Episode 1 | Blackberry's

What's purple, yellow, dirty, and failing? Blackberry's soul food restaurant, under the mouthy un-listening dictator Shelly in Plainfield NJ.

Episode 2 | Leone's

Mama Rose ran a very successful restaurant, Leone's in Montclair NJ, but during an operation ended up in a coma and two years later returned to find the place a messy ghost town under the management of her son.

Episode 3 | Mike & Nellie's

After one owner of Mike and Nellie's in Oakhurst NJ passed away, things get so bad it's on the verge of closing, with the remaining owner clocked out and drinking beer in the kitchen during service, oblivious to the quality of the...

Episode 4 | Luigi's

Luigi's D'Italia suffers from bad food and owners who yell and scream, including at the customers.

Episode 5 | Burger Kitchen: Part 1

Burger Kitchen is run by an incompetent owner who used money from his son's trust fund to keep it going, but between that, a frustrated chef, bad and undercooked food, over five thousand in loses each month, and the annoying wife/...

Episode 7 | Burger Kitchen, Pt. 2

Gordon Ramsay visits struggling restaurants across America and spends one week trying to help them become successful.

Episode 8 | Michon's

Michon's, a bbq restaurant in Georgia named after the middle name of the owner's daughter, hoped to one day take over but seems more content doing nothing while her father in poor health watches his once successful business dwindl...

Episode 9 | El Greco

Gordon travels to Austin, TX home to struggling restaurant El Greco in danger of imminent collapse. It claims to be authentic Greek but much to Gordon's disgust, they secretly use 'Chef Mike' the microwave to help them on a daily ...

Episode 10 | Park's Edge

Unsurprisingly, when you say the city residents are racist and don't like a minority owned restaurant, your business tanks. Then combined that with odd and bad tasting food with owners who have no restaurant experience, and you ha...

Episode 11 | Spin a Yarn

Spin-A-Yarn in Freemont CA is spinning out of control financially, quickly becoming of a Greek tragedy with posh bathrooms and horrible food.

Episode 12 | Charlie's

One mother and one sister have their money and a house on the line if Charlie's Italian eatery in Los Angeles cannot succeed, leaving the other sister to step up to the plate or watch everything be destroyed.

Episode 13 | Spin A Yarn

The delusional owner of Cafe Hon trademarks "Hon", alienating the local community, making them say "Noh" to her café.

Episode 14 | Chiarella's

Gordon Ramsay travels to Philadelphia to turn around family-run restaurant Chiarella's, which is struggling to survive in an area full of thriving Italian establishments. Owners Tommy and Dina Defino's marriage is on the verge of ...

Episode 15 | Zocalo

A Philadelphia Mexican restaurant called Zocalo played Cupid to a young couple who met, fell in love and married there. However, it seems that Cupid's arrow had a poisoned tip: the restaurant has become an albatross around their n...

Episode 16 | Revisited 6

Chef Ramsay returns to restaurants he tried to help in the past, such as Downcity in Providence, R.I., Classic American in West Babylon, N.Y., and Davide in Boston, to check on their progress.

Episode 17 | Revisited 7

Chef Ramsay revisits La Frite, Kingston Cafe, Capri and Spanish Pavilion to see if the owners succeeded in following his advice.