The Restaurant 2009

The Restaurant - absolute waste of time. I watched rugby on Sky then turned it over to see the last 15 minutes. Saw JJ making a complete pigs ear of the cooking, whilst the other guy cooked and served beautiful food, including the souffles...then my son phoned me, so i turned the sound off whilst I talked to him...and couldnt believe my eyes when I saw the two winkers with the champagne glasses and Raymond - utterly ludicrous programme.
Shant watch any other series - although I would recommend the BBC drop such a farcical waster of the licence payers money. :mad::mad::mad:
 
I have to agree with the majority of people on this forum who think that this series is very poor compared to previous years. I still find it strangely compulsive viewing probably because it's almost car crash TV and want to see what happens next!

Why is Rebecca ALWAYS in tears? She cried over her husbanRAB back pain in this episode, she cried last episode and in the trailer for next weeks, guess what?, she crying again :rolleyes: I just don't think she's cut out for it. The stress that goes with running a successful restaurant would probably kill her off. And if Stephen's back was so bad, why didn't they go to the Doctors for some industrial strength painkillers or something? Or did they and I missed it, entirely possible as my mind tenRAB to wander this series, it's hardly riveting stuff.

But I have to thank Stephen for giving me the biggest laugh I've had in ages - his aeroplane cake :D

JJ and James continue to make me giggle. They remind me of a couple of eager puppy's who are desperate to please but just don't manage to pull it off. I'm starting to get a bit worried about their obsession with Scotch eggs (or variations of :D) They must eat them at every meal! However their cocktails looked fabulous and this week I actually thought their food looked nice - they just might have found their niche in the market - Singles Nights, ideal for their picnic style food!

IMO Chris is really good but is woefully let down by the sluggish Nathan who seems to like doing anything except, er, work? That sign he put out was a damned disgrace and your average junior school pupil could have done better. What is it with this bloke? He has a terrible attitude and is seemingly habitually rude to the customers. He's so smug (about what I don't know) that if I met him I'd have to resist the temptation to slap him! :D Why hasn't he been told about his bad attitude and general laziness?
 
I personally find it funny how only that one had disappeared!
The incompetence theory is a strong possibility considering the mans lack of general judgement but I think it was hidden on purpose!



^ are there any links online to these?
 
Unbelievable! Still in shock that they left, they could have aced this competition.

What's Badger gonna do now then? Open up a guest house or retirement home for ex-military personnel, that seems about all he will be able to do to stay in his comfort zone.

Poor the Bodger. :cry:
 
I disagree. She spent the entire series trying to encourage him. But once Steve went on a downer so did she. It's a shame because he could do it all. But for some reason he was more worried about looking a prat than impressing the judges. But no way is Rebecca to blame. She tried raw fish remember, which was a big deal for her. She came a long way and he dragged them both down.
 
Let's see - what do I know about running a business?
- I know that the customer is always right, so I don't understand why JJ & James weren't penalised for not producing the required souffle.
- I know that it's not a good idea to increase your overheaRAB unnecessarily by paying too much, so I don't see why JJ & James weren't penalised for buying vegetables when they were told to use Lady Arran's garden (see also the first point about the customer always being right).
 
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