The Restaurant 2009

I too have been very disappointed in the whole series.

In the tea dance thing, why weren't they allowed staff? Were we supposed to be amazed and shocked that one person found it impossible to serve 50 people? The equivalent in series 2 was the Oxford university dinner, where they had a team of waiters, and it was interesting to see how they managed people (like Harriet's father moaning at people!). This time they were left on their own. Why?

I just couldn't take such a ridiculous set-up seriously. One customer said 'would you wait 90 minutes in a restaurant'? Well, if the restaurant had one waiter, I wouldn't even go in.

The same goes for the cake thing, it was blatantly obvious they didn't have enough time to prepare and I felt desperately sorry for the fella who honestly tried his best, whilst the winker got someone else to do it and passed it off as his own.

I think Raymond likes the Winkers because they already run a successful business. Anything else he's not bothered about, they run a bar in central London, and that beats a) not even trying to cook b) constant brown-nosing and c) abandoning their concept completely.

What I also miss is the feedback session from other series. Does anyone else find the conversation between Raymond, Sarah and the other bloke all a bit forced? It's as if they're reading lines sometimes, I find it cringeworthy. It was better when you actually saw the contestants get a bollocking.
 
I have been watching this series, and i have to say I have been enjoying it!

Its not as good as S1 or S2 in terms of ability but its still very funny to watch!

I couldnt believe it when he shut down Daisy and Nadines restuarant tonight- two of the teams just bought food for the tea party- they cooked their own cakes!

And for the service- yes, they went off down the wrong path, but they COOKED the food and no complaints about servic..I do not understand how The Winkers are their- that man DOES NOT COOK! It really is that simple...

I think it is fairly obvious that Nathan and his partner will win it, and Nathan will be ditched cos he is so rude!
 
It puzzles me why this is so hard for peeps to grasp, the Restaurant isn't Masterchef and certainly not Masterchef - the Professionals. It is producing what it said it would - a pair with a concept that might make a commercial success and the commitment to go for it.

It's not the Winkers' problem that the (IMO) only other decent idea - D-Soirees - was ditched completely whenever they had to do a task. It also isn't their problem that other couples have flunked some of the tasks completely.

I am amazed they survived the farmers market task with their lightly bbqd shin of beef :D, but it's become obvious over the last couple of weeks that they are the stars of series 3 and well deserve their place in the final, where the sneak preview suggests JJ might get his first ever cookery lesson.

I'll raise a beetroot Marguerita to them whatever happens next week. :cool:
 
HanRAB up those of you who missed a series of The Restaurant 2010? (not the crap that was shown last year but the original, twice weekly show that we all loved). I still want to shoot the BBC exec who decided to tamper with what was a winning format.
 
Hi... This is the first series of the show I have watched and wish now I had seen the previous ones.

Does anyone know what has happened to the previous winners? Are they now running successful restaurants?
 
Fourth-ed!

I inwardly feel ashamed to keep watching this series, but I do so in anticipation of Buck's "hugely overlong posts" which take the form of virtual therapy, transforming my inner shame into joy and delight. :o :D
 
Congrats to the BBC Tarquin responsible for dicking with the format and Crazy Ray - Another quality programme ruined and run into the ground chasing the plebs.

Too many cocks etc........
 
I came to this series very late via "The Cake" episode. Having seen Rebecca distraught and in tears (I did not at that point realize it was her default mode) I was alerted by Steve's supportive tactics that all was not well. Having comforted her and said nothing was worth seeing her upset and he would give up his dream immediately to save her pain, she gratefully dried her eyes and in came Steve with "right, let's get on with it then" or worRAB to that effect. A rather unworthy snigger from me at that point but later Rebecca displayed impeccable comedic timing. Having watched Steve agonize over the cake for the best part of the day, as he surveyed it from eyes blinking back tears of humiliation, and having said it wasn't that bad, etc., she came out with "they'll probably just laugh".... Wahahahaha. You couldn't make it up.
 
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