Gordon Ramsay

This show premieried in April of 2004, and continues to air new episodes as we go into 2008. As a personal comment, I think this series, unlike any other show, gives us the truest sense of who Gordon Ramsay is, and what kind of a person he is. Beyond the yelling and the swearing, here we see a man who genuinely seems to care about not just the restaurant business, but the people involved with it. A highly recommended series.

Please note: these four were also given the title "Revisited". Gordon returned to each of these four restaurants a year later to see how they were doing. I believe the BBC America versions were actually just re-edited into the original episode. Further information would be welcome.

Check the link on the right side to find out what happened to these restaurants after Gordon left. Some great detective work by the blogger!

The kitchen in Bonapartes, a restaurant in West Yorkshire, is run by 21-year-old Head Chef Tim. He truly believes that he specialises in 'fine dining' and has ambitions to be a TV chef and own restaurants in London, Paris, and New York. Unfortunately, as Gordon discovers, Tim has no customers and doesn't even know the basics of cooking.

Britain's famous Lake District is where tourists are plentiful and money is flowing. However, the Glass House Restaurant in Ambleside seems to have missed both points.

In a previous life, The Walnut Tree Inn in South Wales was a Michelin-starred restaurant known throughout Britain. Under its new owners, Italian Francesco Mattioli, Gordon arrives to find the kitchen in chaos with no Head Chef and no customers.

In the final episode, Gordon tries to save Moore Place, a restaurant adjacent to a busy golf course in Surrey, in the south of England. There's plenty of money in the area with golfers, 'ladies who lunch,' and American business executives, but this place is deserted.