Famously cranky chef and TV host Gordon Ramsay stops in at the Applegate River Lodge on Monday. But is it really a “Hotel Hell?”

The episode was filmed in June 2013 at the lodge, which is in the tiny town of Applegate, along the river. It airs on Fox at 9 p.m. on Monday.

Now in its second season, “Hotel Hell” sends Ramsay into small hotels to help owners fix business problems Ñ whatever they may be.

“I didn’t invite him; they found us on the Internet, I guess, and who was I to turn him down?” says Joanna Davis, co-owner of the lodge.

She says she’s concerned that the previews for the episode show the lodge as a party spot run by pot smokers. The preview that ran with last Monday’s episode shows Ramsay arriving in an empty lodge lobby while Richard Davis, the other co-owner, is shown playing guitar and smoking pot, rather than answering the bell.

The pair bought the business about 23 years ago, divorced in 2004, but remain in business together. They run the hotel and restaurant with help from their two sons, Duke and Dusty.

“Aside from Richard flaunting his marijuana use, it was a really amazing experience and good for our family,” Joanna Davis says, adding that Richard has a legal medical marijuana card.

At the time, their two sons were not speaking, the restaurant wasn’t getting great reviews on social media and she and Richard weren’t agreeing on how to run the business, Joanna says.

Typically, Ramsay tries to figure out where the business needs changes and, in a caustic way that makes for entertaining television, does supply help, including re-working a guest room in most of the hotels.

This time, a team reworked both the lobby and one of their rooms for the lodge.

Joanna says Ramsay brought in his culinary team to revamp the restaurant menu, which made use of all frozen meat and seafood, and work with their chef. “Now everything is fresh and it makes a huge difference,” Joanna says.

The Scottish chef is famous for having to be “bleeped” on his shows, which include the competition show “Masterchef” and “Kitchen Nightmares,” which is similar to “Hotel Hell,” but helping restauranteurs fix their businesses.

“He was a sweetheart to me. Absolutely a gentleman,” Joanna says of Ramsay. “Of course, I was the mom. He let my kids have it.”

Ramsay also convinced Richard, Duke and Dusty to alter their job descriptions to make the place run more smoothly.

“He really inspired all of us. And since he’s been gone, we’ve made a lot of improvements and healed a lot,” Joanna says.

In addition to people getting the wrong idea about the business, she’s most worried about the dreaded blue light test, where a special light is shown on a room to see how clean it is. “I’m not looking forward to that,” she admits. “But that’s drama and that’s expected.”

She does not own a television, she says, but is going to a friend’s house to watch. “There are a lot of parties out here in the Applegate for it,” she says with a laugh. “I could go anywhere and watch it.”

In the meantime, she’s been on the phone to her webmaster, asking about boosting their ability to handle more hits. “I expect to have a lot more traffic, with the amount of viewers he has.”

If you miss Monday’s broadcast, the www.fox.com website will have the episode available to view.