Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

Disc 1
Episode 1
Lanterna (Letchworth, Hertfordshire)
A British chef who calls himself "Alessandro" claims to offer authentic Italian food, provoking Gordon to use another F-word: fake.

Episode 2
D-place (Chelmsford, Essex)
Offering fusion confusion on its menu and full-scale screaming matches between the head chef and maitre d’, D-place is a real disaster.

Episode 3
Momma Cherri’s Soul Food Shack (Brighton, East Sussex)
The owner has personality to spare, and the head chef has talent. So why doesn’t this tourist-town eatery make money?

Episode 4
Momma Cherri’s Soul Food Shack/Big House Revisited
Two years after his first visit, Gordon finds that the bighearted momma has moved to the Big House—with big problems.

Disc 2
Episode 5
La Riviera (Inverness, Scotland)
Despite the finest resources, an ambitious, superbly trained chef has failed to win over local folks with his too fancy French cuisine.

Episode 6
La Riviera/Abstract Revisited
With a spin-off brasserie going like gangbusters, La Riviera—newly rechristened as Abstract—falls back to Frankensteinian rather than Franco-Scottish creations.

Episode 7
The Sandgate (Kent)
With four restaurants serving 168 dishes, the Sandgate suffers from lack of focus in its kitchen and too little discipline among its staff.

Disc 3
Episode 8
Clubway 41 (Blackpool, Lancashire)
This dysfunctional enterprise in a resort town provides Gordon the perfect place to detail his nine rules for how not to run a restaurant.

Episode 9
Oscar’s (Nantwich, Cheshire)
Named for the Irish writer Oscar Wilde, this seemingly friendly restaurant has serious family problems bubbling below the surface.

Episode 10
La Gondola (Derby, East Midlands)
Still stuck in the past, this once lively dining-and-dancing establishment has fallen far from its heyday in the ’70s—but the owner doesn’t seem to notice.

• Biography of Gordon Ramsay

Packaging: Thinpak
Run Time: 481 minutes
Format: Widescreen
Number of discs: 3
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: Yes
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Rating: N/A

"Amazingly impressive and intuitive when it comes to knowing just how exactly to make a restaurant work"—Film Intuition

"A real gem"—Quick Stop Entertainment

"A brilliant, and entertaining, restructuring of the TV cooking show format"—DVD Talk

"Leave it to the British to make a reality TV show that works"—Fulvue-DriveIn

"It's terrific fun and highly engrossing"—Film Intuition

International Emmy Award Winner for Non-Scripted Entertainment (UK) (2006)

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Features (2006)

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Features (2005)

National Television Award (UK) Nomination for Most Popular Factual Programme (2008)

National Television Award (UK) Nomination for Most Popular TV Expert (Gordon Ramsay, 2005)

National Television Award (UK) Nomination for Most Popular Factual Programme (2004)

Disc 1
Episode 1
Bonapartes(Silsden, West Yorkshire)
In the basement of a wine bar in a working-class town, Gordon finds a disengaged owner, an incompetent 21-year-old chef, and far-from-fine dining.

Episode 2
Bonapartes Revisited
Returning to Bonapartes six months later, Gordon gets a decidedly cool welcome.

Episode 3
The Glass House(Ambleside, The Lake District)
At a nearly bankrupt restaurant in a town with plenty of tourist traffic, the head chef mismanages his team and turns the kitchen into chaos.

Episode 4
The Glass House Revisited
Later, Gordon returns to poach two junior chefs.

Disc 2
Episode 5
Walnut Tree Inn(Abergavenny, Wales)
Celebrity chef Franco Taruschio once earned this posh dining spot a Michelin star. But new owner Francesco needs a take-charge head chef—desperately.

Episode 6
Walnut Tree Inn Revisited
On a return visit, Gordon butts heads with Francesco again.

Episode 7
Moore Place(Esher, Surrey)
Despite golfers galore as potential patrons, Moore Place has an empty dining room, maybe because it relies too much on its deep fryer and microwaves.

Episode 8
Moore Place Revisited
Before reassessing the restaurant himself, Gordon sends in a spy.

• Biography of Gordon Ramsay
• Production notes

Packaging: Thinpak
Run Time: 387 minutes
Format: Widescreen
Number of discs: 2
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: Yes
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Rating: N/A

"Compulsive Viewing. I highly recommend Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares: Complete Season One."—DVD Talk

"Amazingly impressive and intuitive when it comes to knowing just how exactly to make a restaurant work"—Film Intuition

"Foodies and anger management aficionados alike should fine much to appreciate in Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares: Complete Season One."—DVD Verdict

Grade: A- -Entertainment Weekly

"Must own TV"—MovieWeb

GRADE: A- -The Onion

"Less than 20 minutes into the first episode, I found myself rooting for him [Ramsay]."—PopMatters

"Moving, surprising, and inspiring all at the same time; within each episode, in fact."—Exclusive Magazine

"The entire tone of the show is less corny, less confrontational, and less exploitative of Ramsay"—DVD Verdict

"Shows Gordon at his finest"—Blogger News Network

"A real gem"—Quick Stop Entertainment

"A brilliant, and entertaining, restructuring of the TV cooking show format"—DVD Talk

"Leave it to the British to make a reality TV show that works"—Fulvue-DriveIn

"It's terrific fun and highly engrossing"—Film Intuition

"Shares the same sense of tension as cooking contest shows, Iron Chef or Top Chef, but somehow this series beats them all"—Fort Bend Star

"Riveting (and slightly scary!) Both his talent and temper are perfectly on display"—Edge Publications

"Utterly fascinating…undeniably the world's greatest TV chef"—NPR’s Fresh Air

International Emmy Award Winner for Non-Scripted Entertainment (UK) (2006)

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Features (2006)

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Features (2005)

National Television Award (UK) Nomination for Most Popular Factual Programme (2008)

National Television Award (UK) Nomination for Most Popular TV Expert (Gordon Ramsay, 2005)

National Television Award (UK) Nomination for Most Popular Factual Programme (2004)