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Kitchen Nightmares Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
16 Episodes 2011 - 2012
Episode 1
Blackberry's
Fri, Sep 23, 201143 mins
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
Fri, Sep 30, 201143 mins
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
Fri, Oct 7, 201143 mins
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 food.
Episode 4
Luigi's
Fri, Oct 14, 201143 mins
Luigi's D'Italia suffers from bad food and owners who yell and scream, including at the customers.
Episode 5
Burger Kitchen: Part 1
Fri, Nov 4, 201143 mins
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/co-owner, things are about to go nuclear...
Episode 6
Burger Kitchen: Part 2
Fri, Nov 11, 201143 mins
And now, the conclusion. Will Burger Kitchen stay afloat or will it end in a spectacular failure?
Episode 7
Greek at the Harbor
Fri, Nov 18, 201143 mins
Mickey achieved the American dream opening Greek at the Harbor in Ventura CA and prospering, but in recent years the quality of food has dropped as much as clientele. Unless Ramsay can help, things are looking more like a Greek tragedy.
Episode 8
Michon's
Fri, Jan 13, 201243 mins
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 dwindle away.
Episode 9
El Greco
Fri, Jan 20, 201243 mins
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 basis.
Episode 10
Park's Edge
Fri, Feb 3, 201260 mins
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 have a mess.
Episode 11
Spin a Yarn
Fri, Feb 10, 201243 mins
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
Fri, Feb 17, 201243 mins
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 14
Chiarella's
Fri, Mar 23, 201243 mins
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 collapse.
Episode 15
Zocalo
Fri, Mar 30, 201243 mins
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 necks.
Episode 16
Revisited 6
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
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
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Chef Ramsay revisits La Frite, Kingston Cafe, Capri and Spanish Pavilion to see if the owners succeeded in following his advice.
