov 6, 2008 · 44 min

Chef Ramsey heads to St. Clair Shores, Michigan, to visit Jack's Waterfront, which is suffering from a lack of fresh seafood and an inattentive management. Chef's goal is to make t

S1·E19

Sabatiello's

Nov 13, 2008 · 44 min

Chef Ramsey visits Stamford, Conn. and Sabatiello's, an Italian restaurant which is owned by a hot-tempered and has poor customer service. His staff has turned against the owner an

S1·E20

Fiesta Sunrise

Nov 13, 2008 · 44 min

Chef Ramsey heads to West Nyack, N.Y. and the Fiesta Sunrise, a Mexican restaurant, and meets up with a stubborn owner who seems to be ruining his own business. Ramsey gives the pl

S1·E21

Sante La Brea

Nov 20, 2008 · 44 min

Chef Ramsay comes back to Sante La Brea and Giuseppi's to see if they have improved or not. He also takes a look at some of his noteworthy kitchen fights over that time.

S1·E22

Cafe 36

Jan 15, 2009 · 44 min

Chef Ramsey visits a French-American eatery in La Grange, Illinois, named Cafe 36. The owners have very little experience in running a restaurant and need a hand with their shortag