Restaurant: Impossible 

Turning around a failing restaurant is a daunting challenge under the best of circumstances. Attempting to do it in just two days with only $10,000 may be impossible, but that's exactly ... See full summary »

Stars:

Robert Irvine, Tom Bury, Taniya Nayak

Cast

Series cast summary:
Robert Irvine	...	Himself - Host / ... 161 episodes, 2011-2016
Tom Bury	...	Himself - Construction Manager / ... 155 episodes, 2011-2016

Storyline

Turning around a failing restaurant is a daunting challenge under the best of circumstances. Attempting to do it in just two days with only $10,000 may be impossible, but that's exactly what Chef Robert Irvine sets out to do in his new Food Network show, Restaurant Impossible. Robert will use a little MacGyver and a lot of muscle to rescue these desperate places from complete collapse. Can one man, in two days, with $10,000, turn the tide of a failing restaurant and give hope to the owners and their employees? Find out as Robert Irvine takes on Restaurant: Impossible.

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Plot Keywords:

budget | deadline | restaurant makeover | 

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Genres:

Reality-TV

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Details

Official Sites:

Food Network [United States] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 January 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Restaurant Impossible

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alkemy X, Marc Summers Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Game of Homes: Living Room (2015)

User Reviews

A very tough to rate but I do like it....

Each week, a different failing restaurant is given a FAST makeover by Robert Irvine and his assistants. In many cases, you find the restaurant owners likable but clueless. In others, they just seem like annoying jerks who seem to fight Irvine's suggestions--and the audience WANTS to see them fail but Irvine, inexplicably, doesn't give up. Regardless, by the end of the show, the establishment is cleaner, brighter and more able to succeed. Despite being HIGHLY scripted, the show, overall, is very entertaining. My only complaints are that the followups online are very vague and I'd LOVE to see a followup show a year or two later when they revisit many of the old shows. Still, a simple idea that manages to work.

I know that there has been some controversy about the host, Robert Irvine's credentials. I tried to get to the truth of this by reading a lot of articles on the internet and really couldn't. It appears as if he might have exaggerated a bit instead of actually lying about his experiences. However, he IS a very good host of the show--mostly because he appears to care so much about the people (unlike in the British version of this show--where the host is very abusive). He also seems like a really nice guy--and that is hard to fake.