Kitchen Nightmares

Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares will end, Gordon Ramsay announced today, following the conclusion of filming of its final season. That will make a total of 10 years, 12 seasons, and 123 episodes, he said. While he didn’t give a specific reason, Ramsay wrote, “I’ve decided to stop making the show” and said “It’s been a blast… continue reading

As adapted by Fox and A. Smith & Co. Productions, Kitchen Nightmares went from a terrifically entertaining, dramatic UK series to a loud, dumbed-down, badly produced mess. Throughout its run, it’s only gotten worse. But last year’s fantastic finale episode, featuring Amy’s Baking Company, was different. Sure, it had some of the eye-rolling bullshit we’ve… continue reading

Kitchen Nightmares superstar trainwrecks Amy and Samy Buzaglo appeared on the Phoenix Fox affiliate to “fire back at critics,” and of course the resulting interview will feed the “online legion trolls” (as Amy calls redditors) even more. Definitely watch the two segments, one broadcast and one outtakes, for the full effect, such as Amy spontaneously… continue reading

The restaurant whose owners Gordon Ramsay walked out on for the first time in Kitchen Nightmares history, Amy’s Baking Company, is looking for more attention via reality television, and you can take part. Meanwhile, Fox is planning a special episode that will look at reaction to the episode in Arizona. Kitchen Nightmares producers filmed in… continue reading

This season of Kitchen Nightmares delivered what was easily the series’ best episode, and since that aired, there has been a lot of off-camera drama thanks to owners Samy and Amy Bouzaglo–and viewers who responded strongly to what they saw. Their restaurant, Amy’s Baking Company, has received threats from the show’s producers and had a… continue reading

Friday’s epic episode of Kitchen Nightmares, on which the owners of Amy’s Baking Company led Gordon Ramsay to quit, resulted in a flood of reviews of the restaurant on Yelp, but not from people who’d been there. Instead, they appeared to be from viewers who apparently needed a place to anonymously vent and be awful… continue reading

Gordon Ramsay has threatened to quit and walk away from Kitchen Nightmares so often that it no longer has any weight. So last night’s episode–which was surprisingly good for a series that has been predictably mediocre for so long–had to work overtime to convince us that he actually did walk away from Amy’s Baking Company… continue reading

Campania owner Joseph Cerniglia, who appeared on an early episode of Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares, was found dead on Friday. His body “was found floating in the Hudson River, authorities said Sunday,” and “[t]he cause of death is under investigation, but ‘no criminality’ is suspected,” according to The Record. Cerniglia appeared on the show in its… continue reading

Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, the dumbed-down US version of his great UK series Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, has been renewed for a third season by Fox. The second season is now airing Fridays at 9, and has a number of episodes to go, so the third season likely won’t debut until at least fall, if not… continue reading

The couple who will be featured on Friday’s edition of Kitchen Nightmares only interacted with Gordon Ramsay on camera, and detailed the way the production creates drama. Paul and Leslie Bazzini, who own a restaurant called Bazzini, said that Ramsay didn’t really help. Paul told the New Jersey Record, “you have no interaction with Ramsay… continue reading

Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares will return sometime this season, but while the show may be entertaining, it’s not always successful: eight of 13 New York area restaurants Ramsay visited during seasons one and two are no longer open. While The New York Post’s report on the closed restaurants tries to blame the series (“several former… continue reading

Fox is in business with Gordon Ramsay for years to come. The network has renewed Kitchen Nightmares, which just started its second season, for a third season, and renewed Hell’s Kitchen for seasons six and seven, as the fifth season has already been produced and will air next year. Fox has also ordered a brand-new… continue reading

Tonight, Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares returns at 9 p.m. ET with a two-hour episode titled “Gordon Returns,” on which Fox says “Gordon Ramsay revisits the kitchens of six restaurants that were once on the verge of disaster.” Next Thursday, the show will return to hour-long new episodes focusing on a single restaurant’s makeover each week. While… continue reading