Restaurant: Impossible

*Restaurant: Impossible*
Restaurant: Impossible
	Chef Robert Irvine
Starring	Robert Irvine
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	25
Production
Executive producer	Marc Summers
Producers	Cyndi Butz, Paul Perrymore, Jodi Goren-Rode
Editors	John Gerbec, Bryan Monzella, Scott Markowitz
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Marc Summers Productions; Shooters TV
Original release
Network	Food Network
Release	January 19, 2011 –; Present

Restaurant: Impossible is an American reality television program aired by the Food Network. It is jointly produced by Marc Summers and Shooters TV and stars British chef and restaurateur Robert Irvine, and premiered on January 19, 2011. Currently, third season episodes are airing.

In each episode, Chef Robert Irvine is given the "mission" of making the impossible possible by renovating a failing restaurant in two days on a $10,000 budget. Irvine is assisted by HGTV designers Taniya Nayak, Vanessa De Leon, Krista Watterworth, or Cheryl Torrenueva, along with general contractor Tom Bury. After assessing the problems with the restaurant, Robert Irvine typically creates a plan for the new decor, oversees the cleaning of the restaurant, reduces the size of the menu and improves the food, develops a promotional activity, educates the restaurant's owners, or trains the staff as needed by each restaurant.

Each episode opens with:

Robert Irvine is a fearless chef and top restaurateur. He's never met a challenge he wouldn't take. Robert's new mission: fix America's most desperate restaurants. With limited time and few resources, this may be... Restaurant: Impossible!

Episodes

Season One (2011)

Ep. #	Restaurant	Location	Original airdate
1.1	Villari's¹	Palmyra, New Jersey	January 19, 2011 (2011-01-19)
1.2	Mainelli's	Providence, Rhode Island	January 26, 2011 (2011-01-26)
1.3	Rascal's BBQ and Crab House	New Castle, Delaware	February 2, 2011 (2011-02-02)
1.4	Salt Works II	Wilmington, North Carolina	February 9, 2011 (2011-02-09)
1.5	Meglio's	Bridgeton, Missouri	February 16, 2011 (2011-02-016)
1.6	Secret Garden Cafe	Jacksonville, Florida	February 23, 2011 (2011-02-23)
1.7	Flood Tide	Mystic, Connecticut	March 2, 2011 (2011-03-02)

^1 Chef Michael G (Giletto), who turned down the head chef position at Villari's, previously appeared on Food Network's Chopped and as a sous chef on Iron Chef America.

Season Two (2011-12)

Ep. #	Restaurant	Location	Original airdate
2.1	Dodge City	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	July 6, 2011 (2011-07-06)
2.2	La Stanza	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	July 13, 2011 (2011-07-13)
2.3	Sweet Tea	Chapin, South Carolina	July 20, 2011 (2011-07-20)
2.4	County Fare	Stafford, Virginia	July 27, 2011 (2011-07-27)
2.5	Snooty Fox	Indianapolis, Indiana	August 3, 2011 (2011-08-03)
2.6	Pastori's	Ellington, Connecticut	August 24, 2011 (2011-08-24)
2.7	Scrimmages	Wilmington, Delaware	August 31, 2011 (2011-08-31)
2.8	Mamma D's	Pipersville, Pennsylvania	September 7, 2011 (2011-09-07)
2.9	Off Street Cafe	Cerritos, California	September 14, 2011 (2011-09-14)
2.10	The Trails	San Diego, California	September 21, 2011 (2011-09-21)
2.11	Cap'n and the Cowboy	Port Charlotte, Florida	September 28, 2011 (2011-09-28)
2.12	Mad Cactus	Strongsville, Ohio	November 2, 2011 (2011-11-02)
2.13	McShane's	East Syracuse, New York	November 9, 2011 (2011-11-09)
2.14	Coffee's Boilin' Pot	Madisonville, Louisiana	November 16, 2011 (2011-11-16)
2.15	St. James Soup Kitchen	Newark, New Jersey	November 23, 2011 (2011-11-23)
2.16	Wildcat Café²	Canton, Ohio	December 7, 2011 (2011-12-07)
2.17	Sullivan's	Fruita, Colorado	January 4, 2012 (2012-01-04)
2.18	Hoffman's	Santa Cruz, California	January 11, 2012 (2012-01-11)

^2 Renamed from The Heritage Room. The Wildcat Café is operated by the students of the culinary program at Canton South High School.^[1]

Season Three (2012)

Ep. #	Restaurant	Location	Original airdate
3.1	Moss'	Elyria, Ohio	February 8, 2012 (2012-02-08)
3.2	Chatterbox	Windham, New Hampshire	February 15, 2012 (2012-02-15)

References

^ "Canton South High School". Cantonlocal.org. Retrieved 2012-02-09.

External links

[1] "Canton South High School". Cantonlocal.org. Retrieved 2012-02-09.

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