Professional chef and award-winning restaurateur Simon Rimmer gives amateur food enthusiasts the chance to live their dream and run their own restaurant for a day. Couples are given a stylish restaurant, staff, diners and supplies and are tasked with creating their own lunch and dinner menus, and try to cut it as Head Chef and Front of House Manager. The 40 diners are the couples’ “judge and jury” and they only pay what they think the meal is worth – £25, £10 or nothing at all!
Each day, Simon, who is also the mentor, assesses the couple’s menu, offering advice on how to improve or simplify it. He also challenges the couple to include his very own “dish of the day” as part of the evening offering.
The programmes run Monday to Friday across the week with a new couple every day. Not only will they get the chance to serve their gastronomic delights to genuine diners but, if they can make more money on their day than the other four couples throughout the week, they also win the entire week’s takings – up to £5,000. With just one day to prove themselves, this challenge isn’t for the faint-hearted!
Simon’s dish of the day and the winning couples’ recipes will also be available online at bbc.co.uk/food.
Monday 3 to Friday 7 March
5.15-6.00pm BBC TWO
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