Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares premiered in the UK on Channel 4 on April 27, 2004. Multi-Michelin-starred Gordon Ramsay sharpens his knives, and his tongue for explosive outbursts and tough love in Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. You're a restaurant owner in crisis. The wolves are at the door, but the punters aren't. Enter Gordon Ramsay, the most feared and revered chef in Britain today, with his potent recipe of passion, perfectionism and inspirational leadership. Gordon has just one week to turn each business around. In this series, Ramsay unleashes his trademark mix of abrasive straight-talking with inspirational leadership on four more restaurants in crisis. As well as his cooking skills, Gordon uses business know-how to run his successful restaurants.