Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

When 21-year-old chef Tim sold "fine dining" to the owner of Bonapartes bistro, she assumed he could cook. Ramsay discovers the true skills of this wannabe TV chef when he tastes his food and vomits in the gutter.

At the Glass House in Ambleside, Ramsay finds the restaurant owner close to tears as yet another Saturday night goes down the drain. The head chef has a lot to explain after Ramsay deduces he's the weak link.

Ramsay's has his work cut out to restore the once-stellar reputation of the Walnut Tree Inn in Wales. Chef-less and broke, owner Francesco is desperate to get the place back on its feet.

Moore Place in Esher looks more like a rest home than a restaurant, so it's no wonder the dining room is empty. Owners Nick and Richard are relying on Ramsay to fill it with customers on Mother's Day.

28-year-old Alex is the owner and head chef of La Lanterna, a modern Italian eatery in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, that's supposed to offer a taste of Little Italy in England's first garden city. But Alex has no customers, cookers that don't work and an expensive menu that's about as authentically Italian as "spag bol."

Mexican-born Israel and his English partner Tara have sunk £150,000 of their own money into D-Place, a trendy café-bar in Chelmsford, Essex. Faced with dysfunctional staff and a disastrous fusion menu, Gordon is about to have the longest week of his professional life. Can he quell the panic, banish the deep fat fryer and bring D-Place back from the dead?