Restaurant: Impossible

Restaurant: Impossible
Chef Robert Irvine
Format	Cooking Reality
Starring	Robert Irvine
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	94
Production
Executive producer(s)	Marc Summers
Producer(s)	Cyndi Butz, Paul Perrymore, Jodi Goren-Rode
Editor(s)	John Gerbec, Bryan Monzella, Scott Markowitz
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Marc Summers Productions Shooters TV
Broadcast
Original channel	Food Network
Original run	January 19, 2011 (2011-01-19) – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Dinner: Impossible
External links
Website

Restaurant: Impossible is an American reality television program aired by the Food Network. It is jointly produced by Marc Summers and Shooters TV and stars British chef and restaurateur Robert Irvine, and premiered on January 19, 2011.

The premise of the series is that within two days and on a budget of $10,000, Chef Robert Irvine renovates a failing American restaurant with the goal of helping to restore it to profitability and prominence. Irvine is assisted by HGTV designers Taniya Nayak, Vanessa De Leon, Krista Watterworth, Cheryl Torrenueva, Yvette Irene, Nicole Faccuito, or Lynn Keagan along with general contractor Tom Bury, who sometimes does double duty as both general contractor and designer. After assessing the problems with the restaurant, Robert Irvine typically creates a plan for the new decor, oversees the cleaning of the restaurant, reduces the size of the menu and improves the food, develops a promotional activity, educates the restaurant's owners, or trains the staff as needed by each restaurant.^[1]

Introduction

Currently, each episode opens with: "Chef Robert Irvine has 2 days and $10,000 to do the impossible!" Previously, each episode opened with:

Changes

Robert Irvine enters a restaurant, assesses the issues, and confronts the owners with the problems. He begins outlining the changes he intends to make. He typically reduces the size of the menu and frequently adds simple dishes which he believes will sell; changes the décor to make it more appealing to customers; oversees cleaning; trains the staff (sometimes changing the staff's duties, e.g. making one person an executive chef or making one person a host or hostess); and gives the restaurant's owners the practical tools and suggestions to succeed.

Each episode ends with a group of new customers being invited to the new-look restaurant. Occasionally, selected items from the new menu are prepared and samples are presented to the public to advertise the restaurant.

Series overview

Chef Robert Irvine tries to turn around restaurants across America that are facing an impending demise if things don't improve. With a $10,000 budget and two days to work, Irvine uses his creativity and resourcefulness to turn the eatery's fortunes around. On day one, he assesses the business by observing the staff and kitchen during a full service. After the service, he would try the food if the restaurant is not bug-infested or if there are no major health issues. He then updates the menu and makes aesthetic changes to the restaurant in preparation for the grand reopening the following day. Irvine goes out into the community to get a crowd into the building to check out the improvements on the second day of the project.

Episodes

Season One (2011)

Season Two (2011-12)

Season Three (2012)

Season Four (2012)

Season Five (2012-13)

Season Six (2013)

Season Seven (2013-14)

Season Eight (2014)

See also

• Dinner: Impossible -- Chef Irvine's previous show.
• Restaurant Express

References

External links

• Restaurant: Impossible at FoodNetwork.com
• Restaurant: Impossible at the Internet Movie Database