Episode 1: Peter’s Italian Restaurant
The venue is Peter's Italian Restaurant in Babylon, New York where the peace of Long Island shore is regularly shattered by the antics of the volatile Pellegrino family, who run the restaurant.
Hard-working Tina owns the joint but the behaviour of her tyrannical brother, front-of-house manager and one-man pressure cooker, Peter, regularly threatens to undermine its reputation and the morale of everyone who works there. The staff are ready to walk, the food's disastrous and the place is on the verge of collapse.
Enter Gordon, whose recipe for reversing the restaurant's disastrous reputation sets him on a collision course with Peter. Can he force him to curb his violent temper and commit to saving the business, or is it doomed?
Episode 2: The Mixing Bowl
Gordon pulls no punches at this New York eatery whose bossy manager is alienating customers and staff alike.
The Mixing Bowl Eatery, in Bellmore, New York might have been open for ten years but the number of customers passing through its doors means that owners, Billy and Lisa, have just weeks before their restaurant goes under. They need drastic action.Episode 3: The Seascape
The Seascape Inn was one of Long Island’s most historical and successful restaurants. It opened more than 40 years ago. Yet it has become a local disaster.
The owners are Irene and her son, Peter, who are now at each other’s throats. Peter’s father started the restaurant and it was always packed. He died two years ago, and it all went downhill. Now the décor is also falling apart alongside complaints of a “sewage smell.” Peter thinks Chef Doug is the problem because he doesn’t listen. Although Doug is experienced, the staff thinks he’s “loud and obnoxious”. On top of it all, Peter is behind on his bills.Episode 4: Campania
Campania is an Italian restaurant in New Jersey that's big on fun but desperately short on customers. Italian-Americans are passionate about their food, so when chef and owner Joe took over Campania restaurant in New Jersey, he put his heart and soul into the place.
But under his control, what was once a thriving restaurant is in swift decline thanks to a giddy staff, huge portions and a worrying lack of customers.Episode 5: The Secret Garden
Gordon's in la-la land this week as he takes on The Secret Garden in Moorpark, California. Chef-owner Michel is a Frenchman with a chip on his shoulder. Despite his restaurant's freefall toward bankruptcy, he's convinced that he's a great cook with a great business. When Gordon comes in and finds a dirty kitchen, an awful menu and a worrying lack of customers, Michel gets on the defensive. Someone hide the knives. Tempers are flaring at The Secret Garden.Episode 6: Lela’s
Lela's restaurant 'Lela's', has only been open eight months but it's losing money so fast it's just days from going under. Owning her own restaurant was a dream for Lela, who has put everything she owns into her fine dining eatery in downtown Pomona.
But despite only being open for a matter of months, the restaurant is in serious financial trouble. Lela's owes more than $120,000 to her sister and creditors. But her menu is too pricey for its neighborhood and with the staff shouting at each other in the kitchen, any customers that do come to Lela's are easily put off returning. Gordon Ramsay is up against the clock to save this nightmare kitchen.Episode 7: Sebastian’s
Part-time actor Sebastian has dreams of hitting the big time. He thinks the pizzas from his self-titled restaurant will make him a household name. It's time for Gordon to serve up a reality check.
Burbank California is home to some of Hollywood's major studios. Having a ready supply of hungry customers on its doorstep should be a huge bonus for Sebastian's pizza restaurant but this eatery is not making the A-list. With spiraling debts and closure imminent, owner Sebastian turns to Gordon for help, but will he relax his vice-like grip on the restaurant enough to let Gordon make any changes?Episode 8: Finn McCool’s
Gordon's in a posh holiday town in The Hamptons visiting Finn McCool's, an Irish family restaurant that's failing to live up to its legendary name.
Welcome to the Hamptons, the summer getaway destination for New York's rich and famous. This cash rich area should be the perfect location for a restaurant to thrive in, but Irish pub and family restaurant, Finn McCool's is struggling to stay open.
Gordon visits the restaurant in winter, a time when the tourists are gone and being popular with the local community is vital for the restaurant. But he finds an empty dining room, a filthy kitchen and a staff who have lost their focus.Episode 9: The Olde Stone Mill
The Olde Stone Mill restaurant and bar in Tuckahoe, New York, has been lovingly renovated by husband and wife team, Dean and Barbara. The couple have done everything themselves from the carpentry and plumbing to the restaurant's layout and design.
Dean is proud of his hands on approach, but the customers are not flooding in and the restaurant is losing money fast.Episode 10: Dillon’s
Gordon faces his toughest challenge yet, an Indian restaurant in Manhattan with too many managers and not enough cleaners.
Situated in the heart of Manhattan, Dillons restaurant is described by one of its many managers as 'American, Irish with an Indian-ness connected to it'. Despite its trendy location, the restaurant is failing to attract customers and owner Mohammed is losing money fast. Two chefs operate from one kitchen but don't speak the same language. The menu confuses customers and there are an awful lot of flies.