My Restaurant Rules
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| My Restaurant Rules | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality Show |
| Presented by | Curtis Stone (series 1) Ian Dickson (series 2) |
| Country of origin |  Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Seven Network |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| First shown in | 2004 |
| Original run | February 1, 2004 – May 29, 2005 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
My Restaurant Rules is an Australian reality television series that aired on the Seven Network. The format also airs in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and New Zealand.
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[edit] Overview
The series pits five couples, one each from Australia's five largest cities, to compete against each other in opening a successful restaurant.
In initial episodes of the show the couples are given a vacated restaurant space in their home city that must be renovated. They also compete for additional money that can be used for renovation from a panel of judges based on a presentation of their mission statement and plan for their proposed restaurant. The judges also make further appearances later on in the series in both critiquing the restaurants and offering rewards to the contestants.
After a number of weeks the elimination process begins in which the restaurants (and their owners) are reviewed and judged for nomination. The nominated restaurants then compete for votes from a phone poll, with the victor moving on and the loser being forced to shut down. This process continues until a single competing restaurant remains.
Despite the process of elimination that sees almost all competing restaurants shut down, it is interesting to note that every single restaurant featured in the programme was successful and operated in the black. This may be because of the exposure the restaurants are given via the show. Moreover, some eliminated restaurants managed to re-open at new locations.
[edit] Series One
The first series of My Restaurant Rules aired in 2004 and featured the following restaurants and couples:
- Nick & Emily - The Red Sea, Adelaide
- Simon & Nathalie - MYLK - My Little Kitchen, Brisbane
- Peter & Tayissa - Seven Stones, Melbourne
- Ashley & Amanda - Room Nineteen, Perth
- Sam & Catherine - Cucina Vera, Sydney
In the series finale, Perth's Room Nineteen and owners Ash and Amanda were declared the winners, beating Peter and Tayissa of Melbourne's Seven Stones.
This series was hosted by Curtis Stone.
Episode Guide Note episodes 1 & 31 are only listed
[edit] Series Two
The second series of My Restaurant Rules aired in 2005 and initially featured the following restaurants and couples:
- John & Justine - The Greedy Goose, Adelaide
- Todd & Francesca - Restaurant Louvre, Brisbane
- Dan & Rob - Two Words, Melbourne
- Andre & Sandy - Mint Leaf, Perth
- Evan & Bella - Pink Salt, Sydney
- Nathan & Georgia - Whisk, Melbourne
Later, Dan and Rob were eliminated, surrendering their restaurant to new contestants, Nathan and Georgia, who renamed the restaurant Whisk. In the series finale, Adelaide's The Greedy Goose and owners John and Justine were declared the winners, beating Evan and Bella of Sydney's Pink Salt.
In 2006, this series aired in New Zealand on TV2 at weeknights on a pre-primetime slot (5:30PM), compared to the first series where it aired in a daytime slot.
This series was hosted by the then former Australian Idol judge Ian "Dicko" Dickson.
[edit] Series Three
In late 2005, Seven announced in their Seven In 2006 brief on their corporate site that they are developing new episodes of My Restaurant Rules to broadcast sometime in 2006.[1] However, no new series of the show materialised during the year. When Seven released their Seven in 2007 brief in late 2006, My Restaurant Rules was not mentioned at all.
[edit] After the show
In early 2005, series one contestants Ash and Amanda of Room Nineteen discovered that the site that had been allocated to them by Seven was booked to be demolished in December of that year. They were unable to sell the restaurant due to a clause in a contract they signed, and the cost of moving the restaurant to another location was too high, so Room Nineteen closed its doors in June 2005.
In contrast, the series two winning restaurant The Greedy Goose is still going strong, and has opened a second outlet in Glenelg dedicated to gourmet burgers.[2]
In addition, despite Sydney's defeat in series two, contestants Evan and Bella of Pink Salt opened a new restaurant (under the same name) on 22 March 2006, at a new location in Double Bay from the original suburb of Manly. They were featured as one of the best restaurants in Australia [3] . The new restaurant also includes a cocktail bar and is currently having more success than it did on the television series.[4]
[edit] Foreign Series
[edit] Belgium
vtm started broadcasting "Mijn Restaurant" (My Restaurant) on 4 March 2008. The show is presented by Rani De Coninck. Five couples started their own restaurant in Leuven, Ghent, Hasselt, Antwerp or Ostend. The jury consists of the famous Belgian chef Peter Goossens, the headeditor of the culinary magazine "Ambiance" Dirk De Prins and the General Manager of a hotel Christel Cabanier. The show is presented by Rani De Coninck.
[edit] The Netherlands
The first season of "Mijn Tent is Top" (My restaurant rules) started on January 18th 2007. The second season was aired on February 5th 2008. RTL 4 broadcasts the series and it is presented by Herman den Blijker.
