Kitchen Nightmares

Le chef Gordon Ramsay a sillonné les États-Unis pour porter secours à des restaurants en péril. Un an après, il revient pour faire le bilan. Que sont devenus les établissements auxquels il était venu prêter main forte ? Le « Dillon's », à Manhattan, était une véritable catastrophe : carte déroutante, cuisine épouvantable et hygiène désastreuse. Joe, le propriétaire du « Campania », croulait sous les dettes et n'appréciait pas les remarques de Gordon. Et au « Peter's », un restaurant italien géré par un tyran, l'ambiance était explosive !

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.

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.

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.