Kitchen Nightmares

Chef Ramsay tries to improve a small, family-run Italian restaurant in Babylon, N.Y., but faces a hot-tempered "Godfather" wannabe.

Chef Ramsay tries to revamp an Indian restaurant just steps away from his own New York restaurant.

Chef Ramsay must make many changes to a small restaurant in Bellmore, N.Y., to keep it afloat.

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

Chef Gordon Ramsay works his magic on a New York state eatery that has been renovated but still has horrible service and food.

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

When Gordon visits a Westhampton, N.Y., restaurant where the head chef, the owner's son, makes everyone unhappy, he makes drastic changes that could affect the family forever.

Gordon tries to improve business for an upscale California restaurant in desperate need of clientele; the executive chef has a showdown with Gordon in front of the entire staff.

Gordon makes serious changes to an Italian restaurant that is losing money; the police crash the party at the restaurant's reopening.

Gordon tries to help put a deserted California restaurant back on the map; the restaurant's owner does not want to accept the changes, which leads to a screaming match.

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

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visits the Handlebar Restaurant and Lounge in Mount Sinai, N.Y., where the owners are in denial about the restaurant's outdated decor and the head chef's lack of passion.

Gordon Ramsay visits Giuseppe's, a family-run Italian restaurant in Macomb Township, Mich., that has a chaotic atmosphere in the kitchen and a lack of clientele; to spread word about the restaurant, Giuseppe's hosts a bowl-a-thon.

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.

Black Pearl, a struggling seafood restaurant with three different owners running the kitchen, has come to chef Gordon Ramsay for help; one of the owners is resistant to change and questions every move Gordon makes.

The owners of J. Willy's Bar and Grille are $1.2 million in debt and contact chef Gordon Ramsay in hope that he can help give them a fresh start; Gordon brings in fresh ingredients and teaches the inexperienced cooks how to make various dishes.

Chef Ramsay heads to Cranbury, N.J., to help two friends who bought a French Bistro they used to work in; a disgusting discovery in a kitchen cooler forces Ramsay to shut the restaurant down on the busiest night of the year.

Chef Ramsay visits a restaurant that is going under due to imitation seafood and a lack of management; problems arise when the general manager seems more interested in socializing with clientele than keeping the restaurant in business.

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.

Chef Ramsay tries to help a family-run Mexican eatery get back in business, but he encounters obstacles like unsanitary conditions, spoiled food and cockroaches.

Chef Ramsey tackles spoiled food, fake fish and a small customer-base when he visits Sante La Brea in Los Angeles.

Chef Ramsay tries to help a husband and wife with their restaurant that is losing money due to a lack of clientele and a head chef who isn't concerned with quality.

Chef Ramsay heads to Philadelphia to try and help the owners of the Hot Potato Cafe.

After Gordon works with a New Jersey restaurant's employees to make changes, the skeptical owner thinks it may be best to shut down the business.

Chef Ramsay tries to improve an Italian restaurant struggling with slow service and a disappointing kitchen staff.

A couple whose marriage is in ruins need chef Ramsay's help to save their Cuban restaurant in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Gordon tries to revitalize a failing Italian restaurant in Manhattan Beach, Calif.; the eatery's owner is a business school graduate with no prior experience in the food service industry.

Chef Ramsay travels to South Florida to help a clueless head chef revive his French restaurant.

Chef Ramsay tries to help two inexperienced restaurant owners who run an Italian eatery in Lancaster, Calif.

Chef Ramsay tries to help a woman who owns a struggling Mexican restaurant facing foreclosure.

Chef Ramsay tries to help improve a family-fun restaurant in Boca Raton, Fla., but is frustrated by the owner's resistance to change.

Chef Ramsay visits a once-popular Danish restaurant to try and help a stubborn owner in denial; Ramsay makes a discovery that forces him to close the restaurant in the middle of dinner service.

Chef Ramsay tries to help a restaurant owner who has lost his passion for cooking and is in tremendous debt.

Chef Ramsay visits a business in New Jersey owned by two brothers who can't set aside their differences; Ramsay gives the menus and dining room a modern makeover.

Chef Ramsay heads to West Babylon, N.Y., to help two inexperienced restaurant owners with their struggling establishment; after discovering a lack in communication, Ramsay stages an emotional intervention with the staff.

Chef Ramsay visits restaurant owners from Mojito, The Junction (aka Flamangos) and Bazzini.

Ramsay heads to Carlstadt, N.J., to see if he can help turn a struggling restaurant around.

Ramsay travels to Boston to help a restaurant owner.

Ramsay visits a Providence, R.I., restaurant to see if he can help the owners turn it around.

Chef Ramsay checks in with restaurant owners he helped in the past to see if they put his advice to good use.

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

Chef Ramsay tries to help a struggling restaurant in Pasadena, Calif.

Chef Ramsay tries to help a struggling eatery in Sherman Oaks, Calif.

Chef Ramsay heads to Eagle Rock, Calif., to help a struggling Italian restaurant.

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

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

Chef Ramsay visits Leone's, an Italian eatery in Montclair, N.J., in hope of keeping the restaurant from being closed.

Ramsay tries to help the owners of an Oakhurst, N.J., restaurant called Mike and Nellie's turn their business around.

Chef Ramsay lends his expertise to the owners of a failing California eatery called Luigi's.

Chef Ramsay returns to restaurants he tried to help in the past, such as Downcity in Providence, R.I., Classic American in West Babylon, N.Y., and Davide in Boston, to check on their progress.

Chef Ramsay visits the Burger Kitchen in Los Angeles in hope of revamping the menu and reviving the establishment.

Tempers flair as Ramsay tries to transform Los Angeles's Burger Kitchen into a profitable eatery.

Ramsay tries to turn the food, service and staff around at failing Ventura Harbor, Calif., restaurant Greek at the Harbor.

Chef Ramsay tries to revive Georgia's Michon's Smoked Meats & Seafood.

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

Chef Ramsay revisits La Frite, Kingston Cafe, Capri and Spanish Pavilion to see if the owners succeeded in following his advice.

Chef Ramsay heads to Atlanta to help the owners of Park's Edge restaurant revitalize their menu and service.

Chef Ramsay heads to Spin a Yarn, a 50-year-old steakhouse and banquet center in Fremont, Calif., in hope of revitalizing its menu and ambience.

Chef Ramsay heads to Charlie's, an Italian bistro in La Verne, Calif., to update the bland and unoriginal menu, lackluster service and old-fashioned decor.

Ramsay tries to help Baltimore's Cafe Hon stay in business with a renovation and an image makeover.

Chef Ramsay travels to Philadelphia to revive Chiarella's, a family-owned Italian restaurant that has an outdated menu, a disorganized staff and sloppy service.

Chef Ramsay travels to Philadelphia to revamp Zocalo, a Mexican restaurant plagued with an unorganized staff and poor service.

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

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.

Ramsay tries to help the owners of New York Italian restaurant Mama Maria's.

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.

Ramsay heads back to Cafe Hon, Chierello and Leones to see if the owners heeded his advice.

Chef Ramsay confronts the stubborn owner of the Olde Hitching Post in Massachusetts, who refuses to let his daughter and eatery co-owner have any 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.

A well-liked, retired couple ask Ramsay to help their son, who has taken over their restaurant, Nino's, in Long Beach, Calif.

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.

Ramsay visits Mill Street Bistro in Ohio to try to turn the eatery around; the restaurant's owner remains defiant and won't cooperate with Ramsay.

Chef Ramsay heads to Seattle to help Peter make some much-needed changes to his Greek restaurant, Yanni's.

Ramsay travels to The Prohibition Grille in Everett, Wash., to help its inexperienced owner.

Gordon travels to Nashville, Tenn., to help the owners of Chappy's turn their restaurant around.

Ramsay travels to Scottsdale, Ariz., to help the owners of Amy's Baking Company.

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.

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 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.

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.

Ramsay goes to Pennsylvania to help the owners of Bella Luna, an Italian restaurant, to salvage their dream.

Ramsay revisits Boston's La Galleria, the Olde Hitching Post in Hanson, Mass., and the Prohibition Gastropub in Everett, Wash.