BBC2 - The Restaurant
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Before anyone else suggests otherwise, let's get real.
Here is yet another example of a programme's researchers/production team choosing the biggest losers from all the applications and auditions just to provide mirth for us lot watching.
Oh yes, we all laugh at these hopeless idiots trying to impress Raymond and his sidekicks and no doubt we will see a tremendous improvement as the series goes on and marvel at how some of these idiots manage to boil a kettle.
Don't get me wrong - I'll be watching and sniggering with the rest of you, but sometimes I think it would be nice if they would get a few less incompetents and a few more capable people to take part in these programmes.
Here is yet another example of a programme's researchers/production team choosing the biggest losers from all the applications and auditions just to provide mirth for us lot watching.
Oh yes, we all laugh at these hopeless idiots trying to impress Raymond and his sidekicks and no doubt we will see a tremendous improvement as the series goes on and marvel at how some of these idiots manage to boil a kettle.
Don't get me wrong - I'll be watching and sniggering with the rest of you, but sometimes I think it would be nice if they would get a few less incompetents and a few more capable people to take part in these programmes.
Yep, a few with great ideas and potential while also being entertaining, and the rest just entertainment for the trip to the end.
JJ and James walking in to the room at the end, shades off
what a pair of wallies!
And the knife people, oh dear... how are they not dead already?
Dave
JJ and James walking in to the room at the end, shades off
what a pair of wallies!And the knife people, oh dear... how are they not dead already?
Dave
Edited by Mr Whippy on Thursday 29th October 21:14
Been looking forward to this for quite a while, especialyl with the idea of all the restaurants being in one city, but what a pile of poo !
Most of them couldnt even manage a single course, with two of them, in an hour, or even seem to be embarrassed about how s
te they were.
I wouldnt want to let the majority of them make me a sandwich let alone run a restaurant.
Very disappointing, I cant believe out of all the applications they must have had, there werent ten couples who at least have a clue. So I can only agree with the OP, program makers gone for those who will make the best 'car crash' TV, rather than sticking to the orginal idea of the show.
In terms of laughing tho, I couldn't decide if it was funnier watching the mother/daughter team finding themselves in a kitchen for the first time in their life, or seeing which of them could put the most slap on !
Bank manager my arse, or maybe she was the one running Northern Rock.
All in all, quite a let down
Most of them couldnt even manage a single course, with two of them, in an hour, or even seem to be embarrassed about how s
te they were.I wouldnt want to let the majority of them make me a sandwich let alone run a restaurant.
Very disappointing, I cant believe out of all the applications they must have had, there werent ten couples who at least have a clue. So I can only agree with the OP, program makers gone for those who will make the best 'car crash' TV, rather than sticking to the orginal idea of the show.
In terms of laughing tho, I couldn't decide if it was funnier watching the mother/daughter team finding themselves in a kitchen for the first time in their life, or seeing which of them could put the most slap on !
Bank manager my arse, or maybe she was the one running Northern Rock.
All in all, quite a let down
Nimbus said:
...I couldn't decide if it was funnier watching the mother/daughter team finding themselves in a kitchen for the first time in their life...
It did look like some of them hadn't even cooked their own dinner before. And what was the smoked salmon lady thinking? I'm sure it was the producer that insisted they shop at ASDA but surely you could find something better on the fish counter.The two chaps with haircuts have potential for comedy in future episodes, they could have explained their picnic idea much better as well, if they'd presented it as a kind of "English Tapas" with lots of shared small dishes then they might get away with it.
where were the couple with the slightly on edge wife who'll burst in to tears at the earliest opportunity - i thought they were de rigeur for this (one of my favourite!) series.
my money is on the Mike skinner and his slightly camp mate at the moment.
hoping for much humour to originate from the essexy type couple where with the bloke with the provincial lady's hairdresser hair do and the estate agent wife.
my god, the knife incidents. fvcking 'ell!
my money is on the Mike skinner and his slightly camp mate at the moment.
hoping for much humour to originate from the essexy type couple where with the bloke with the provincial lady's hairdresser hair do and the estate agent wife.
my god, the knife incidents. fvcking 'ell!
Having watched the latest car crash installment, it looks like a one horse race to me.
None of them seem to have any clue or vision beyond, 'we'd like to own a restaurant, but cant do it without someone giving it us'.
I'm guessing the 'customers' werent genuine public last night, otherwise there'd have been a riot when the old bloke announced they werent doing any more cooking before most had been served, and most people would have walked out of the other two places.. I mean, over an hour for the thai place...
the standard seems unbelievably low compared to the last series..
None of them seem to have any clue or vision beyond, 'we'd like to own a restaurant, but cant do it without someone giving it us'.
I'm guessing the 'customers' werent genuine public last night, otherwise there'd have been a riot when the old bloke announced they werent doing any more cooking before most had been served, and most people would have walked out of the other two places.. I mean, over an hour for the thai place...
the standard seems unbelievably low compared to the last series..
adycav said:
Steve Evil said:
One of my mates shared a house with the two blonde blokes up until a couple of months ago, according to him they've made the final two and are still waiting to hear who has won.
Thanks for the spoiler.
and after last nights episode...
its just not working is it..
I mean, they are all hopeless, most of them wouldnt even be upto working in an old style little chef.. Not even that funny, just hopeless.
I'm guessing there is no 'post restaurant' program on BBC3 this time, because even the producers realise they've chosen a bunch of donkeys.
Bet there must have been some have decent applicants who are watching it now and are gutted...
And how obvious is it that they kept the 'picnic' boys in to try and keep the ratings up.
very disappointing.
its just not working is it..
I mean, they are all hopeless, most of them wouldnt even be upto working in an old style little chef.. Not even that funny, just hopeless.
I'm guessing there is no 'post restaurant' program on BBC3 this time, because even the producers realise they've chosen a bunch of donkeys.
Bet there must have been some have decent applicants who are watching it now and are gutted...
And how obvious is it that they kept the 'picnic' boys in to try and keep the ratings up.
very disappointing.
I watched the first series of this a couple of years ago and there were some really good couples on it. I watched last night as I saw in the listings that they'd been given restaurants in Bristol, which is where I work. What a pathetic bunch, to sum it up 'restaurant of the week' went to a couple of ex squaddies, one of whom didn't know what parma ham was and kept saying that melon was pineapple!
Is anyone still watching this ? or is it just that the thread has been getting lost in 'the new order' ?
Finally got round to watching last weeks episode last night... and it just gets worse...
I really can't decide if it's all a big joke, and they deliberatly chose people who couldn't cook and havent got a clue, or whether they let the 'work experience' boy choose them as they were all off down the pub, and its all back fired.
Surely Raymond and his sidekicks arent thinking of going into business with any of them, and this will be the end of the series..
The only positive thing I can think of, is that it was marginally better than this weeks top gear
Finally got round to watching last weeks episode last night... and it just gets worse...
I really can't decide if it's all a big joke, and they deliberatly chose people who couldn't cook and havent got a clue, or whether they let the 'work experience' boy choose them as they were all off down the pub, and its all back fired.
Surely Raymond and his sidekicks arent thinking of going into business with any of them, and this will be the end of the series..
The only positive thing I can think of, is that it was marginally better than this weeks top gear
After watching the latest, and observing a post further up....
It seems that they have seen something in the 'summer food'/'sandwiches'/'british tapas' idea...
I'm sure not in the chuckle brothers who are operating it, but in the idea itself..
ie, keep them in, see how the idea develops, and if it looks like a 'go-er' ( ignoring the muppets actually implementing it ), then try it themselves after the series finishes.
Sarah was definately saying it was 'suitable' for the high street..
Anyhow, its hardly even 'enjoyable' car crash tv as they are all so poor
It seems that they have seen something in the 'summer food'/'sandwiches'/'british tapas' idea...
I'm sure not in the chuckle brothers who are operating it, but in the idea itself..
ie, keep them in, see how the idea develops, and if it looks like a 'go-er' ( ignoring the muppets actually implementing it ), then try it themselves after the series finishes.
Sarah was definately saying it was 'suitable' for the high street..
Anyhow, its hardly even 'enjoyable' car crash tv as they are all so poor
Just trying to catch up on this also on iplayer.
Watched 'The Chain' last night and they are truly awful....
Cant see why anybody would entertain any of those couples apart from the guys that did well in the Thai and also the girls that did OK in Yo Sushi.
The gay guy and his (in denial) lover are total muppets....
I must say I am actually looking forward to the next instalment on iplayer so I can then switch across to Sky+.
I am finding it watchable although yet more car crash TV.
P
ps - The 'gayer' reference is a joke obviously
Watched 'The Chain' last night and they are truly awful....
Cant see why anybody would entertain any of those couples apart from the guys that did well in the Thai and also the girls that did OK in Yo Sushi.
The gay guy and his (in denial) lover are total muppets....
I must say I am actually looking forward to the next instalment on iplayer so I can then switch across to Sky+.
I am finding it watchable although yet more car crash TV.
P
ps - The 'gayer' reference is a joke obviously
I'm watching it! Love the idea of english/british tapas, but the execution but Dumb and Dumber is truely awful! They would have been gone last week if the others hadn't quit.
Strangely I'm favouring the 'traditional british' couple now in Front Room, the guys food sounds really enjoyable. He just needs to sort the portion sizes out.
Strangely I'm favouring the 'traditional british' couple now in Front Room, the guys food sounds really enjoyable. He just needs to sort the portion sizes out.
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