The Restaurant
2007 NR 1 Season
Nine couples are given a restaurant to run and perfect before they open the doors to the paying public when the real test begins. Starring chef Raymond Blanc.
Genre: Documentary · Documentary Series · Documentary · Documentary Series
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15 Episodes
1 - Episode 1 1 h
Each of the nine couples is handed the keys to an empty restaurant, given £5,000 seed money, and given just one week to prepare for opening night.
2 - Episode 2 1 h
World-famous chef Raymond Blanc puts couples through their paces with various restaurant challenges. The prize is to become his business partner.
3 - Episode 3 59 min
The remaining couples add cocktails and desserts to their menu. Meanwhile, stress is starting to impact on some of the couples' relationships.
4 - Episode 4 1 h
Three teams go head to head at a lunch service, but they're becoming careless under pressure. The team that makes the least profit will be eliminated.
5 - Episode 5 1 h
The seven remaining couples are tasked with using every marketing trick in the book to attract customers into their restaurants.
6 - Episode 6 1 h
It's the third elimination challenge and the couples must host an evening of gourmet food, accompanied by entertainment celebrating local history.
7 - Episode 7 59 min
Raymond provides the couples with live eels and a challenge to produce winning dishes. But will the British public want to eat them?
8 - Episode 8 1 h
The fourth elimination is a real challenge; how will the couples cope hosting a three-course banquet with only teenagers on their staff?
9 - Episode 9 59 min
The remaining couples are faced with the task of promoting their restaurants using distinctive brands to attract paying customers.
10 - Episode 10 1 h
In the fifth elimination challenge, the remaining couples must come up with exciting new microwave meals and pitch them to two high street stores.
11 - Episode 11 1 h
Raymond Blanc asks the remaining couples to focus on the most important person in the restaurant business; the customer.
12 - Episode 12 58 min
The elimination task sees the couples attempting to fill their restaurants with singles for a dating night, but finding customers proves difficult.
13 - Episode 13 1 h
Raymond pays a visit to the remaining couples' restaurants to see how they're faring, and to determine who will be guaranteed a place in the final.
14 - Episode 14 1 h
With one couple already into the final, the other two must work directly with Raymond rather than at their own restaurants to prove their worth.
15 - Episode 15 59 min
The grand final, and the competitors must travel to France and open a new restaurant each within 48 hours. Will their concepts impress the locals?
Nine couples are given a restaurant to run and perfect before they open the doors to the paying public when the real test begins. Starring chef Raymond Blanc.
Genre: Documentary · Documentary Series · Documentary · Documentary Series
Languages: English
Partner BBC Learning