Conviction Kitchen (Australian TV series)

Genre Reality
Starring Ian Curley (chef)
Lisa Parker (manager)
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Executive producer(s) Elizabeth Egan
Release
Original network Seven Network
Original release 22 February 2011 (2011-02-22) – 12 April 2011 (2011-04-12)

Conviction Kitchen (Australia) is a reality television series based on a Canadian series of the same name. The series follows a group of convicted criminals as they train in either back or front of house restaurant operations.

The show was produced by the Seven Network and premiered 22 February 2011. The series includes Melbourne-based chef Ian Curley and restaurant manager Lisa Parker as mentors.[1][2][3][4]

Curley initially turned down the chance to star in the series as he felt there were already more than enough TV Chefs. He latter relented as he felt he could relate to the contestants. As a teenager, Curley himself had been convicted of aggravated assault for gang fighting and spent six months in a juvenile detention centre in his native England.[5][6][7]

The series saw the ex-inmates complete two weeks of training and six weeks working in a fully operational restaurant, Bistro Three, at the Emporium centre in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley.[5] Some were chosen to work front of house with the others training as kitchen staff. They earned the award minimum hourly wage, plus tips.[8]

At the conclusion of the series, two contestants were chosen to work with Ian Curley at the European, Anastasia from the kitchen staff and Silene from the front of house. Kristy and Troy also gained further employment from Curley.

Contestants

Name Age Time spent in jail Reason for conviction Selected Position
Adrian 27 12 months break and enter yes front of house
Anastasia[9] 19 6 months theft yes kitchen
Anthony 18 18 months probation break and enter yes kitchen
Belinda 35 18 month probation fraud yes front of house
Craig break and enter no
David 22 4 months driving offences yes front of house
James no
Jared 27 5 years break and enter yes kitchen
Josh 25 5 years burglary yes kitchen
Kristy 25 6 months probation fraud yes kitchen
Kylie 34 1 year dangerous driving no
Lisa 27 9 months fraud yes front of house
Mirjana 45 8 years trafficking yes front of house
Rebecca yes
Silene[10] 37 1 year drug offences yes front of house
Takuna assault no
Troy[11] 39 8 years yes kitchen

See also

References

  1. ↑ Seven's blog. "Chef Ian Curley joins Seven's Conviction Kitchen | Conviction Kitchen | News". Throng. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  2. ↑ "Conviction Kitchen, Tuesday February 22". Smh.com.au. 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  3. ↑ "Conviction Kitchen, Monday April 11". Brisbanetimes.com.au. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  4. ↑ Carrington, Nicole (28 February 2011). "Lisa plays her role with conviction - Local News - News - City News". City-news.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  5. 1 2 "Kitchen Conviction| TV cooking search for crims of the crop". Melbourne: Theage.com.au. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  6. ↑ "Conviction Kitchen Official Site - Channel 7 - Yahoo!7 TV - Yahoo!7 TV". Au.tv.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  7. ↑ "Australia's own Gordon Ramsay? - TV Week - TV News". Tvweek.ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  8. ↑ "conviction kitchen: a second chance for those who never had one". Smh.com.au. 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  9. ↑ "Conviction Kitchen star Anastasia - that's life!". Thatslife.com.au. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  10. ↑ Peter Foley (7 March 2011). "A chance for a new life | Ipswich News | Local News in Ipswich | Ipswich Queensland Times". Qt.com.au. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  11. ↑ Lethlean, John (27 January 2011). "Cooking with conviction". The Australian. Retrieved 2011-10-08.

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