Waking Kitchen Nightmares

This week Luke and Hamish are going back to the start (almost!) with another season one extravaganza.

Is this the filthiest restaurant they've covered yet? Why is GQ India's "hottest man" slumming it in this New York eatery?

And can guest Ishan Ganjoor explain why the restaurant is covered in loosely hung white sheets as though it died and became a ghost?!

This week the boys are joined by Omar Najam, as they travel to the Old Neighbourhood to meet Kitchen Nightmares' newest star: Fiona the handless mannequin.

They discuss filth, filth and more filth. Plus, Hamish reveals a conspiracy theory that everything in the restaurant is actually fine.

This week Luke and Hamish are joined by novelist and podcaster Caroline O'Donoghue to sample the best pizzeria in Denver (that happens to have a scary clown hologram on their wall??). They chat giant calzones, a misogynistic trip to Vegas, and the reasons that Gordon Ramsay is a feminist icon.

Lydia is back! To talk about another two-part episode, where Gordon contends with an angry man who cares too much about meat. 

The boys discuss the tyranny of name-tags, the awfulness of drop ceilings and ask the question: What is an elk, actually?

Also, why did Gordon want us to think that the owner has sex with a goat?

The boys went on a date! To an establishment that serves delicious! Fresh! Local! Stunning! Pizza!

That's right, this week on the pod, Luke and Hamish took a field trip to "Street Pizza —Gordon Ramsey—", and boy do they have a lot to say. They bite into the form and function of bottomless pizza, the style and substance of the staff uniforms, and the fact that Hamish arrived on a private Uber boat.

This week the boys are off on another holiday to Hotel Hell— but will they survive the ghosts in this definitely haunted hotel? Or the owner who can get "very physically violent"? Or the smell of dog piss?

With the help of Dan Kelly, they break down the Sherlock Holmes impressions, the wedding planner's chunky highlights, and whether or not you should consult your partner before buying a hotel.

This week, the gang is checking out Nino's— and episode they mostly know from a gif.

They chat half-and-half meals, why an adult would take photos of himself cleaning a restaurant, and find out just which angry, sweaty man is in fact Nino.

Hey hons! This week Luke and Hamish are off to Baltimore to learn how to pronounce the word "hon" with the queen hon herself Liz Guterbock. Hon!

They talk angry morning DJs, discover who originated hon culture, and wonder whether or not Gordon has ever heard of John Waters. 

Also, is this all really taking place in the same city as The Wire?!

This week Hamish and Luke are tackling Down City, perhaps the most canonically queer episode of Kitchen Nightmares USA, though the bar is not exactly high. They are joined by the incredible writer and youtuber Matt Baume.

They talk queer representation in reality tv, whether or not restaurants should serve corn, and the hateful way we dressed servers in the early 2000s