The Restaurant

By Paul Fulford on September 25, 2008 8:13 AM | Permalink

Watching the latest episode of that fabulous television series The Restaurant, I'm not at all sure I'd want to visit an eatery run by any of the contestants.

Certainly not the father and daughter team - though she seems an excellent cook, dad has no front-of-house skills and a stroppy disposition when challenged.

The lifelong friends, too, are mismatched - again, one's a decent cook, though uncommunicative, while the other can't even ensure the punters have cutlery.

None of the other contenders fill me with confidence either. Especially the pair who think Welsh/Chinese fusion is a good idea and the guy who doesn't know when food is under-seasoned.

All of which gives me renewed respect for people who run well organised, pleasant restaurants.

Raymond Blanc has quite a task to find anyone from this bunch passionate and skilled enough to go into partnership with him.