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Last Restaurant Standing BBC America

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Scbarber
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06-08-2005

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 7:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scbarber a private message Print Post    
This was a fantastic series last year. Pairs are set up with their own restaurant space in villages around Great Britain and have to prove that they can design a restaurant and make them successful. Teams are eliminated along the way, the winners are helped in setting up a 'real' restaurant. 2009 series just started this week.

Weinermr
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08-18-2001

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Weinermr a private message Print Post    
The first episode was last night, a two hour double episode. I really like this show. Unfortunately I was sleepy and missed alot of it just trying to stay awake. I liked what I saw though. I'll try to catch the rerun on Sunday. I loved the first series.

It was odd though, they used subtitles when Raymond Blanc spoke (he's the head judge and sponsor of the future restaurant owners). He's French, and speaks English with an accent. But I thought he was understandable without the subtitles, and I don't think they used them in the first series.

Weinermr
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08-18-2001

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 6:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Weinermr a private message Print Post    
From the BBC America website:

"ABOUT THE SHOW
World-renowned chef and Michelin-starred restaurateur Raymond Blanc returns for a second season of Last Restaurant Standing, the series in which nine couples battle it out for a once in a lifetime opportunity to open a new restaurant with him. This season the couples battle it out to open up restaurants that cook up everything from Welsh-Chinese fusion to traditional diner classics. Last Restaurant Standing premieres Tuesday, January 27, 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

To inspire the couples for each week's challenges, he shares and demonstrates his creative talents with them in a search to find the pair with the flair, enthusiasm and abilities necessary to succeed in the tough but hugely rewarding world to which he has dedicated his life. Over 14 weeks, Raymond puts nine couples through their paces to see if they have what it takes to run their own eatery.

Starting out with little or no professional cooking experience, each couple must take over an empty restaurant, make it their own, and open to the public within a week. Every decision, every argument, every mistake they make is caught on camera. The couples are working and living together 24 hours-a-day, under enormous pressure - and only one will succeed.

Adding to the pressure are eagle-eyed inspectors and industry experts Sarah Willingham and David Moore, on a mission to scrutinize all aspects of the couples' restaurants, food, service and business acumen. At the end of each season, the winning team opens their own brand new restaurant, with the financial and personal backing of Blanc."

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 7:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
I'm so glad to see this show back on!

I loved it last season. Unfortunately I fell asleep last night but will be looking for it in repeats.