History Heartwarming / KitchenNightmares

* "Flemings": The initial food criticizing is interrupted when Gordon spies a couple a few tables over with a foil swan wrapped around a to-go box. This little bit of flair by one of the servers delights Chef Ramsay so much he asks her to show him how to do it. The childlike glee on his face is amazing.

** And, as of 2016, while [[BittersweetEnding Moe and Rami have apparently sold the restaurant to new owners], [[http://www.oceanagrill.com/ Oceana is still open]], and apparently doing well, with a 4/5 review on Yelp, with over 2000 reviews!

** Also Daniel's fiance Wendy, who won't take any of the shit his parents are giving him at ''all'', defending him to her best ability, and sticking with him despite the awful situation he's in.

* "The Dovecoat" (UK): Ramsay enters a restaurant where the owner is driving his business into the ground and his bullheaded attitudes have nearly broken up the family. By the time Gordon leaves, the business ''and'' family are going well...and they still are when Gordon comes back a few weeks later.

* In the US episode Black Berry's, Gordon has had two plates of bland food, and one plate that sent him retching to the bathroom. When he receives his dessert, he takes one bite, declares it delicious, and gives the chef (an 82 year old woman) a kiss on the cheek.
* In the episode "The Runaway Girl", the self-taught head chef has had to deal with the arrogance of the restaurant owner, who happens to also be his school-boy friend, and was forced to cook sub-par dishes as a misguided cost-saving measure. It's clear he's depressed and ashamed about it. A bit later into the episode, after proving just what a good cook he is, Gordon takes him aside and begins doling out the compliments. He has to stop when the big guy who just minutes ago (to the viewers) was screaming even louder than Gordon at the owner, [[ManlyTears begins to cry]]. Gordon even gives him a hug!

* "Yanni's": Treya, who is very upset and suffering emotionally from the turmoil amongst the family, is treat like a hazzard. Everyone tells her to stop it or shout at her. Ramsay however is visibly upset she's treated as such. He talks to her for a short while only for him to admit he is sorry that he only came to help the restuarant. It's clear he understands her feelings and wants to help her.
* "Pantaleone": The restaurant's food was terrible and the owner/chef was too arrogant to even admit there was a problem, still riding high on praise he'd received in 1985. After both seeing the results of a public taste test(his pizza fared worse than frozen store pizza) and realizing that his attitude and the failing restaurant was tearing his own family apart, he finally agreed to some massive changes. They are still in business and still family-owned and operated.
* "The Old Neighborhood": When Gordon arrived, the entire building was in poor condition, littered with junk, and the food was terrible. The owners were in severe debt as a result. After Gordon shut the kitchen down due to the unsanitary conditions, the husband & wife owners break down into tears and finally agree to allow some massive changes. The end result was a new menu, a renovated interior and all of the hoarded junk being thrown out. Unfortunately, they decided to close on May 1st 2016.
* You can feel the collective sigh of relief when Gordon tells the Mama Maria's staff that the customer that had been hospitalized the previous day from a rotten lobster made a full recovery and was released.

* "The Old Neighborhood": When Gordon arrived, the entire building was in poor condition, littered with junk, and the food was terrible. The owners were in severe debt as a result. After Gordon shut the kitchen down due to the unsanitary conditions, the husband & wife owners break down into tears and finally agree to allow some massive changes. The end result was a new menu, a renovated interior and all of the hoarded junk being thrown out. Not only was the reopening a massive success but they are also still in business.

* "The Old Neighborhood": When Gordon arrived, the entire building was in poor condition, littered with junk, and the food was terrible. The owners were in severe debt as a result. After Gordon shut the kitchen down due to the unsanitary conditions, the husband & wife owners break down into tears and finally agree to allow some massive changes. The end result was a new menu, a renovated interior and all of the hoarded junk being thrown out. Not only was the reopening a massive success but they are also still in business.

* "The Old Neighborhood": When Gordon arrived, the entire building was in poor condition, littered with junk, and the food was terrible. The owners were in severe debt as a result. After Gordon shut the kitchen down due to the unsanitary conditions, the husband & wife owners break down into tears and finally agree to allow some massive changes. The end result was a new menu, a renovated interior and all of the hoarded junk being thrown out. No tonly was the reopening a massive success but they are also still in business.

* "Yanni's": Treya, who is very upset and suffering emotionally from the turmoil amongst the family, is treat like a hazzard. Everyone tells her to stop it or shout at her. Ramsay however is visibly upset she's treated as such. He talks to her for a short while only for him to admit he is sorry that he only came to help the restuarant. It's clear he understands her feelings and wants to help her.

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* "Capri": The whole episode features Ramsay alternating between ToughLove reaming out the twins who own the place for how their laziness has let it go downhill, to patiently comforting and encouraging them, such as taking Jeff aside during the first dinner serving after the man has a minor breakdown upon realizing what a disaster it is. He's hard on them in the beginning, but is quick to tell them they're not failures whenever they say it in a bout of frustration or insecurity. Ultimately his main point in the episode is teaching the two of them to be proud of their work and not be afraid to put their hearts into it, even getting them into a boxing ring to duke it out with him and each other to deal with their issues. Perhaps more heartwarming is that the change stuck, and the two are still in business having fun with the customers while making good food.

* "Capri": The whole episode features Ramsay alternating between ToughLove reaming out the twins who own the place for how their laziness has let it go downhill, to patiently comforting and encouraging them. Some moments of this include taking Jeff aside during the first dinner serving to help him pull through what is clearly a disaster when he has a minor breakdown, and getting them both into a boxing ring to spar with him and each other in order to work through their frustrations and insecurities. He was hard on them in the beginning, but every time one of them said they felt like a failure he was quick to say it wasn't true. Perhaps even more heartwarming is that after everything the two are still in business together, entertaining customers while making good food.

* A small one in the now infamous "Amy's Baking Company" episode: Ramsay finds out during the dinner service that employees aren't allowed to keep their tips, hands a nice fat tip to his [[TheWoobie much-abused server]], telling her to keep it for herself.

* Hannah and Mason's: Gordon happens to arrive on Valentine's Day and sets out a picture of his wife while dining.

* Hannah and Mason's: Gordon happens to arrive on Valentine's Day and sets out a picture of wife while dining.