Restaurant Revolution

Restaurant Revolution
Genre Reality
Presented by Jock Zonfrillo
Judges Erez Gordon
Jess Ho
John Lethlean
Neil Perry
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 21
Production
Running time 90 to 120 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network Seven Network
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 28 July 2015 – 10 September 2015
Chronology
Related shows My Kitchen Rules

Restaurant Revolution was an Australian cooking reality television series which screened on the Seven Network in 2015. The show consisted of five teams of one, two, three or four people with a pre-existing relationship competing to turn their vision for a restaurant into a reality.[1] The teams were given the chance to design and run their own pop-up restaurant with viewers able to dine in and experience the food, service and atmosphere.[2] The show was hosted by Scottish-born restaurateur Jock Zonfrillo.

Teams are scored and judged by a panel of experts.[3] The industry expert panel consists of Neil Perry (chef and restaurateur), Erez Gordon (front-of-house specialist), John Lethlean (food critic) and Jess Ho (brand strategist). They were also scored on how much profit they made each week.

Restaurants and contestants

The teams were from the five largest capital cities in Australia. Their restaurants were constructed out of shipping containers located in an iconic spot for each city. The layout for every restaurant was identical and each seated 60 guests. It was up to the teams to determine the theme, atmosphere, exterior and interior details of their restaurants. All restaurants officially opened to the public on 14 July, a few weeks before they aired on the show.[4]

City Location Restaurant Contestants
Sydney Centenary Square, Parramatta Somewhere Nice Dom Aboud
Adelaide Victoria Square, Adelaide 28 St David, Asa, Reine and Anthony Donehue
Brisbane Corner Russell/Grey St, South Bank Puerto John McIntosh, Justine & Maggie Yeong
Melbourne Lower Esplanade, St Kilda Scarfo Nathan Scarfo & Maz Koutsonikolas
Perth 103 Oxford St, Leederville La Linea Carmen & Nicole Watts

Competition details

Weekly progress, scores and cash earnings
Progress Pre-opening Week Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Final Results
Cash earnings Expert scores Profit
(1-5)
Total Team Lunch Expert scores Profit
(1-5)
Total Team Lunch Expert scores Profit
(1-5)
Total Team Lunch Expert scores Profit
(1-5)
Total Team Lunch Total Tips Expert scores Profit
(1-5)
Total
Team Restaurant First Pitch Cook For Cash Last Chance Pitch
Adelaide
28 St
$40,000 $15,000 $10,000 6
(John)
3 9 Tipped $0 7
(Jess)
4
(+2)
13 Host 8
(Secret Critic)
4
(+2)
14 Tipped $20 9
(Erez)
1 10 Tipped $10 Tipped $10 8
($80)
7.5
(Neil)
3 10.5 Winner
(64.5)
Sydney
Somewhere Nice
$20,000 $15,000 $10,000 5
(Erez)
5 10 Host 5
(Secret Critic)
5 10 Tipped $10 6
(Jess)
3 9 Tipped $30 8
(Neil)
5 13 Tipped $10 Tipped $20 5
($50)
8
(John)
5 13 2nd
(60)
Brisbane
Puerto
$10,000 $40,000 $0 6.5
(Neil)
2 8.5 Tipped $20 7.5
(Erez)
2 9.5 Tipped $20 6
(John)
2 8 Host 7
(Secret Critic)
4
(+2)
13 Tipped $10 Tipped $0 9
($90)
6
(Jess)
4 10 3rd
(58)
Perth
La Linea
$15,000 $20,000 $0 5.5
(Jess)
4 9.5 Tipped $20 6.5
(Neil)
1 7.5 Tipped $30 7.5
(Erez)
5 12.5 Tipped $20 6.5
(John)
3 9.5 Host Tipped $30 6
($60)
6
(Secret Critic)
2 8 4th
(53)
Melbourne
Scarfo
$15,000 $10,000 $20,000 6
(Secret Critic)
1 7 Tipped $10 7
(John)
3 10 Tipped $20 9
(Neil)
1 10 Tipped $20 8
(Jess)
2 10 Tipped $30 Host 6
($60)
7
(Erez)
1 8 5th
(51)

Episodes and ratings

The show suffered low ratings during its launch. As a result, Seven has taken action by reducing the show's running to only one night a week.[5][6]

Restaurant Revolution
Colour key:
     – Highest rating during the season
     – Lowest rating during the season
Ratings
Week
Episode No. Episode summary Original airdate Timeslot Viewers
(in millions)
Rank
(Night)
Source
1 1 Premiere/First Pitch - The five teams' restaurants are introduced in major capital cities around Australia. In their first challenge, teams pitch their restaurant concept, food and vision to the expert panel to earn the first share of funds. $100,000 was the total prize pool distributed among the teams based on their efforts for their pitch from best to worst. 28 July 2015 Tuesday 7:30 pm 0.676 #12 [7]
2 - 3 Cook For Cash - The four experts dined at each restaurant for a 'cook for cash' challenge. Each team was given 24 hours notice prior to the experts arrival. Once they have arrived, teams had one hour to serve a three course lunch with table service, either with or without additional hired help. The experts gave their opinions on their restaurant experience for each team and ranked them from best to worst to distribute the $100,000 prize pool. 29 July 2015 Wednesday 7:30 pm 0.515 #18 [8]
4 Last Chance Pitch - Teams returned in front of the experts for the final 'Last chance pitch', to earn the final offer of cash for the preparation of their restaurants. Only $40,000 was on offer as the total pool, with just the three best teams leaving with money. Additionally, each of the teams held a hiring day in search for potential staff and leadership roles. 30 July 2015 Thursday 7:30 pm 0.415 <20 [9]
2 5 Grand Opening - The teams complete their restaurants and open them to the public for the first time. Each team hold a launch party, inviting VIP guests to dine in. 3 August 2015 Monday 7:30 pm 0.522 #20 [10]
6 Expert Visits Week 1-1 - All teams open their restaurants to a lunch and dinner service for paying customers for the first time. The four experts will each individually dine at one of the restaurants to judge its food, service and atmosphere. Neil Perry and Erez Gordon were the first experts to visit the Brisbane and Sydney restaurants respectively.
7 Expert Visits Week 1-2 - The teams continue to open their restaurants to a lunch and dinner service. Continuing the Expert visits, John Lethlean headed to Adelaide and Jess Ho to Perth to judge the food and service of the restaurant. Also, team Melbourne were the first to be judged by 'The Secret Critic' who remained anonymous during their restaurant service. 6 August 2015 Thursday 8:00 pm 0.427 <20 [11]
8 Week 1 Results - The first week's results are in. Each expert gives their review and scored their restaurant experience out of 10. Teams also received bonus points based on their profit margin which are added to the expert scores. The highest scoring restaurant gains an advantage by receiving an extra table for next week's service, while the losing team has one table taken away.
3 9 Sydney Team Lunch - All teams visit Dom's restaurant in Sydney for the first Team Lunch. They were all given up to $50 to tip for their food and service. Perth and Brisbane tipped $20 each, Melbourne tipped $10 and Adelaide decided to give nothing. 13 August 2015 Thursday 8:00 pm
10 Expert Visits Week 2 - The experts travel around the country for another round of judging. Neil Perry visits Perth, Jess Ho to Adelaide, Erez Gordon to Brisbane, John Lethlean to Melbourne and finally Sydney receives the anonymous 'Secret Critic'. All experts score their experience out of 10.
11 Week 2 Results - The scores are tallied up for the week with the expert scores, profit and bonus points for winning the challenge of selling the most 'Chef's Specials'. Adelaide wins the week getting one bonus table for next week and Perth last, losing a table.
4 12 Adelaide Team Lunch - All teams headed to team Adelaide's restaurant for the second team lunch to experience their food and service. With each team given up to $50 to tip, Melbourne and Brisbane left $20 each, Perth $30 and Sydney tipped $10. 20 August 2015 Thursday 8:30 pm
13 Expert Visits Week 3 - In another round of expert visits, Jess Ho visits Sydney, Neil Perry to Melbourne, Erez Gordon to Perth, John Lethlean to Brisbane and a 'secret critic' for Adelaide. All restaurants are judged and scored, with Melbourne receiving the highest expert score so far of 9 out of 10.
14 Week 3 Results - The final scores for profit and expert scores are complete for the week. The 'chef's special' saw teams creating a dish that represented their home state in a 'State on a plate' challenge. Adelaide takes the win for a second week in a row and Brisbane falls into last place.
5 15 Brisbane Team Lunch - Brisbane is next in line to host the team lunch for all other teams to show off their 'East meets Mex' themed restaurant. At the end most teams left a $20 tip, while Sydney leaves $30. 27 August 2015 Thursday 8:30 pm
16 Expert Visits Week 4 - The expert visit rotations continue. This week Neil Perry visits Sydney, Jess Ho to Melbourne, Erez Gordon to Adelaide, John Lethlean to Perth and the 'secret critic' heads to Brisbane.
17 Week 4 Results - The final results for week 4 saw Brisbane and Sydney take a joint top spot and Perth falling into last place. The bonus chef's special challenge had every team making a signature burger for their restaurant.
6 18 Perth Team Lunch - Perth hosts the team lunch, inviting all teams to La Linea to critique. 3 September 2015 Thursday 8:30 pm
19 Melbourne Team Lunch - Nathan and Maz host the final team lunch at Scarfo in Melbourne.
20 Week 5 Results - After the final Team Lunches, it was revealed that every $10 tip earned receives 1 point. These became the scores for this week
7 21 Grand Final - The experts complete their final round of visits with Jess Ho in Brisbane, Neil Perry in Adelaide, Erez Gordon in Melbourne, John Lethlean in Sydney and the secret critic for Perth. Teams also finished their final restaurant service before the final results were announced. All scores from each week are combined to determine the winner of Restaurant Revolution with a prize of $200,000. 10 September 2015 Thursday 9:30 pm

See also

References

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