A more intimate and less clickbaity run of kitchen nightmares, though you can still see Ramsay's showmanship and penchant for drama here in his first show.

how are there so many truly terrible restaurant owners of the exact same type?

When the show focus in managing issues and has some focus in work related aspects of the kitchen or even relations between workers in a non-gratuitous violent way, I can fin the episodes interesting and deserving a higher note than the one I put here. When it's just absurd violence between everyone and Ramsay is just an idiot for the sake of it showing the worst anyone trying to teach or help could do... then it's just a 0 for me. But I've stopped trying to guess the kind of episode it is.

It's trash, but it's my kinda trash. I'll know I've found the love of my life when she says she'd be down to Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmare's and chill.

My favorite of the many Ramsay shows. Unlike any of the U.S. shows he shows a ton of heart and concern here. One restaurant beyond help, he offers one of the young chefs a job in one of his restaurants etc. It can be repetitive if bulk watched as its usually one of three issues repeated, but his humor, anger and heart help carry it.

Was kind of okay at first, but the more consciously famous Ramsey got and the more repetitive the show got, the more unwatchable it became.

It's the same show every time. The owner is delusional, Ramsay comes in eats their crappy food, tells them it's crap, they can't believe it, he comes back and watches how disfunctional the kitchen is, he introduces a new menu, and suddenly this fixes everything. It's not as good as his other shows where he's learning more about food and you are there for the ride but Ramsay is so entertaining that it's worth checking out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd2mIIIe91g v=WwjUfM54ehE

Same old knock 'em down, build 'em up routine every time.