The Restaurant 2009

A truly bonkers decision to go into business running a restaurant with these 2. Why would anyone go to a place where the "chef" can't cook. I can just imagine ordering my main course and getting a cocktail instead!!!! RB is taking a very serious risk here which could well damage his reputation.
 
These people are so absolutely without merit - I want the Chavs to win, just for that magnificent cake....I want to get a photo of it, anyone know where I can get one?
 
IMO the problem stems from a dreadful choice of candidates. There appeared to be no worthy winners or at least no winners amongst those that could cook. They all seemed to have major faults that no amount of training could eradicate.

The issues seem to be:

Why did he not just be brave and say that none were worthy of opening a restaurant with. (no mention was made of opening a cocktail bar)

Why did he pick the winners as being 2 people who already had a successful central London business as a cocktail bar which also served food to share. Not only was JJ unable to cook but he also showed little inclination to learn!

The Winkers were an established business not two contestants striving to get their first restaurant!

In almost every programme the Winkers were shown to be inept (albeit as were many of the others) but at least the others cooked and followed the given brief!

In the final Chris delivered all the required courses including using vegetables from the garden and coping with an hours delay to the start of the meal. Nathan was Chris' downfall.

JJ ordered in veg, burnt the veg for the stock, made a lumpy glue for the risotto, the petit fours were not petit!), and made soup instead of a souffle! Where was Blackadder when JJ said 'I have a Plan'! Totally stage managed!

It all looked wrong! and it felt wrong to most viewers. I cannot believe that they did not sit down and watch the programmes and see what impression would be given to the viewer with all the inconsistencies throughout.

Blanc just destroyed his own credibility
 
Yes, viewers were disappointed, some very much so. This thread alone has run to 145 pages and I am sure disappointed viewers made their opinions known to the BBC.

At the end of the day, three business people made a decision to invest their own money in the two people they thought would make the better business partners.

Their investment will succeed or it will fail - the loss will be borne by them. People will decide whether or not to go to whatever type of restaurant the winners will provide.

A witch hunt against RB on the basis that viewers did not like the choice of winners he decided is extreme and out of all proportion.
 
Yeah, but I'm the only person that can make a chicken pasta and forget to put the pasta in AND only realise halfway through eating....

I'm just surprised JJ actually put together the scotch eggs and didn't just go to asda although we only did see him prepare one....:D
 
Don't want to seem snobby, but Monsieur Blonk likes beautiful things around him and has chosen the best looking couples before. Surely some of the less personable couples will rule themselves out on this score?
 
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