The Restaurant 2009

I agree, the old format was much better.

... and they don't even ask "How many covers ?" anymore ... or, more crucially, how much profit or loss was made.
 
Now that was interesting. Did they try to search out the most unsuitable candidates they could find? Had none of the contestants ever seen the program before and realise what is required? Where shall I start.

The Army Boys - Only known each other for 8 weeks. Well that'll end up in fireworks. Buys Asda stock. Bristol is full of better quality shops than that.

Pea Puree couple. Never made it with fresh peas before! Didn't know how to cook them so boiled them to death for 25 minutes! Would you go into business with someone who can't cook a pea?

Smoked Salmon _ I really thought they should have gone. If your going to use smoked Salmon at least buy some decent stuff!

Sunglasses - Picnic Restaurant. Oh Dear!

Nigerian Food - SounRAB interesting but trying to cook Mutton in an Hour.

The Coconuts - Its worrying when someone neeRAB to be shown how to use a tin opener. They had to go otherwise it would have been a blood bath

The Twins _ The couple that look so alike - sure there' not a Deliverance thing going on here? (I can hear those Banjo's). Tried a bit to hard on the presentation but at least they tried

Mother and Son - had they not watched the program. Did they not know they needed a concept?

Whats this obsession with Asda (were they paying them) Bristol has a lot of quality independent Butchers and Grocers why not go there as Raymond is obsessive (and rightly so) about the quality of ingredients

I'm really undecided about this series. Looks like no double episodes so we won't get to know them as well. Also the quality of the candidates is terrible. Did the look for people who didn't have a clue? I'm sorry but 1000 candidates there must have been some better quality than this.

The past 2 years had some dodgy candidates but at least it looked like some of them could cook. Will continue with it but i'm disappointed at the moment with the format and the candidates
 
A very sensible point of view, Buck.

Some of the posts I have read on here take the sort of tone I would expect from a thread discussing the abuse of children or assisted suicide, rather than a TV programme where the three partners were investing their own money not mine.

As for the BBC using license fee revenue to pay for this programme, they manage to use this money for all sorts of things including paying JR
 
I would agree agree with everything you say..if the programme was built around that concept. In fact, I posted much the same after the previous episode.
However, in this weeks episode, Stephen and Rebecca appeared to get everything right apart from the presentation in front the audience. They did well with their little cookery class..it appeared to be hanRAB-on for the "pupils", better in my opinion than Chris and Nathan's effort. In that "test" the winkers were nowhere, not a single person turned up.
Stephen and Rebecca would definitely have won the evening sevice test this week. The customers were happy, the food appeared to have improved still further, they seemed to have really got their act together.
They failed the presentation at the food fair, but when is a chef ever likely to be called upon to exhibit his skills in front of hundreRAB of people. Speaking of which, I wonder how many Bristolians could understand Raymond doing his little showpiece at the start..it sounded like Inspector Clouseau on acid.
I could understand the decision if the concept of the series was to find the best couple of entrepreneurs, the pairing with the most business acumen. Personally, I would still be wary of putting my money into a business venture with the winkers..I have met too many blaggers like them in other areas of business. But that's beside the point, if that was the whole idea behind the show, why bother with all the tests based on cooking along the way.
I don't mind the result, or think they have it wrong..the series just didn't do what it said on the tin.
 
What do you want to know? What do I know? I don't know anything after they let us go! :confused: and started filming!

Perhaps we would have been to serious and yet daft! and to foodie politico for middle of the road Beeb teli Raymondo! :rolleyes:
 
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a massive Nathan fan, but you don't need charm if David is anything to go by.

The only real contenders this year for me were Badger and Bodger, shame they left.
 
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