The Restaurant: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

TV3 has today revealed the six celebrities who will be donning aprons for the brand new series of The Restaurant, which airs on Thursday 23rd March at 9pm on TV3.

First up in the kitchen will be Grainne Seoige. Joining Grainne over the six-part series will be professional snooker player Ken Doherty, fashion experts Sonya Lennon and Brendan Courtney, Rose of Tralee winner Maria Walsh, entrepreneur and businessman Bobby Kerr and broadcaster Anton Savage.

Each celebrity chef will have to impress the palates of critics Marco Pierre White and Tom Doorley along with a guest critic each week.

They are all tasked with creating a top-class three course menu using the finest ingredients. The chefs will be hoping to tickle the critics' taste-buds in the hopes of being rewarded with a five star seal of approval.

During service, the celebrities will get instant feedback in the kitchen to their menu from remote cameras and microphones covering the dining room.

The identity of the celebrities will remain a secret to the diners and the critics until service is over, at which point the celebrity will step out of the kitchen and face the critics in front of the diners to find out their star rating (from 1–5).

Series details

• Title: The Restaurant
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2015-01-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-04-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Virgin Media One
• Network country: Ireland
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 27155
• TVDB ID: 307447

Cast and credited roles

• Sean Moncrieff — Narrator
• Tom Doorley — Tom Doorley
• Marco Pierre White — Marco Pierre White
• Paolo Tullio — Paolo Tullio

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-01-07; final listed air date 2015-02-11; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-02-10; final listed air date 2016-03-16; episode order: 6.
• Season 3: premiered 2017-03-23; final listed air date 2017-04-27; episode order: 6.
• Season 4: premiered 2018-02-21; final listed air date 2018-04-04; episode order: 6.

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.