Vito Cataffo is the latest in a very, very, long line of chefs to parade his culinary and curriculum vitae wares on our screens, and though he’s a very likeable bloke, I suspect he’s the straw that broke the camel’s back in telly terms.

Granted, the concept of this show is sort of a new one as it follows Vito through the various stages of opening a restaurant in Italy that serves British food. But in terms of something new, that was it. The rest was a been-there-done-that-bought-the-boxset offering.

It was, as far too many TV shows are these days, a hybrid concoction of any number of cheffy programmes. It features a skilled gastronome who’s also got business savvy, but again, we’ve been there and done that with Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White, Aldo Zilli, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, etc., etc., ad infinitum. Read more & comment »