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Sunday 10:00 PM on Food Network Premiered Jan 19, 2011 In Season

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Chef Robert Irvine has decided to face a new challenge to save America's worst restaurants from failure in only 2 days and $10,000 to spend. Robert will use everything he has to help the owners and employees of the business get hope back and start to regain their success.

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One of my favorite food shows

10

By gracielove, Nov 09, 2012

Love Chef Irvin. He cares so much for the people in trouble. Love the before and after.
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Excellent!

10

By Violet459, Jun 27, 2012

I really love this show. Chef Irvin is positive and energetic! I see a difference between Kitchen Nightmares and Restaurant Impossible. Chef Irvin teaches and does not humiliate those that he helps. He may speak roughly to them, but he explains to them what he's doing. When I watch his show - it makes me get up and work on my personal projects! I am inspired to go online and try some of his dishes. I never felt like that with Kitchen Nightmares or F Word. Also, Chef Irvine does charity work!!!! He is awesome!moreless
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Ramsay clone

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By stusmit, Jun 13, 2012

I agree with Skaizun. The show suffers from being a clone of Gordon Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares" and it boils down to (no pun intended) whether you like the guy or not. When I first experienced this fella, it was on "Dinner Impossible" (worth a watch) and I really didn't like his abraisive manner but I warmed to him and seeing as Ramsay is suffering with a serious case of celebrity-itus, Irvine can fill the gap when it comes to this type of show.moreless
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Good but formulaic

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By skaizun, Mar 21, 2012

With minor exceptions (like the host, Robert Irvine, throwing up while cleaning a putrid kitchen or having to deal with an owner who asked him to be there, then takes umbrage at his well-founded criticisms), the show is formulaic: Find an old restaurant that with out-dated menus and decor, chefs who don't know what they're doing (or worse, come close to poisoning their customers!), uncaring serving staff, and managers who are totally clueless as to their own business' accounting, and make it a success in only 2 days with a mere $10,000 budget for re-decorating.

Sometimes, however, it doesn't go far enough. For example, one small, family, restaurant owner paid a contractor $500,000 for renovations, for which Robert said (and I agree) were grossly overpaid and underwhelming. Why didn't he sic lawyers after the contractor?

Having said all that, it is interesting to see Robert is up against, and how he handles it all, especially with proud and hostile owners/managers/chefs/staff. It's good human drama, even though it is predictable.moreless
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