Series 1
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001 01. “Bonapartes” 27 April 2004
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Ramsay quickly identifies the restaurant as having two major issues; firstly, the fine dining menu has no appeal to the mostly working-class locals, and secondly the head chef, 21-year-old Tim Gray, is inexperienced, incompetent and out of his depth, first evidenced when he unwittingly serves Ramsay expired scallops which cause him to vomit, and then when he proves unable to make an omelette. Ramsay shows Tim how to buy cheaper produce from the Leeds Kirkgate Market and helps him make a meal for his family, though is still concerned when Tim botches even this meal. Despite this, after having revised and simplified the menu, Tim is successfully able to serve a new bistro menu to nearly fifty guests on Valentine's Day, leaving Ramsay hopeful for the restaurant's future.

When Ramsay returns for a revisit a month later however, he finds the restaurant in an even worse state than when he first arrived; virtually no guests are booked for dinner, and the fridges and pantry are found to be full of rotting, mouldy food (untitled at filming, the series would take its name from Ramsay describing the vile kitchen as a "living fucking nightmare"). Bonapartes' owner, Sue Ray, fires Tim and announces that she will close the restaurant and focus on running the upstairs bar, and Ramsay leaves, admitting failure.
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002 02. “The Glass House” 4 May 2004
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While Ramsay quickly sees the potential in the restaurant upon his arrival, due to the attractive building, excellent location and strong flow of tourists, he finds the actual food to be poor, which he blames on new owner Neil Farrell's inexperience and panicky nature and head chef Richard Collins' lazy attitude, which hampers an otherwise-talented kitchen staff. Ramsay also finds the kitchen to be in a terrible state, and makes the staff join him in cleaning and repainting it. An initial failure to improve sees Richard come dangerously close to being fired, but he talks Neil into giving him one last chance, and Richard is able to improve and lead the kitchen through a service with a simplified, revamped menu.

The following month, Ramsay revisits the restaurant, and is pleased to see that they have further improved their menu and food, and that Neil and Richard are now getting along well.
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003 03. “The Walnut Tree Inn” 11 May 2004
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Before visiting the inn, Ramsay discusses its history and the success it had under former owner Franco Taruschio, which has turned into financial difficulty under current owner Francesco Mattioli, something that has surprised Ramsay, given that the two were already acquainted from Francesco's career as a restaurant manager in London. However, Ramsay soon discovers exactly how bad things are; the restaurant is without a head chef, the food is very expensive and of poor quality (including a seafood stew being full of sand), and the locals have lost interest. Ramsay helps Francesco recruit a new head chef, Spencer Ralph, and create a more reasonably priced menu, before holding a special anniversary dinner to celebrate the inn's 40th anniversary, with Franco in attendance.

When he returns for a revisit, Ramsay finds that despite the loss of the restaurant's Michelin Star, the situation has improved somewhat; the food is definitely better, and the inn has more customers, but the prices are still very high. Before leaving, Ramsay reiterates that Francesco has to lower prices if he wants to succeed.
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004 04. “Moore Place” 18 May 2004
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Despite the potential offered by the rich locals and the golf course next door to the restaurant, Ramsay finds it wasted by the building's terrible decor (including the exterior being entirely painted a claret shade), and the outdated menu that relies extensively on deep-fried food cooked in ageing, filthy equipment. The inexperience of owners Richard Hodgson and Nick Whitehouse also poses a major problem, as does the seeming indifference of much of the kitchen staff, especially head chef Mark Robinson, whose background is mostly in IT rather than cooking, and is berated by Ramsay for spending time golfing rather than cooking, which eventually leads to Ramsay destroying the kitchen's deep-fat fryers by throwing them into a water hazard on the course. Things begin to turn around when an experienced sous-chef, Andy Trowell, is hired, and Ramsay gives him a burger recipe which he turns into the restaurant's new signature dish and introduces in a successful Mother's Day lunch.

Ramsay is dismayed to find that the building still has the same claret paint job when he returns for his revisit, but is otherwise pleased to find that Andy has been promoted to head chef (Mark is mentioned as having left to become a pub landlord), and that the restaurant attracts much more business.
Series 2
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005 01. “La Lanterna” 24 May 2005
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Ramsay meets Executive Chef Alex Scott in the kitchen, where he finds no authentic Italian ingredients, and too many precooked and prepackaged dishes. His meal consists of greasy minestrone soup, breadsticks in a paper package, and sausages on garlic bread that remind him of "two poodles' penises doused in parsley". In the walk-in, Ramsay finds old food, Pot Noodles, and rotten vegetables. Worst of all, the kitchen and floor are filthy, with food debris everywhere (but amazingly, no rats or mice). Despite Alex losing £1,000 per week, Ramsay opens his garage to find a brand new BMW with custom numberplates - "A1 6H3F". Ramsay discovers that Alex had spent £48,000 on the car, and straight away sets off to sell both the car and the numberplate - calling a number of celebrity chefs about the latter, with amusing results. Ramsay teaches Gavin, the ineffectual manager, to be more authoritative - even roleplaying an uncooperative cook, to let Gavin tell him off. Ramsay also has the cooks engage in a pizza contest; which the sous-chef, Aldona Novak, wins. This ignites some passion in her for food, whereas before she had completely lacked it. Ramsay also updates the menu and the decor, bringing in paintings from a local art school. On reopening night, Alex starts to get overwhelmed and takes too long getting food out, but Gavin's newfound assertiveness saves the night.

Six weeks later, Ramsay revisits La Lanterna and found that Alex has stuck to the changes - keeping the kitchen clean, serving fresh ingredients, and making homemade ravioli and desserts. Gavin has also continued to be a better manager. Alex is now making £4,000 a week and has been able to pay down £20,000 of debt, enough to start paying himself a salary.
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006 02. “D-Place” 31 May 2005
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While his biggest problem is with the restaurant's name, Ramsay finds that rookie owners Israel and Tara Pons are allowing themselves to be steamrollered by general manager Dave Bone, who Ramsay finds confrontational and ineffective, and head chef Philippe Blaise, who is vastly experienced and somewhat talented, but also arrogant and prone to taking shortcuts. Ramsay gets the owners to rename the restaurant as the Saracen's Café Bar, after the hotel which the restaurant is situated in, and creates a better menu with a club sandwich as its centerpiece. While Philippe needs a lot of persuasion (and more than a little yelling) to fully embrace the new menu, Dave's inept handling of the reopening lunch service rapidly causes it to descend into chaos, leaving many guests without food. This causes Israel to finally run out of patience, and he fires Dave on the spot. Ramsay leaves with an uncertain outlook, noting that Israel and Tara are finally toughening up and Philippe's attitude seems a little better, but that it remains to be seen whether the changes will stick.

On his return, Ramsay discovers that Israel and Tara have been evicted from the restaurant by the building's owners, a decision they apparently made before Ramsay originally arrived in Chelmsford, and that the two are now in a dire financial situation. The restaurant is now closed and the lease up for sale. In the face of all this, Ramsay is shocked to find that Philippe was hired by the Saracen Hotel to head up their kitchen, and has made the club sandwich into its signature dish. While this definitely was not the outcome Ramsay expected, he is happy to see that Philippe is at least maintaining high standards in his new job.
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007 03. “Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack” 7 June 2005
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In a break from form, Ramsay declares that the restaurant's food is excellent, and easily the best he has had on the show so far. However, he finds that owner-chef Charita Jones is far too easygoing when managing her staff (such as tolerating lateness and allowing the staff to use the restaurant's facilities off-shift), tends to rely on freezing her food (ruining its flavour) and has made little attempt to promote the restaurant. With Ramsay's help, she adjusts to cooking all her food to order, and manages to pull in more customers. The kitchen staff initially finds it hard to adjust to the hugely increased custom, but soon adapt as the week goes on.

In his revisit two months later, Ramsay finds that the restaurant is still a success, Charita is focusing on running the front of house, and is also considering moving to a larger location to expand the potential of her business.
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008 04. “La Riviera” 14 June 2005
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Ramsay has mixed feelings on the restaurant's food, noting that while head chef Loïc Lefebvre's food is technically very proficient, it is over-complicated, not cost-efficient, and would have limited appeal even in London or Edinburgh, to say nothing of Inverness. After helping Loïc and his team gain a better understanding of local culture by taking them to an Inverness Caledonian Thistle match and even getting them to wear kilts for their reopening service, Gordon helps Loïc create a menu that is sophisticated, but also cost-effective and appealing to the locals.

When he revisits the restaurant, owned by millionaire Barry Larson, Ramsay is pleased to see that Loïc has stuck with the new menu, and he is also impressed by a redesign of the restaurant. In a pre-credits caption, it is revealed that the restaurant was renamed Abstract shortly before the episode aired.
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009 05. “The Glass House Revisited” 21 June 2005
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After recapping the original episode, Ramsay returns to the Glass House for a second time, and is happy to see standards mostly being maintained, though he takes the time to criticize Richard for allowing standards to slip a little in certain areas. Fortunately, Richard quickly corrects this. It is noted that a few members in the kitchen team have changed; in particular, two of them have been hired by Ramsay himself to work at his restaurants.
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010 06. “The Walnut Tree Revisited” 28 June 2005
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While the overall standard of food has been broadly maintained as of his second revisit, Ramsay is dismayed to find that the number of customers has dropped to its lowest-ever number, and that Francesco is still charging extremely high prices that, on average, are in excess of £60 for a main course alone. After speaking to the locals and finding out that those who've visited the inn have enjoyed the food but not felt it to be worth the price, Ramsay creates a new dish that can be sold for half the price of the existing items and still be very profitable. However, Francesco is adamant that his approach is correct, and openly says that he would rather see the inn go out of business than make prices as cheap as Ramsay is suggesting. Ramsay gives up, tells Francesco that the inn will close if he maintains his current approach, and leaves.
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011 07. “Moore Place Revisited” 5 July 2005
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Ramsay revisits the establishment and is shocked to see that the building has still not be repainted, despite this being one of the primary complaints from the locals. He however finds solace in the fact that the positive changes to the menu have appeared to work and Moore Place is seeing better business. He makes a final suggestion to improve the lunch time trade by bringing the bar menu inline with the main restaurant, and pulls a stunt of throwing their deep fat fryer into a pond to prevent them from making cheap deep-fried food for good.
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012 08. “Bonapartes Revisited” 12 July 2005
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As of Ramsay's second revisit, Bonaparte's has closed altogether, and is up for sale. More importantly Ramsay reveals that Sue, who refuses to be interviewed in the episode, has made several allegations about Ramsay and the show through the press (including an accusation that Tim was actually an actor hired by the producers, who duped Sue into believing he was a chef and then deliberately did the worst job possible in order to make the restaurant and Sue look bad) and is considering a lawsuit against both (though she ultimately did not go through with one). Ramsay also catches up with Tim, who has decided to change careers completely and happily pursuing work in television as a runner, though is dismayed to find that, like in the original episode, Tim still can not successfully cook an omelette.
Series 3
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013 01. “Oscar's” 21 February 2006
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Initially, Ramsay deems the restaurant's problem to be its unfocused, over-complicated menu, and Ramsay helps owner Maura Dooris to address this, along with setting up deals with local butchers. However, Ramsay also finds head chef (and Maura's son) Lenin to be alarmingly inconsistent in terms of ability, and on further investigation finds that he has been drinking in service. While Lenin is very competent when sober, his standards slip dramatically when he has been drinking. Ramsay orders Lenin to restrict his drinking to the evenings, but on his next shift he gets a waitress to smuggle alcohol into the kitchen for him, further angering Ramsay. Ramsay manages to get Lenin to stop drinking on the third night by promising to himself give up swearing for that night's service, but events take a serious turn on the fourth night, when Lenin suddenly collapses in service and has to be rushed to hospital, where it is revealed that he is in the early stages of cirrhosis. This leads to Ramsay bringing in former chef and charity founder Michael Quinn to discuss the issue of alcoholism and drug abuse in the industry, and Michael tells Ramsay that 10% of all chefs will encounter substance abuse issues during their careers, and that Lenin must give up his job and enter rehab. In the meantime, Ramsay and sous-chef Les manage a successful service with a new menu focused around Irish cuisine.

When Ramsay revisits, he finds that the restaurant has a new head chef, and that Lenin is now only involved to hand over the reins before checking into rehab. More importantly, Lenin's cirrhosis was found to be treatable, and he is expected to make a full recovery. That night, Maura forces a reluctant Ramsay to engage in an Irish folk dance with her.
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014 02. “The Sandgate Hotel” 28 February 2006
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Upon visiting the Sandgate Hotel, Ramsay is immediately confused with the hotel's layout. There is a bar, a restaurant, and even a Japanese restaurant downstairs, all run from the same kitchen. To further complicate the experience, each has its own menu and diners cannot order from one menu without going to the other restaurant. Ramsay finds Stuart White, a gentle Geordie, in charge of the kitchen alongside his young inexperienced assistants. Ramsay identifies numerous issues: Stuart is clearly not comfortable cooking the bizarre range of food and has no experience in cooking Japanese food; he must leave the kitchen to his junior chefs while he runs the balcony grill; the orders are sent through an intercom system that disrupts the kitchen; the hotel staff spend too much time and money at their own bar (and in fact are inadvertently keeping the hotel afloat); and the number of managers causes confusion over who is in charge. Furthermore, during the week Stuart loses his AA rosette, severely demoralising him. Despite these problems, Ramsay manages to set the restaurant on the right path by turning the Japanese restaurant into an exclusive dining area, focusing the menu on fresh seafood, and establishing more control over the front of house with owner Lois as the host.

Ramsay returns to find that turnover has doubled and while Stuart had not yet regained his AA rosette, he was relieved to find his morale and passion had improved.
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015 03. “Clubway 41” 7 March 2006
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Clubway 41 is run by Dave Jackson and his girlfriend Dawn Brindley, and is heavily promoted on the back of being named Blackpool Restaurant of the Year, but is struggling to attract customers. Ramsay finds that the upstairs restaurant is being kept afloat by the downstairs greasy spoon café. Dave's salmon with strawberry and mash with nectarines are appalling to Ramsay. Dave has difficulty taking criticism from Ramsay and shows little proficiency for cooking, and even less familiarity with managing a kitchen, even with the downstairs cook Nigel Lloyd, who was more capable in handling the rush. Digging deeper, Ramsay discovers that no locals have heard of the award-winning Clubway 41 and obtains copies of the nomination forms, finding the reviews to be almost farcical. Identifying the difficulty with attracting customers to an upstairs restaurant, he takes a risk and turns the downstairs café into the main attraction, focusing on simple English food. In the reopening, the restaurant is renamed Jacksons. With Dave and Nigel in the kitchen, the service begins well, and while Nigel is a capable assistant, Dave continues to struggle with handling the workload.

When Ramsay revisits, he finds a significant turn of events. A new bus stop was built in front of the restaurant, deterring customers from coming in. Nigel has left, leaving Dave in the kitchen, and the restaurant has reverted to its previous greasy spoon fare. Ramsay brings the owners out to Blackpool to do heavy promoting and places ads on the buses to help bring customers back.
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016 04. “La Gondola” 14 March 2006
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Daniela Bayfield has invested in a 40-year-old establishment and is hesitant to modernise, and relies on functions to sustain the restaurant rather than a steady customer base. Ramsay states that the restaurant is stuck in a time warp, with dishes and service reminiscent of the 70s and the dishes are severely underpriced, making a loss per sale. Head chef Steve Straughan lacks passion and is unused to busy sessions. During a birthday function, the kitchen uses canned tuna to substitute for tuna steaks, uses bought-in apple pie instead of making it, and mixes freshly made minestrone soup with packet soup to save costs. Steve struggles to maintain order in the kitchen during service without a clear system. Ramsay discards the complicated menu and devises a new, simpler menu and changes the decor in the dining room. He also brings back the flambé table service as a hallmark of the restaurant. The dinner service proceeds well, though Steve still has difficulty communicating with the team.

When Ramsay revisits, he discovers that Steve has moved on and Daniela has gone through several chefs before hiring a new one.
Series 4
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017 01. “La Parra de Burriana” 14 November 2006
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Laurence Davy runs a restaurant in an ideal Spanish holiday location, but has difficulty attracting locals. Ramsay discovers a menu that encompasses numerous cuisines and appalling recipes, such as prawns with chocolate sauce and chicken with banana. Poor service and improperly cooked food have given the restaurant a negative reputation, especially after Laurence's bizarre recipes and arrogant attitude alienated a donkey sanctuary. To show the staff the importance of letting ingredients speak for themselves, he creates smoothies from the menu items, including the prawns with chocolate, with Lawrence being unable to identify the prawns. Ramsay creates a simple menu for the night's service, but Lawrence insists that he is in control of his large, unpopular menu and only switches to Ramsay's backup menu after it is too late. To make things worse, the restaurant is robbed during the night, with the thieves taking money from the takings stored in a filing cabinets. Ramsay takes Laurence to a bullfighting school to demonstrate the importance of listening to expert advice. He also berates Laurence over his excessive use of his plancha grill, causing food to be overcooked and taste monotonous, and teaches him to cook fresh food in pans. The final service begins well, but the staff have double-booked tables, causing confusion in the kitchen and ruining an otherwise nearly flawless reopening. Ramsay leaves, concerned that the restaurant would not make it through the slower winter season.

When Ramsay revisits, he finds that the restaurant is doing well, and Laurence has ceased using the grill. The kitchen staff have been moved around to more suitable roles, and Laurence has found a new passion for cooking.
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018 02. “The Fenwick Arms” 21 November 2006
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The Fenwick Arms is a classic English pub, but Ramsay finds the menu is anything but classic English pub grub, with many dishes ruined by sloppy sauces created by owner and head chef, Brian Rey. At 62 years of age, Brian (and his wife, Elaine Howden) are working between 100 and 120 hours a week and his age and health create disorder in kitchen as he is unable to keep track of orders. Ramsay also finds that Brian is a compulsive hoarder, collecting a bizarre collection of crockery from eBay. To address the problems, Ramsay removes Brian from the kitchen and moves him to the front of house. However, Brian is unable to fully remove himself from his duties and creates another batch of terrible sauce. Ramsay throws the sauce away and gets Brian to begin selling his excessive plate collection. He turns Brian over to a simpler menu, focusing on classic pub dishes instead of pretending to be a restaurant, and to complement the excellent Yorkshire pudding, Ramsay creates a new focus and campaign for the pub to bring back real gravy. Brian is enthusiastic about the idea and the staff market their new gravy in town. Despite some confusion in the service, the kitchen staff hold up under pressure and the customers are pleased with the new food. Ramsay leaves after making Brian promise not to step back into the kitchen.

During his revisit, Ramsay is shocked to learn that Brian has returned to the kitchen. The kitchen staff have been left shorthanded and he is filling in until they can employ a new chef, and subsequently he has begun reverting to some of his old habits. While Ramsay is impressed with the roast beef and gravy, he is still unimpressed with the plates and the presentation of prawn cocktail in scallop shells.
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019 03. “Rococo” 28 November 2006
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Despite having been a successful chef in the previous decade, owner and chef Nick Anderson has fallen on hard times due to his refusal to modernize his menu or cooking methods, which Ramsay attributes to the way he was abruptly fired from a hotel shortly after earning it a Michelin Star in 1997. After speaking to the locals and finding out about the Rococo's abysmal reputation, Ramsay tells Nick that there's no way he can salvage things as they are, and that the only way to recover is to effectively start over with a new restaurant in the same building. Nick agrees, and Rococo is renamed Maggie's, given a complete makeover and refit, and a new menu focused around local seafood.

When he revisits, Ramsay is happy to find that Nick has embraced the restaurant's new identity, and has finally shaken off his ghosts of the past.
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020 04. “Morgans” 5 December 2006
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Ramsay has major issues with the food, but finds the biggest problem to be the feuds among the owners and staff; owner Sandy Morgan has little knowledge of restaurants and insists on personally buying all the ingredients from a nearby supermarket rather than appropriate business supplier. Her younger daughter Laura Kelly has even less business knowledge. Elder daughter Helen Kelly has more, but works elsewhere and therefore only works at the restaurant part-time. Head chef Philip Lee has a confrontational attitude, uses bizarre combinations (such as mashed potatoes and apricot) in the menu and does not get on with sous-chef Emma, who nonetheless serves Ramsay the only thing he likes, a sticky toffee pudding. Ramsay finds it hard going, and the continued feuds cause Laura to temporarily walk away from the restaurant, but with Helen committing to the restaurant full-time and Phil agreeing to work more with Emma and simplifying the menu, things begin to look up.

When he revisits, Ramsay finds the restaurant running much better, thanks to Helen handling the business aspects and Sandy focusing on hospitality. Most significantly, a week after Ramsay left, Sandy promoted Emma to head chef and gave Phil an ultimatum to accept demotion to sous-chef or be fired; he resigned. Ramsay visits Phil at his new job at a restaurant on the Albert Dock, though there are no hard feelings between the two.
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021 05. “La Riviera Revisited” 12 December 2006
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Restaurant is now called Abstract.
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022 06. “Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack Revisited” 19 December 2006
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The restaurant, now extremely popular, has moved to larger premises and been renamed Momma Cherri's Big House. In part to cope with the massively increased custom, Charita is beginning to revert to her old ways; however after Ramsay's coaching is able to adapt to larger-scale catering without sacrificing quality.
Series 5
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023 01. “Ruby Tates” 30 October 2007
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On his arrival, Ramsay finds that owner and former actor Allan Love is in a fragile emotional state due to the precarious nature of the business and the possibility of losing his house. Allan's restaurant specialises in fish, which he dislikes, and his two chefs, Jamie and Alex, are lazy and seemingly only interested in the money. Ramsay realises that the restaurant's fish is too expensive and sub-standard. On taking Alex and Jamie to a local fish market finds that pollock is in plentiful local supply and revises the menu, adding a pollock fish and chips meal which proves popular. Ramsay clashes with Allan over the restaurant's gaudy decor, which Allan is proud of and initially threatens to stop filming if Ramsay attempts to change it. Allan eventually agrees to allow a makeover, and Ramsay also has the restaurant renamed Love's Fish Restaurant so as to take advantage of its biggest asset, Allan himself. Jamie is designated head chef, and the full reopening proves a big hit.

Two months later, Ramsay returns to Brighton and covertly orders a takeaway, under the name of "Jimmy", in a Scottish accent. When he arrives at the restaurant he finds that it is still a big success, and that Alex was fired two days after Ramsay originally left, after he showed up late to work and openly disrespected Allan. After Gordon and Allan enjoy fish and chips on the beach, Allan sings the episode out by performing My Way.
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024 02. “Piccolo Teatro” 6 November 2007
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Ramsay is simultaneously delighted to be working in Paris, the city where he originally learned to be a chef, and a little daunted at the prospect of taking on a vegetarian restaurant. By the end of the first night, he forces owner Rachel McNally to fire her lazy, incompetent head chef Daniel (whom Ramsay has to physically eject from the premises when he refuses to leave). Rachel's friend, waitress Stephanie, quits a day later after Ramsay criticizes her attitude. Ramsay dislikes the dull, health-conscious fare, pointing out that people come to Paris to indulge themselves. He demonstrates by taking the staff out to eat, followed by an evening's drinking in bars, and finally to a burlesque performance; inspired, he and the staff jointly devise a vegetarian but still very luxurious chocolate dessert. Ramsay proceeds to prove the restaurant's potential by opening it himself for lunch, something Rachel has never done, and makes over £400 from a simple meal of tomato soup and grilled cheese-on-toast. Backup then arrives in the form of Rachel's father Brian and promising young chef India Innes, and despite a brief delay caused by Rachel forgetting to buy supplies, a strong relaunch service seemingly has the restaurant set up for success.

When Gordon returns for his revisit, however, he finds that the restaurant has closed. Rachel gave up and quit just a few weeks after Ramsay left, and is completely unapologetic when Ramsay catches up with her, leading Ramsay to furiously berate her for letting down Brian and India (who tried to carry on alone after she left, to no avail). He finally accuses Rachel of being the single worst owner he has ever dealt with on the show, causing her to storm out of the interview. The episode ends on a positive note however, as Ramsay sees enough potential in India to hire her to work at his Boxwood restaurant.
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025 03. “The Fenwick Arms Revisited” 13 November 2007
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026 04. “La Parra Revisited” 20 November 2007
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Though Ramsay is initially pleased to see that the restaurant still has good visitor numbers, and that former grill chef Norm is no longer working there, Ramsay soon becomes concerned when he finds that the menu has expanded again, now including various overcooked and tasteless pasta dishes. In an attempt to persuade Laurence to revert to solely using local produce, Ramsay sets up a cook-off on the beach between his seafood paella and Laurence's pasta, with the paella easily winning among the beach-goers. While Laurence eventually agrees to remove the pasta dishes from his menu, Ramsay is no longer as optimistic about the restaurant's future as he was during his initial revisit, and is worried that Laurence will soon lose focus again.
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027 05. “The Priory” 27 November 2007
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Despite enjoying perhaps more customers than any other restaurant seen to date on the show, new owner Scott Aitchison reveals that The Priory is losing money because almost all the business is from people using "50% off" vouchers on the restaurant's carvery - customers are in effect paying only £5 for a full meal, less than the value of the ingredients in the carvery, causing the restaurant to take a significant loss on almost every sale. Ramsay also strongly criticizes the work ethic and competence of head chef Toby, and is infuriated to discover the kitchen is full of old food and filthy, rusting equipment, which he orders to be replaced. However, Ramsay suspects that the kitchen staff are merely demotivated due to the unchanging menu. He sets up a new grill menu, but Toby is even worse at cooking that than the carvery. Ramsay orders the restaurant's general manager Matt, himself an experienced chef, to take over from Toby, who is demoted to sous-chef. This change in roles finally gets things moving, and under Matt's leadership the kitchen finally gets through a service.

In the revisit, Matt is still heading up the kitchen and Toby has been fired for serving expired chicken. Scott has refused to fully commit to the new menu, and is only running it on weekdays, with the carvery still running at weekends, so Ramsay has Scott and the staff run an advertising campaign for the new menu in the town center.
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028 06. “The Fish and Anchor” 4 December 2007
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Run by former Italian boxer Mike Ciminera, The Fish and Anchor is a local eatery filled with sports memorabilia and with a tarnished reputation, with Mike and wife Caron notorious for their feuding, which has scared customers away. Mike, while passionate and ambitious, is not a trained chef and has based his menu on cookbooks written by celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver, Rick Stein and Gordon Ramsay himself. Ramsay is critical of the menu's complexity and lack of focus, and his concerns are proven in the evening service. As the cookbooks are written for home cooking, the dishes are too complex to manage in a busy restaurant environment, and Mike does not know how to handle multiple orders. Half the customers are not served food, and Caron verbally confronts and kicks out several customers. The next day, Ramsay gets rid of Mike's cookbooks and removes the exotic dishes from the menu. He appeals to Mike's proud Italian heritage and creates an authentic meatball item. Mike is capable of handling the orders in the following service with praise for the food, but the night is ruined when Caron forgets an order and throws a tantrum. Ramsay manages to help the couple ease the tension and work together. They go into town to promote their new menu and service. Before the service, Ramsay sets up a punching bag outside to get the couple to vent their anger. The restaurant is packed, and Caron proves to have overcome her temper issues. However, Mike's inexperience in managing a full dining room causes him to fall behind. The service is stopped when one of the waitresses slips and falls, being knocked unconscious and taken to hospital.

When Ramsay revisits, Mike has changed the ugly blue paint to a pleasing white. Business has doubled and Caron and Mike no longer argue. To verify this, Ramsay calls up recent customers, who confirm their positive experience. He parts ways with the couple and gifts them with their own empty cookbook, telling Mike to fill it with his own recipes.
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029 07. “Curry Lounge” 11 December 2007
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Ramsay is initially displeased with the restaurant's atmosphere and misleading claims of being Nottingham's best restaurant (with "Runners-Up" in small print). Owner Arfan "Raz" Razak proudly boasts that his "make your own curry" idea is what sets his restaurant apart, but Ramsay tells him that it is actually ensuring the business will fail. The kitchen staff have to buy huge quantities of ingredients to make all the curries on the menu, none of them taste nice, and not even the restaurant staff can taste the difference between them. At Ramsay's urging, head chef Khan puts a lamb korma made from a family recipe on the menu for the second night's service, which proves a big hit and wins Raz over. Ramsay sells Raz on the idea of making curry deliveries to offices in the city center. With a fully revamped menu based on regional flavours, the reopening night is a big hit.

Subsequently, the restaurant enjoys such success that when Ramsay revisits, he can not even find a seat. He does however take issue with the ugly naan bread stands that Raz has been using throughout the episode, to the point where at the end, he takes them to a scrap metal dealer to be destroyed.
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030 08. “The Granary” 18 December 2007
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The Granary is run by ambitious entrepreneur Nigel Nieddu. Originally intended as an exclusive club for the rich and famous, Nigel has had to rebrand the restaurant, which now struggles to pull customers and has a poor reputation with the locals for its exclusive impression. Ramsay and Nigel eat lunch together, where it becomes clear that the restaurant does not live up to its focus of modern British food, with too many exotic dishes on the menu (such as shark with mozzarella) that the kitchen staff struggle to cook. The kitchen is run by Martin, who has taken on board two delinquent teenage boys to help them back on track with cooking. Ramsay books the restaurant to half capacity for lunch to test the kitchen, but unused to even these numbers, the staff struggle to keep up. Ramsay identifies that Nigel, who has no experience as a restaurant manager, lacks control over the dining room and has difficulty accepting criticism. Nigel even struggles to delegate tasks to his staff when challenged to put together a prefabricated chicken coop. After convincing Nigel to turn to a simpler British menu and allowing Martin to have more control, the staff host a food fair to bring the community back. The reopening begins well, but Martin struggles with the numbers and fails to show strong leadership under pressure. The kitchen staff lose discipline, although young cook Pete is able to hold himself together. The service is disappointing, with Martin disappointed with himself and Nigel determined to get it right.

Revisiting the restaurant, Ramsay is pleased to find the restaurant is maintaining a steady flow of customers. Martin reveals that he is leaving, after applying for a government grant to set up a workshop to help troubled teenagers through cooking.
Season 1 (2018)
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001 01. “Bella Gianna's” Congers, New York June 13, 2018
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Gordon Ramsay travels to Congers, New York, to attempt to save a family-run Italian bistro. The restaurant is open. Reviews are mostly positive with praise for the low prices, friendly staff and great food. Some customers have complained of shouting in the dining room and the restaurant being empty.
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002 02. “The Old Coffeepot Restaurant” New Orleans, Louisiana June 20, 2018
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Gordon is in New Orleans, Louisiana, saving The Old Coffee Pot restaurant, a century-old breakfast spot in the heart of the French Quarter. This restaurant closed in February 2019 due to declining business, lack of support for the changes from regulars and local construction, but reopened as Café Beignet at The Old Coffee Pot in August that year.
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003 03. “Brownstone Bistro” Los Angeles, California June 27, 2018
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Gordon travels to the heart of Los Angeles, California in an attempt to save The Brownstone Bistro, an authentic Caribbean Fusion restaurant. This is the first episode featuring Hell's Kitchen season ten winner Christina Wilson amongst the kitchen staff training crew. This restaurant is open under new ownership. The restaurant closed in October 2018, but reopened in January 2019 with Clive's menu, concept and decor. Reviews are mostly positive, with complaints about unexpected closures of the restaurant.
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004 04. “Sherman's Restaurant” Greenville, Mississippi July 11, 2018
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Gordon is in Greenville, Mississippi, to save Sherman's, a family-owned fine dining restaurant which has been on the decline ever since inheriting an aging head chef from the previous owner. The restaurant closed in January 2021 after a kitchen fire, but reopened at a new location in August 2021. Reviews are mostly positive, with praise to the food and service, though some diners have complained about wait times. Steve is now working as a butcher and they claim he was never paid $90,000.
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005 05. “La Serenata” Los Angeles, California July 18, 2018
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Gordon is in Los Angeles, in an attempt to save La Serenata, a family-owned authentic Mexican restaurant in a downward spiral due to a power struggle between mother and son. Three months after the renovation, Marco Sr. reverted to his old menu and habits and drove Johnny away. This restaurant is open. Reviews are mostly positive, with customers loving the salsa and margaritas.
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006 06. “Fetch Bistro” Wichita, Kansas July 25, 2018
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Gordon travels to Wichita, Kansas in an attempt to save Fetch Bistro, the first dog-friendly restaurant in the state that is a health hazard due to lack of systems and procedures. The restaurant closed on April 28, 2019. The owners blamed the location for the closure, which is a surprise as reviews from locals were mostly very positive. They were hoping to reopen in a new location.
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007 07. “Patrick Molloy's” Hermosa Beach, California August 8, 2018
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Gordon travels to Hermosa Beach, California, to attempt to save Patrick Molloy's, a family-owned Irish pub where the only thing worse than the food is the owners themselves. This is the first restaurant where the makeover was halted 4:24:35 before relaunch due to the stepfather and son still having trust issues. The episode features food blogger Elie Ayrouth and food journalist Victoire Loup. The restaurant is open, but they had to change the décor, as retrospective planning permission was declined. Reviews are very mixed, but customers praise the happy hour.
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008 08. “Sandra Dee's Bar-B-Que & Seafood” Sacramento, California August 15, 2018
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Gordon is in Sacramento, California, where he is about to encounter his biggest challenge yet in trying to save Sandra Dee's BBQ and Seafood restaurant and her family. Three months after the renovation, Sandra Dee reverted to the old menu and never contacted Gordon for the update. The restaurant closed in July 2019 so Sandra Dee could focus on the catering side of the business. Reviews were mixed prior to the closure.
Season 2 (2019)
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009 01. “The Trolley Stop Café” New Orleans, Louisiana January 2, 2019
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Gordon returns to New Orleans, this time saving The Trolley Stop Café (est. 1995), where the business started declining the moment the grandson decided to leave the energy business, and purchased the place from his grandfather, even before this MBA graduate became infamous for his hands-off management style, which leads to staff absenteeism, both in attendance, and attention to detail, yet staff members, even his own brother-in-law, are too afraid to confront him. The restaurant closed in September 2021 due to Hurricane Ida and the pandemic. They re-introduced some old menu items and the poboy was a hit with customers but there are mixed reviews on the grits and hashbrowns.
This episode features fellow MasterChef judge Aarón Sanchez as an extra expeditor pre-relaunch, who lives just two blocks away, and former New Orleans Saints cornerback Tracy Porter.
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010 02. “Shanty on 19th” Allentown, Pennsylvania January 9, 2019
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Gordon travels to the theatre district of Allentown, Pennsylvania to save Shanty on 19th, formerly a fine-dining bar and bistro. However, it has failed when new owner Joe, from a sports bar background, meant their inability to let executive chef to replicate the old menu using low-quality ingredients. It is exacerbated by Joe's father's negative feedbacks, which also drove Joe's marriage and business, as well as everybody's health to the brink. The restaurant is open as diners love the burgers but recent reviews are more negative with the crab being subject of many complaints.
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011 03. “Vasi's Restaurant and Bar” Waterbury, Connecticut January 16, 2019
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Gordon travels to Waterbury, Connecticut to save Vasi's Restaurant and Bar, an Italian restaurant, where he has to confront Vasi, an owner that sucked his mother's savings, and staffs' patience, especially Val, the head chef, dry. The restaurant closed in January 2020 after Vasi received an offer that later fell through.
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012 04. “Catfish Cabin” Memphis, Tennessee January 23, 2019
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Gordon travels to Memphis, Tennessee to save Catfish Cabin (est. 1971), a Southern restaurant that, despite its lack of competition, and prime position near the airport, need a major revamp after nearly a decade of neglect and fragmented management, and an owner backing the wrong person to hand over before his pendingretirement. This resulted in pest infestation and hazardous food safety violations. The restaurant closed in August 2019 after the lease was taken over and gradually changed over by new ownership before being renamed.
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013 05. “Stone's Throw” Seymour, Connecticut January 30, 2019
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Gordon travels to Seymour, Connecticut, to save Stone's Throw, whose manager, a survivor of breast and thyroid cancers, is working herself to exhaustion. Her husband owns the restaurant and is the head chef. Despite the owner’s 30 years of culinary experience and a history of thriving, even award-winning, restaurants, Stone's Throw has struggled. The restaurant closed in January 2020 and was put up for sale for $900,000. Reviews had declined with more complaints prior to closure.
Before the episode, three members of Ramsay's crew suffered food poisoning at the restaurant.
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014 06. “Bayou on the Vine” Kansas City, Missouri February 6, 2019
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Gordon travels to Kansas City, Missouri to save Bayou on the Vine (est. 2017) and to confront the owner that refuses to fire his three daughters for disrespecting the parents, both as superiors and parents, and nobody having restaurant experience, except for the youngest daughter - executive chef, Sharekka, who graduated from culinary school. She also has the most combative demeanor. The restaurant closed in June 2020.[35] Customers praised the food and the happy hour drinks and live bands were a big hit prior to closure.
This restaurant is the first ever to be renamed due to its location near the American Jazz Museum and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. It was renamed Gadson's, in honor of respected musician James Gadson, who is the paternal uncle of the owner, and was featured at the relaunch.
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015 07. “Boardwalk 11” Los Angeles, California February 13, 2019
SYNOPSIS:
Gordon Ramsay returns to Los Angeles to rescue Boardwalk 11, a karaoke bar, where he confronts and owner with "30 years of inexperience", and features his first ever hostile takeover, and forced the owner out of the store, and ceding operative control to the two Kat's, the head chef and bar manager, while the bar is transformed into a gastropub and disco lounge. The restaurant is open as reviews are mixed and have declined since 2020. This was the third restaurant in the show to undo the changes made by Gordon Ramsay.
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016 08. “Los Toros Mexican Restaurant” Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California February 20, 2019
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Gordon Ramsay travels to Chatsworth, a township inside San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, to rescue Los Toros, a family-owned Mexican restaurant (est. 1967), where the second-generation chef and owner is seriously in debt ($450,000) after his father died, and having to take honorable leave of absence from serving the US Army, and is now suffering from hypertension and myopia from pre-diabetes due to overworking, and his daughter and son not being mentally ready or have enough culinary knowledge to step up and take over. Yet, upon further interviews, Nick Sr. left for military to remove himself from the business, the same way that his children are trying to do to him. It was also discovered that line cooks have no basic knife skills due to them relying heavily on box cutters. The restaurant is open as reviews are mostly positive with high praise for their margaritas and bean dip. They have had no food poisoning incidents but some customers have complained that they reverted to their old menu.
This is the first time that a member of staff blew Ramsay's cover before the food was delivered, hence the father stopped service while overhearing Ramsay and friends' comments.
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017 09. “Social” Costa Mesa, California March 6, 2019
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Gordon Ramsay travels to Costa Mesa, an affluent region in Orange County to rescue Social, a modern bar and bistro that despite its tidy decor (est. 2015), has a very dysfunctional group of staff after a highly successful first year, partly due to new competition nearby. From a power struggle of two executive chefs, one of which is returning on his second stint after taking personal leave, citing burnout, while other cooks not following the current, overbearing executive chef's directions. The restaurant is open and reviews are mostly positive. Customers especially love the Brussels sprouts and chicken and waffles.

This episode features a Gordon Ramsay impersonator as a decoy, while the real Gordon Ramsay is in disguise, exposing serious preferential treatment. This episode features Pamela Waitt, President of the OC Restaurant Association as an expert food critic. This episode serves as the final episode in overseas broadcasts.
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018 10. “M'Dears Bakery & Bistro” Los Angeles, California March 6, 2019
SYNOPSIS:
Gordon Ramsay returns to Los Angeles, this time passing through Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, and rescuing M'Dears Bakery and Bistro, a Californian twist of Southern-style cuisine (est. 2002), and one of the most complicated and fragmented family he has ever seen. Despite giving the daughters their first jobs, the stress of the business has fractured the relationship between the Armenian owner and her two African-American daughters, with the owner not being able to retire due to her being disowned by her parents and sisters as she married outside of her race and nationality, leaving her ineligible for any inheritance. However, Carrie, the owner, also had a very elitist attitude and is resistant to change, though her concerns are somewhat warranted due to practicality issues because of her short stature. Her relationship with her eldest daughter, Tiffany, is also the most broken and fractured. The restaurant is open as they are popular for breakfast and the chicken and waffles and grits have rave reviews but the mac and cheese are hit and miss with diners.
This is the first time where, due to the small dining area, Ramsay, disguised as a cameraman, has taken food outside to eat with the show's cameraman. It is also revealed that Mary, who is the head of the culinary operations, is also Armenian. This episode features celebrity chef Jet Tila and his wife, Ali.
Season 3 (2020)
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019 01. “Lowery's Seafood Restaurant” Tappahannock, Virginia January 7, 2020
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Gordon Ramsay travels to Tappahannock, Virginia, to help save Lowery's Seafood Restaurant. The business was originally opened over 80 years ago but was handed down to grandson & owner Duby Lowery and his brother David Lowery who is manager, but inconsistent management and sibling infightings also caused tension amongst the staff. Chef Ramsay devises a tasty new menu for the restaurant and the dining area is given a much needed renovation. The restaurant closed in August 2020 after declaring bankruptcy. The buffet and crab cakes received rave reviews prior to closure. Due to the high number of senior citizens, the showing for evidence of malpractices are viewed inside the restaurants.
This is also the first time where a staff member quit the job at relaunch.
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020 02. “Blend on Main” Manasquan, New Jersey January 14, 2020
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Gordon Ramsay travels to the seaside community of Manasquan, New Jersey, to help owner Chef Lou Smith's American bistro Blend on Main. The once thriving business is only busy for two months of the year during the busy summer period and is now close to going out of business. Ramsay must change the owner's attitude towards his staff, who have lost all respect for him. Chef Ramsay creates a new and improved menu for the kitchen staff and the interior is given a modern, yet cosy makeover. The restaurant is open as the fish dishes are hits with customers.
Due to Gordon's cover already blown before reconnaissance, fellow chef, James Avery, would disguise as Gordon, while the real Gordon is disguised as a cameraman. James also returned before relaunch to judge a halibut dish cook-off between Lou and Lisa (disguised as Gordon's work), and for the relaunch with his wife.
The showing for evidence of malpractices are viewed inside the restaurants.
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021 03. “Caneda's White Rooster” Toms River, New Jersey January 21, 2020
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Gordon travels to Toms River, New Jersey to help Caneda's White Rooster, a struggling Cuban restaurant that has been open less than a year. Patty Caneda opened the restaurant with the help of investor & business partner Jeremy Grunin who has put $2 million into the business. Gordon is shocked by the terrible food being cooked by the young and inexperienced cooks. The menu is given a revamp and the restaurant dining area is transformed with a new bar and warming colours. The restaurant closed on March 16, 2020, five months after the episode was filmed.
Jeremy also joined Gordon in reconnaissance, and also joined by Joseph Gannascoli and Vincent Pastore from The Sopranos. Jeremy Grunin returned at relaunch with a second disguise.
Lisa, the new head chef from Blend on Main in the second episode, replaced the inexperienced Phil as Executive Chef of Caneda's White Rooster within 3 months of this makeover.
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022 04. “Botto's Italian Line Restaurant” Swedesboro, New Jersey January 28, 2020
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Gordon Ramsay travels to Swedesboro, New Jersey, to rescue Botto's Italian Restaurant. The once-thriving family-run business is now $850,000 in debt. Chef Ramsay see for himself how bad the food is when he goes undercover and is served spoiled oysters and disgusting veal. Ramsay must instill some passion back into the cooking and create a much smaller and more manageable menu. Meanwhile, the restaurant's interior is given a much needed makeover. The restaurant is open as customers love the renovated dining room and the Sausage Alla Botto is popular.
Mary, Head of Culinary in the food truck, is also in the crowd as a decoy.
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023 05. “Seafarer's Family Restaurant” Manquin, Virginia February 4, 2020
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Gordon is in Manquin, Virginia, to save Seafarer's Restaurant, run by the Halterman family, Amber, Autumn and their parents. Gordon has his work cut out to fix the warring sisters and the restaurant's substandard food. Ramsay asks Hell's Kitchen season three winner Rock Harper to mentor the staff, especially Logan, the young head chef at Halterman's kitchen. The restaurant is open with customers loving the food with some complaints that they are offering less seafood.
The restaurant was renamed Halterman's Eatery upon relaunch.
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024 06. “Southern Kitchen” Richmond, Virginia February 11, 2020
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Gordon travels to Richmond, Virginia to help the owners of Southern Kitchen, a traditional southern restaurant which is struggling despite being in a busy part of the city. Owner Shane and her daughters Chelsea and Kelyn have invested all of their money and now have a mountain of debt, and all came from completely different careers into hospitality, especially with Chelsea and Kelyn being disillusioned by their mother's dream, yet they have no intention to stay in the industry. Ramsay and his team fix the restaurant's lacklustre food and long wait-time with a new, improved menu and forces the family to make some big changes for the future of the restaurant. The restaurant is open as customers love the soul food with cornbread, cabbage and collards receiving high praise.
This is the first time that Gordon meets one of the family members before going undercover: Shane's mother, Linda.
At the 3-month follow-up, Shane successfully reduced the hours for Chelsea and Kelyn, making them part-time servers.
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025 07. “The Park Restaurant & Bar” Oak Park, California February 18, 2020
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Gordon Ramsay travels to Oak Park, California, to help Kirin and Angelika Stone, owners of gastropub The Park Restaurant & Bar. With no Head Chef or manager, the eatery is just weeks away from going out of business. Gordon discovers that the couple have recently lost their home in the Woolsey Fire and that their marriage is almost at a breaking point. With no one in charge of the kitchen, Gordon gets NFL player Rob Gronkowski to help him choose a new Head Chef. Mark, the senior line cook, fell ill with at relaunch, and Kirin is not fit to be a kitchen expeditor. The restaurant closed in December 2020. Reviews were hit and miss prior to closure but customers loved the burgers.
Three months after the renovation, it is revealed that Kirin and Angelika have separated; Kevin, the young line cook, left shortly after the relaunch because he was mad at the fact that Kirin had thrown away most of the food that Gordon had prepared, and that Ozzy hadn't been hired and was fired for being consistently absent, which Ozzy claimed was because Kirin never returned his calls; and that Kirin was still struggling to keep the restaurant open.
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026 08. “Bear's Den Pizza” Conway, Arkansas February 25, 2020
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Gordon Ramsay travels to Bear's Den Pizza, a pizza restaurant and college bar located in Conway, Arkansas. Chef Ramsay finds a restaurant in disarray due to one owner's drinking and violent outbursts, and the other owner who is too busy running their other business. Bear's Den was once popular with the nearby college students and locals, but if the restaurant and its terrible food don't improve soon it will go out of business. The restaurant is open as they are bringing in college crowds with food & drink specials and karaoke.
Three months since the relaunch, the business successfully made a minor expansion, while Steve became a support worker in the building industry.
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027 09. “South Boulevard” Little Rock, Arkansas February 25, 2020
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Chef Ramsay travels to Little Rock, Arkansas to help save South Boulevard, a Korean-inspired restaurant. Its owner claims to lack experience and confidence in running a restaurant and his cook has no real knowledge of Korean food. With the restaurant heavily in debt, Ramsay needs all his expertise to turn the struggling business around. He goes undercover as member of the production crew to observe how the kitchen functions. The restaurant closed in February 2020, the weekend before the episode aired, due to unpaid rent and the loss of their liquor license due to unpaid taxes.
Reviews were mostly positive prior to closure.
For the first time in the series, he is not shown sampling the food.
The showing for evidence of malpractices are viewed inside the restaurants.
It also featured Alex Hall, a member of "Hell On Wheels" trainers posing as a temporary local line cook during undercover.
It featured a head chef cookoff since Tasha was neither qualified nor experienced to be more than a line cook, and needs help in a solo kitchen.
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028 10. “Save Our Town” Ellicott City, Maryland May 12, 2020
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In the only untimed series of rescue jobs, Gordon travels to the river valley town of Ellicott City, Maryland, having to save an entire town after two major floods in 2016 and 2018 decimated the Main Street. Gordon is also tasked with helping save three restaurants in this town: Phoenix Emporium, Little Market Cafe, and Jaxon Edwin. This mass rescue features Cal Ripken Jr., the Baltimore Ravens, Maryland governor Larry Hogan, the Maryland National Guard, and interior designer Nate Berkus. A follow-up could not be completed before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States and closed many businesses in America.