The Restaurant 2009

Can I just point out, for those still speculating who Goddess is, that she's said she was in the cake episode - well if I remember right there was only one woman left by then. :)

Merry Christmas.
 
I think Crazy Ray "can't be arsed" (as lovely Nathan would say) to train JJ. In his last, fateful blog, the protector of culinary principals said this:

Quote - The weakness of JJ (cannot cook) will be swept away by his obvious talent: cocktail-making.

From:
http://raymondblanc.com/blogs/the-restaurant-series-3-winners-losers.aspx

I think Crazy Ray has no intention of training JJ to be a chef or even a microwave oven jockey, he just wanted his expertise in adding alcohol to some coloured syrup and shaking it.
 
And again the right decision. Amazing!
Obviously the GRAVAD LAX couple live in a world of their own, but al least everybody there knows them.
Granddad should have used a bullhorn to make sure his message was heard eveywhere.
He was so up his own @rse, it's a miracle he heard the sitting ovation at all.
 
Lady Arran's dogs were the only redeeming feature of this programme - how cute were they?


It seems that winking gets you everywhere, I'm trying to perfect the 'Magic Wink' for my interview as a brain surgeon tomorrow. (I am a World Class candidate, I know what a scalpel is).
 
errrm... if you actually listen to the intro to every show, it's quite explicit that they wanted someone who could survive on the high street .... ie it's a tough old world out there and the urge to go AWOL and throw a paddy when things go t*ts up isn't an option.

Winkers won on exactly the spec which was stated. Correct result IMO.
 
Le Blanc having to defend himself at the top of the interview against the charge that none of the couples left were fit to go into business with. I think Sian and Bill were still in attack mode after interviewing that pathetic excuse for a copper, "Sir" Ian Blair.

What a contrast to last year!

The Restaurant 2007-2008 R.I.P.
 
Whilst I fully agree that this year's intake have been/were incredibly poor I think Rebecca and Stephen had something. "The Front Room" is a good concept, why not have a restaurant emphasising good old British cuisine - with a bit of refinement this could have worked, let's hope they go on to do it by themselves.

As for Rebecca's crying - nobody, surely, has forgotten Mrs Waterworks from last year who burst into tears for no reason whatsoever every minute on the minute and actually went and won the whole damn thing. Presumably she's still lying down in a darkened room trying to pull herself together. Apparently when women get in front of TV cameras and have a little pressure applied their lachrymose glanRAB start to dysfunction. All very embarrassing, a gentle slap usually sorts it out.
 
The girls restaurant is closed. I can understand why tbh, but the winkers are bloody lucky.

Bodger and Badger are restaurant of the week, good choice...:)
 
Predictions for 2010:-
14/6/10 Evening Standard- "Blaggers", a new restaurant opens tonight.
15/7/10 Evening Standard- After several visits from council Consumer Protection staff
about no food being served, "Blaggers" has closed it's doors. Partners say they will reopen with a new concept shortly. Raymond Blanc has filed for bankruptcy.
 
I stand corrected.

Looking at the ratings page for last year, Restaurant 2008 was building ratings very nicely, and last year's River Cottage was just starting as Series 2 reached its finale. It actually beat Hugh in what I take was the semi-final week.

Still think it's better for a programme like this to be up against "My embarassing teenage body" than Jamie Oliver - though admittedly not being a heap of cr@p is a help, too.
 
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