# Pesadelo na Cozinha

Pesadelo na Cozinha (transl. Nightmare in the Kitchen) is a Brazilian reality television show broadcast on Band network based on the British reality Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.
The TV show, commanded by French-Brazilian chef Érick Jacquin, has the objective to help restaurants which are going bankrupt. On 27 July 2017, a second season was confirmed to premiere in 2018, which was later delayed to 2019. In October 2019, a third season was confirmed to 2020. After the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, the production was suspended for undetermined time, but Band confirmed that the first 4 episodes would be released on 30 March 2021.

## Series overview

| Season | Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Season | Episodes | Season premiere | Season finale |
| | 1 | 13 | 26 January 2017 (2017-01-26) | 20 April 2017 (2017-04-20) |
| | 2 | 7 | 27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) | 8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) |
| | 3 | 4 | 30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) | 20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) |
| | 5 | 12 | 11 February 2025 (2025-02-11) | TBA |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2017)

| No. overall | No. in season | Restaurant | Location | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Escondidinho da Amada" | Pinheiros, São Paulo | 26 January 2017 (2017-01-26) |
| 2 | 2 | "Najjah" | Santana, São Paulo | 2 February 2017 (2017-02-02) |
| 3 | 3 | "Saia do Padre" | Pompeia, São Paulo | 9 February 2017 (2017-02-09) |
| 4 | 4 | "Nahamalho" | Perdizes, São Paulo | 16 February 2017 (2017-02-16) |
| 5 | 5 | "Hooker" | Jardins, São Paulo | 23 February 2017 (2017-02-23) |
| 6 | 6 | "Fina Farina" | Vila Mariana, São Paulo | 30 February 2017 (2017-02-30) |
| Restaurant was renamed Zío during production. |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Samosa & Company" | Jardins, São Paulo | 2 March 2017 (2017-03-02) |
| 8 | 8 | "Burg One" | Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro | 9 March 2017 (2017-03-09) |
| 9 | 9 | "La Cabaña" | Moema, São Paulo | 16 March 2017 (2017-03-16) |
| 10 | 10 | "Los Molinos" | Ipiranga, São Paulo | 23 March 2017 (2017-03-23) |
| 11 | 11 | "Sal e Pimenta" | Paraíso, São Paulo | 30 March 2017 (2017-03-30) |
| 12 | 12 | "Dedo de la Chica" | Vila Madalena, São Paulo | 6 April 2017 (2017-04-06) |
| 13 | 13 | "Trilha da Costela" | Mooca, São Paulo | 13 April 2017 (2017-04-13) |

### Season 2 (2019)

| No. overall | No. in season | Restaurant | Location | Original release date |
| 14 | 1 | "Pé de Fava" | Tranquilidade, Guarulhos | 27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) |
| 15 | 2 | "Esporte Bar e Restaurante" | Santo Amaro, São Paulo | 3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) |
| Restaurant was renamed Antigo Bar during production. |||||
| 16 | 3 | "Alquimia Restaurante e Rotisseria" | Barra Funda, São Paulo | 10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) |
| 17 | 4 | "Hero's Burger" | Pinheiros, São Paulo | 17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) |
| 18 | 5 | "El Maktub" | Vila Carrão, São Paulo | 24 September 2019 (2019-09-24) |
| 19 | 6 | "Joka's Grill" | Itaim Bibi, São Paulo | 1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) |
| 20 | 7 | "Bawarchi" | Vila Mariana, São Paulo | 8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) |

### Season 3 (2021)

| No. overall | No. in season | Restaurant | Location | Original release date |
| 21 | 1 | "Mamma Júlia" | Bixiga, São Paulo | 30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) |
| 22 | 2 | "Ça-Va" | Bela Vista, São Paulo | 6 April 2021 (2021-04-06) |
| 23 | 3 | "Estrela de Roma" | Lapa, São Paulo | 13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) |
| 24 | 4 | "Kitanda" | Vila Romana, São Paulo | 20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) |
| Restaurant was renamed Casa da Tânea during production. |||||

### Season 4 (2025)

| No. overall | No. in season | Restaurant | Location | Original release date |
| 25 | 1 | "Em Nome do Pai" | Vila Progredior, São Paulo | 11 February 2025 (2025-02-11) |
| 26 | 2 | "Bar do Dedé" | Socorro | 18 February 2025 (2025-02-18) |
| 27 | 3 | "Cia do Showrrasco" | Pompeia, São Paulo | 25 February 2025 (2025-02-25) |
| 28 | 4 | "Alternativa Casa do Natural" | Vila Madalena, São Paulo | 4 March 2025 (2025-03-04) |

## Criticism

Before its premiere, the choice of Érick Jacquin to present the TV show was criticized by Danielle Dahoui, chef and presenter of the fourth season of Hell's Kitchen: Cozinha sob Pressão. In an interview to UOL, she criticized Jacquin's attitude and what he represents: "But how does a person [...] who has millions of labour lawsuits, will present a show like this?"
Writing to Observatório da Televisão, Endrigo Annyston said that the "main problem of Pesadelo na Cozinha is being fake in excess [...] it doesn't show the truth. If the TV shows Casos de Família and João Kléber Show raise doubts about the veracity of the cases presented, the reality show appears to be extremely rehearsed. [...] This is common in televisive attractions, not everything is improvised. The problem is to make the acting so obvious."
Two years after the airing of Hero's Burger episode, chef Marco Ungaro stated in an interview that his participation was rigged. According to him, Band didn't know, but the purpose of his participation was to boost the image of the burger shop and, to do that, the restaurant team made a deal to show a negative side of Marco, so his participation wouldn't affect the show.

## Awards

| Ano | Prêmio | Categoria | Resultado |
| 2019 | Troféu APCA | Best TV Show | Nominated |
| 2019 | Melhores do Ano NaTelinha | Best Reality | Nominated |
| 2019 | Prêmio Contigo! Online | Best Reality Show | Nominated |