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visits the Handlebar Restaurant and Lounge in Mount Sinai, N.Y., where the owners are in denial about the restaurant's outdated decor and the head chef's lack of passion.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