Kitchen Nightmares this edition of the show appears to be more interested in playing up the family dramas at the restaurants Ramsay visits". Robert Lloyd of the "Los Angeles Times" commented, "Whereas the British "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" is fundamentally a food show — it has interesting things to show you about how a restaurant runs and a kitchen works, the wonders of local markets and what you can make from them if you're Gordon Ramsay or willing to follow his instructions — the Fox edition emphasizes mishap, argument and emotional breakdown almost to the exclusion of cuisine". Kitchen Nightmares Kitchen Nightmares is
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares show's "economic realism" in the tired food television genre. She wrote, "There is something refreshing about a show that doesn't promise a ticket to ride (a surgical makeover, a million dollars, Richard Branson's job) but instead offers restaurant owners the hope—if they seriously reform their establishments—that they might, just might, break even for the next few months." "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" was named Best Feature at the 2005 and 2008 BAFTA awards. It also earned the 2006 International Emmy for best non-scripted entertainment. On 3 March 2009, Acorn Media released season 1 of "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" on DVD in the US.