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
Eight of 13 New York area Kitchen Nightmares restaurants have closed
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 renews Kitchen Nightmares, Hell’s Kitchen for two seasons; adds a new Ramsay show
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
Kitchen Nightmares returns with a nearly pointless two-hour recap episode
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
Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares makeovers have varied effects
FOX’s Kitchen Nightmares has quickly become the one new fall reality series that I look forward to each week. That’s despite the fact that its manipulative editing has become beyond absurd; on last week’s episode, filmed at Campania in New Jersey, the editors added fake police siren audio to footage of a cop car driving… continue reading
Kitchen Nightmares disclaimers reveal customers are paid, editing is out of order
FOX’s Kitchen Nightmares was just renewed for a second season, and while it’s less deliberate and more abrasive than the British version, it’s rather entertaining. Some of that entertainment comes because of producer manipulation, and surprisingly, that manipulation is disclosed at the end of each episode for about one second. Two disclaimers precede the credits,… continue reading
FOX renews Kitchen Nightmares for another 10 episodes
The dumbed-down American version of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares has been renewed by FOX. “At least 10 episodes of the skein will be produced for broadcast sometime next year,” Variety reports. The show “has proved to be a solid performer in a hellish Wednesday night timeslot,” Variety says, and FOX’s Mike Darnell praised the show… continue reading
Kid Nation, Kitchen Nightmares have “solid but unspectacular” debut ratings
The two new reality series that debuted last night “delivered similarly solid but unspectacular” ratings, Variety reports. In its debut, Kid Nation was watched by 9.1 million viewers, about a half-million more than watched Big Brother 8‘s finale the night before. The new CBS series also “won the 8 p.m. hour in adults 18-49 —… continue reading
CBS’ Kid Nation, FOX’s Kitchen Nightmares, CW’s America’s Next Top Model 9 all debut tonight
Two brand-new reality series debut tonight, while another enters its ninth season. The most anticipated debut of the evening–and of the season, really–is CBS’ Kid Nation, which kicks off at 8 p.m. ET. The show follows 40 kids who work to form their own society without any adults. It’s been controversial: Parents complained, labor investigators… continue reading
Gordon Ramsay didn’t really burn his balls
Gordon Ramsay’s story about burning his testicle while cooking was not, as it turns out, true. While I speculated that it might just be a publicity stunt for his new FOX show Kitchen Nightmares, which debuts next week, the story apparently had more to do with covering for his embarrassment over a medical concern. Tara… continue reading
Gordon Ramsay burned his balls while cooking
Gordon Ramsay was named chef of the year at the GQ awards, but his testicles are upstaging his actual award. That’s because before he got his award, he revealed that he burned himself while cooking. Here’s his story: “The other day I was standing too close to the hob when I was cooking. I was… continue reading
Gordon Ramsay calls lawsuit’s claim that Kitchen Nightmares was faked “a fucking joke”
Gordon Ramsay has responded to the lawsuit brought by a participant in the upcoming FOX version of Kitchen Nightmares, calling the accusations that the show was faked “a fucking joke.” “I would never-ever-ever dream of setting anything up. I want to sleep at night. We were issued a writ because, God bless America, if the… continue reading
Fired manager sues, says Gordon Ramsay faked scenes on US Kitchen Nightmares
A New York City restaurant manager who was fired as a result of Gordon Ramsay’s advice during production on the new US Kitchen Nightmares says that scenes were faked and that he was let go or quit because of Ramsay. “Martin R. Hyde, a former general manager at Dillons, an Indian-American restaurant in midtown Manhattan”… continue reading
FOX will air Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares in the fall
FOX is bringing Gordon Ramsay’s original UK reality series to the US this fall. Kitchen Nightmares, which FOX previously announced would come to the US, will air in the competitive Thursday at 9 p.m. timeslot. It was initially scheduled to air in the spring. On the show, Ramsay helps “restaurant owners in crisis with lazy… continue reading