Product Details

• Actors: Gordon Ramsay
• Format: Box set, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Acorn Media
• DVD Release Date: September 1, 2009
• Run Time: 481 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001V7YZB6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,506 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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"Undeniably the world's greatest TV chef" --NPR

There are a million ways to ruin a restaurant, but only one man has the audacity to attempt a rescue: Gordon Ramsay, "the Dr. House of sick restaurants" (NPR). In his storied career, Ramsay has earned 16 Michelin stars and launched culinary successes around the globe. This International Emmy®-winning series gives him one week to bring foundering restaurants back from the brink of collapse.

Dishing out heaping helpings of truth--liberally peppered with profanity--Ramsay goes eyeball to eyeball with lazy chefs, surly servers, and clueless owners, sharing his unbridled passion for food and hard-won business acumen. And he always returns later to see whether his interventions have worked. Part comedy, part drama, and all reality, these Kitchen Nightmares give a strikingly unglamorous glimpse into the inner workings of restaurants and the people who run them.

DVD FEATURE INCLUDES biography of Gordon Ramsay.

Product Description

A second helping of the original U.K. series that launched Britain's most celebrated and colorful chef to international notoriety. The star of Fox's Hell's Kitchen and their U.S. version of Kitchen Nightmares, Gordon Ramsay first brought his vast expertise to TV in this International Emmyr-winning British reality hit seen on BBC America. Kitchen Nightmares U.K. gives Ramsay one week to turn around failing restaurants. He does it with a combination of sound business sense, a perfectly attuned palate, and more than a pinch of profanity. This 3-volume DVD boxed set includes ten episodes: the eight episodes that comprise the second U.K. series and the two related Kitchen Nightmares Revisited episodes.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars More Kitchen Nightmares September 14, 2009

By Jammin' DJ

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Season two episode list:
D1:
LANTERNA
D-PLACE
MOMMA CHERRI'S SOUL FOOD SHACK
MOMMA CHERRI'S SOUL FOOD SHACK/BIG HOUSE REVISITED

D2:
LA RIVIERA
LA RIVIERA/ABSTRACT REVISITED
THE SANDGATE

D3:
CLUBWAY 41
OSCAR'S
LA GONDOLA
Bonus: Biography of Gordon Ramsay

No wonder this won an International Emmy Award. Part comedy, part drama, and all reality, this show gives a strikingly unglamorous view into the inner workings of restaurants and the people who run them. Ramsay shows his unbridled passion for food and hard-won business acumen. The U.K. series is far superior to the US version, more honest less polished, all real! Can't wait for Season three!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Ramsay rules May 9, 2010

By barry TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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The US version of KITCHEN NIGHTMARE'S is a huge hit and honestly what introduced me to Mr. Gordon Ramsay. I have been enthralled since by his personality, talent, skill and passion with food. With this dvd all I can say is it is amazing how much better the British version of this series is. And this season is even better than the first. The show is all Ramsay from voiceover to his full involvement with each restaurant he visits. These restaurants are in trouble and have asked for his help. The candor, wit and intelligence with which he proceeds with each new venture is enthralling. He is able to identify problems immediately and allows us, the viewer, to see what goes on behind the scene in many restaurants. He provides his usual tough love and takes each establishment with its owners/workers on a reality check. Sometimes he comes across tough egos or wimpering weaklings but bottom line is that with his usual dedication and true caring passion he helps all to see the light. The thing with Gordon Ramsay is that he is known for his slight foul mouth but this is who he is and when he speaks it is the truth.

He helps each restaurant identify problems, helps make things better but does not leave it at that. He tries to make them truly understand the nature of the problems so that they can go on succesfully after he leaves. The viewer can't help but get truly caught up in Ramsay's truly caring dedication to help these people. This show could be gimmicky and make an emphasis of only shoewing sickening things in bad restaurants. We do see much that is bad but only as long as it is necessary. Gordon will try to make a different life for these people. One worker in a restaurant said he was sent from above. It can seem that way. Thes restaurants are on the verge of closing and clueless. Ramsay has much skill and knowledge and can make them see the light. Through his typical tough love and candor he reaches that deep spot that is most effective.

I can't get enough Gordon Ramsay. Not only does he have the craft and knowledge but a hugely entertaing personality that adds a wallop of fun to each episode. I find all Ramsay's shows addictive and this one is the absolute best. I highly recommend this show and this season. Also, I love how British tv spends less time censoring as we do. it helps us to truly see the people for who they are.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Anglophile Foodie Drama November 8, 2011

By PALMER DAVIS

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My only regret is that, as far as I can tell, there are only two seasons of this show. This is the original UK Kitchen Nightmares, which takes place in little cafes, B&B's and bistros in locations like Blackpool and Cardiff. Although Ramsay is acerbic, confrontational and challenging as ever, he's gentler than he is in the American shows he's been in since. In my view, this makes his outbursts all the more entertaining, and the drama more real.

If you're anything of an Anglophile, and/or find cooking shows entertaining, you'd enjoy these. They include plenty of dramatic chef-on-chef fighting while showing us inside English, Scottish and Welsh kitchens... anyone fancy a steak and kidney pie?