The Restaurant 2009

If you watch the series back-to-back on iPlayer you'll notice that the pre-verdict sit-down sessions between Raymond, David and Sarah must have been filmed simultaneously: the three are wearing identical clothes in each supposedly separate session, the table is set up precisely the same each time, the lighting identical etc etc. In other worRAB, the series was filmed first and the "weekly" decion-making sessions scripted and slotted in afterwarRAB. And yet, despite this, the judges managed to be inconsistent throughout, for example castigating JJJ's lack of a viable concept week in, week out, only to praise the concept in the final. I can only imagine that, having identified their preferred winners at the outset, the BBC and the judges scripted this to "throw" the audience. Its all been a complete farce and has - as so many have commented - seriously damaged Raymond's hard-earned reputation.

Interesting, thanks for posting.
 
Precisely. The others got slated for a lack of concept, but the winkers' concept was just as weak (despite the claptrap from some people on here). It was openly laughed at by Sarah and David on more than one occasion, then totally abandoned by week 3, yet nothing more was said.
 
WTF?!! Steve was certainly not without his issues, but at least he had a clue, and could cook. I cannot believe that RB chose to keep the utterly clueless blagmeisters, The Winkers. I'm speechless!
 
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