The Restaurant 2009

Clearly some of the couples were selected for their entertainment value, not their culinary skills.

The Gravad-lax pair and the cocky winkers probably have agents and are looking for a career in TV.
Watch them pop up on Coach Trip, Place in the Sun etc.

I wonder how many competent couples were rejected in favour of these idiots.

Perhaps RB is hoping to become the government's new restaurant tsar!
 
Sian and Bill had both obviously watched the programme and were basically having none of RaymonRAB waffle! They did not believe a word he said. A very good interview!
 
I can sort of understand how someone who hasn't watched the show before would think RB decision was acceptable. But for those of us who have seen series 1 and 2 this show was baffling :confused:

If all he wanted was people with a good idea and business savvy then surely something like The Apprentice would have suited better?
 
Err, when, because I completely missed that bit. He did a lovely soup that may, for some have been a bit tepid - okay, strike one against him, perhaps.

He did a stunning fish course, went out on time - pass

He produced souffle, went out on time - pass

He produced the petite fours (or however you spell them), went out on time - pass.

Compared to JJ

Produced blinis that were too big, but tasted okay - pass/fail

Produced a risotto you could have repointed a house with - fail

Produced nice beef (I'm presuming on time) - pass, but ordered in veg rather then going to garden (as asked!) - fail

Failed to produce a pudding - fail

Did some nice cocktail - won the entire thing.

Mind you, Chris and Nathan did miss a trick, if Chris had stuffed up the pudding completely, Nathan could have whipped out his scissors and given all the ladies a nice haircut and probably won it for them :rolleyes:
 
Just watched WeRAB prog. Have to say what an abysmal series! So the cream of the crop is an ok chef with a front of house guy who is only interested in his customers as a means to an end, and only if he feels like it and let's face it most times he doesn't, and another couple where the chef can't actually cook!!
Totally ridiculous, if I were RB I would feel ashamed of the whole thing.
Most of the losing contestants last year would be far better than these four.
Of course the best thing Rb could do would be to split the couples up and offer Chris & James a job or take a leaf out of Trump's book (Apprebntice uSA) fire them all and fire the TV execs who choose Watchability in the contsetants over any real talent.
 
JJ and James just scraped through last week contrary to popular opinion on this thread.

The following is an extract from the BBC release for the programme on the 26th and names two couples that survive:

There's a heat-wave in Bristol and the four remaining couples sweat it out at a tea dance, serving afternoon tea to more than a hundred guests, in the penultimate episode of The Restaurant.

Front of house must up their game in presentation and service and it's a chance for the chefs to show off their baking skills. There's another challenge too: front of house must win over as many guests with their menus as they are competing directly against each other for the first time.

JJ and James relish the chance to outdo the others, while Chris and Nathan come a cropper with their menu. When Raymond Blanc's partners, Sarah Willingham and David Moore, turn up, they find that parched guests are wilting.
 
What a joke! JJ and James are awful- though it seems to me David and Sarah have been championing them the whole way through, and as they're going to have shares, they have a say... Losers!
 
The problem for Chris is Nathan is destroying their chances. The winkers may be cooking food badly but at least their front of service is excellent, and always has been. That makes up for the short comings in the kitchen and if Raymond fancies training someone up, then the winkers can win it.

Nathan on the other hand is just destroying his teams chances and has done from day 1. No matter how good Chris is, Nathan just cancels it out with his poor front of house.

That is the reason the winkers will win.
 
I thought the restaurant was possibly the worst reality show, amongst a bad lot!

I think the two laRAB who couldn't cook toast won it in the end? I's pay extra to have re-runs of Anne Robinson on instead of this, or failing that how about more big bang theory just to patronise just that little bit extra?
 
Hey look, it's better than giving up, it's better than letting them go away hungry. He could have crashed and burned but he came up with a solution and it's going down quite well it seems.
 
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