Pesadilla en la cocina Pesadilla en la cocina Pesadilla en la cocina (English: "Nightmare in the kitchen") is a Spanish food reality television program hosted by chef Alberto Chicote. It airs on laSexta, and is the Spanish adaptation of the "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" franchise. The original format started on British station Channel 4 in 2004 under the name "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares". It was hosted by renowned chef Gordon Ramsay, who tried to save British catering establishments on the verge of bankruptcy. Its success led to Fox Broadcasting Company acquiring the rights to the format and launching the American version, also hosted by Ramsay, in
Gordon Ramsay in television was in two fly-on-the-kitchen-wall documentaries: "Boiling Point" (1998) and "Beyond Boiling Point" (2000), but had appeared previously as a judge on a MasterChef-like series for young catering students in 1997, with his then restaurant partner. Ramsay appeared on series three of "Faking It" in 2001 helping the prospective chef, a burger flipper named Ed Devlin, learn the trade. This episode won the 2001 BAFTA for "Best Factual TV Moment." In 2004, Ramsay appeared in two British television series. "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" aired on Channel 4, and saw the chef troubleshooting failing restaurants over a one-week period. This series