Underplayed Gems

The Restaurant (2007)

The Restaurant poster
Genre
reality television
Country
United Kingdom
Length
3 seasons, 30 episodes
Rated
U
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Couples compete to win and run a restaurant backed by chef Raymond Blanc. The series follows their challenges and the final reward of their own restaurant.

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What happens

The Restaurant is a British reality television series which is based on the Australian television show My Restaurant Rules, where a group of couples competes for the chance to set up a restaurant financially backed and personally supported by French chef Raymond Blanc. The winning couple was given their own restaurant to run. For the winners of the first series, the prize restaurant was in Oxfordshire, near Blanc's own Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. For the second series, it was in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. The first series aired on BBC Two on 29 August 2007 and a second series aired on 10 September 2008. The first series also had a spin-off, The Restaurant: You're Fried! (a play on The Apprentice: You're Fired!) which aired on BBC Three after the main programme; it did not return for either of the subsequent series. The third and final series was broadcast on 29 October 2009. In the US, the show was retitled Last Restaurant Standing by BBC America. The first series aired in spring 2008, the second in spring 2009, and the third in winter 2010. In July 2010, the BBC announced that the show has officially ended. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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