America's Next Great Restaurant: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Contestants vie for the opportunity to see their original restaurant concept be realized with the opening of a restaurant chain in three locations: Hollywood, Minneapolis and New York City. Funding the restaurant concepts are four accredited investors: chefs Bobby Flay, Lorena Garcia, and Curtis Stone, as well as Steve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle. Flay, Stone, Ells and Garcia also serve as mentors, working with the competitors to further develop their ideas. Each contestant's concept is put through rigorous business and cooking challenges to determine whether it has what it takes to become America's Next Great Restaurant.

Series details

• Title: America's Next Great Restaurant
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2011-03-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-05-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 23703
• IMDb ID: tt1853840
• TVDB ID: 211151

Cast and credited roles

• Curtis Stone — Judge
• Bobby Flay — Judge
• Lorena Garcia — Judge
• Steve Ells — Judge

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-03-06; final listed air date 2011-05-01; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

Adapted from America's Next Great Restaurant on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.