'Hell's Kitchen' : Season 5 Premiere

It's the premiere of Season 5 of Hell's Kitchen, and this season Gordon Ramsay himself promises the most intense, most shocking season of the cooking competition yet. Which means one thing: some of this year's chefs are going to make him very, very angry. I can't wait!

But before we get to this year's crap-making “muppets,” the Hell's Kitchen producers want us to realize how tough the application process was this year. More than ever before, in the tens of thousands, chefs applied to undergo Ramsay's systematic culinary torture. 300 were invited to the set of HK to meet the man, and 16 from that pool were then chosen to compete for this year's grand prize: the executive chef position at a brand new fine-dining restaurant in the Borgata Resort in Atlantic City. Oh, and $250,000. So it's a pretty sweet gig. But it won't be easy to win.

The first challenge for our 16 castigation-seeking chefs: the Signature Dish Challenge. Ramsay's special spittoon stands ready by his side, and even though this cast of cooks has been deemed the best yet, the bin is still guaranteed to get some “unbelievable CRAP” spewed into it.

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Cafe 36 On “Kitchen Nightmares”

On this week’s episode of Kitchen Nightmares, Café 36 is in serious danger of being eighty-sixed. Chef Gordon Ramsay travels to La Grange, Illinois in hopes of turning around the struggling café.Café 36 is owned and run by loving husband and wife Terry and Carol. Even though he had little to no restaurant experience, Terry bought the upscale French/American Bistro two years ago. The challenge has proven to be more difficult than he initially imagined.

Café 36 faces the challenge of a lack of clientele and maintaining quality control. The restaurant has unfortunately been losing money, so there is a danger that it will have to close its doors forever.When Chef Gordon Ramsay shows up, he is forced to give Terry and Carol a harsh reality check. Kitchen Nightmares airs on Thursday.

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Handlebar Restaurant On Kitchen Nightmares

Chef Gordon Ramsay pays a visit to the Handlebar Restaurant and Lounge in Mt. Sinai, NY, with hopes of fulfilling a couple’s dream to serve good food to good company.In what seems to be a flashback from the 1980s, owners Bill and Carolyn LeRoy are in denial of the restaurant’s outdated décor and head chef’s lack of passion. Will Gordon get through to hot-headed Bill and be able to turn this restaurant around? Find out on KITCHEN NIGHTMARES airing Thursday, Sept. 11 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (KN-111) (TV-14 L)

Meantime, Ramsay reportedly is in talks with Victoria Beckham to open a restaurant in the coming months. Ramsay has been friends of the Beckhams for many years.Handlebar Restaurant and Lounge looks like a flashback to the eighties. The restaurant’s décor is very outdated, but the owners Bill and Carolyn LeRoy are in denial. Handlebar represents their dream to “serve good food to good company.”

Dee Snider of heavy metal band Twisted Sister will make a special guest appearance on this episode. Kitchen Nightmares airs on Thursday, September 11 from 9 PM to 10 PM ET/PT on FOX.

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The Secret Garden Restaurant On Kitchen Nightmares

This week, Kitchen Nightmares offers up two back-to-back previously aired episodes. The first episode features The Mixing Bowl, which is a small restaurant in Bellmore, New York. When Chef Gordon Ramsay visits The Mixing Bowl, he encounters an owner in the kitchen and an inexperienced manager running the front of the house.

The Mixing Bowl isn’t making money, likely because their specialty appears to be coupons and special discounts. Chef Ramsay has to institute some major changes in order to keep the restaurant afloat. The Mixing Bowl episode of Kitchen Nightmares airs on Thursday, December 4 from 8 PM to 9 PM ET/PT on FOX.

The second episode features the Secret Garden, which is a restaurant in Moorpark, California. When Chef Gordon Ramsay arrives at the restaurant, he notices that it is deserted and has the décor of a frilly palace. Chef Ramsay attempts to help the French chef and owner Michael, but Michael doesn’t like Chef Ramsay’s changes.After an all-out screaming match, Chef Ramsay storms out of the Secret Garden. When Chef Ramsay returns, he has to help the restaurant get through dinner service. The Secret Garden episode of Kitchen Nightmares airs on Thursday, December 4 from 9 PM to 10 ET/PT on FOX.

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Sarah Symonds Is Dating Gordon Ramsay!

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has allegedly been having an affair with author and “professional mistress” Sarah Symonds for seven years.A stark departure from his family man image, Gordon Ramsay has allegedly been having an affair since 2001 with author and “professional mistress” Sarah Symonds. The pair supposedly recently spent about 75 minutes together in a hotel room. Just prior to this tryst, Sarah was seen purchasing legal sex drugs at a sex shop.

Sarah Symonds, from Newport, UK, is an author who is best known for having affairs with married men. Born in 1971, she is a former sales and marketing executive who famously had an affair with novelist and Tory Lord Jeffrey Archer. The affair prompted her to write the book Having an Affair?: A Handbook for the “Other Woman,” which she promoted on an episode of Oprah in 2007. She also writes fairly regularly on her personal blog.

An excerpt from her book:“Even if it’s ‘only’ great sex, a promotion at work, or a bit of help with the deposit on that new car, get something for yourself, please. Just to offset that gnawing feeling of being ’second best’ that will unfortunately become as second nature to you as the affair progresses.”

Despite once saying “I am reformed. I would rather be alone than ever again have to face the utter loneliness a mistress feels in an affair,” Sarah Symonds is again making headlines for having an affair, this time with TV and celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The pair met in 2001 and exchanged cell numbers, and reportedly began an intimate relationship several weeks later. They allegedly met at a hotel for sex in mid-November 2008. Just prior to this meeting, Sarah was seen at the sex shop Simply Pleasures, where she purchased three small yellow bottles of amyl nitrate, branded Rave and Rush. These pills, called “poppers” are legal sex drugs that are said to enhance one’s sexual experience. A source claimed chef Gordon Ramsay asked her to purchase these. They reportedly spent 75 minutes together before Ramsay left the hotel through his restaurant.

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Sante La Brea Features On Kitchen Nighmares

Kitchen Nighmares is headed west to help a Hollywood eatery. Sante La Brea has a hot tempered owner named Dean who can’t get along with his son and Mark the manager who prefers interior design to working the line. They’re menu is health food, with a nice outdoor eating area. Unfortunately, the food is terrible and they don’t get any repeat customers.Sammy and Arthur have worked for their father since they were teens, and they don’t really remember the restaurant being busy. It’s having a crisis, now, though and Chef Ramsay is their last hope. The day Ramsay is to arrive, head chef Aurelio doesn’t bother to show up to work.

Ramsay is impressed with the location, one of the busiest streets in Los Angeles and surrounded by successful restaurants. Dean eats a handful of sprouts straight out of the ground to impress Ramsay, but Gordon’s confused on the menu. It’s a vegan restaurant, but they also serve fish and chicken.Manager Mark introduces himself, and discusses how he is trying to make the restaurant hip and homey. “I want it to be like no place you’ve ever seen,” Mark says. “You’ve definitely done that,” Ramsay says. Sammy is the server today, and serves up the bad food.

The turkey melt is horrible with dry meat and greasy bread. Ramsay feeds it to a nearby dog. A tofu dish is up next, a ring of overcooked veggies surrounding an overcooked lump of rice. “Shocking. My God!” Ramsay says. Mark hopes that Ramsay can get through to Dean about the food - it smells and tastes bad. The blackened salmon is burnt and Ramsay thinks the meat is spoiled. He wonders if the refrigerator is working properly. “It’s hideous,” he tells Dean.

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Campania Restaurant On Kitchen Nightmares

On the second of two back-to-back episodes of Kitchen Nightmares, Chef Gordon Ramsay pays a visit to Campania restaurant in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Campania is an Italian restaurant, which is unfortunately losing money.

When Chef Ramsay arrives at Campania, he finds a wait staff that likes to hang out in the kitchen, which means food isn’t making it to the customers’ tables in a timely fashion. Chef Ramsay has to institute a number of changes to keep the restaurant from having to close its doors.Chef Ramsay coordinates a grand opening for Campania. Even though things go smoothly at first, the cops wind up crashing the party. Kitchen Nightmares airs on Thursday, November 20 from 9 PM to 10 PM ET/PT on FOX.

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Fiesta Sunrise Nyack On Kitchen Nightmares

On the second of two episodes of Kitchen Nightmares, Chef Gordon Ramsay pays a visit to Fiesta Sunrise in West Nyack, New York. Fiesta Sunrise is a family-run Mexican eatery.The restaurant is in major financial trouble and is hoping Chef Ramsay can help turn around the business. The restaurant is being run by a man named Vic, who can be hard-headed and stubborn. Vic is married to Yolanda and is a stepdad to Patti.

When Chef Ramsay first arrives at Fiesta Sunrise, he finds what he considers to be unsanitary conditions and shuts the restaurant down. Will Chef Ramsay be able to get things up and running again? Kitchen Nightmares airs on Thursday, November 13 from 9 PM to 10 PM ET/PT on FOX.

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Hannah And Mason's, Cranbury, NJ On Kitchen Nightmares

Kitchen Nightmares heads just an hour outside of bustling New York City to a little hamlet in New Jersey. Owners of Hannah and Mason’s Restaurant have called for help, and it’s no wonder. Friends Chris and Brian are running the restaurant into the ground.

Brian is the chef, and he’s easy going and lazy. He’s not the take charge type, and doesn’t lead the kitchen. Chris feels that he does all the work and pays all of the bills. He orders the food, manages the staff, and then works as a line cook. Brian doesn’t feel like working too much, so the restaurant is only open three nights a week. They’re bouncing checks, and their waitress has to ask if her paycheck is good before she puts it in the bank. They definitely need a Ramsay intervention!

It’s Valentine’s Day, a monster day for restaurants. Ramsay notices the sign on the awning is missing a letter, and the manager is just 23 years old. He orders baked onion soup, quiche, and a lamb lollipop. The soup is covered with a mountain of greasy onion rings, followed with a thick layer of cheese. “It’s absolutely tasteless,” he says, “it tastes like the gunk from the dishwasher.” Brian’s in denial. “I find it hard that it’s as bad as he says,” the chef snaps. The lamb is undercooked, and the sauce is too sweet. Ramsay thinks the quiche tastes like it’s been left out of the fridge too long, and it’s runny.

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J Willy’s On Kitchen Nightmares

The episode of chef Gordon Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares,” which featured South Bend restaurant j willy’s Barbeque House, 52885 Indiana 933 North, is scheduled to air tonight at 9 p.m.The episode of the Fox reality show was filmed over the last week in February (all that snow’s going to look a little funny).

Reservations for tonight at the restaurant have been taken and any remaining room will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis, according to a spokeswoman at the restaurant.A party of sorts is planned for the show at the restaurant, including a Gordon Ramsay look-alike contest.Ramsay also hosts “Hell’s Kitchen” and the British version of “Kitchen Nightmares.”In “Kitchen Nightmares,” Ramsay visits restaurants in need of help and tries to correct their flaws before the doors close for good.

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Kitchen Nightmares: Handlebar Restaurant

Ramsay visits the Handlebar Restaurant and Lounge in Mount Sinai, where the owners are in denial about the restaurant's outdated decor and the head chef's lack of passion.After last week’s touchy-feely love fest, this week gets us back to the Kitchen Nightmares we know and love. This week Gordon is traveling to Mt. Sinai, New York to visit The Handlebar. The Handlebar is owned by Billy, a former construction worker, and his beleagured wife.

Despite the fact that the 18-table dining room is empty most nights, and the fact that they’re on Kitchen Nightmares, Billy and his wife are confused as to why Ramsay thinks they have a problem. They think they’re food is great, their chef is great, and everything is working well. While they have no self-awareness, their chef, Melissa, certainly does.

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