Pesadilla en la cocina explained

Genre:	Food reality
Based On:	Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
Director:	María Ascen Recarte José Rueda
Presenter:	Alberto Chicote
Country:	Spain
Language:	Spanish
Num Seasons:	8
Num Episodes:	103
Executive Producer:	Edi Walter
Company:	EyeWorks Cuatro Cabezas
Channel:	laSexta
Last Aired:	present

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.

History

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 2007.

In 2010, Spanish TV station Nova, owned by Grupo Antena 3 (now Atresmedia), started airing both the British and American versions of the show, notching notable rating figures for the channel's standards. In 2012, right before its merging into Grupo Antena 3, laSexta acquired the rights to the format and started preparing the launch of the Spanish version of the show, which would be named Pesadilla en la cocina (the same title under which Nova still airs Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and Kitchen Nightmares to this day). Pesadilla en la cocina premiered on laSexta's prime time slot on October 25, 2012.^[1] The chef selected to host the format was Madrid-born Alberto Chicote, who was named restaurateur of the year in Spain in 2006 and was the owner of Pandelujo, named restaurant of the year in 2010.^[2]

Failures and controversies

• El Castro de Lugo, in Madrid, closed shortly before the episode about it aired.^[3] Besides, the cook, who was portrayed on the show as an absent-minded and extremely devout woman, claimed everything was scripted and she had been forced to play that role. She also added that the part where she was shown praying in a nearby church was filmed without her consent.^[4]
• Da Vinci (renamed Nuevo Da Vinci while filming), in Moraira (Alicante) closed two weeks later than El Castro. Its owner claimed that Chicote's advice had proven useless and criticized statements made by Chicote on El Hormiguero.^[5] Later the owner's son refuted him claiming that the changes Chicote suggested were good for business, but were not useful because of the lack of commitment of his father.^[6]
• In June 2013, it was announced that Japanese restaurant To-Toro (formerly Osaka), located in Ronda (Málaga) was closing its doors.^[7]
• La Ermita, in Madrid, closed during the summer of 2013 for undisclosed reasons.
• Katay, in Tomares (Seville), was closed by its owners in October 2013. They thanked the crew of the show for their efforts.
• In 2014, Sip Bar (renamed Flor de Tapa while filming), in Miami (Florida, United States), closed once Chicote helped them. The current status of the restaurant is unknown, since its Facebook page still features its old name and has no recent references. It has been reported to have closed forever.
• L'Orbayu, in Las Vegas (Asturias) closed in June 2013, apparently due to its owner's health issues.
• La Hamburguesía (renamed La Broqueta while filming), in Alcoy (Alicante) saw a rare case of double sell in which the original owners, with the restaurant recently renovated after shooting the show, sold it only for the new owner to sell it again shortly after. They were accused of illegally profiting from the show.^[8]
• For the relaunch of restaurant Yatiri in Ibiza, the crew of the show organized a press conference with local media, something unheard of until then. However, the restaurant failed to stay afloat and was sold soon after.^[9]

Aside of the closures listed above, Pesadilla en la cocina has also seen some controversial incidents. The most notorious of them happened in Bilbao, when Chicote went to help La Reina del Arenal and its annex Opila. The owners asked the station not to air the episode about them claiming they had been coerced, and claimed it had been manipulated after its broadcast. Also, Chicote was accused of homophobic behaviour when he told one of the owners that he looked "like a little girl" and asked him if he would "put anything into his mouth".^[10]

Other person who raised his voice against Pesadilla en la cocina was Cristóbal, the owner of El Yugo de Castilla (Boecillo, Valladolid), personal friend of Alberto Chicote, who completely ignored his advice after filming. Later he would claim that his suggestions were not adequate and that the renovation made his restaurant look worse. El Yugo would remain closed to the public and serving only personal requests until 2016.

Episode list

Season 1

	Restaurant	Cuisine	Location	Air date	Mill. viewers (Share)	Current status
1	La Tana	Spanish	Pinto, Madrid		2.802 (13.7%)
2	Da Vinci	Spanish	Moraira, Alicante		2.483 (12.7%)
3	El gusto es nuestro	Spanish	Villa de Vallecas, Madrid		2.517 (12.4%)
4	El último Agave	Mexican	Eixample, Barcelona		2.154 (10.2%)
5	El Castro de Lugo	Spanish	Tetuán, Madrid		3.01 (15.3%)
6	Dómine Cabra	Spanish	Las Letras, Madrid		2.508 (12.3%)
7	La Reina del Arenal & Opila	Spanish	Bilbao, Biscay		2.366 (12%)
8	Osaka (renamed To-Toro)	Japanese	Ronda, Málaga		2.479 (12.4%)
9	Sagar	Indian	Salamanca, Madrid		2.428 (12.4%)
10	La Ermita	Spanish	Alcobendas, Madrid		2.097 (10.1%)
11	El Bodegón	Spanish	Guadalajara		2.292 (11%)
12	El Pozo Viejo	Spanish	Marbella, Málaga		1.932 (8.8%)

Season 2

	Restaurant	Cuisine	Location	Air date	Mill. viewers (Share)	Current status
13	Katay	Japanese	Tomares, Seville		2.302 (11.6%)
14	El Yugo de Castilla	Spanish	Boecillo, Valladolid		2.244 (11.3%)
15	La Mansión	Spanish	Navalcarnero, Madrid		2.201 (11.3%)
16	La Zapatería	Spanish	Sol, Madrid		2.602 (13.4%)
17	Nou Set	Spanish	Premià de Mar, Barcelona		2.455 (12.8%)
18	Parador de Villa (renamed Prost)	Spanish	Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid		2.383 (13%)
19	Vivaldi	Italian	Sants, Barcelona		2.964 (16.3%)
20	El Chiringuito del Tío Matías (renamed El Cubano)	Spanish	Aguadulce, Almería		2.319 (14.7%)

Season 3

	Restaurant	Cuisine	Location	Air date	Mill. viewers (Share)	Current status
21	Taberna La Concha	Spanish	El Rocío, Huelva		2.751 (12.8%)
22	Las Noches de Moscú	Russian	Malasaña, Madrid		2.121 (13.6%)
23	La Barrica	Spanish	Alcalá de Henares, Madrid		2.498 (12.1%)
24	Anou	Spanish	Valencia		2.479 (11.8%)
25	Taberna La Goyesca	Spanish	Tetuán, Madrid		2.162 (10.4%)
26	What happened to...? (1)				2.466 (11.8%)
27	Cool Palace (renamed La Panmediterránea)	Spanish	Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Madrid		2.357 (11.6%)
28	Picanha	Brazilian	Chamberí, Madrid		1.826 (9.2%)
29	Sip Bar (renamed Flor de Tapa)	Spanish	Miami, Florida, United States		2.053 (10.2%)
30	La Masia de l'Era	Spanish	La Riera de Gaià, Tarragona		2.596 (12.3%)
31	El Gran Café	Spanish	Coslada, Madrid		2.488 (11.8%)
32	Picasso	Spanish	Los Abrigos, Santa Cruz de Tenerife		2.666 (12.8%)
33	L'Orbayu	Spanish	Las Vegas, Asturias		2.508 (12.4%)
34	Alcalá UnoDosCinco	Spanish	Salamanca, Madrid		2.373 (11.7%)
35	El Puerto	Spanish	Benidorm, Alicante		2.662 (13.1%)
36	La Parrilla de Poli	Bulgarian	Aluche, Madrid		2.347 (11.4%)
37	34 Bar (renamed F. M. Food and Music)	Spanish	Cercedilla, Madrid		2.621 (12.7%)
38	El Edén	Spanish	Sants, Barcelona		2.504 (11.9%)
39	What happened to...? (2)				2.267 (11.1%)
40	The 7 Capital Sins of Pesadilla en la Cocina				1.682 (8.5%)

Season 4

	Restaurant	Cuisine	Location	Air date	Mill. viewers (Share)	Current status
41	La Estación	Spanish	Las Torres de Cotillas, Murcia		2.265 (11.6%)
42	Karma	Moroccan	San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid		1.854 (14.2%)
43	Le Terrazze	Italian	Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Ibiza		1.724 (9%)
44	Brasas (renamed La Mariña de Luarca)	Spanish	Luarca, Asturias		1.607 (12.5%)
45	Sukur (renamed La Retama)	Greek	Barri Gòtic, Barcelona		2.066 (10.5%)
46	La Hamburguesía (renamed La Broqueta)	Spanish	Alcoy, Alicante		1.844 (9.6%)
47	Mesón Galicia	Spanish	Hamburg, Germany		1.768 (9.6%)
48	El Montecillo	Spanish	Puerto de la Torre, Málaga		2.101 (10.8%)
49	What happened to...? (3)				1.929 (10.1%)
50	La Taberneta	Spanish	Eixample, Barcelona		2.082 (11.2%)
51	La Corte	Spanish	Fuenlabrada, Madrid		2.236 (12%)
52	Yatiri	Spanish	Ibiza		2.171 (11.6%)
53	L'Olivé	Andorran	Andorra la Vella, Andorra		2.1 (12.2%)
54	What happened to...? (4)				1.634 (9.9%)
55	Pesadilla en la Cocina in 10 Rounds				1.038 (6.8%)
56	The Handbook to Save Your Restaurant				0.837 (5.7%)

Season 5

	Restaurant	Cuisine	Location	Air date	Mill. viewers (Share)	Current status
57	Némesis (renamed Némesis Waterfront Restaurant)	Spanish	Badalona, Barcelona		1.831 (11.1%)
58	Don Super Pollo (renamed Leña al Pollo)	Spanish	Mataró, Barcelona		1.383 (15.2%)
59	Ele	Spanish	Utrecht, Netherlands		1.911 (11.4%)
60	Hot Beach (renamed Gold Beach)	Spanish	Alicante		1.758 (10.1%)
61	Irlanda (renamed Lembranzas de Irlanda)	Spanish	Ferrol, A Coruña		1.919 (11%)
62	Baltias (renamed Baltias Pantone)	Spanish	Madrid		2.113 (11.8%)
63	Asador Juan de Austria	Spanish	Villarejo de Salvanés, Madrid		1.907 (10.7%)
64	Pizzeria Il Tartufo	Italian	Ubrique, Cádiz		2.016 (11.8%)
65	House Café	Spanish	Pinos Genil, Granada		2.201 (12.9%)
66	La terraza de Rocío	Spanish	Valencina de la Concepción, Seville		2.404 (14.1%)
67	Café Zamora (renamed El Zamora)	Spanish	Zamora		2.463 (14.3%)
68	María La Portuguesa (renamed Cheespain)	Portuguese	Sol, Madrid		2.369 (13.3%)
69	El Rey	Spanish	Balsicas, Murcia		2.287 (13,2%)

Season 6

	Restaurant	Cuisine	Location	Air date	Mill. viewers (Share)	Current status
70	Christmas Eve Nightmares				0.367 (4%)
71	Mizuna	Thai	Girona		1.46 (8.7%)
72	Casa Pili	Spanish	Castro Urdiales, Cantabria		1.641 (9.8%)
73	Generación del 27 (renamed Taberna del Sur)	Spanish	Almería		1.506 (9%)
74	A Cañada (renamed Delic Experience)	Spanish	Las Acacias, Madrid		1.778 (10.2%)
75	El Rosal	Spanish	Córdoba		1.741 (9.8%)
76	Tetería Nazarí	Spanish	Melilla		1.907 (11.5%)
77	El Racó Marítim	Spanish	Valencia		1.934 (11.9%)
78	La Casuca (renamed El Figón del Norte)	Spanish	Móstoles, Madrid		1.951 (12.5%)
79	Olé Jatetxea (renamed Maltea)	Spanish	Pamplona, Navarre		1.683 (11.1%)
80	Phoenix	Spanish	Elche, Alicante		1.692 (11.3%)

Season 7

	Restaurant	Cuisine	Location	Air date	Mill. viewers (Share)	Current status
81	Mosto Tejero	Spanish	Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz		1.288 (9.4%)
82	La Cueva de Juan (renamed La Cueva)	Spanish	Paiporta, Valencia		1.279 (8.6%)
83	El Jardín del Pensador (renamed El Jardín)	Spanish	Plasencia, Cáceres		1.202 (8.4%)
84	El Submarino	Spanish	Food truck in Barcelona		1.363 (9.4%)
85	Pepe's Cantina	Mexican / Spanish	Rota, Cádiz		1.041 (7.9%)
86	A la Parrilla (renamed Casa Cacenebo)	Spanish	Badajoz		1.328 (9%)
87	La Tarantella	Italian	Barcelona		1.04 (7.1%)
88	Lolailo	Spanish	Valencia		1.257 (8.7%)
89	Reina Mariana (renamed Il Nuevo Piero)	Italian / Spanish	Valencia		1.16 (8%)
90	El Rincón de Montse (renamed El Cucharón de Daganzo)	Spanish	Daganzo de Arriba, Madrid		1.188 (7.5%)
91	El Cantábrico	Spanish	Cádiz		1.334 (8.6%)
92	Tigris	Moroccan	Alcorcón, Madrid		1.076 (7.1%)
93	Rusiñol	Spanish	Aranjuez, Madrid		1.095 (6.9%)
94	El Legado de Andrés	Spanish	Navalmoral de la Mata, Cáceres		1.005 (6.6%)
95	La Habana (renamed La Foguera)	Spanish	Gijón, Asturias		0.870 (5.6%)
96	La Madrina	Ecuadorian	Villaverde, Madrid		0.872 (5.6%)

Notes and References

1. Web site: La Sexta estrena 'Pesadilla en la cocina' este jueves frente a los 'Tróspidos' de Cuatro. Vertele. 6 August 2015. Spanish. 22 October 2012.
2. Web site: Alberto Chicote recorrerá España con 'Pesadilla en la cocina' para salvar negocios de hostelería al borde de la quiebra. FormulaTV. 6 August 2015. Spanish. 6 September 2012.
3. Web site: La última "Pesadilla en la cocina" de Chicote, el Castro de Lugo, cierra. Vertele. 6 August 2015. Spanish. 26 November 2012.
4. Web site: Chicote tenía que quedar como un héroe y nosotros como unos guarros. Yo sólo actuaba. Lo que ellos me decían, lo hacía. El Confidencial Digital. 6 August 2015. Spanish. 26 November 2012.
5. Web site: El cierre de un segundo restaurante se convierte en la 'Pesadilla' de Chicote. Vertele. 7 August 2015. Spanish. 3 December 2012.
6. Web site: "Chicote dio el 200%, pero mi padre le culpa para echar balones fuera". Vertele. 7 August 2015. Spanish. 4 December 2012.
7. Web site: Castilla. Alba. Alberto Chicote no logra rescatar del cierre al restaurante japonés to-Toro. Las Provincias. 7 August 2015. Spanish. 18 June 2013.
8. Web site: El sorprendente doble traspaso del último restaurante de "Pesadilla en la cocina". hoyCinema. 7 August 2015. Spanish. 8 May 2015.
9. Web site: El Yatiri, el restaurante ibicenco de 'Pesadilla en la cocina', fracasa en su intento de reflote y se traspasa. NouDiari. 7 August 2015. Spanish.
10. Web site: El 'Pesadilla en la cocina' de Bilbao hace que acusen a Chicote de homófobo. Qué. 7 August 2015. Spanish. 7 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130111160312/http://www.que.es/television/201212071046-pesadilla-cocina-bilbao-hace-acusen-cont.html. 11 January 2013. dead.