Season 1 |
| 1 :01x01 - Day 1 (May/30/2005) | | Biting British chef Gordon Ramsay tutors and tortures 12 aspiring restaurateurs vying for their own eatery. In the opener, the hopefuls are split into two teams for an opening-night challenge that becomes a nightmare for the customers. | |
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| 2 :01x02 - Day 2 (Jun/06/2005) | | The teams compete in a squid-cleaning race for a dinner with---and cooked by---Gordon before enduring a day of training for the restaurant's second night. Unfortunately, the chef's lessons leave the patrons disgusted enough to take matters into their own hands. | |
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| 3 :01x03 - Day 3 (Jun/13/2005) | | The remaining chefs face their third night in the kitchen, which turns out to be someone's last stand after the pressure---and Gordon's goading---prove to be too much to handle. After that, a second wannabe is cut from the roster. | |
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| 4 :01x04 - Day 4 (Jun/20/2005) | | The players attempt to re-create Gordon's signature dishes for a discerning crowd at an L.A. eatery. | |
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| 5 :01x05 - Day 5 (Jun/27/2005) | | Tensions in the kitchen rise during an all-Italian night at the restaurant, where one of the teams plays dirtier than Ramsey's mouth and another makes a move that throws everyone for a loop. | |
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| 6 :01x06 - Day 6 (Jul/11/2005) | | The two teams must create their own menus for their sixth night at the restaurant, which ends with one more of the wannabes getting the boot. After that, a power failure adds to the tension as the teams are broken up for a night of preparing desserts in front of the diners. | |
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| 7 :01x07 - Day 7 (Jul/11/2005) | | The final four have to create a haute-cuisine meal made entirely of leftovers from the previous night's dinner service. The winner gets to cook alongside Ramsay on a national TV show, which raises the temperature in the kitchen even higher. | |
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| 8 :01x08 - Day 8 (Jul/18/2005) | | Gordon orders his final three hopefuls to serve their signature dishes to a dining room packed with their family members, which proves a little too daunting for one overworked contestant. | |
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| 9 :01x09 - Day 9 (Jul/25/2005) | | In the finale, Gordon's final two competitors try to impress the chef during a simulation that tests their ability to run a restaurant, including the kitchen, a staff and the front of the house. In addition, the eliminated wannabes return to play a part in the challenge. And perhaps wreak some havoc. | |
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