Product Description The star chef saves failing restaurants from culinary hell Go behind the scenes at struggling restaurants with Gordon Ramsay, Britain’s most celebrated gourmet. One of the world’s top chefs (with 12 Michelin stars to his name) and three-time winner of a Catey award (the British hospitality industry’s highest honor), Ramsay knows restaurants top to bottom. And he needs every bit of his expertise to rescue these real-life culinary and commercial disasters in just one week. Foul-tasting food, chaotic kitchens, misguided menus -- Ramsay confronts them all, along with incompetent cooks, boneheaded servers, and painfully obstinate owners. He handles staffers with his profanity-filled, in-your-face style that suffers no fools and spares no egos. Also includes four episodes of Kitchen Nightmares Revisited, in which Ramsay returns to these restaurants on the brink to see whether his shock treatment worked. After just a few episodes of this International Emmy®-winning reality series, you’ll never dine out quite the same again. DVD FEATURES INCLUDE production notes and biography of Gordon Ramsay. .com Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares shares the same sense of tension as cooking contest shows, Iron Chef or Top Chef, but somehow this series beats them all, if you’re looking for something more than a straight view of the chopping block. Whereas the aforementioned programs portray a chef’s extreme duress from the chef’s point of view, Gordon Ramsay offers the best of both worlds by offering an outsider’s business perspective while tying his apron on a few minutes per episode to teach his audience how to cook. The premise of the show is simple: a master chef studded with Michelin stars visits struggling restaurants to business consult and jump start their menus. Scenes alternate between his meetings with the restaurant owners, Ramsay teaching the kitchen members how to cook decent food, and Ramsay in his hotel, venting about his clients’ low competency levels. Started in Britain in 2004 and picked up by Fox television in 2007, this first season of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares takes place in small town England and Wales. As such, one will learn more than ever thought possible about lamb shank, mushy peas, haddock, Yorkshire puddings, and other hearty foods indicative of that culture. The series opens with a nightmarish glimpse into a filthy kitchen at Bonapartes Restaurant in Silsden, England. Ramsay tries to slap the lazy chef into shape, with sad results. Episode two, "The Glass House," is slightly less disturbing on a hygienic level but exemplifies how structural problems amongst employees can drag a business into the mud. "The Walnut Tree Inn," set in Llandewi Skirrid, South Wales, and "Moore Place," set on a golf course in Esher, England, focus on how tradition can choke out customers who crave new, innovative menus. These two episodes feel especially indicative of the British Isles, as the restaurateurs struggle with how to maintain their reputation while rejuvenating notions of how people want to eat. In "Moore Place," for example, Ramsay recommends Americanizing the menu, to break from the local pub competition. It’s a brilliant business strategy, and it works. Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares also works because of follow-up episodes titled Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares Revisited, in which he tests how long-lasting his suggestions are. If one is interested in not only a straight cooking show, but also in the many facets of running a restaurant, this program is highly educational and fun to watch. --Trinie DaltonStills from Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (Click for larger image) P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review A brilliant, and entertaining, restructuring of the TV cooking show format -- DVD TalkCompulsively watchable...utterly fascinating -- NPR, Fresh AirGRADE: A- -- The OnionMoving, surprising, and inspiring all at the same time; within each episode, in fact. -- Exclusive MagazineMust own TV! -- MovieWebShares the same sense of tension as cooking contest shows, Iron Chef or Top Chef, but somehow this series beats them all. -- Fort Bend StarShows Gordon at his finest. -- Blogger News NetworkThe entire tone of the show is less corny, less confrontational, and less exploitative of Ramsay. -- DVD VerdictUndeniably the world's greatest TV chef. -- NPR, Fresh AirUtterly fascinating... undeniably the world's greatest TV chef. -- NPR's Fresh Air See more
K**Y
Gordon Ramsay Tapes
Love this man but these tapes were let downs. If you love him get the Hell's Kitchen sets, if you liked the show
B**Y
Ramsay Rules
I was always aware of Gordon Ramsay but never watched any of his shows till recently. I have become hooked on the US version of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES. So hooked that I just had to purchase both of the British series that are available. I am so glad I did and cannot praise it enough. Here I am reviewing the complete series one of RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES. What Ramsay does here is exactly the same as he does in the US version. Restaurants in trouble have contacted him seeking his expertise and help. He goes to them, investigates in depth what problems exist and helps them to see the problems and implement changes that will hopefully stick.Here is some news. If you enjoy the US version the British version is better in every way. With British television very little is censored and you see and hear everything and it is much more real. You also see how the producers sensationalize the US version which is of course how US television is done. But it is not necessary. By being uncensored you get to see more of the real Gordon Ramsay. He is very tough and very honest while at the same time being very compassionate. The restaurants and their problems speak for themselves. No sensationalizing is necessary. Just make sure you notice how many bleeps there are in the US version for the language is totally unedited here and there is much f----, etc. So be prepared. But what you get is a world class chef showing us the problems that exist in many restaurants. He does an amazing job at this as well as discovering the true positive entity that exists within each restaurant.Some say each episode is the same. This is in no way true. The premise of the show is that he goes to restaurants and does what he does but each restaurant is a different unique experience. I find the British version to be so much better than how reality shows are done in the US. If you love Gordon Ramsay and his honesty and skill this series is a highly recommended must. Not just for the fun of watching him but also for an education on restaurants, food and what to watch out for when you think you are just going out for a nice dinner.
R**S
It's simple, it's rustic and it's DELICIOUS
Finally, in all it's uncensored glory, the first series of the UK "Kitchen Nightmares" has arrived! The first four original episodes and Gordon's revisits are:1. Bonaparte's2. The Glass House3. The Walnut Tree4. Moore PlaceBonaparte's is notoriously known to KN watchers as the restaurant whose owner, Sue Ray tried unsuccessfully to sue GR. Also, the young head chef Tim not only served Gordon a rancid scallop, but didn't even know how to make an omlette. The Glass House features one of Gordon's least favorite (and bad risotto making) chefs, Richard. The man seriously had a risotto with pomegranate on the menu. The Walnut Tree, whose owner basically refused to take Gordon's advice is a classic example of a restaurant desperately holding on to past glory. Moore Place was the big purple monster where the deep fryer and microwaves worked longer hours than the kitchen brigade.It's a great show, with none of the overblown music and 'impending doom' narration of the US version. Bring on Series 2, 3, 4 & 5!
C**E
Kitchen Nightmares a dream
Apparently it has become popular for people with no business experience to open restaurants and then have people with no cooking experience dupe them into hiring them as their head chefs. Well Gordan ain't gonna let that slide and uses his 'charm' to help these places out.I enjoyed the American spin off and watch Hell's Kitchen so was already a fan before I got this dvd. I heard the original U.K. version was better and I have to agree. It feels more real because Ramsey is in his home turf of merry old England. This is also the first time I've watched Ramsey from a DVD so not having the bleeping censors is awesome! The slang is strong and some people are hard to understand but not enough to detract from the show. The only negative is not enough episodes, I think the entire box set has 6 episodes. Great show, great to see Gordon uncensored, and cool to see a slice of life across the Atlantic.
T**N
The best of Ramsay
Do not even waste your time with the American version of this great show. Kitchen Nightmares UK is TV at its finest. The producers and music directors keep this show lively and upbeat even when Gordon is dealing with a dire situation.No added drama like in the US episodes. This is the real Ramsay. Yes he is still the king of the four letter words and he still gets on these owners but the way he does it is real and not hyped up for the American market.I know of 24 episodes, minus the revisited ones, and all of them are excellent. I have watched these shows over and over again and they never get old. Do yourself a favor and check out these shows from series 1 episode 1 until the Great British Nightmare which were the last two places Ramsay went to help. You will not be sorry.
M**E
Great Show If You Cook or Not!
I caught this one night on tv and was hooked! I love to cook and be in the kitchen, so this was a good fit. Its interesting to get an inside view of some fancy (and some not so) restaurants and see how things work...and well don't.Ramsay is hard on these people and its good, you can tell he has a love for food and quality! All in all the show is pretty quick paced, with some pretty rough times for these restaurant owners and employees. I will caution you though some of the episodes will make you never wanna eat out again :(I will be purchasing this on DVD as soon as it releases!
W**G
Misleading
It's a good show, but it gets docked a notch for purporting to be 387 minutes. One would assume this to be 387 unduplicated minutes, but 150 of those minutes are just a repeat of each of the four episodes with ten minutes tacked on of Ramsay returning to the restaurant months later. It is only about 230 minutes of unrepeated footage. I felt a little cheated.
S**H
Wrong one
I ordered the wrong one by mistake it is only for use in America and will not play on my DVD player
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