The Restaurant: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In the show Raymond Blanc puts nine couples through their paces to see if they have what it takes to run their own restaurant. More than 1,000 new restaurants open every year in Britain; unfortunately, approximately 50% close within two years. The Restaurant features couples, some of whom have little or no experience other than cooking at home and throwing dinner parties, but whose dream is to run their own eatery. They have to create their perfect restaurant and then open the doors to the paying public. Their first crucial decision – who will take on the kitchen and who is best equipped to run the front of house? It's a dream that many couples have entertained. Secretly perhaps we all think we could run a restaurant. It's so simple. Lots of us can cook. We have all been to restaurants. We all think we know what people like to eat. If only we had the money and the opportunity.

Series details

• Title: The Restaurant
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2007-08-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-12-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 20226
• TVDB ID: 80507

Cast and credited roles

• Raymond Blanc — Raymond Blanc

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-08-29; final listed air date 2007-10-17; episode order: 15.
• Season 2: premiered 2008-09-10; final listed air date 2008-10-29; episode order: 15.
• Season 3: premiered 2009-10-29; final listed air date 2009-12-17; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from The 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.