| The Restaurant | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Restaurant.jpg) The title screen of The Restaurant | |
| Genre | Reality television series |
| Starring | Raymond Blanc |
| Narrated by | Alex Jennings (2007) Barbara Flynn (2008) |
| Theme music composer | Dru Masters |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minute episodes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 29 August 2007 – 17 December 2009 |
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The Restaurant is a British reality television series which is based on the Australian television show My Restaurant Rules, where a group of couples competes for the chance to set up a restaurant financially backed and personally supported by French chef Raymond Blanc. The winning couple was given their own restaurant to run. For the winners of the first series, the prize restaurant was in Oxfordshire, near Blanc's own Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. For the second series, it was in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
The first series aired on BBC Two on 29 August 2007 and a second series aired on 10 September 2008. The first series also had a spin-off, The Restaurant: You're Fried! (a play on The Apprentice: You're Fired!) which aired on BBC Three after the main programme; it did not return for either of the subsequent series. The third and final series was broadcast on 29 October 2009.
In the US, the show was retitled Last Restaurant Standing by BBC America. The first series aired in spring 2008, the second in spring 2009, and the third in winter 2010.[1]
In July 2010, the BBC announced that the show has officially ended.[2]
- ^ "Season 3 Episode Guide - Last Restaurant Standing - BBC AMERICA". Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "BBC cancels Blanc's Restaurant". BBC News. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.